Weird shadows - TTLG Forums

chop_tomatoe on 15/9/2011 at 03:14

Hi, im new "taffer" :D
I installed Thief 2 metal age, applied 1.18 patch, installed "The Thief Enhancement Pack" so i can get better graphics. And everything is ok, i can play smoothly.
Thing is shadows look somehow weird and pixelated.
Ingame screenshots:

#1 this is actual ingame screenshot (not modified)

Inline Image:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7163/dump000.png

#2 this is same screenshot but enhanced brightness in photoshop so you can see clearly (note this is highly enhanced), (also note line between light and shadow)

Inline Image:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9976/dump000enhanced.png

#3 this is actual ingame screenshot of area under light (not modified)

Inline Image:

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9852/dump002.png

Please help me fix this because i dont want to continue with playing till i fix shadows, i saw gameplay of T2 on youtube and shadows looks much better.

Azaran on 15/9/2011 at 04:03

You need to use (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) ddfix to patch the game. Those washed out shadows are a bug that's inherent to Nvidia cards, and ddfix corrects it

chop_tomatoe on 15/9/2011 at 14:41

Thank you for your response.
I am playing T2 on netbook with ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card.
And i was reading about DDFIX but it is too complicated for me to install.

Renault on 15/9/2011 at 14:46

Use (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106) Tafferpatcher, it makes implementing ddfix very simple, plus handles a bunch of other fixes and patches.

chop_tomatoe on 15/9/2011 at 17:31

I downloaded tafferpatcher, installed it including DDFIX and enhancement pack and some mission fixes like conversation and loot location fixes. First thing i noticed in menus is when i hover with mouse over buttons it makes button messy and unreadable. And when i try to play, game crashes.
So i uninstall everything and reinstall game using tafferpatcher but this time i didn't include DDFIX because it is obviously not working for me, only thing i included was enhancement pack and mission fixes. This time game worked just fine but shadows remained same as in first post.
:(
My system is lenovo x100e netbook, 1.6 mhz cpu single core, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card and Windows XP SP3, 32 bit

voodoo47 on 15/9/2011 at 18:34

you will have to install catalyst 9.4,the later ones do not work with ddfix..

chop_tomatoe on 15/9/2011 at 18:51

So that is problem, i knew somewhere is, thank you for response. I'm not going to downgrade my graphics card driver, i'm just gonna play it the way it is now :( in 16 bit.
It is much harder to spot those little levers in dark this way and hidden things.
But this game seems to be too good to not to play.