balthazor on 12/3/2007 at 21:07
Tested through most of Thief TDP Gold. Made some adjustments to the ALchemy settings (see below.)
System setup: Thief Gold 1.37, Vista 64 bit, Forceware 100.65, March X-Fi Drivers on an FX-60 equipped nForce 4 SLI X16 AMD motherboard, X-Fi sound card, Nvidia GX2 card running in non-SLI mode (100.65 FW doesn't support SLI; beta SLI drivers don't work on the 7900 series of GPUs, apparently.)
To install: set the installation program (panel.exe) to compatability mode: Windows 98/ME (right click, properties, compatibility tab), and run as administrator.
Add a line in the user.cfg file of the installed game's directory that reads 'skip_starting_checks' (without apostorophes). This allows you to run the game as a Vista application without any compatability mode. You may have to create the user.cfg file.
If you are running a multi-processing or hyperthreading machine, follow these instructions to permanently set the affinity of thief.exe to a single processor:
(
http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/darkengine.htm)
Please note that on 64 bit OS there is no windows/system32/dllcache directory; just ignore that part of the instruction.
In the Nvidia Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings, set Threaded Optimization to Off. Other settings are up to you. (I've actually played it with Threaded Optimization to On, but it seems to have a few more graphical glitches. It's not like running Thief requires more processor power, anyway, so I recommend it to be Off to be on the safe side.)
To get EAX working in Vista using an X-Fi card, download the Creative ALchemy files from
(
http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx)
Follow the 'advanced users guide' to install the two ALchemy files into the Thief directory. Using these ALchemy files will allow you to turn on EAX in Vista using an X-Fi Card. Otherwise you're stuck with software non-EAX sound only.
Update: I've found that you need adjust the ALchemy dssound.ini file in order to get the X-Fi to work properly. Open the copy you made for thief and adjust the 'buffers' line so that it reads
Buffers=8
and that should work. This is based on running the game with 12 sound channels.
Finally, run Thief.exe in administrator mode (movies don't appear to work otherwise.) And that's it!
If your video stops playing, but the game plays fine, make sure you are in admin mode. If still no luck, try installing these codecs:
(
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/download.asp?fid=876)
Have fun!
bikerdude on 18/3/2007 at 10:22
Im now running vista period, not dual booting anymore -
Both T1/T2 work the same as for Belthezar
biker
BladeFireLight on 1/4/2007 at 17:14
Quote Posted by Bikerdude
Im now running vista period, not dual booting anymore -
Both T1/T2 work the same as for Belthezar
biker
T1 works for me but T2 I cant get the video's working using the standard tweaks.
EDIT: spoke to soon. XP compatibility fixed it.
dbrilliant on 6/4/2007 at 03:51
Thief DS would work on Vista, but thanks to Creative Labs, SB Live! 5.1 is not compatible for some apparent reason and drivers will not be made for it. Seems Microsoft wants everyone to upgrade hardware. I've tried just about everything I can find to eliminate this problem. It worked in one of my Windows classes where the game worked on vista. It seems that Win XP SP2 locks up when I switch to disc #2 on the installation. I mean entirely...... :bored:
Biohazard on 6/4/2007 at 07:00
Once I get a few more confirmations this sounds like a great addition to the FAQ! :thumb:
evangelos k on 25/11/2007 at 06:18
Quote Posted by balthazor
Tested through most of Thief TDP Gold. Made some adjustments to the ALchemy settings (see below.)
System setup: Thief Gold 1.37, Vista 64 bit, Forceware 100.65, March X-Fi Drivers on an FX-60 equipped nForce 4 SLI X16 AMD motherboard, X-Fi sound card, Nvidia GX2 card running in non-SLI mode (100.65 FW doesn't support SLI; beta SLI drivers don't work on the 7900 series of GPUs, apparently.)
To install: set the installation program (panel.exe) to compatability mode: Windows 98/ME (right click, properties, compatibility tab), and run as administrator.
Add a line in the user.cfg file of the installed game's directory that reads 'skip_starting_checks' (without apostorophes). This allows you to run the game as a Vista application without any compatability mode. You may have to create the user.cfg file.
If you are running a multi-processing or hyperthreading machine, follow these instructions to permanently set the affinity of thief.exe to a single processor:
(
http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/darkengine.htm)
Please note that on 64 bit OS there is no windows/system32/dllcache directory; just ignore that part of the instruction.
In the Nvidia Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings, set Threaded Optimization to Off. Other settings are up to you. (I've actually played it with Threaded Optimization to On, but it seems to have a few more graphical glitches. It's not like running Thief requires more processor power, anyway, so I recommend it to be Off to be on the safe side.)
To get EAX working in Vista using an X-Fi card, download the Creative ALchemy files from
(
http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx)
Follow the 'advanced users guide' to install the two ALchemy files into the Thief directory. Using these ALchemy files will allow you to turn on EAX in Vista using an X-Fi Card. Otherwise you're stuck with software non-EAX sound only.
Update: I've found that you need adjust the ALchemy dssound.ini file in order to get the X-Fi to work properly. Open the copy you made for thief and adjust the 'buffers' line so that it reads
Buffers=8
and that should work. This is based on running the game with 12 sound channels.
Finally, run Thief.exe in administrator mode (movies don't appear to work otherwise.) And that's it!
If your video stops playing, but the game plays fine, make sure you are in admin mode. If still no luck, try installing these codecs:
(
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/download.asp?fid=876)
Have fun!
I can't thank you enough :) THIEF TDP works like a charm. Only difference (for me): I had to set compatibility mode to Win2000
rjnagy on 2/7/2008 at 05:07
Intro, Videos are fine. I get to the menu hit continue to enter the game and the blackness sets in.
AMD Dual Core using ddfixdll
4 GB Mem
Tons of HD space
2 ATI 2600XT HD
Creative X-Fi
Vista SP1
Using ATI Catalyst 8.5 Drivers
LostWay on 10/8/2010 at 06:12
This all looks like it would be very helpful, but im really bad with computer techy stuff, and im not sure how to do ..any of this ... or if this will fix my problem . . .
I just got my thief: the dark project in the mail today, and i was glad to see it installed and ran just fine with my vista. . . until i got to the training mission part . . . first it would freeze just before the thing would start . . . then i tried lowing the resolution, and that got it working a little . . . but it keeps freezeing . . . i keep getting a little farther, but it would obviously be frustrating if i have to keep starting all over . . . im not sure whats wrong or what i should do . . . could someone please, in lame-mans terms, point me in the right direction? thanks :sweat:
Brian The Dog on 10/8/2010 at 10:05
Try alt-tabbing out of the game at the front menu screen, and press CTRL+ALT_DEL to bring up the Task Manager. Find the process THIEF.EXE, right-click on it, and choose "Set Affinity". Make sure only one of the processors is ticked. Then click on the game back on the Task Bar at the bottom of the screen, and the Thief game should come back on the screen. Let us know if this makes things any better. You'd need to do this every time you run the game, so I'd like to know if it works before getting you to do a more permanent fix.
