So I was in a vintage gaming store earlier this week and saw a bunch of old pc games. I bought Thief for 6$ and figured Id give it ago. Well at first it wouldnt install but I fixed that now when ever I get a few seconds into the training missions the game freezes. Im on windows 7 and I tried running it in compatibility mode but still nothing.

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449

Thank you. :celebration:
The game works now but it says I need DirectX6 or higher which I have. Also my character walks 100x too fast for no reason.

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75031

Edit: Also, if the DDfix patch causes you any trouble (such as the directx thing) you can also try disabling multiple cores for the game, which is how I solved the immediate crashing.

I think if you turn VSync on it should stop the speed issue.

Toggling your CPU affinity so that the game runs on a single core fixes a surprising amount of issues in older games. Guess their programmers didn't expect we'd be still trying to play their games on quad core systems. ;) With the game running, bring up the task manager and find the game's .exe in the Processes tab -> right click, select "Set Affinity..." -> deselect all but one CPU -> click "OK" -> profit!

You'll have to do this every time you start the game, unless you've got a program that does it for you.