Thief 2 The Metal Age on Windows XP SP2

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3 total messages Started by Victek Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:06

#36851

Author: Victek
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:06

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I maybe you thief players might be able to help me get T2 running.  I 
recently picked up a copy, but can't get it to start on XP SP2.  It installs 
OK and when I also tried to install the indeo driver it says I already have 
a newer version.  I tried running it in Windows98/ME compatibility mode, but 
that didn't help.  Any suggestions appreciated.

Re: Thief 2 The Metal Age on Windows XP SP2

#36852

Author: MosNot
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:24

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"Victek" <victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
news:eSBbj.865$se5.221@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I maybe you thief players might be able to help me get T2 running.  I 
>recently picked up a copy, but can't get it to start on XP SP2.  It 
>installs OK and when I also tried to install the indeo driver it says I 
>already have a newer version.  I tried running it in Windows98/ME 
>compatibility mode, but that didn't help.  Any suggestions appreciated.


T1, TG, T2 all run fine for me on XP.
No problems with my video card.
If your computer is a duel processor, some older programs don't like it.
Start Thief2, but don't go beyond the menu screen.
ALT TAB out of it to desk top.
ALT CTRL DEL  to get to task manager
got to "Processes".   Find "Thief2.exe"
Right click mouse.   Click on "Set Affinity"
Unclick one of the CPUs
Close task manager.
ALT TAB back to Thief2.


I suggest you go to this web site, become a member (free)
and go to the tech forum.  Lots of good info about Thief there.

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/index.php

Re: Thief 2 The Metal Age on Windows XP SP2

#36853

Author: StreetMedic
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:55

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MosNot wrote:
> "Victek" <victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:eSBbj.865$se5.221@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I maybe you thief players might be able to help me get T2 running.  I 
>> recently picked up a copy, but can't get it to start on XP SP2.  It 
>> installs OK and when I also tried to install the indeo driver it says I 
>> already have a newer version.  I tried running it in Windows98/ME 
>> compatibility mode, but that didn't help.  Any suggestions appreciated.
> 
> 
> T1, TG, T2 all run fine for me on XP.
> No problems with my video card.
> If your computer is a duel processor, some older programs don't like it.
> Start Thief2, but don't go beyond the menu screen.
> ALT TAB out of it to desk top.
> ALT CTRL DEL  to get to task manager
> got to "Processes".   Find "Thief2.exe"
> Right click mouse.   Click on "Set Affinity"
> Unclick one of the CPUs
> Close task manager.
> ALT TAB back to Thief2.
> 
> 
> I suggest you go to this web site, become a member (free)
> and go to the tech forum.  Lots of good info about Thief there.
> 
> http://www.ttlg.com/forums/index.php



Yup.  Actually, there's some good stuff here, specifically:

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75031

but I didn't check to see if they addressed your particular problem there.

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