Direct compare - that is a "great" info. I would like to know now what happened that GOG distributes faulty version? Now I really hope that there are no other "hidden" bugs connected to this. :/

Can you check size/date of these GOG files below on your Steam version?

Directory of Kings Bounty\data

08-08-2008 | 17:21 | 102˙022˙118 animation.kfs
31-03-2009 | 17:45 | 34˙248˙738 data.kfs
31-03-2009 | 17:45 | 141˙124˙386 interface_textures.kfs
31-03-2009 | 17:45 | 7˙757˙073 loc_data.kfs
08-08-2008 | 17:22 | 55˙596˙703 models.kfs
08-08-2008 | 17:22 | 51˙920˙165 sky.kfs
13-04-2009 | 16:48 | 171˙918˙522 sounds.kfs
08-08-2008 | 17:28 | 324˙299˙505 textures.kfs

Directory of Kings Bounty\sessions\base

31-03-2009 | 17:45 | 828˙345 loc_ses.kfs
31-03-2009 | 17:45 | 6˙365˙376 ses.kfs

Unfortunately I cannot see the original file dates/times. The file dates for creation and last modification were set to the installation date (today) by the Steam installer. I checked the file sizes for the files you mentioned and found a couple of small differences:

data.kfs 34,248,745 bytes
interface_textures.kfs 141,124,445 bytes

Both files are just zips.

I think that it is not interface file - as I can see inside it there are some logotypes among other graphics - so maybe Steam "added" its logo to display somewhere?

So I think the key file is data.kfs where was something "done".

Do you have any possibility to put this file somewhere online so I could download it?

...or maybe anyone else has Steam version of KB and can upload file data.kfs somewhere?

Sorry, Lexor. I may be able to help you out later, but I'm at work right now.

This isn't actually relevant to the problem at hand, but it may disperse some level of confusion:

goggame.dll's only use is to register with Windows Vista's and 7's Game Explorer (actually, it was added to provide compatibility with Win7, as Vista only required a set of registry keys and values - Win7 is more restrictive and its way worked even on Vista). It doesn't do anything to the game itself.

And yes, games _can_ be registered for Games Explorer even on XP, so the entries are there in case the user decides to upgrade to a newer version.

Hmm... that's weird a little. KB is quite "fresh game" - it supports Vista out of the box so doesn't it run on W7 "by default" also? Was it really needed to add some special file?

Not necessarily. If the developer used the "quick and dirty" registry-only way of registering for GE on Vista, it wouldn't work on 7. Using a DLL (or embedding the information in the game EXE) works on both 7 and Vista and was always the recommended way.

Woot!
[i hope showflyingdead is also investigated] :>

Microsoft also has a database of legacy games, which get automatically added when they either get drag 'n' dropped into the game explorer or started.
Although King's Bounty is surely known enough for being in the database, it focus more on the mainstream retail release, so that special distributions have to be self-registered.

Thanks! :D

I'm still waiting for spindown (or anyone else?) to get data.kfs from Steam version but it is good to know that GOG is tracking this bug also.

In your case this bug can be easy "patched" by editing game.ini. Still some questions remains: Why has GOG modified this file before release? Does it have anything common with applying some patch which can also make reserve / garrison buggy? As far as I remember there wasn't such bug as yours in Polish version but it was 1.6.something. I've asked my friend who has Steam version and he told me he's got "showflyingdead = 0" as default.

The thing to check is what will happen if somebody puts "showflyingdead = 2" in Steam/GG version game.ini? Will both damage numbers be also overlapped during combat?

Yeah, that's what i had in mind! This "2" seems misplaced, as mentioned, very KB:APish.;)
[I STILL have to check how showflyingdead=0 works, and i promise i will, right after lunch.]

You do not need to - it works :D It was the first thing I noted during gameplay. I've found your topic, edited game.ini, and now its all ok.
OMG OMG, these words made me think harder and now I remember something. My friend while playing KB:AP told me that in AP you do not need to unlock reserve! You have reserve slots unlocked at start! Soooo..... GOG's version garrison in KB:TL "thinks" its KB:AP and that's how this bug works?

0.o !?

That idea makes my words even more true:
GOG maybe also used an exe file from AP?

Now, maybe there was something else similar (some difference between TL and AP) that we could check now if it's in GOG version?