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Thief 3

Posted: 01 Jun 2004, 02:02
by swaaye
Darned developers seem to have fixed the resolutions available. Instead of UT2004 and 2003's make-your-own-res setting in the INI, Thief 3 has only settings like 1,2,3,4, etc which correspond to specific resolutions.

Uhhgg.....gonna need a hack I think.

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Posted: 01 Jun 2004, 16:57
by Paradigm Shifter
Thank You Ion Storm!!! :roll:

(Oh yeah: that was sarcastic ;) )

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Posted: 02 Jun 2004, 20:55
by nitro
i've tried -1 it gave me a widescreen res but 2304x1440 :shock:
this is the bigger res my screen can andle, but it is unplayable

you can post your comment/wishes here

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=391546#post391546

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Posted: 02 Jun 2004, 21:18
by Paradigm Shifter
i've tried -1 it gave me a widescreen res but 2304x1440 :shock:
this is the bigger res my screen can handle, but it is unplayable


:shock: [goggles] :shock:

I'm not surprised! That is a high res! I'd reckon that even the new GeForce 6800 Ultra and Radeon X800 Platinum wouldn't be able to do more than about 20fps with that!

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 00:06
by nitro
[quote]i've tried -1 it gave me a widescreen res but 2304x1440 :shock:
this is the bigger res my screen can handle, but it is unplayable


:shock: [goggles] :shock:

I'm not surprised! That is a high res! I'd reckon that even the new GeForce 6800 Ultra and Radeon X800 Platinum wouldn't be able to do more than about 20fps with that!

:D

do you want a pic, just for fun ? :!

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 03:47
by skipclarke
Sure, drop a link and I'll grab it and post it over here. I'm planning on overhauling the screenshot section anyway.

I take it you're nitrate over there? Be sure and drop a line about the forum sometime.

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 10:21
by nitro


I take it you're nitrate over there? Be sure and drop a line about the forum sometime.


Excuse me but my bad english do not make me able to understand this, but yes i have also the "nitrate" nickname

:D

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 13:50
by skipclarke
sorry, sometimes i forget we are "world-wide" he's a breakdown of the slang:

"i take it" means "i take it for granted" which "i'm assuming" or "i'm guessing"

"drop a line" comes either from the idea of using a telephone (and telephone line) to make a call, or to write a few lines down on paper as in writing a note. so what i was asking was for you to mention this forum to the other people over there who seem to have an interest in ws gaming

sorry for the confusion.

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 14:45
by nitro
ok i understand now, and my answer is : of course i wiil :D

i'll post the screenshot tonight

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 16:50
by Paradigm Shifter
I'd love to see a pic too. :D

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 17:40
by Komoto
Heh, that's my post on the eidos forums, I'd already made it here and read this post before you linked back over :)

The fact that resolution 1 is a crazy huge resolution is interesting, though. Have you tried all valid entries? One might hold the key, though I'm doubtful, because of this interview quote:
Are you planning 480p, widescreen or HDTV support? (720p (1280x720)? 1080i (1920x1080)?)

Paul Weaver: For PC we support various resolutions up to 1600*1200. Currently we have no plans to support widescreen or HDTV.

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Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 18:10
by Paradigm Shifter

Paul Weaver: For PC we support various resolutions up to 1600*1200. Currently we have no plans to support widescreen or HDTV.


That does not bode well.

*sigh* :(

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Posted: 05 Jun 2004, 13:05
by nitro
nonetheless...

http://perso.club-internet.fr/nitro/widegaming/t3.jpg

2304x1440 > screenshot 1.6:1 ratio 8)

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Posted: 05 Jun 2004, 13:50
by Paradigm Shifter
:shock: Oh, WOW!!! :D

*Adds Thief 3 to the growing list of games to buy*

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Posted: 08 Jun 2004, 05:25
by Thoth
The demo doesn't seem to run well on a ti4600; I've got a P4 2.4 Ghz processor and 512 megs of RAM too. It's slow as the creeping crud.

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Posted: 08 Jun 2004, 17:21
by Paradigm Shifter
On an AthlonXP 2500+, 1Gig RAM, 5900XT, it's just about playable... but of course, that isn't my widescreen system...

On that (Pentium-M 1.5GHz, 512 RAM Radeon 9000) it runs like a three legged tortoise: going nowhere, not very quickly.

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Posted: 01 Aug 2004, 03:21
by TigerDave
I just installed the demo and have viewed all the config files noticing that yes, it does use the Unreal engine. But alas, I too was not able to get it to support any custom resolutions. Any ideas, anyone?

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Posted: 10 Aug 2004, 02:03
by hardcore
I tried this game a couple of weeks ago (the retail version), and i couldn't get it in widescreen either. I ended up doing 1600x1200 and stretching it manually (Sony GDM-FW900).

But my system took a beating at the resolution, so i'm sure at 1920x1200 it wouldn't have been too fun to play anyways. (3200XP, 1gb ram, 9800Pro 128mb)

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Posted: 15 Aug 2004, 21:13
by Komoto
The game ran great for me, I pulled back AA/AF to 2x or 4x, iirc (I normally use 16x), but other than that, no problems. Running at 1024x768 (:( on my 1280x720 screen) on a Barton 3000+, 1GB PC3200, 9800pro 256MB DDR2.

I suspect there may be a way to hack the 'resolution code', where 1=640x480, etc. Maybe one could set 5=1280x720. I just didn't feel like messing with it :) Worse, Deus Ex 2 /does/ support widescreen resolutions via hack (as I just found out now that DE2 is $20). That means they specifically /removed/ widescreen support in Thief 3.

ION sucks imo.

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Posted: 06 Apr 2005, 12:50
by skipclarke
Split the post, and moved the solution to the Solutions Forum:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=779