Thief 3 will be fixed next Catalyst

Zardon · Jul 8, 2004, 05:54 PM

Ive had about 30 pms asking about the issues with this game and just as many in email........ and alot of people are asking on our forum as to when its going to be fixed, I know many of you were hoping for a fix with the 4.7s.

I have checked with ATI today and its been confirmed the issues will be resolved next offical release so you dont have long to wait.

Ignition · Jul 8, 2004, 06:17 PM

yeah they always say that what they forgot to fix in the current release will be included in the next..... I guess whe should just wait and see.

Zardon · Jul 8, 2004, 06:23 PM

They havent "forgotten" to fix it, the beta team have reported this a long time ago, you have to understand ATI work internally quite a few builds ahead of the release drivers and this is high on the list, it just didnt make it into this driver due to time constraints.

ive been assured it will be in the next offical release driver and ive every faith it will be, I didnt ask the cleaner in ATI.

Bart1987 · Jul 8, 2004, 06:48 PM

That's great news. Just one more month and i can play Thief 3 with the newest catalyst driver.

Chaos · Jul 8, 2004, 06:52 PM

Is it just me or do I feel sarcasism floating around ?

Zardon · Jul 8, 2004, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bart1987
That's great news. Just one more month and i can play Thief 3 with the newest catalyst driver.

im playing it myself with the issues - its bearable, I know its not how it "should be" but its an nvidia "sponsored" title, this happens, probably wont be the last time either.

Bart1987 · Jul 8, 2004, 07:02 PM

I'm serious. It's not really bothering me. I can wait another month for the fix. I wasn't expecting it this month anyway.

farkas · Jul 8, 2004, 07:43 PM

Thanks Zardon for making a seperate thread just to keep us annoying taffers in the loop.

Greatly appreciated

Falstaff · Jul 8, 2004, 08:03 PM

taffers?

Zardon · Jul 8, 2004, 08:06 PM

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Originally posted by fallang_jeff
taffers?

in game terminology. pretty funny. its a polite in game swear word like wan...

LeanWolf · Jul 8, 2004, 08:43 PM

i thought it was just an in-game slang term for a thief

Zardon · Jul 8, 2004, 08:45 PM

havent you heard the guards calling each other taffers?

Dimmuxx · Jul 8, 2004, 09:48 PM

What about the tv-out bug? It's like the worst bug ever.

Bicka · Jul 8, 2004, 11:25 PM

Thanks Zardon! Was there any mention of it being a x800 only fix?

Zardon · Jul 9, 2004, 12:33 AM

thread cleaned and lamers removed

Zardon · Jul 9, 2004, 12:44 AM

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Originally posted by Dimmuxx
What about the tv-out bug? It's like the worst bug ever.

thats on the list bud. hopefully not too long now.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 9, 2004, 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by Dimmuxx
What about the tv-out bug? It's like the worst bug ever.

mine works ok, details?

Zardon · Jul 9, 2004, 12:48 AM

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=50135

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 9, 2004, 01:35 AM

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Originally posted by Zardon
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=50135

Bah news to me but i don't use overscan I just use ati's defults

let me tinker

Dyre Straits · Jul 9, 2004, 05:50 AM

I only have the Thief "3" demo. I was able to play it just fine on my system (See Sig) until I tried restarting a saved game.

What's happening with me is that the character wants to move constantly to his right....even though I'm not touching anything.

AND, when I go to the Options menu, all the selections want to move to the far right.

Anyone else had this happen? I'm only now getting interested in the game and wanted to check out the demo first.

Zardon · Jul 9, 2004, 08:53 AM

have you a game pad or controller device connected? ive heard of conflicts with some games........

Ignition · Jul 9, 2004, 06:22 PM

Zardon, you work for ATI?????

Dyre Straits · Jul 11, 2004, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
have you a game pad or controller device connected? ive heard of conflicts with some games........

I do have and had forgotten about that potential problem. I'll check this out and see if that's it. Thanks for the tip!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2004, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ignition
Zardon, you work for ATI?????

what makes you ask that?

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
I have checked with ATI today and its been confirmed the issues will be resolved next offical release so you dont have long to wait.

Spellbot 5000 · Jul 11, 2004, 07:24 AM

Great news, thanks Zardon!

Any chance you could pick ATI's brain once again and inquire when the City of Heroes flashing textures issue is slated to be fixed?

MurderOne · Jul 11, 2004, 07:36 AM

ATI are aware that the flickering texture problem is also prevalent on the 9600 XT (256mb) card? From the text file in the catalyst drivers they only mention the latest ATI card so that's worrying me a bit. Especially as I bought the card to only play Thief 3!!!!!

I've only played a couple of levels on the game. I want all the issues resolved before i get my head down

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2004, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spellbot 5000
Great news, thanks Zardon!

Any chance you could pick ATI's brain once again and inquire when the City of Heroes flashing textures issue is slated to be fixed?

I'd love to be able test it but I lack the $49.99 plus mouthy installment

But Iâ€™ll let you in on a little secret

Has a lot to do with it... that maker don't care much how it runs on ati hardware.
NVIDIA give them big fat paycheck, make sure run good on nvidia

Some problems aren't the drivers fault and some are who knows... But I do know this meant to be played games always have problems, weather their later fixed or not. Maybe it the crappy NV CG compiler...

Weather it's just an amazing coincidence or a new tactic something is going on and it has a green logoâ€¦

EDIT: I'll tell you this on an off peak hour for their site to be over loaded and quite buggy just trying to view their FQA and support doc's I'm not impressed. I'm getting about .3k and a lot of INTERAL ERROR messages...

I'll start a new post on this very topic as not to hijack this one
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=50322

Lets get back on topic

Spellbot 5000 · Jul 11, 2004, 09:33 AM

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Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
I'd love to be able test it but I lack the $49.99 plus mouthy installment

The game does include a free month of play, so you could buy it and play around for a month and test out any grahic bugs, and then sell it on eBay. The fact that you'd have it for a month means you would also have a built up character that would let you sell the account for more than you originally paid for the game.

I've managed to pretty much get rid of the flickering by substituting the atioglxx.dll from the 4.2 driver set, but there are still a couple issues. Mainly I'd like to see some overall OGL performance improvements.

Jul 8, 2004, 05:54 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Thief 3 will be fixed next Catalyst Ive had about 30 pms asking about the issues with this game and just as many in email........ and alot of people are asking on our forum as to when its going to be fixed, I know many of you were hoping for a fix with the 4.7s. I have checked with ATI today and its been confirmed the issues will be resolved next offical release so you dont have long to wait.

Jul 8, 2004, 06:17 PM	#2
Ignition DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 162 Rep Power: 0	yeah they always say that what they forgot to fix in the current release will be included in the next..... I guess whe should just wait and see. __________________ [color=#dddddd][color=darkorange].:\|:. Thermaltake Xaser II A5000A Case[/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Antec TruePower 430W PSU [/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Chaintech VNF3-250 nForce3 250 [/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. AMD64 3000+ 2.0Ghz @ 2250Mhz[/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Kingston HyperX PC3000 1024MB @ 225Mhz FSB [/color] [color=darkred][/color][/color]

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Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Is it just me or do I feel sarcasism floating around ? __________________

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farkas IT Support Specialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Québec, Can Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Zardon for making a seperate thread just to keep us annoying taffers in the loop. Greatly appreciated __________________ K8N DLX (s754) A64 3200+ Thermalright XP-120 Corsair CMX512C2 X 2 1GB total Asus X800XT PE with ATI Silencer 4 rev 1 120Gb Sea SATA + 120GB WD PATA + 80GB WD PATA

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Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	taffers? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 8, 2004, 06:23 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	They havent "forgotten" to fix it, the beta team have reported this a long time ago, you have to understand ATI work internally quite a few builds ahead of the release drivers and this is high on the list, it just didnt make it into this driver due to time constraints. ive been assured it will be in the next offical release driver and ive every faith it will be, I didnt ask the cleaner in ATI.

Jul 8, 2004, 06:48 PM	#4
Bart1987 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 634 Rep Power: 0	That's great news. Just one more month and i can play Thief 3 with the newest catalyst driver.

Jul 8, 2004, 07:02 PM	#7
Bart1987 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 634 Rep Power: 0	I'm serious. It's not really bothering me. I can wait another month for the fix. I wasn't expecting it this month anyway.

Jul 8, 2004, 08:43 PM	#11
LeanWolf alpha male Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Skyrim Posts: 5,714 Rep Power: 84 System Specs	i thought it was just an in-game slang term for a thief __________________

Jul 8, 2004, 08:45 PM	Thread Starter #12
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	havent you heard the guards calling each other taffers?

Jul 8, 2004, 09:48 PM	#13
Dimmuxx Evil Henchman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Terra Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	What about the tv-out bug? It's like the worst bug ever.

Jul 8, 2004, 11:25 PM	#14
Bicka DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Zardon! Was there any mention of it being a x800 only fix?

Jul 9, 2004, 12:33 AM	Thread Starter #15
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	thread cleaned and lamers removed

Jul 9, 2004, 12:48 AM	Thread Starter #18
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=50135

Jul 9, 2004, 08:53 AM	Thread Starter #21
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	have you a game pad or controller device connected? ive heard of conflicts with some games........

Jul 9, 2004, 06:22 PM	#22
Ignition DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 162 Rep Power: 0	Zardon, you work for ATI????? __________________ [color=#dddddd][color=darkorange].:\|:. Thermaltake Xaser II A5000A Case[/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Antec TruePower 430W PSU [/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Chaintech VNF3-250 nForce3 250 [/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. AMD64 3000+ 2.0Ghz @ 2250Mhz[/color] [color=darkorange].:\|:. Kingston HyperX PC3000 1024MB @ 225Mhz FSB [/color] [color=darkred][/color][/color]

Jul 11, 2004, 07:24 AM	#25
Spellbot 5000 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	Great news, thanks Zardon! Any chance you could pick ATI's brain once again and inquire when the City of Heroes flashing textures issue is slated to be fixed? __________________ "I often wonder what would be a better form of suicide - a revolver between the eyes or marriage and a 40-hour week."

Jul 11, 2004, 07:36 AM	#26
MurderOne DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	ATI are aware that the flickering texture problem is also prevalent on the 9600 XT (256mb) card? From the text file in the catalyst drivers they only mention the latest ATI card so that's worrying me a bit. Especially as I bought the card to only play Thief 3!!!!! I've only played a couple of levels on the game. I want all the issues resolved before i get my head down