Renzatic on 15/1/2011 at 18:52
Uppity about OSes ITT.
Want to solve all your problems? Buy a Mac. OLOL! AND WOOSH I'M GONE!
Xiaopang on 15/1/2011 at 18:54
Quote Posted by SinisterShadow
Technically … yes.
Great, that basically ends all debate.
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But you are an experienced IT affine person and can easily fix any problems that you may face. You know where to look and what to change. Not everyone here on the forum has that abilities.
While this is true this doesn't change the fact that I didn't face any problems or else I would have stated them, wouldn't I?
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Yes, some of those issues had been around for quite some time now.
Which ones then? Start being accurate instead of generalizing things just to prove a point. Name the issues so that they may be investigated and addressed by experienced users.
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But in the meantime the OS has changed and so did some of the switches where to set one or two things right.
In which way did it change to back up this claim? I have been using Vista since it came out in 2006 and I have been using Seven since its earliest release. I didn't register any changes that would affect Thief. Again: Be specific. Seriously, for someone THAT accurate like you (thinking of your licensing question) you're far too unspecific. This won't fly with me. If you claim something, you better have something to back it up.
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How about stop complaining about how stupid this thread might be and start letting the not-so-technically-advanced taffers ask their questions?
And exactly where did I complain how stupid this thread is? And I want a quote here. Please, don't lay words in my mouth. I don't take kindly to that...
If i remember correctly I gave the first reply, answering the question straight forward with no bitching of any kind. And so far, this has been the only accurate reply by someone who actually uses the system.
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You should know better than that. Any installation of OS differs from almost any others when it comes to installation of application software and hardware drivers.
Like I said: Exotic setups and crappy third party software (aka user mistakes) are a different question. Those are also not OS-specific most of the time, but the initial question itself hinted at OS-specific problems. let me stress it again: If there are actual, existing problems that were introduced with Windows 7 and that didn't exist in Vista or XP, then name them, but spare me the hear say. Otherwise all the advice from threads covering those should suffice.
nickie on 15/1/2011 at 19:28
Good Grief! Thought I'd strayed into CommChat for a minute there.
@ R'Mgedon - you've probably had all the useful links for installing Windows 7 so I'd suggest cracking on with it and if you do run into anything that isn't covered in those links, post a help thread in the Legacy Gaming Forum. Be sure to read the FAQ about posting so that you include all the necessary OS details as requested. I've only used a Windows 7 machine for a week and for that I had my XP T2 installation copied to a stick and plugged it in.
Nightwalker on 16/1/2011 at 02:57
That's a pretty rude reply, Xiaopang! So, because you personally didn't experience any problems, they can't exist??? :tsktsk: Please do not continue with that attitude here. It's not appreciated. We try to be friendly and to answer sincere questions politely and helpfully.
Fuod on 16/1/2011 at 03:22
Thank you Nightwalker!
I had some problems that were easily fixed by searching this forum.
mabsy on 16/1/2011 at 11:45
Quote Posted by Xiaopang
Seriously, all you have to do is install the games and run them. May be set the affinity if you have a multicore system and you're done. No reason to treat this like this was a big deal. What you're doing is spreading rumors and establishing an urban myth without the knowledge nor the proof. Bad practice in the very least...
I don't agree with you, I had a great deal of trouble starting Thief up under Windows 7 which was solved by the many helpful tips that were given me in the Legacy part of this forum. This is not an urban myth but a problem that arises for non-techie players... and there are a lot of us around.
Lord Soth on 16/1/2011 at 16:30
I running thief, thiefII, and thief DS(i play DS in 3d to and it works nice) and the dark mod on win 7 64bit, and its all smooth gaming here.
Nvidia 480 with 266.35 driver.
creative X-Fi.
dbrilliant on 16/1/2011 at 18:47
:thumb::thumb:I too had issues with installing on Windows 7 and Vista x64 (64-bit), running Qaud-core and widescreen. I used tafferpatcher that installed custom scripts, widescreen fix, Fog fixes, multi-core processer as well as installed somewhere other than C:\Program Files (x86)\.:laff:
NoMis on 18/1/2011 at 15:28
Quote Posted by Nightwalker
That's a pretty rude reply, Xiaopang! So, because you personally didn't experience any problems, they can't exist??? :tsktsk: Please do not continue with that attitude here. It's not appreciated. We try to be friendly and to answer sincere questions politely and helpfully.
To be fair, Xiaopang has a point. Most of the problems with Thief on modern systems have very little to do with windows per se. The only problem that has to do with windows 7 and Vista that I can think of have to do with LGVID.ax or EAX.
The problems that ddfix addresses have mostly to do with modern graphic cards and their drivers.
I had a vanilla T2 install that I only patched to v1.18 working in Windows 7 without modification other than the multicore fix. Althought it looked awfull without ddfix, it worked.
R'Mgedon on 23/1/2011 at 15:07
Hi Toute la Monde
I'm really sorry to have caused all this aggravation and bad feeling. When I upgraded my original computer from Windows 2000 to XP I thought "a new machine, lots of memory an improved processor" etc etc, "thief'll run like never before". As this wasn't the case and it took a total novice, like me, quite a while to sort out glitches, I thought I'd post on the forum for some advice, just in case, so I'd be prepared.
I am very grateful for all the advice (although quite a lot of it is way over my head) and am just going to go ahead and install the game and see what happens. If I have problems I'll do what I did before and persevere. If I never get it sorted pas problem I stilll have my old machine which runs everything just great (although is a bit glitchy with Thief 3) and I'll just keep that for gaming. Lets hope when Thi4f is eventually released it won't be one of those resource hungry monsters.
Thanks again for all your help, suggestions and comments. Where would we be without cooperation?:thumb:
