OG Thief 1 and 2, patches, and mods
Hi. First post here. Not sure if anyone will be able to help with this, but I've recently installed the original Thief games on my retro PC with Windows 98. So completely vanilla. However, they're not without their problems. I just wanted to get some insight into a few things, to find out if or what patches/mods might be required.
I did install their latest updates, so 1.33 and 1.18 respectively. Initially, the games acted weird by saying I needed to insert the CDs. I'm using CD images created from my original discs mounted with a virtual drive, and all the correct drive letters and directory paths are in check. The second game definitely complains about the CD until I install the patch. Though I have to install the patch for the Premiere edition of Thief 2 for it to work properly.
There are two things I've noticed though, which don't seem to be a problem with the first game. Firstly, the audio is ridiculously quiet! Is this a common problem with the original Thief 2? All the volume sliders are at full and it's the same problem whether I use my Yamaha OPL3 ISA sound card or my PCI Sound Blaster Live Value. Audio sounds fine in Windows. I've yet to test it without the patch, so I will be doing that, providing I can get around the 'insert CD' problem.
The other issue is that performance is much worse. At least, in the very first mission. I'm using a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 AGP. I've not tested much of the original yet, but performance is fairly solid from what I have sampled. Which leads me to the question - do any mods out there address performance and audio issues, such as NewDark? And if so, are any compatible with Windows 98?
I'm currently going through the original Resident Evil games and I know mods for that are only designed for modern systems, which is understandable, but was just curious how backwards compatible the mods are for the Thief games.
Thanks