Hey there, anyone ever played the floppy version of the game in Dosbox? I have the CD but I wanted to get the floppy version to save disk space, since there are no movies or audio speech, I will not miss those for quick casual re-plays here and there :)
Inside the floppy version directory there's a "DATA" folder with the game files, but it seems like the game is not able to load them. I can't create new characters (game freezes forcing a Dosbox shutdown) and when I quick load a game with the pre-generated party I can't load the dialogue with the old lady inside the tent (a message shows up at the top saying "Resouce could not be loaded")
Applying the 1.1 patch on top of it will not change anything, same results.
I tried different methods inside Dosbox: using the included cdemu2, using mount command (mounting the DATA folder into A: or C:, it fails on both), not using cdemu2 at all.
I found an old post buried deep down in google results that says I should not mount the game's directory directly as C:, keep the game in a subdirectory (like C:\PROPHET) but that didn't seem to change anything.
Anyone else ever been through this? Did you have to use things like CDEMU2? It would be nice being able to keep a slim copy of the game around to carry around and keep always installed, this game never gets boring :)

I'm surprised that 470 MB disk space can be an issue in 2020.

It's really weird how GOG forums don't send email notifications like any other forums on the planet... Even threads created by me...
But anyway... yeah I usually do that with my games, last month I was able to cut out some 100MB from movies in System Shock 2, could probably cut even more if I learned how to modify the audio files, I don't really need to listen to all these speech lines all over again...
This way I can keep the games installed and ready to go at all times. Puts less strain on the SSD too since I don't have to rewrite the entire game again. Easier for backups too.
There are other double-disc games out there that you only need 200MB for the game engine itself and the rest is cutscenes, voices, extras, etc. Music and SFX are kept of course.

I'd contact GOG about it, letting them know their floppy version is broken. If GOG doesn't have a floppy version and you got it elsewhere, then the problem lies with this elsewhere.

Other than that, I'm not sure what you're worried about. SSDs last a long time these days. Removing every MB that you can just so your SSD lasts longer, in my opinion that borders insanity. Sure, it's recommended to have plenty of free space on your SSD so it doesn't have to write to the same cells all the time, but a few GB isn't going to change anything,

I have an SSD that's seven years old, has almost always been three quarters full, and it's still fine when I run a test on it. They're quite reliable these days.