Thief 2/Version Differences - Revision history

LotBlind at 17:54, 7 December 2015

2015-12-07T17:54:57Z

LotBlind at 18:07, 5 August 2015

2015-08-05T18:07:25Z

LotBlind: /* Later changes */

2015-08-05T18:05:17Z

‎Later changes

LotBlind: /* General */

2015-08-05T17:47:43Z

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LotBlind: /* General */

2015-08-05T17:41:29Z

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LotBlind: /* General */

2015-08-05T17:39:23Z

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LotBlind at 22:19, 16 June 2015

2015-06-16T22:19:13Z

LotBlind: /* Later changes */

2015-06-16T22:14:29Z

‎Later changes

LotBlind at 22:13, 16 June 2015

2015-06-16T22:13:56Z

LotBlind at 22:12, 16 June 2015

2015-06-16T22:12:25Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:54, 7 December 2015
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	=Later changes=		=Later changes=

−	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.23 except maybe for the addition of mouse button 4 and 5 support, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145511 Thread on ttlg.com forums]. Make sure either Steam or GOG are offering the version you mean to run, otherwise it doesn't count as official!	+	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.23 except maybe for the addition of mouse button 4 and 5 support, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145511 Thread on ttlg.com forums]. Make sure either Steam or GOG are offering the version you mean to run and don't do any extra patching yourself, otherwise it doesn't count as official!

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	=From 1.07 to 1.18.=		=From 1.07 to 1.18.=

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:05, 5 August 2015
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	=Later changes=		=Later changes=

−	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.22, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=~~144235~~ Thread on ttlg.com forums]	+	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.23 except maybe for the addition of mouse button 4 and 5 support, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145511 Thread on ttlg.com forums]. Make sure either Steam or GOG are offering the version you mean to run, otherwise it doesn't count as official!

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 ==General==
-'''Added mousewheel support to options menu'''
+ '''Added mousewheel support to options menu'''
-'''Added the ability to detach from ladders by crouching'''
+ '''Added the ability to detach from ladders by crouching'''
   '''Improved mantling a bit and added optional new mantling algorithm with lower failure rate'''
-'''Lowered player crouch height by a tiny fraction so he's less likely to get stuck on 4 unit tall spaces'''
+ '''Lowered player crouch height by a tiny fraction so he's less likely to get stuck on 4 unit tall spaces'''
-'''AIs now breathe from their head instead of their stomachs. They will no longer drown when up to their waist in water.'''
+ '''AIs now breathe from their head instead of their stomachs. They will no longer drown when up to their waist in water.'''
-'''Fixed pickpocket count bug that would always show 1 more maximum pickpocket than there actually was.'''
+ '''Fixed pickpocket count bug that would always show 1 more maximum pickpocket than there actually was.'''
   Replaced video player lib with an FFMpeg based one to play cutscenes. LGVid.ax or other codecs are no longer required

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 ==General==
   Replaced video player lib with an FFMpeg based one to play cutscenes. LGVid.ax or other codecs are no longer required
   Option to use OpenAL (if available) instead of DirectSound. Includes support for audio effects in Windows 7 without an EAX-enabled driver (e.g. ALchemy)
   Added "head_bob" config var to control amount of head bob
   Fixed player ground contact tracking when walking off an object (caused footstep sounds to get "stuck" on previous material)
   Fixed sound cap per schema type bug and upped max sound channels to 48
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   Changed mouselook sensitivity to be resolution independent
   Added check to avoid trying to open files with reserved system name like com ports
   Added better support for binding actions to the mouse wheel (can bind wheel up and wheel down as separate actions, with modifier key support)
   Fixed star rendering
   Added "log_player_pos" command that dumps current player pos to log file (when enabled)
   Fixed a bug which limited number of sound channels to 16 even if more were selected
   Fixed a bug that sometimes caused doors to float away into infinity
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   Added option to fix arm rendering
   Added AA to rendering of loadout screen items
   Added "Blocks frobs" property, allowing objects to block frobs of objects behind them (e.g. to stop frobbing items through safe doors)
   Added option to left-align map notes text

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 ==Renderer==
-- Added windowed mode
+ Added windowed mode
-- Added single display mode option - no resolution change between menus and game
+ Added single display mode option - no resolution change between menus and game
-- Added ingame support for all common resolutions, including widescreen
+ Added ingame support for all common resolutions, including widescreen
-- Added support for 32-bit color
+ Added support for 32-bit color
-- Textures can now be automatically promoted to 32-bit, improving quality and effectively eliminating the palette limit
+ 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 UI framerate cap option to avoid GPU fan spinning up in UI
-- Added DDS/PNG image support
+ Added DDS/PNG image support
-- Added full 24/32-bit TGA/BMP 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
+ 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
-- Animated texture rate can now be specified via a material file for that texture
+  underscore) to support more than 7
-- Fixed a bug where Transparency property didn't (correctly) apply on objects that contain transparent polys
+ Animated texture rate can now be specified via a material file for that texture
 ==General==
-- Replaced video player lib with an FFMpeg based one to play cutscenes. LGVid.ax or other codecs are no longer required
+ Replaced video player lib with an FFMpeg based one to play cutscenes. LGVid.ax or other codecs are no longer required
-- Option to use OpenAL (if available) instead of DirectSound. Includes support for audio effects in Windows 7 without an EAX-enabled driver (e.g. ALchemy)
+ Option to use OpenAL (if available) instead of DirectSound. Includes support for audio effects in Windows 7 without an EAX-enabled driver (e.g. ALchemy)
-- Added "head_bob" config var to control amount of head bob
+ Added "head_bob" config var to control amount of head bob
-- Added mousewheel support to options menu
+ Added mousewheel support to options menu
-- Fixed player ground contact tracking when walking off an object (caused footstep sounds to get "stuck" on previous material)
+ Fixed player ground contact tracking when walking off an object (caused footstep sounds to get "stuck" on previous material)
-- Fixed sound cap per schema type bug and upped max sound channels to 48
+ Fixed sound cap per schema type bug and upped max sound channels to 48
-- Changed screenshot output format to BMP and also added support for PNG screenshots
+ Changed screenshot output format to BMP and also added support for PNG screenshots
-- Changed mouselook sensitivity to be resolution independent
+ Changed mouselook sensitivity to be resolution independent
-- Added check to avoid trying to open files with reserved system name like com ports
+ Added check to avoid trying to open files with reserved system name like com ports
-- AIs now breathe from their head instead of their stomachs. They will no longer drown when up to their waist in water.
+ AIs now breathe from their head instead of their stomachs. They will no longer drown when up to their waist in water.
-- Lowered player crouch height by a tiny fraction so he's less likely to get stuck on 4 unit tall spaces
+ Lowered player crouch height by a tiny fraction so he's less likely to get stuck on 4 unit tall spaces
-- Added better support for binding actions to the mouse wheel (can bind wheel up and wheel down as separate actions, with modifier key support)
+ Added better support for binding actions to the mouse wheel (can bind wheel up and wheel down as separate actions, with modifier key support)
-- Fixed star rendering
+ Fixed star rendering
-- Added "log_player_pos" command that dumps current player pos to log file (when enabled)
+ Added "log_player_pos" command that dumps current player pos to log file (when enabled)
-- Added the ability to detach from ladders by crouching
+ Added the ability to detach from ladders by crouching
-- Improved mantling a bit and added optional new mantling algorithm with lower failure rate
+ Improved mantling a bit and added optional new mantling algorithm with lower failure rate
-- Fixed a bug which limited number of sound channels to 16 even if more were selected
+ Fixed a bug which limited number of sound channels to 16 even if more were selected
-- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused doors to float away into infinity
+ Fixed a bug that sometimes caused doors to float away into infinity
-- Fixed (or at least greatly improved) a bug with edge triggered OBBs sometimes failing to detect collision (in particular for slow moving objects)
+ Fixed (or at least greatly improved) a bug with edge triggered OBBs sometimes failing to detect collision (in particular for slow moving objects)
-- Fixed framerate dependent speed issue for camvators/moving terrain (with collision type: none)
+ Fixed framerate dependent speed issue for camvators/moving terrain (with collision type: none)
-- Added "fixed_star_size" option for resolution independent star size
+ Added "fixed_star_size" option for resolution independent star size
-- Fixed some bugs when attaching to a ladder from water.
+ Fixed some bugs when attaching to a ladder from water.
-- AIs who are facing very close to a wall will no longer turn to face south when the game begins
+ AIs who are facing very close to a wall will no longer turn to face south when the game begins
-- Health bar drawing adjusted in widescreen
+ Health bar drawing adjusted in widescreen
-- Added option to fix arm rendering
+ Added option to fix arm rendering
-- Added AA to rendering of loadout screen items
+ Added AA to rendering of loadout screen items
-- Fixed pickpocket count bug that would always show 1 more maximum pickpocket than there actually was.
+ Fixed pickpocket count bug that would always show 1 more maximum pickpocket than there actually was.
-- Added "Blocks frobs" property, allowing objects to block frobs of objects behind them (e.g. to stop frobbing items through safe doors)
+ Added "Blocks frobs" property, allowing objects to block frobs of objects behind them (e.g. to stop frobbing items through safe doors)
-- Added option to left-align map notes text
+ Added option to left-align map notes text
-- Made navigation of map/objectives screen a little bit more in-game friendly (screen can also be closed with space, arrow key navigation and return to switch map/obj)
+ Made navigation of map/objectives screen a little bit more in-game friendly (screen can also be closed with space, arrow key navigation and return to switch map/obj)
 =Later changes=
 It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.22, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144235 Thread on ttlg.com forums]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:14, 16 June 2015
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	=Later changes=		=Later changes=

−	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.22, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself:[http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144235 Thread on ttlg.com forums]	+	It doesn't seem there were any more critical changes from 1.19 to 1.22, but here is the reference if you want to see for yourself: [http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144235 Thread on ttlg.com forums]

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 =From 1.07 to 1.18.=
 ==Programming fixes==
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 =From 1.18 to 1.19=
-This is the important parts (i.e. not to do with DromEd) of the patch notes for 1.19, which themselves claim to be just "a small sample of fixes/changes".
+This is the important parts (i.e. not to do with DromEd) of the patch notes for 1.19, which themselves claim to be just "a small sample" of the changes.
-==Renderer:==
+==Renderer==
 - Added windowed mode
 - Added single display mode option - no resolution change between menus and game
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 - Fixed a bug where Transparency property didn't (correctly) apply on objects that contain transparent polys
-==General:==
+==General==
 - Replaced video player lib with an FFMpeg based one to play cutscenes. LGVid.ax or other codecs are no longer required
 - Option to use OpenAL (if available) instead of DirectSound. Includes support for audio effects in Windows 7 without an EAX-enabled driver (e.g. ALchemy)

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-These are the official patch notes between 1.07 and 1.18.
+=From 1.07 to 1.18.=
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      Made some tweaks to improve gameplay.
      Made aesthetic improvements to the level.