Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140727111634/@comment-3547390-20140727210651

Glad you got the CPU working, sorry I wasn't around sooner to help you out! Of course, my solution below would have solved the CPU problem as well.

Yeah, the cutscene thing is easy and something I have expected you to have to deal with for a long time. You are lucky you lasted as long as you did.

Well, my solution is basically to get the FM loader. It will have an option to fix up your cutscenes on every startup, so any time it messes up you can just load it via the FM loader.

The loader in question is called Garrettloader. It used to be a lot harder to find for some reason, but right now it seems all links are working again.

http://www.potterdevelopments.org.uk/fm/files/downloadfile.pl?DLID=8325362

After the first one, that will be your standard install to set up everything, you might want to install the latest patch which is an upgrade (meaning the files must replace those of the previous link's install). Not sure if you will need this as the biggest addition beyond better management of FMs and a speed optimization was the CPU fix I mentioned previously for Garrettloader. But, if you want it, it's here. Just choose the no option on the survey, you won't have to give info or anything.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/service/thankyou?id=21614971

I am using the latest version (1.42, also known in Garrettloader as 1.4194). If you don't download both, you might not have the same options as me.

I believe some stuff will pop up at start up for you and you will have some wizards doing a lot of the work for you. If you don't, look to your left to see a sidebar. The sidebar, if it doesn't appear by default, might need to be hovered over. To get it to switch between the two modes, click the red pin in the upper right corner.

Click the button that looks like a checklist (I think it is the first before you link any games). Mainly you will want to click on the first two tabs and set the Game Location to your Thief install directory. You can set up the FM directories and Editor locations, but it doesn't really matter in your case. You could also just press Autoconfigure, but that is a bit unstable and might find the wrong directories. After that is done, hit save.

If everything is working, you should see a Thief Gold icon on the left sidebar. Clicking it will give you a list (remember, this is mainly a FM loader, so it expects you have more than one thing to load). If you see the entity "Thief Gold Original Missions" you should be good in setting up your directories to Garrettloader. All you do to play is click it to highlight it, then go to the bottom area and click the green "Play" button. I might warn you now that I have seen some instability when using Garrettloader (usually after unloading a FM and going to the main game), but it should all work enough for you to get around and access the game fine.

Anyway, all the above is nice, but isn't the solution to your problem. On the sidebar, there is also a button (there are few buttons, I just covered most of them, with the last one being a help button. You will get more buttons as you add more games like Thief 2 which will have similar menus to the one for Thief Gold) that looks like a hammer. Click the hammer. All you need to worry about on this page is the first big button "Re-Register Indeo Codec". You can click it now and then use the game, but you may need to redo the tool and whatnot from time to time. If you are expecting to use FMs, you might as well just start loading it from Garretloader. In that event I suggest clicking the small arrow next to the button and selecting "Run when any Dark Engine Game Starts". By doing this it will take a few more seconds to load the game, but you will never have to worry about cutscene problems again.

Good luck!