hi, I've ran into a bit of a problem with your installer... you see, SS2 has been released on steam, but without the ability to play multiplayer (even though I could have SWORN it was a promised feature update for there version)

so I was trying to add it this way...
one problem.
your installer FORCES you to not be able to install into program files folder whatsoever.
steam FORCES you to install SS2 into it's own folder designed for it... which is, you guessed it, inside the program files folder.
end result: can't install without manually moving folders around... which, I'm sure I don't normally have to mention but will anyways... doesn't work at all.

while I appreciate you guys trying to make the installer 'idiotproof' by forcing them to find a folder not in program files... you have throughly screwed me over by not making it a warning, like most people do, and instead forcing it on them.

idk why I thought that would work.  lol.

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Also, this is why most people should move the Steam games folder somewhere else. Program Files is far too locked down anymore for it to work with older games.

can't say for sure as I'm not using steam, but judging from the posts at TTLG and steam forums, steam will perform a file restore if you patch/modify the files, breaking the entire game in the process. so using steam to copy the game into an unprotected location is not enough, you have to make sure steam will keep its paws away from the game files completely - as long as they are part of the steam system, there is potential for malfunctions.

ok, but still, if you have a release which works (GOG) vs a release that works only when you set it up properly (steam), the choice should be pretty clear.

but no sense in arguing, when someone likes his top notch steak with tesco ketchup, then he just does.

Steam will only verify the files if it updates or you tell it do do it manually.

Anyway, according to the store page the game is patched to 2.4 (NewDark!) which means it has a leg up on the GOG release already!

So, would you still recommend to copy the Steam release somewhere else, voodoo?

I don't hate Steam.  But the GOG version is simply better, for a lot of reasons..........

I don't hate Steam.  But the GOG version is simply better, for a lot of reasons..........

If you reinstall SSTool or NewDark then it overwrites any steam DRM that may have been in the .exe.

Chances are it didn't have any to begin with though, a lot of third-party Steam games are like that.

EDIT: According to this the game is indeed DRM-free. It will run completely independent of Steam.

Just a thought: Would applying voodoo's fixes and placing a dummy gog.ico file in the main folder enable the SS2Tool to work or does the Steam release have bigger problems?

Last Sunday me and voodoo have relayed an SS2 version to Night Dive that isn't prepatched with SS2Tool, but still works out of the box, uses New Dark 2.42, can be modded out of the box and can be upgraded with SS2Tool 5.1 and later versions.
It's up to them to deploy that version on Steam of course.