So GOG is telling me to download their latest 8+gig installer so I can apply the patch...So how is that being melodramatic?...
It's being melodramatic because you're making a big protest over a triviality. The hotfix isn't needed unless you're playing in French or German (see the hotfix notes
here) so if you're playing D:OS in English, you can just ignore it.
Oh dear.....still you are misguided.
The hotfix is an official patch released by Larian.
So what happens when the next patch released by Larian requires me to be fully patched and up to date?
That patch could well tell me that I don't have a current up to date game so please update.
Do you not understand that stargazer? So I would then need to download the 8gig GOG installer to get any future patches.
The fact that the hotfix is a simple language correction is irrelevant.
Actually the fact is (going by past experience) that any future Larian patches will probably need that patch installed anyway.
Kripes...is it that hard to understand.
And I still stand by my initial post and feel confident that my warning is neither melodramatic or trivial.
And if bandwidth is such a problem in your case then Steam is unlikely to be any easier, given others
have reported 10GB+ downloads.
A poor and not relevant example.
This was referring to a one off patching of a cd version. And the 10gig you refer to was explained by the poster that their original 5gig download failed.
One off patching is not an uncommon event with retail cd's of games.
I see no reference in there stating that Steam will ever require a person to fully download the whole game from their site even if they have the cd version.
No stargazer you have missed my point entirely.
And that is that I think it is unreasonable for any distributor to require people to download the full version of a game (insert installer) just because the distributor decides, for whatever reason, they want to change their installer version.
10gig repeated downloads are not yet a part of the majority of internet usage...... at least in these neck of the woods.
Anyhoo, lets agree to disagree Stargazer.
I gave what I think is a fair and informed warning for people to consider. What they do with the facts as I have presented is up to them.
Too much other more important stuff is going on in my life than to try to continuously explain my meaning in forums such as this.
Bantering back and forward just leads to long winded and boring posts like this one I have just posted.
