Running Thief Gold in WinXP

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5 total messages Started by Dom Robinson Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:31

#81684

Author: Dom Robinson
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:31

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Anyone had problems running this on Windows XP even with the compatibility 
mode on?

Starting a new game from scratch is no problem, but the second I go into the 
load game menu it craps out back to the desktop.

I've installed it on a new P4 2.6Ghz PC with WinXP, ATI Radeon 9600TX 128Mb 
graphics card with 512Mb RAM.

I want to put my ADSL modem in from my old PC but (ahem) I still haven't found 
out how to open the new PC. It's a Medion Titanium MD8008 so I'll get in touch 
with them but if anyone knows please tell me.

There's two screws at the back which I can remove but the left-hand side panel 
(looking at the PC from the front) just won't budge.

TIA,
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Re: Running Thief Gold in WinXP

#81685

Author: Dom Robinson
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 15:10

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In article <MPG.19449d269...@news.cis.dfn.de>, 
murphyi...@hotmail.com says...
> Anyone had problems running this on Windows XP even with the compatibility 
> mode on?
> 
> Starting a new game from scratch is no problem, but the second I go into the 
> load game menu it craps out back to the desktop.
> 
> I've installed it on a new P4 2.6Ghz PC with WinXP, ATI Radeon 9600TX 128Mb 
> graphics card with 512Mb RAM.

Anyone know the answer?
-- 

Dom Robinson	     Gamertag: DVDfever		dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://www.citylife.co.uk (contributor)
/* 923 DVDs, 249 games, 33 videos, 63 cinema films, 69 CDs, laserdiscs & news
/* the good girl, the recruit, enter the matrix, yager, matrix 2, red dragon
               Who should be evicted from the BB4 house next?
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Re: Running Thief Gold in WinXP

#81686

Author: Craig Hulett
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 04:51

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Dom Robinson wrote:
> In article <MPG.19449d269...@news.cis.dfn.de>,
> murphyi...@hotmail.com says...
>> Anyone had problems running this on Windows XP even with the
>> compatibility mode on?
>>
>> Starting a new game from scratch is no problem, but the second I go
>> into the load game menu it craps out back to the desktop.
>>
>> I've installed it on a new P4 2.6Ghz PC with WinXP, ATI Radeon
>> 9600TX 128Mb graphics card with 512Mb RAM.
>
> Anyone know the answer?

FWIW, the only problem I had running Thief Gold on Windows XP was the known
problem with the video codecs.  That solution was listed here:
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48024, perhaps
something there would help?  Or you could search or post in their forums.
It is still pretty active.

-craig

Re: Running Thief Gold in WinXP

#81687

Author: Dom Robinson
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 10:42

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In article <bbp6jv$buh4l$1...@ID-69649.news.dfncis.de>, First...@attbi.com 
says...
> Dom Robinson wrote:
> > In article <MPG.19449d269...@news.cis.dfn.de>,
> > murphyi...@hotmail.com says...
> >> Anyone had problems running this on Windows XP even with the
> >> compatibility mode on?
> >>
> >> Starting a new game from scratch is no problem, but the second I go
> >> into the load game menu it craps out back to the desktop.
> >>
> >> I've installed it on a new P4 2.6Ghz PC with WinXP, ATI Radeon
> >> 9600TX 128Mb graphics card with 512Mb RAM.
> >
> > Anyone know the answer?
> 
> FWIW, the only problem I had running Thief Gold on Windows XP was the known
> problem with the video codecs.  That solution was listed here:
> http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48024, perhaps
> something there would help?  Or you could search or post in their forums.
> It is still pretty active.
> 
Thanks very much. I'll give it a try.
-- 

Dom Robinson	     Gamertag: DVDfever		dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 923 DVDs, 249 games, 33 videos, 63 cinema films, 69 CDs, laserdiscs & news
/* the good girl, the recruit, enter the matrix, yager, matrix 2, red dragon
               Who should be evicted from the BB4 house next?
         Big Brother 4 - http://dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/bigbro4.shtml

Re: Running Thief Gold in WinXP

#81688

Author: Dom Robinson
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 21:29

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In article <bbp6jv$buh4l$1...@ID-69649.news.dfncis.de>, First...@attbi.com 
says...
> Dom Robinson wrote:
> > In article <MPG.19449d269...@news.cis.dfn.de>,
> > murphyi...@hotmail.com says...
> >> Anyone had problems running this on Windows XP even with the
> >> compatibility mode on?
> >>
> >> Starting a new game from scratch is no problem, but the second I go
> >> into the load game menu it craps out back to the desktop.
> >>
> >> I've installed it on a new P4 2.6Ghz PC with WinXP, ATI Radeon
> >> 9600TX 128Mb graphics card with 512Mb RAM.
> >
> > Anyone know the answer?
> 
> FWIW, the only problem I had running Thief Gold on Windows XP was the known
> problem with the video codecs.  That solution was listed here:
> http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48024, perhaps
> something there would help?  Or you could search or post in their forums.
> It is still pretty active.

Just a quick follow-up to say I've followed that up and it's worked a treat. I 
managed to install it previously by going through the XP compatibility mode, 
but both times I hit upon the same problem when I copied the saves from my 
games in Win98SE to the 'saves' folder.

Then, going into the Load menu made it crap out back to the desktop. So I 
uninstalled it and reinstalled it for a second time using the methods on that 
website, but this time I copied across just the last save I used on my old PC 
and it still worked. Then I copied across my key bindings (trying one thing at 
a time) and it still worked, so it clearly didn't like something about those 
old saves but I'm glad I didn't have to play right from the start.

Why is it, though, that the Burricks in The Lost City sound as excited as a 
paedophile who's just got a job at a primary school?
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