Posted April 30, 2013
Hello. I have a bit of a dilemma with Thief Gold. This being the first time I play Thief, I want to play the game as close as I can to its original release in terms of game content.
On a fresh GOG install, all works well, except that the cutscenes do not play. So I patched it up with NewDark, which did allow the cutscenes to play. However, the readme on NewDark notes that there may be issues with pathfinding using it in Thief 1, and I'm not sure how severe or game-breaking they might be.
I do see the sticky topic for TGFix. I'm hesitant to use it because: I don't want any of the improved graphics mods; I don't know what other changes are part of it and whether it fixes whatever issues caused by moving to T2's engine in NewDark (seems like it's supposed to, but it's not clear about that); and I prefer not to use automatic installers.
So I see here:
Fresh GOG install:
+minimal modding (what I want)
-cutscenes don't play
with NewDark patch:
+cutscenes do play
+engine updates
-(maybe) pathfinding issues?
with TGFix:
+NewDark engine updates
+(maybe) without the pathfinding issues?
-I don't know what else it does
Alternately, I can play with just the GOG install and alt+tab and watch the cutscenes in VLC or something. But that's not ideal, and I don't know when they're supposed to play.
Ultimately, my question is: does using NewDark on Thief Gold introduce issues that break certain things in the game that would otherwise not be broken?
On a fresh GOG install, all works well, except that the cutscenes do not play. So I patched it up with NewDark, which did allow the cutscenes to play. However, the readme on NewDark notes that there may be issues with pathfinding using it in Thief 1, and I'm not sure how severe or game-breaking they might be.
I do see the sticky topic for TGFix. I'm hesitant to use it because: I don't want any of the improved graphics mods; I don't know what other changes are part of it and whether it fixes whatever issues caused by moving to T2's engine in NewDark (seems like it's supposed to, but it's not clear about that); and I prefer not to use automatic installers.
So I see here:
Fresh GOG install:
+minimal modding (what I want)
-cutscenes don't play
with NewDark patch:
+cutscenes do play
+engine updates
-(maybe) pathfinding issues?
with TGFix:
+NewDark engine updates
+(maybe) without the pathfinding issues?
-I don't know what else it does
Alternately, I can play with just the GOG install and alt+tab and watch the cutscenes in VLC or something. But that's not ideal, and I don't know when they're supposed to play.
Ultimately, my question is: does using NewDark on Thief Gold introduce issues that break certain things in the game that would otherwise not be broken?
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