Posted December 12, 2010
Edit: Title should say 1.0034A not 1.0032A.
Firstly if you try this I am not responsible for your save games not working, computer blowing up, nuclear Armageddon, whatever. Also don't expect GOG staff to help you out if everything does go wrong since I doubt this is on the list of things they support. It's just I tried it and it seemed to work and I thought I'd share it with you all but backup your old installation just in case.
I'm running 64bit Windows 7. I assume that step 2.) 32bit windows users should ignore the "Wow6432Node" bit of the registry path but I haven't tested it. It'd be helpful if someone could confirm that. If you don't know whether you're running 32 or 64 bit Windows then you shouldn't be doing this.
1.) Download the patch from http://www.larian.com/Site/fix/DivPatch_English.exe.
2.) You'll notice that if you try to run the installer it won't find the game. Open up regedit using the run dialog in the start menu and typing in regedit.
3.) Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Divine Divinity" (see comment above) right click on the key and click Export. Save the file to somewhere.
4.) Open up the file you just created with a text editor. You can do this by right clicking on it and selecting Edit.
5.) Add the text "CDV Software Entertainment AG\" in both the sections enclosed in [ ]. They should now look something like
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CDV Software Entertainment AG\Divine Divinity]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CDV Software Entertainment AG\Divine Divinity\English]
6.) Save the file and import it back into the registry by double clicking it and accepting the prompts.
7.) Run the installer. It should report that it competed successfully but if you run the game you'll still have version 1.005A.
8.) Go to the directory you installed Divine Divinity in. You should find a sub directory called "Run". Copy the contents of that directory and overwrite the files in the parent directory with them. You can delete the Run directory afterwards.
9.) Run the game. You should see version 1.0034A in the bottom right. We're done!
The only adverse effect I've seen so far is that the title screen is no longer centred. Everything else seems fine. That said I've not played the game though yet. If I find any major problems then I'll let you know. Have fun!
Firstly if you try this I am not responsible for your save games not working, computer blowing up, nuclear Armageddon, whatever. Also don't expect GOG staff to help you out if everything does go wrong since I doubt this is on the list of things they support. It's just I tried it and it seemed to work and I thought I'd share it with you all but backup your old installation just in case.
I'm running 64bit Windows 7. I assume that step 2.) 32bit windows users should ignore the "Wow6432Node" bit of the registry path but I haven't tested it. It'd be helpful if someone could confirm that. If you don't know whether you're running 32 or 64 bit Windows then you shouldn't be doing this.
1.) Download the patch from http://www.larian.com/Site/fix/DivPatch_English.exe.
2.) You'll notice that if you try to run the installer it won't find the game. Open up regedit using the run dialog in the start menu and typing in regedit.
3.) Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Divine Divinity" (see comment above) right click on the key and click Export. Save the file to somewhere.
4.) Open up the file you just created with a text editor. You can do this by right clicking on it and selecting Edit.
5.) Add the text "CDV Software Entertainment AG\" in both the sections enclosed in [ ]. They should now look something like
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CDV Software Entertainment AG\Divine Divinity]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CDV Software Entertainment AG\Divine Divinity\English]
6.) Save the file and import it back into the registry by double clicking it and accepting the prompts.
7.) Run the installer. It should report that it competed successfully but if you run the game you'll still have version 1.005A.
8.) Go to the directory you installed Divine Divinity in. You should find a sub directory called "Run". Copy the contents of that directory and overwrite the files in the parent directory with them. You can delete the Run directory afterwards.
9.) Run the game. You should see version 1.0034A in the bottom right. We're done!
The only adverse effect I've seen so far is that the title screen is no longer centred. Everything else seems fine. That said I've not played the game though yet. If I find any major problems then I'll let you know. Have fun!
Post edited December 12, 2010 by Ithixil