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Article #37200Re: Thief & System Shock 2: Major Patch fixes many bugs, extends editor capabilities
From: noman
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13
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On 10/2/2012 8:15 AM, Zaghadka wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:38:31 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms > wrote: > >> Judging by this thread, this looks to be a big deal for running these >> classic games on newer systems, and for modders creating new missions, etc. >> Download links are shown too: >> http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140085 >> >> rms > > This is a great find. Beats the pants off of hex editing the binary to > use ddfix.dll. > > I can't wait to try it out. Maybe I won't have to run Shock as admin any > more. It's just a great update all around and solves so many problems these games had on modern PCs. The videos play without a problem; EAX can be activated (using the OpenAl driver); wide screen is fully supported with proper aspect ratio, FOV and a UI that's not stretched. -- Noman
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