I purchased Arx Fatalis on CD a few years ago, and just recently re-installed it on my computer. On looking to see if any new patches were out, I came across this talk of a 1.19 patch, only to discover on this forum that apparently there isn't - and never will be - a standalone patch.
I bought it years ago on CD, as well...
I too feel it is both frustrating and somewhat unfair to make me re-purchase a game that I already own (good though the price may be) for just a few bugfixes. I'm still on the fence about whether I should do so or not - I liked Arx, but I really don't want to have to spend extra money just in order to get the 1.19 patch.
I don't blame you.
I don't wanna spend more $ on it, either.
It's not like the GOG version adds say any significant or new extra in-game content to the game...
Unfortunately, I don't really know what can be done. Neither Arkane Studios nor GOG have any incentive to create a standalone patch - Arkane because I doubt they make much (if any) money from CD versions for the game anymore, and GOG because their own versions don't need it (and probably because they don't have the programmers to make a standalone version even if they wanted to).
It would be nice if Arkane did Patch the CD Version (that JoWood published) to Version 1.19 to keep us old game-owners happy.
Maybe if JoWood still kept the game in-print on CD, maybe Arkane would patch it up? Who knows. *shrugs*