Thief Gold on Windows 8

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From: rms
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:19

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Using this all-in-one patch 
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733
it's easy to get Thief Gold running on Windows 8.  I did run into just a 
couple of gotchas, that are easy to fix.

I installed from the original cds, so I'm not certain how DDs from Gog.com 
or gamersgate.com (all three games are on sale there this weekend) will 
operate, but it should be similar.

1) Insert the first cd and cancel out of any autoplay.  Go the Metro tile 
screen, type 'run', click on the Run search result, and type the following 
into the run box:
d:\setup.exe -lgntforce
(Replace 'd' with your optical drive)
2) The game should install normally, without any error messages.
3) Run the all-in-one patch from above.
4) If you have a creative soundcard installed, you can get EAX in the game 
working by configuring Creative Alchemy to point to the install directory. 
The creative software autoupdate should offer to install Alchemy (I have an 
old x-fi xtremegamer pci card), and it should be a tile on the Metro 
display.

Enjoy!

rms

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