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Based on what steam users have said...

Submitted by bare_elf on Sat, 2014-08-30 04:12

There is more than just the version number mismatch. I am starting to believe that there is content missing from the Steam versions of both DS1 and DS2. Why do I think this you ask? Because of missing objects, objects that float above where they should be. Missing or problematic ambient characters and shopkeepers, innkeepers. If a person has both the steam version of DS1 and DS2 they appear to report more of these issues than do people with just one of the steam versions. Now I know that there is content in retail versions of all the various Dungeon Siege editions that exist, but are not active in the final release of the games. I also know that some of these assets are used in the DS1_Legendary_Mod. What if the people at Steam removed the unused assets from their versions to provide a faster download?
That would explain the different version numbers between the retail and steam versions of the game. This would also explain why the more advanced the legendary mod becomes the more of these issues arise. Now asking the people at Steam if they removed any of the content is pointless as their tech support is almost non existent. So we will have to rely on the steam users themselves to help us answer this question. So in that light, if you have a steam version of any of the games installed on your computer could you provide the following information>
The name and file size of each of the default files for the games you have.
I am most interested in the sizes of Objects.ds2res and Logic.ds2res, but having the size of the sound files and terrain file would also be useful.

Thank you in advance
Elf

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Submitted by bare_elf on Tue, 2014-12-30 16:53

Stange that such a simple idea would work. I copied the DSLoA Folder from my Retail install of DS1/DSLoA to the same location in the DS1 Steam Folder. Then I copied the DSLoA.exe to the root directory of the steam DS1 install. Verified that the file was pointing to the Steam install which it was. Then verified that the DSLoA.exe in my retail install was still pointing at the retail version, which it was. It now appears I have a working DSLoA playable from the steam install. I will have to play a game to see what happens. May have to change the paths for the saved games and screen shots so they do not overlap the DS1 retail install.

Elf
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Submitted by iryan on Tue, 2014-12-30 17:38

bare_elf wrote:
Stange that such a simple idea would work. I copied the DSLoA Folder from my Retail install of DS1/DSLoA to the same location in the DS1 Steam Folder. Then I copied the DSLoA.exe to the root directory of the steam DS1 install. Verified that the file was pointing to the Steam install which it was. Then verified that the DSLoA.exe in my retail install was still pointing at the retail version, which it was. It now appears I have a working DSLoA playable from the steam install. I will have to play a game to see what happens. May have to change the paths for the saved games and screen shots so they do not overlap the DS1 retail install.

Elf


You just beat me, I tested it with the same success.

I also tested it by disabling the registry setting for Dungeon Siege in case it was using that to "find" the original game but no, it still works. So I believe DSLOA.exe acts like a shortcut using a custom folder. If there's any extra hard-coded functions used for DSLOA, they must be included in the exe.

DSLOA already uses its own folder for saves, settings and screenshots so changing the path shouldn't be necessary as long as the DSLOA in the steam folder has the same mods as the retail version unless you intend playing both versions with different mods?

Still DSLOA is still sold at retail in such places as Amazon and it includes the original dungeon siege.
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Submitted by MrMaGallan on Thu, 2021-01-14 12:08

bare_elf wrote:

however i need to verify one thing.

in the mean time if there is a brave steam ds2 user out there.

Go to your Dungeon Siege 2 directory and rename DungeonSiege2.exe to DungeonSiege2.exe1 then download the modified exe file and place it in the same directory as the original DungeonSiege2.exe1

http://siegetheday.org/~bare_elf/execs/DungeonSiege2.exe

Then install elys Allsaves for DS2 if you have not already done so
the link is here
http://web.archive.org/web/20120509151203/http://garage.gaspowered.com/?q=node/1990

This sould correct
A. The ability to use allsaves
B. The ability to play multiplayer
C. Allow you to use the latest version of the legendary mod.

if it does not just delete the new dungeonsiege2.exe and rename the original back to dungeonsiege2.exe

Now this is very important if it works tell me, if it dose not work tell me, as i have a more involved solution that will take a few more steps to get working.

Elf

This link is dead and i seem to be having trouble getting succubus to run BW. Launches and runs fine from steam with the BW fix/legendary.
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