Ravenhook on 16/9/2013 at 13:33
One tutorial entry that is missing is a step by step guide for complete idiots like me on how to upgrade your existing dromed installation to the newdark box of delights.
I have a seperate dromed setup away from my T2 game installation.
I have the newdark 1.21 downloaded and all those zip folders and no idea whatsoever where they go, which ones I use for dromed or what go's where.
Remember you are dealing with a sixty year old idiot that thinks all mobile phones should be drowned.
Please put me out of my misery..what do I do.
Thank you.
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sNeaksieGarrett on 16/9/2013 at 15:02
I'll see if I can successfully guide you (and anyone else who may need help.) Here goes:
Step 1. If you don't already have a zip extraction program, such as Win-Zip, WinRar, or 7-Zip, then your first step is to download one of these. I personally use 7-zip and it's
free. Secondly, once you've done that, you'll want to double-click on the zip file you downloaded (assuming your zip program associates the .zip with it) so you can view it's contents.
Step 2. Here's an excerpt from the
release_notes.txt in the zip file:
Code:
Installation
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Requires Windows 2000 or later.
You must have a valid install of either T2 v1.18 or v1.19. If you have an old CD/DVD version of the
game, which is older than v1.18, then you need to update it to v1.18 first.
Extract the contents of the "new_dark.zip" and "contrib.zip" archives into your T2 directory, and you
are done. If you are updating an install that has already been patched to v1.19 or newer, then you
are well advised to make backup copies of the configuration files "cam_ext.cfg", "cam_mod.ini" and
"lg.ini" before installing the new update.
You have an additional zip(
editor.zip) to extract because you are trying to patch dromed. First of all, I'd recommend backing up your dromed.exe, menus.cfg,DromEd.cfg, darkdlgs.dll before upgrading. You can do this by just renaming these files so they don't get overwritten. Secondly, extract the contents of editor.zip into your thief 2 base directory.
Step 3. Launch dromed. That's it!
Ravenhook on 16/9/2013 at 15:51
So..to recap,
Unzip newdark.zip
contrib.zip
as you would to upgrade T2 for game playing
AND
Unzip editor.zip as well.
Thank you...I will see if it works.
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Ravenhook on 16/9/2013 at 15:59
PERFECT.
Thank you very much indeed.
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LarryG on 19/1/2014 at 03:32
:tsktsk: Um, is the TOC ever going to be updated to reflect all the new tutorials that have been posted here? For example,
That's just one example.
nickie on 20/1/2014 at 08:08
I'll have a look, Larry, and see if I can figure out what needs doing. I may well need help. :)
qolelis on 4/3/2014 at 14:44
A complete tutorial on how to set up a pre-mission loadout store (including both basic and advanced settings and examples) plus a demo-campaign:
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143346) The Complete Loadout Store Tutorial
nickie on 7/3/2014 at 09:46
Updating is going pretty well (elsewhere) and these last few tutorials will/have been included.
