Thief 1 - for the last time

hi. . . . i need help again. . . . thief 1 will install without needing to use -lgntforce. it will not start but instead dumps me back to the desktop. . . i can start it with apcompat but when i start the game im back at the desktop & theres no sound either im running win2k with the compat patches installed.

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hi....
i need help again....
 
thief 1 will install without needing to use
-lgntforce. it will not start but instead
dumps me back to the desktop...
i can start it with apcompat but when i start
the game im back at the desktop & theres
no sound either
 
im running win2k with the compat patches installed.
 
ive tried this with thief 1.1.4 & 1.33 .same result
 
the machine is
p3 500
512mb ram
1 geforce ddr latest nvidia drivers 3.78
2 voodoo2 1000's
 
so if anyone can finally help me fix this
prob id really appreciate it

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Christ! How many video cards?
I'm sorry the compatability patch didn't work, but i'm running Thief, Thief Gold and Thief 2 under Windows 2000 Pro on a 16MB Voodoo 3 with no probs at all!
If you upgrade to Thief Gold (with the fantastic extra levels) and run d:\(or your relevant cd/dvd-rom letter) setup.exe- lgntforce (and don't forget the space after the dash) it runs fine.
I'm not so sure how it will run under your possibly over-specced specs!
Yours overwhelmed,
Pikey

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his video cards are not that ridiculous.... remember, voodoo2's are 3d only, and are able to run side-by-side (SLI mode). Then you still must have a card for 2d, hence the geforce. Of course, I would use the geforce for everything that did not require glide.....

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OP
yeah i forgot to mention apart from the
vid cards theres a sound card & ana adaptec
2940uw scsi controller so basically all my
slots are full now....
 
however i just purchased thief gold & hope
that will work
let me know if u guys have any ideas..