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On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:51:55 -0700, noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom>
wrote:

>On 9/29/2012 4:21 PM, rms wrote:
>> JJ wrote:
>>> Just to clarify, are we/they saying that this patch (which
>>> costs...nothing?)
>>> will let us play Thief on a contemporary PC (such as the Dell XPS >>
>>> laptop. I'm using here)?
>>
>> Yep!  Mind you, I haven't tried it yet myself, but it looks like the
>> real deal.
>
>I tried it yesterday and it worked great, on Thief 1! Even though the
>patch is officially (or unofficially..) for Thief 2, support for the
>first game in the series is also there.
>
>You need to install the base game and the last official patch.
>Alternatively you can get the game from GoG, which is what I did making
>use of the great promotional deals this weekend. The GoG version is
>fully updated to begin with.
>
>Once the game is installed and updated, you need to make the following
>changes:
>
>1) Unzip the patch and copy the *contents* of "contrib.zip" and
>"new_dark.zip" wherever Thief 1 is installed.
>2) Create a directory "patch" where Thief 1 is installed.
>3) Unzip a file T1.7z present in new_dark/doc folder, and copy the file
>interface.crf to the patch directory created in step 2.
>4) In main Thief 1 folder, edit the file cam_ext.cfg and add a line
>"dark1" (without the quotes) anywhere.
>5) Run Thief2.exe binary (should be in main Thief 1 directory, after you
>copy new_dark contents), and you'll see Thief1 using this new updated
>engine.
>
>Updating Thief 2 is of course much simpler. You need the base game,
>updated with official V1.18 patch. Then just copy the contrib.zip and
>new_dark.zip contents into Thief 2 main folder.
>--
>Noman
>
>
Thanks for the info.  I have downloaded the patch and was about
to hunt down the info here that you generously provided., having
purchased the Thief series in the recent GOG sale. DRM-free and 
modern-OS compatibility and now this great new patch.

John Lewis