Surprise Patch for Thief 2 and System Shock 2

Arriving completely unexpected, an unofficial patch has been discovered for Thief 2: The Metal Age and System Shock 2. As reported by DrK on the Through The Looking Glass (TTLG) forums, a poster known as Le Corbeau on a French forum board called Ariene4ever posted about a Thief 2 version 1.19 patch and a System Shock 2 version 2.4 patch. The reason this is a big deal is because of the list of changes it boasts which sound so hard to believe, you'll have to see for yourself. Here's an excerpt from the TTLG post, which has an excerpt from the readme included with the patch:

" Renderer:
- Added windowed mode
- Added single display mode option - no resolution change between menus and game
- Added ingame support for all common resolutions, including widescreen
- Added support for 32-bit color
- Textures can now be automatically promoted to 32-bit, improving quality and effectively eliminating the palette limit
- Added UI framerate cap option to avoid GPU fan spinning up in UI
- Added DDS/PNG image support
- Added full 24/32-bit TGA/BMP image support
- Increased the maximum number of frames allowed in animated textures from 20 to 99, and increased the allowable filename length for animated textures (before the underscore) to support more than 7
- Animated texture rate can now be specified via a material file for that texture
- Fixed a bug where Transparency property didn't (correctly) apply on objects that contain transparent polys"

And that's just for the renderer. There's also changes for dromed, such as hardware rendering in editor mode! The implications here are very significant for Dromed level designers. Before you go tinkering with trying to install the patch, you can test the game itself with the Thief demo which has the 1.19 patch changes included. It should be pointed out that the 1.19 patch has no need for ddfix, a previous fan patch for thief 2 that was separate from the main game and ran along side it. I've also posted a mirror for both the Thief 2 and SS2 patches, seen here.

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta Website and new build

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The multiplayer patch has a website that was just launched. Check it out! See link above.

It's over 9,000!

(The title of this is an internet joke. Look up "it's over 9,000!" on youtube, or "it's over nine thousand!")

UN-BE-LIEV-A-BLE ! For those that don't know, TTLG (ttlg.com and it's sister sites) went down recently for unknown reasons, and Saam (the guy who owns the server for TTLG) was on vacation... When he came back, it was fixed, and David (forum admin) announced on ttlg.com that TTLG needed help (donations) for building a new server/getting a hosting package. This means that TTLG will have more reliable service and be much faster! The administrator David, while reluctant to do so (read the thread on TTLG) asked for donations, and not only has the goal been met in a short timespan, it was exceeded! The amount of donations combined with USD and British Pounds (sterling?) equaled a total over over 4,000 dollars in American money. The goal was around 2,000 dollars! But you don't have to take my word, check the website, and look at the "Hosting Discussion" thread. TTLG is amazing isn't it? As some people have said, it's like a "home away from home." Thanks David and others for your hard work on keeping TTLG alive over the past 9+ years or so.

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta released

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta Patch
A little late in my posting, but better late than never right? In a historic moment, the man that goes by the alias of Tos on the TTLG forums has posted a beta version of his multi-player patch he has been working on for about a year or more now. Thanks so much Tos! Note that it IS a beta, so don't get TOO excited.

The Master Builder - Connection between thief and the play?

Probably no connection, but it was interesting to me anyway, and I posted a thread. Link below.

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