gpoppitz: I only said I did not want to screw my installation before making a proper backup. Which I did yesterday. ;)
As said above I don't think your files are enough because each proper DLC skin usually also has texture and shader files of some kind, which you did not provide.
And you can believe me I also did some other test I did not write about like linking the new files to an existing DLC suit or linking existing DLC files to the new "The Batman" slot to see if anytihing at all happened.
If you want to have a look at DefautEngine.ini, there are interesting lines as well like this one:
+SeekFreePackageNonCore=Playable_Batman_TheBatman
Those are there for all standard/standardized skins but not for any of the "real" DLC skins.
What does that line actually do? Is it important? Why do those exist for standard skins but not for DLC skins? What's the difference here?
I can't tell, this is way beyond my knowledge... :(
I also don't know why they had to bolt that stupid skin so deeply into the core game. Why no proper DLC folder? Even all the PS exclusives for Origins and Knight exist in seprate DLC folders that can be handled without too much interference.
TBH at the moment I really don't care about that silly skin any more. I am much more interested to find out what the other files do. If there is any substantial bugfix or enhancement in there.
If you have a working and updated EPIC installation, could you have a look at the followong:
- Are shadows/refelxions for the Batman Inc. suit still missing?
- There is a bug, that Pyg Doll-O-Trons or firefighters rescued before the big GCPD tank battle disappear from GCPD after the battle. Is that bug still there? Usually there should be 16 firefighters, so if you do have less or the Doll-O-Tron cell is empty this at least is a hint the bug might still be in the game. Although it's no hard proof because the fix might be linked directly to the trigger moment,,,
- There is another bug with the PYG quest that the mission marker reappears when entering the PYG hideout again after finishing the mission. I am especially interested in those PYG-related bugs, because a file called PYG.upk on STEAM actually got an update.
- Also noone on STEAM seems to have the Earth 2 Dark Knight skin, although the necessary files were provided with the patch. GOG and EPIC already had this one, do you (still) have it on EPIC?
- Beyond that, have you noticed any changes in performance? In STEAM forums some people say they have better, some worse performance...
P.S.: Thanks in advance - and also merry christmas! :)
Of coutrse I also can't tell you why they included the skin the way they did without any DLC folder but your extremely detailed answer still unfortunately did not reply if you have ever integrated the additional lines from my patch into the main Bmgame.ini so that question remains for me as well. I do agree that some of the other files that came along with this update might be important as well - especially the textures file so I decided to pack them ALL (only excluding the DLC folder) in one package. Write me in chat if you should be interested in getting them - my chat is open :)
I can tell you that to my surprise the two additional skins (anime/and Zur-En-Arr) have been removed from the regular Epic release again. Maybe they accidentally removed the lines from the Bmgame.ini files because reinserting them brought them back. Earth 2 skin is still available. I also have shadows with the Batman Inc. suit (just tested) ... did not find sth. to reflect. Hard for me to compare performance because I recently upgraded my GPU to a 4060 and it is running smooth as butter with around 90fps in 1080p. I am not playing the game actively right now so it would take me too much tim eto test the other issues you mentioned. In any case, send me a chat if you shoul dbe interested in the remaining files and merry christmas to you as well :)
