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Submitted by iryan on Sat, 2014-12-27 15:28

Cyborg17 wrote:
Hi friends, I'm a new steam user who got both DS1 and 2 using it. I've played through DS2 a few times in the past, and saw your mod that circumvents the DS1 compatibility issues.

I originally tried the registry fixes only and, like the rest, was unable to use the all*saves mod. This led to the oddities I'm sure, including the inability to hire on any new NPCs. I'm going to run through the first section of the game again to verify that replacing the exe with the one provided works on my computer.

It did take me 2-3 hours of research to find this thread, since I was looking in the main thread. Could this thread or at least an acknowledgement of the issue be posted in the install instructions?

Btw, incredible work. I mostly haunt the Freespace 2 modding scene, but I'm definitely impressed with what's going on over here.


Welcome to the site Cyborg17. I hope you enjoy what's on offer here.

It was difficult in tracking the exact cause of the problem with steam versions of the game without actually having it installed plus until the last few months there has been limited feedback on this site on the issue and its hard to discuss anything in any depth at Moddb. Now I have the steam version installed on my PC, thanks to the Steam XMas sale, I was able to quickly verify the problem and track down the cause and with help from everyone else here at SiegetheDay, come up with a possible solution.

I'm just waiting for permission to distribute a slightly modified launcher which should not only allow mods to be used with the steam version of DS2 but unlock multiplayer as well. Once this occurs there won't just be an acknowledgement on the main thread but a link to the solution which I also hope to distribute as a modding support framework for steam owners of DS2. I will even look at providing this mod support framework for DS2 at Steam as well, to make it easier to find.

The registry fixes won't then be required as such since I hope to make an option to use manual searching for installation folders in the main installer of the Legendary Mod. However the DS2 registry fix could still be useful for anyone who wants to install Broken World, as it needs to know where DS2 is installed to both install itself and to run.
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