Force the program to use 64bit version

[PurSpyk!!]

Hi,

Using Windows 7 64 bit, but this game runs using the 32 bit version, how do you make the game use the 64 bit version?

[Bladorthin]

It's pointless, trust me. If it doesn't work one way, it won't work either way. I've tried, and tried and tried and tried. On non-original, on original, on mantle, on 64-bit, on 32-bit, on low, on high specs - it doesn't matter; if the game hates you, it won't work no matter what you do. It's a piece of crap and I, sure as hell, hope that Eidos Montreal will pay a hefty price for this fail.

[PurSpyk!!]

The game runs fine, but its using the 32bit version, i want to use the 64bit version

[trek554]

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

The game runs fine, but its using the 32bit version, i want to use the 64bit version

only a handful of games are 64 bit and this is not one of them. just play the damn game and stop acting ridiculous.

[PurSpyk!!]

Sorry, this game has a 64 and 32 bit version, please get your facts straigth before posting rubbish

[Kúsař]

Did you disable "use 32bit executable" option in launcher? Also does task manager report game as thief*32 process when it is running? (launcher is probably 32bit only)
If you've got more than 4GB memory (RAM + VRAM) then you should benefit from running 64bit version...

[PurSpyk!!]

I have 18GB Ram and 2 GTX 780 ti 3GB graphics cards.

[Portwills]

Being from Montreal i'm ashame thinking people from around here has been working on this and came up with such a fail. Seriously, Eidos Montreal... Stop failing so hard. I can't even launch the game right now, black screen, I can hear the menu sounds but that's it. Haven't had any problems with any game before.

[Tailen]

Go to \Steam\SteamApps\common\Thief\Binaries2\Win32 and rename the folder to keep a backup, e.g. "Win32_backup". Then make a copy of \Steam\SteamApps\common\Thief\Binaries2\Win64 and rename it "Win32".
Steam doesn't properly detect what OS version you have and always launches the 32 bit version. By replacing the Win32 folder content with the Win64 files, it will launch the 64 bit version instead.

[PurSpyk!!]

Originally posted by Tailen:

Go to \Steam\SteamApps\common\Thief\Binaries2\Win32 and rename the folder to keep a backup, e.g. "Win32_backup". Then make a copy of \Steam\SteamApps\common\Thief\Binaries2\Win64 and rename it "Win32".
Steam doesn't properly detect what OS version you have and always launches the 32 bit version. By replacing the Win32 folder content with the Win64 files, it will launch the 64 bit version instead.

Thanks, already did this, forgot about this thread otherwise I would have responded.

[markdb92]

if you had amd cards you would love mantle in this game its like runing dx12 version of the game and dx12 blows dx11 out of the water. I am talking like at least 20 fps increase.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

Ah the 64bit vs 32bit debate for Thief... tbh? 64bit games only take advantage of more system memory... that's it. Is Theif a demanding enough game like Battlefield to actually see performance increases swapping to 64bit? No... so with that in mind? You can actually LOSE performance going to 64bit due to longer memory bit addresses taking more time to compute... a prime example was Half-Life 2. It had a 64bit version that ran worse than 32bit due purely to longer compute times for the 64bit memory address... in fact? 64bit HL2 was dropped by Valve due to the performance woes.

http://techgage.com/article/half-life_2_64-bit_-_reason_to_get_excited/2/

So yeah... this is why you don't see 64bit in most games, because they don't push the system memory envelope to merrit a potential performance increase with 64bit games.

Interestingly? Valve did make Source Engine 2 and include 64bit support as seen in DOTA 2 Reborn... I haven't tested it much myself nor have I benchmarked it or such and don't remember the system memory usage, so maybe dota2 uses more than 4GB of RAM? I dunno... potentially in 4K I could see that, but I haven't seen anything pointing to it being a major sucess yet.


Sadly? Most users even said the 64bit version of Thief stutters and so it did even for me... so you're better off with the 32bit version in the end. :\

Originally posted by Portwills:

Being from Montreal i'm ashame thinking people from around here has been working on this and came up with such a fail. Seriously, Eidos Montreal... Stop failing so hard. I can't even launch the game right now, black screen, I can hear the menu sounds but that's it. Haven't had any problems with any game before.

Heh, at least it's not the defunct EA Black Box from Burnaby, BC that made Need For Speed: Undercover! :P

I remember trying out that game and how much of a buggy mess it was... at one point? A tractor with trailer was like a comet falling out of the sky and homed in on my car sending me spinning off to the side of the road... probably the lowest point of the NFS series right there heh.

[bloodraven43]

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

I have 18GB Ram and 2 GTX 780 ti 3GB graphics cards.

the only person on earth with 18 gbs of ram...lmao...and 780`s are dino`s at this point in time.

[PurSpyk!!]

Originally posted by bloodraven43:

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

I have 18GB Ram and 2 GTX 780 ti 3GB graphics cards.

the only person on earth with 18 gbs of ram...lmao...and 780`s are dino`s at this point in time.

and that was my specs in 2015, and if you took the time to read it was 780ti, not 780's Current specs Titan X (Pascal) x 2, 24 GB ram, happy now?

[bloodraven43]

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

Originally posted by bloodraven43:

the only person on earth with 18 gbs of ram...lmao...and 780`s are dino`s at this point in time.

and that was my specs in 2015, and if you took the time to read it was 780ti, not 780's Current specs Titan X (Pascal) x 2, 24 GB ram, happy now?

btw there is no such thing as 18gbs ram. also titan`s are for modeling not gaming...i guess you are one of those great pc builders that dont have a clue...x86 works fine.

[PurSpyk!!]

Originally posted by bloodraven43:

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

and that was my specs in 2015, and if you took the time to read it was 780ti, not 780's Current specs Titan X (Pascal) x 2, 24 GB ram, happy now?

btw there is no such thing as 18gbs ram. also titan`s are for modeling not gaming...i guess you are one of those great pc builders that dont have a clue...x86 works fine.

I think you need to do some more research, Titan X graphics cards are ideal for gaming, Quadro cards are for modeling.