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Article #37215Re: Thief Gold on Windows 8
From: John Lewis
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:07
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:07
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:19:44 -0700, "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote: >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 Thanks for a most helpful posting. John Lewis
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