Thief 3 - Garrett Moving On His Own

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SeventhStranger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem with Thief 3.
>
> When I load a saved game, Garrett starts moving forward on his own when I'm
> not even touching the keyboard or the mouse. I have installed the 1.1 patch
> but it hasn't resolved this particular problem. The problem is
> intermittent, sometimes I start the game up and it's fine. I have rebooted
> my PC a couple of times and started the game again but still get the same
> problem, and it happens on various saved levels.

Do you have a joystick connected to your computer? If so, that may be
the problem. If you don't have a joystick, go into your system settings
and disable the game port. Sometimes that can cause similar problems.

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:06:40 +0100, "SeventhStranger"
<jaynebeaumont@blueyonderNOSPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm having a problem with Thief 3.
>
>When I load a saved game, Garrett starts moving forward on his own when I'm
>not even touching the keyboard or the mouse. I have installed the 1.1 patch
>but it hasn't resolved this particular problem. The problem is
>intermittent, sometimes I start the game up and it's fine. I have rebooted
>my PC a couple of times and started the game again but still get the same
>problem, and it happens on various saved levels.
>
>I remember having the same problem with one of the Tomb Raider games a
>couple of years ago - Lara kept moving forward and often got killed by
>falling off a ledge. Wasn't that an Eidos game too? I don't ever remember
>resolving that one either.
>
>Anybody got any ideas?

It happens quite often to me when I'm playing Thief1 and 2. AFAIK,
it's a DirectInput issue. I can usually make it stop by rapidly
tapping all the various movement buttons and flail the mouse pointer
about wildly.
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"RichGK" <nope@nope.nope> wrote in message
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> "SeventhStranger" <jaynebeaumont@blueyonderNOSPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:SpfDc.3644$T3.1931@front-1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> > I remember having the same problem with one of the Tomb Raider games a
> > couple of years ago - Lara kept moving forward and often got killed by
> > falling off a ledge. Wasn't that an Eidos game too? I don't ever
> remember
> > resolving that one either.
> >
> > Anybody got any ideas?
> >
>
> Suicide wish after realising that Eidos are about to destroy what was once
a
> great series ;-) ?
>
>

Oh, it's still a great series - if you meant Thief :-) But somehow I think
Thief 2 still has a long life ahead, and that ThiefS is the ending that
everyobdy wanted to see, but still just a diversion to Garrets adventures to
come )