HELP, please? Thief 2 w/T2Fix runs well--Thief 2X is too dark...

[S.S.B.1]

I recently reinstalled the Thief Series TGold, T2, T3, and T2X. I have all three of the originals with updates and patches (TFix, T2Fix, etc) working fine and can use FMs through Angel Loader. I have T2X Shadows of the Metal Age installed into my T2 folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Square Enix\Thief 2 The Metal Age\t2x). I can run the mod and get into the game but can hardly see anything even with gamma turned up. I can adjust gamma in the menu but it does nothing...anyone know if there is a fix?

I'm running on an old HP laptop in Windows 10 Home. Hardware: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon A5 Graphics. I have updated the drivers for the motherboard and GPU.

Thanks!

[FenPhoenix]

Go into your Thief folder and open cam_ext.cfg, and find the line:

;d3d_disp_sw_cc

Remove the ; from the start of the line.

Do this for both Thief Gold and Thief 2, they both have this problem and the fix works for both.

This is why I've been saying the patches should just always do this by default, because tons of users have the gamma problem and the solution is extremely non-obvious unless one goes trawling through config files for fun.

[voodoo47]

maybe try the pre-packed fan mission loader compatible build first and see whether it solves the problem before you get into cfg editing (the assumption here is that only T2x has the gamma issue), see the very bottom of the first post here (you can also get a few extra T2x mods there).

also, program files - perhaps try to place the game anywhere else.

[S.S.B.1]

Voodoo47, Thanks for the link! I followed the instructions and it is working now. All the other mods, FMs and the originals were fine...now T2X is working as well.

Cheers,

[voodoo47]

sure. and do me a favor, pop your T2 folder out of program files, patching up with T2Fix made it portable so you can do that without an issue. lets lower the chances of program files causing random problems in the future to zero, perhaps.

[ZylonBane]

I assume this thread will eventually be deleted or moved somewhere more appropriate since it's not a mod or utility.

[voodoo47]

probably not, unless you report it.