Thief Series FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (Technical / Purchasing / Etc.) - 2012 - by sNeaksieGarrett
jbairdjr on 27/3/2016 at 14:41
Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir
Try to copy to content of your CD into a folder on your Hdd and install Tafferpatcher. Point TP at that folder.
Both discs (the install and game disk) in one folder?
Unna Oertdottir on 27/3/2016 at 15:26
You'll need 2 different folders. (CD1 and CD2). This is the source for the installation.
jbairdjr on 27/3/2016 at 18:08
Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir
You'll need 2 different folders. (CD1 and CD2). This is the source for the installation.
As it turns out, the problem was with the disks. But now that I have Thief2 installed and patched, I have a new problem: the game runs but everything is exceedingly dark.
No matter how high I have the Gamma Adjust or my laptop's screen-brightness, I can barely see anything.
Please note: I do not have this problem with Thief:Gold so I know it's not my eyesight! lol
Any ideas?
jbairdjr on 27/3/2016 at 19:56
Yup! i5 processor to be exact. But following that link cured what ailed my game!
Thanks!
Peanuckle on 6/4/2016 at 22:28
I think I borked my T2 installation somehow. Whenever I try to play any mission, even the original game, it hangs. If I use Garrettloader (1.4194), then the program becomes unresponsive for about 30 seconds before it switches to the "review" tab and allows me to click on it again. If I try to play T2 through the game icon itself, it simply hangs. No other programs are affected by this; I can browse the net as the game fails to run. It doesn't even show up in Task Manager processes tab.
This happened after I tried playing a fanmission, "Castle Michele." Upon selecting it, GL would tell me that it couldn't determine if it was for T2 or T1. Closing that window brought up a new window telling me this:
"Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)'
The changes you requested to the table were not successful because they would create duplicate values in the index, primary key, or relationship. Change the data in the field or fields that contain duplicate data, remove the index, or redefine the index to permit duplicate entries and try again."
I have no idea what this means. Is there anything I can do or should I just reinstall T2?
voodoo47 on 6/4/2016 at 22:54
hard to tell, but trying to repair an install is usually not worth it. a clean reinstall and perhaps using FMselect instead of GL would be preferable (and most likely, much less prone to catastrophic corruption).
Summer on 7/5/2016 at 21:15
Quote Posted by Tannar
If your install has already been patched to New Dark, you can just use the built in fan mission loader called (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140093) FM Sel. You should know, however, that to play the very newest FMs created with New Dark 1.23, your game will need to be patched to that latest version. This is easily done via Tafferpatcher if you haven't already done it.
Question: Must I have NewDark installed via TP to use FMSel? I'm going to use Tafferpatcher on my Steam-version of T2, and since some of my old FM favorites don't work well or at all with NewDark, I'd planned on not installing it. So if I don't choose ND, I can't use FMSel, as in it won't even appear in the game's directory?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, or one asked before. And this isn't just for Tannar, but anyone who has the know-how and the willingness to help a thief girl out.
Summer on 8/5/2016 at 11:11
Dang. I was hoping to do without ND for the time being.
As for what FMs don't work with ND, it's a shorter list to say what
does work: ATM only Sturmdrang Peak, T2x, and Mission X.
But nothing else: Not either of the Mystic Gems, not Heist Society, not Pirate's Downfall, not All Torc, not any of the Five Tigers, not Keeper Investigations, not The Last Lighthouse Keeper, not any of the TTGM missions, etc. etc. Like I said, what works is a much shorter list.
Naturally, since these fave FMs of mine are older, I figured they were incompatible with NewDark, and therefore decided to opt out of that when patching up my Steam version.
Are you telling me that ND might not be the reason when trying to play these FMs causes my game to crash? Do these FMs work with ND for other players?
BTW, that FMSel guide is horribly pixelated. Whether viewed through the link or downloaded. Basically it's a garbled mess. Am I doing something wrong there too?
Dang. Picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue....