/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10198230
Good, you finally realized Thief: The Dark Project is the better game

Thief. Although some of the extra levels in Gold are fucking abysmal.

>>8060606
Hey OP are you still there? I just spent the last couple of hours getting The Dark Project working properly. The original Dark Project version is on archive here:
https://archive.org/details/ThiefTheDarkProjectUSA/Box1.jpg

You'll have to extract the cue file into a new folder using PowerISO or something similar. Make sure not to put it in Program Files and don't name it just 'Thief', name it something like 'Thief The Dark Project.'

It's an old windows 98 game so it's not going to install properly on modern systems. What you need to do is find the 'Run' app (just type run into the search bar at the bottom of your screen,) then find the setup file. This is the weird bit - you need to type " -lgntforce" in the adress to get the installer to run on anything that isn't Win98. So for me it was:
D:\games\Thief The Dark Project\setup.exe -lgntforce

Make sure there's a gap between 'setup.exe' and the '-lgntforce'. Now the installer will run properly and then just extract TFix Lite into the 'Thief' folder you've just installed.

So far the only issue I've encountered is that the options menus are slightly misaligned. They still work it's just that the icons are all over the fucking show on some screens. I'll try to work out a fix for it later. The only real issue is the control config screen but there are workarounds by directly editing the 'user.bnd' file. Have fun.