Vista 32 bit Ultimate SP1

Tozzifan on 30/12/2008 at 08:44

hello,
I'm back at this game after years :)

I've installed flawlessly the game, yet it crashes seconds after the .exe launch

I've already tried compatibility modes (XP,98), disabling visual themes and running as administrator as well :erg:

thanks for any help

Tozzifan on 30/12/2008 at 09:47

one further information:
it looks like there are issues with cutscenes (movies): when there's one (game launch, missions launch), T2 stops responding (ctl alt del to return to desktop)

Snakebite on 30/12/2008 at 11:08

If you have dual-core processor you must know that Thief cannot play on dual-cores. There's already a thread about this. As soon as you start the game hit Alt-Ctrl-Del , right click Thief.exe in Processes tab, clcik affinity and uncheck one of the two CPU. If you dont have dual-core, I have no idea. Try looking for other theards.

bikerdude on 30/12/2008 at 12:01

more info that should help you can be found here

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122400)

Yandros on 30/12/2008 at 13:49

You need (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) DDFix, it fixes the crash and also dual core issues.

Tozzifan on 31/12/2008 at 14:42

(I'm sorry I forgot to mention that I was a coreDuo cursed :devil: , yet that I already did the suggested tricks as well, before posting)

thank you all, taffers, I've made it, although in a strange way:

- I installed the Widescreen patch, with the same crashing results
- I installed over the DDfix patch: the main game UI started in a windowed mode (much smaller than my monitor); then the (new) game started with garbled colors and crashed to desktop after an instant

thence I uninstalled DDfix, I tried back to launch the game and ... The Metal Age is working perfectly now :), at the desired resolution, smoothly

Kaleid on 31/12/2008 at 16:23

Found this somewhere

modify "Target" in your shortcut
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 thief2.exe
to dedicate the first CPU core to the game (or "/affinity 2" for the second, and so on)

This is how it looks like for me:
(http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=affinityuw6.jpg)

Inline Image:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1138/affinityuw6.th.jpg

Also works for Thief 1 and should work for SS2 (don't have it installed atm)

sNeaksieGarrett on 31/12/2008 at 17:06

You posted in the wrong forum by the way. This should be in the technical area.

Quote Posted by Tozzifan

I installed over the DDfix patch: the main game UI started in a windowed mode (much smaller than my monitor); then the (new) game started with garbled colors and crashed to desktop after an instant

thence I uninstalled DDfix, I tried back to launch the game and ... The Metal Age is working perfectly now , at the desired resolution, smoothly

If you're going to use the widescreen patch, you have to patch your thief2.exe first, and then apply ddfix afterwards. If you have a copy protected .exe for thief 2, ddfix will not work.
Sounds like you don't have cam.cfg set up properly for the resolution. If your game has garbled colors and crashes, you probably have it set for a resolution that isn't supported/cam.cfg has a different resolution than what you chose. Make sure that after you set your resolution with the widescreen patch, that you amend your cam.cfg with the new resolution you specified. Should work after that. And if you re-apply ddfix, go back and make sure the resolution is correct in cam.cfg. Hope that helps.

Too Much Coffee on 24/5/2009 at 16:37

I'm attempting to install Thief II with Vista 32 so I can play some FMs that I have missed out on from the past several years. When I run setup.exe (in win98 compatibility mode which is necessary), the installer starts briefly then quits before installing. The task manager does not show anything running for it. I've read the troubleshooting FAQ, but it's not resolving my issue. I tried running d:\setup.exe -lgntforce as the FAQ instructed. I've searched the forum, but found no resolutions. My pc has core 2 duo, if that matters.

Tozzifan on 24/5/2009 at 17:07

Quote Posted by Too Much Coffee

concerning hard disk set up: driveletter:\setup.exe -lgntforce, that's the right option for installing TG,T2, everywhere (XP 32 SP2/Sp3, Vista 32/64 SP1): that must work (personally verified), otherwise you've done something wrong, maybe with the first attempt with w98 compatibility mode, I couldn't say

in case you're saying that gameplay is not starting, remember to alt-tab to desktop when you're at game main screen, then got to task manager to uncheck the affinity option in one processor from the process thief2.exe (nonetheless -as you can read in the upper posts - a few months ago I had gameplay issues that were solved ... by trial and error....good luck)