Reply With QuoteIt seems Thief does not want to run windowed on my PC. I tried all the advices above and all the programs. Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?
Wow, that was two years ago. Hello old thread.
It is rather hit or miss really. You have to just fiddle with d3dwindower settings. I think I gave up on the program because nothing I try works anymore. Sorry I can't be of any use.
edit: Have you tried any of the above suggestions on how to configure it?
By the way, I just gave it a test and it works if I turn off everything under Window Mode tab (under Directx1-7 area- NOT the three checkboxes at the top.. those should stay checked.)
Interesting thing is, it plays in full screen, but if I go back to my desktop and then back to the game it becomes a window. Again, just fiddle with settings.
FYI: If the movies cause the game to crash or you can't see what is happening, try renaming lgvid.ax
Last edited by sNeaksieGarrett; 2nd Dec 2009 at 16:25.
It seems Thief does not want to run windowed on my PC. I tried all the advices above and all the programs. Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?
It could be a computer compatibility issue. I think knowing your system setup could help (i.e. CPU, graphics card, operating system, etc.)
Im noticing a strange trend developing here...
And what might that be?
For the record - I want to play Thief in window mode so I can easily Alt-Tab to another application when the boss comes into room. Don't blame me cause' I want to play Thief at work
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I have a Core 2 Duo at 1,8 with 1 Gb RAM, and video card ATI RADEON X1600.
I am running Windows XP with second service pack - that means DiretctX 9.0c.
I am suspecting an incompatibility issue with the DirectX and D3Dwindower programs but I am clueless how to joggle with that. I tried other programs and they work fine windowed.
Well, alt+tab may not shut off the sound, so I'm guessing you'll have headphones on--as usual, which has been allowed at your work.
The resolution on the desktop is larger and the video card takes like forever to change it from in-game res to desktop res. I cannot afford the boss to see a black screen
Wait so you're not trying to do this at home, only at work?
I really don't know what to tell you. If you've tried everything that's been mentioned already then I'm at a loss here.
(So you tried alt tabbing then? that didn't make it a window?)
Yes. Only at work. No need to do that at homeOriginally Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
Yeap. Nothing changed. I think I'll try some other programs until I get new ideas.
Alt-tabing different resolution is slow. Alt-tabing a window is instant.
I'm open to ideas
So if you are using the system at work, is it XP Home, or XP Professional? I just want to know because I always seem to have more problems running games on Pro than on Home.
ProfessionalI know it's a pain.
In cam.cfg there is a line: game_full_screen 1
I tried to set it to 0. The game starts in full screen and after I run the mission still full-screen. Back to cam.cfg it returned to the value of 1. I made cam.cfg read-only. It seems that T2 creates a temporary cam_.cfg (or something like that). Any ideas why, or what that line is supposed to do?
That was my idea.. It worked for me. I just alt-tabbed, and then alt tabbed again to get back and it became a window.
That line does nothing, as you've just demonstrated. That was a line stuck in there by LGS, but I don't know why because it's useless. My guess is it has to do with editing and they used it for test purposes?In cam.cfg there is a line: game_full_screen 1
Use DDFix (and the widescreen/enhanced resolution patch) to allow you to run the game at the same resolution as your desktop, that will solve the problem far better than running it in a window.The resolution on the desktop is larger and the video card takes like forever to change it from in-game res to desktop res. I cannot afford the boss to see a black screen
Definitely it's a lot smoother transition. And WOW: thief in 1680x1050 (patched for wide, of course). At home I set the resolution at 1024x768 and used the LCD incorporated function for "4:3 in wide", but now I will really put widescreen fix at home too.
Anyway thanks for the advice. It's an improvement to the "situation"
Does this patch work with Thief Gold..
If that is a question both patches work with all Thief games and more (all Dark Engine games). Check the link above. You got all the info there
Yea so far so good..
Thread necromancy go!
Don't need this help for myself but someone I know, as it is impossible to run Thief in windowed mode for Windows 7 apparently (I am behind the times and still on XP). So if you guys know anything that does work, it would be great to hear about it.
Windows 7 Professional and up have an XP mode. That could be worth a try. If they are running starter or home edition they would have to upgrade. I believe that there are third party XP mode solutions though so they could try that.
Gerhard Eichberger
Now I have found this thread by chance. Although it is very old, I want to answer as there are some aspects that were not mentioned here and are, as I think, very important.
I know, I also worked in an office.For the record - I want to play Thief in window mode so I can easily Alt-Tab to another application when the boss comes into room
At first I want to say that it is a large risk. Playing in the job on the computers from your Employer is playing with your job. If someone would do this in the office where I worked, he/she would be fired. So I can't suggest anyone to install games on the computers at work.
At second the technical problem:
When we have got computers at work, they were 386ers, later 486ers and Pentium P5s. They had Windows for Workgroups 3.11, later Windows NT 3.51 and later Windows NT 4.0. (I don't know what the actual computers there have.) This means that the computers were old when we have got them. And it also means that there was no DirectX on the computers. Also there was no ability to install programs from a CD here as there was no CD drive in the computers. (The server was in a locked room in the cellar, and no one in our office had a key for that room, even not our boss who was the boss of the office, but he had a chief in the central office in Vienna, and when needed then an operator of the of the data center came with the key to open the door. The updates of the computers were not made via Internet but via Datex-J that was also used to send data to the data center where they had an IBM /370. (Did I mention that our system was pretty old although new installed?)
The computers in my job did not only miss a CD drive, they even had no soundcard. Also later when we had Internet and "normal" computers (probably with a soundcard) we couldn't play music as there was no program to do that - f.e. YouTube and all other websites to watch videos or hear music were blocked or locked. Even the search engines (f.e. Google, Altavista, or Yahoo) were blocked - we always got a message saying (in German) something like "This website is blocked. You cannot call it."
Also no one has tried to experiment with the computers - the fear of losing their job kept the colleagues from trying it out.
A friend could also not experiment on his PC at work. Although this PC had an internet connection he could not open the Windows Explorer, or the Internet Explorer. Trying to do that opened a window saying "You are not authorized to perform this function." (This happened also when he hitted the Windows-key on the left-down side of the keyboard.)
(I'm not sure how to run Thief 1, Thief Gold, or Thief 2 with Windows NT 3.51 or with Windows NT 4.0 without DirectX. So I played the games always just at home...)
You could make a test with DxDiag.
Gerhard
Ethical dilemmas aside, New Dark now supports Thief in windowed mode. Just open cam_ext.cfg file, find the following line:
and remove the semicolon before the 'force_windowed' command.Code:; force game to run in windowed mode ;force_windowed
Then adjust the resolution in Options menu to get the desired size.
I am doing this with just TFix with the GOG version of Thief Gold, and I am noticing: the window constantly (anytime transitioning to and from the 3d engine) centers itself on my screen, when I would like it to stay in the corner. Does anyone know if there is a way to prevent this behavior?
Thanks
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