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no need to. there are absolutely no additional bugfixes, I've checked the GOG build. it's just the classic game patched up with ss2tool 4.0, nothing more, nothing less.
Apparently this (using community tools or user-made hacks to remove DRM for games) to is a standard procedure for GOG, I'm not that surprised. Still, it means more people playing this game. Many thanks for you fellows for your work on patching and modding this classic title.
it's NOT common to not ask the authors of those fanpatches for permission.
and claim that their patches are inadequate, while actually using them, and proclaiming them as their work, I might add.
If you guys are pissed about this, that Stephen Kick guy from the RPS interview isn't use a pseudonym. I say go ahead and bug him about it.http://www.linkedin.com/in/smkickhttp://pripyatbeast.com/blog/
As has been stated a 1000 times already: It's common for them to use fanpatches, it's NOT common to not ask the authors of those fanpatches for permission. They've only ever tried to cover up things when the fix was of questionable origin (like the Arcanum Skidrow crack).
For those that may not have seen it yet, there's an official response over on TTLG.
Oh dear...It appears he lives in the same city...
Way to take the high road man. Also credit due to the GoG marketing monkey for going to the community forum to try seeing what can be done to sort things.