Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140121210201/@comment-3547390-20140124074004

It seems it was never fated to work on your laptop. Hopefully your desktop holds up better (no idea why you had so many problems with the laptop installation).

Hmm, wonder why editing dark.cfg caused problems. I suggest backing up a vanilla copy before doing anything else in that case. I have two copies of Thief on my hard drive and can easily replace one with the other with no problems. The chaos stems when you try to transfer to another computer. As long as it is on the same, you shouldn't have problems (notice the word shouldn't...)

Exactly what I was trying to say at one point. Doing too much on the laptop will make you hate the game, which is rather sad as you had enjoyed it up to said point.

Tried System Shock 1 again, curious to see how my impression of it was after doing SS2. I actually preferred the first in terms of HUD, controls, ect. The second had better story management, but that was due to the first being made during the time of Doom. Still can't get into either due to a dislike of the HUD (they both require you to leave the action in order to manage your items, unlike Thief where you can cycle through an inventory), but at least I know a bit more of my problem (another reason I did this was due to my recent success with getting over sprites in Dark Forces). Also, I am not sure if I would even recommend Deus Ex. As I played the demo, I only had a day or two of experience with it. Upon looking up screenshots, it actually reminds me a lot of System Shock 2's HUD and therefore would probably be stressful.

Jedi Knight 2 should be here shortly! Hopefully I have less stress with it than you have had with Thief lately. Hopefully you also are a better help than I am, I probably am going to need it.