Always make a backup of the files that are overwritten by the File Archive, as the original files are usually required to update the game to a newer version or to play Online!
Some No-CD/Fixed EXE files work fine in Single Player mode but are detected to be modified when trying to play online. When this happens use the original EXE to play online, else you could find yourself banned from the game!
Some original games do not work when a certain application has been installed, like DAEMON Tools. In most cases using a No-CD or Fixed EXE will solve this problem!
Some Game Trainers are sometimes reported to be a Virus or Trojan, in most cases a keylogger called HotKeysHook but in ALL cases this is a false alarm as NONE of the Game Trainers @ GCW contain known malicious code! More info in the PC Games FAQ!
If you have problems using a trainer in combination with Windows Vista then make sure to run the trainer with Administrator rights and when needed in Windows XP or Windows 98 compatibility mode!
Copy the complete contents of the \THIEF\MOVIES directory from the CD to the Thief movie directory (e.g. C:\GAMES\THIEF\MOVIES).
Important: Copy intrface.crf from the Thief base directory
(e.g. C:\GAMES\THIEF) to the \THIEF\INTRFACE directory
(e.g. C:\GAMES\THIEF\INTRFACE) which has been generated by the update patch.
Then open install.cfg found in the Thief base directory and edit the resname_base entry:
Copy the full contents of the CD to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\TMP), except for the *.AFP files. The *.AFP files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb
Copy the CONFIG.AFP file from the CD to the temporary directory.
Extract the THDRCRK.EXE file from the archive to the THIEF directory in the temporary directory (e.g. C:\TMP\THIEF).
Burn the contents back to a CD-R using this CD-Label: Thief
Copy the full contents of the CD to a temporary directory, except these (hidden) files: IGYQ.AFP, KXEP.AFP, KZXP.AFP & TFJB.AFP these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb
Extract the following files from the archive to the game directory:
From the action-bar choose File and select
CD-Copy.
Use the following settings (all other settings should be
left default):
Image
Tab
Image file
Enter aImage
filename
Copy
options Tab
On the fly
DeSelect
Drive with source CD...
SelectSource
CD-Reader
Read Speed
1x (150 kB/s)
Read
options Tab
Number of retries before read error
10
Read media catalog number and ISCR
Select
Ignore illegal TOC Type
Select
Unreadable data
Continue copying
Data mode 1 - Force raw reading - If it can be changed or it is not ghosted
Select
Data mode 1 - On errors...
write uncorrected
Data mode 2 - Force raw reading
Select
Data mode 2 - On errors...
write uncorrected
Read audio data with sub channel
Select
Use Jitter correction
Select (for older Readers)
Ignore read errors
Select
Burn
Tab
Write Speed
1x (150 KB/s)
When ready click Copy CD to start the copy
process.
NOTE:
Use an 80 minutes CD-R or OverSize a 74 minutes CD-R to burn as the original CD is 76:15 minutes in size!
It was successfully done on a Memorex CDRW-2216 & Memorex 74 min blue media.
In some cases it is better to use the CD-Writer as Source CD-Reader as it is usually better able to read unreadable sectors.
This game uses the same Illegal TOC protection as Commandos & Tombraider 3.
