I am in the process of downloading the large files for the Dark Blue world Mod, the big 10 gig version.

While looking through some of the posts at the SAS site I noticed that some download version need a "direct to Drive" patch for the mod activator to work correctly. In the topic I read they asked if anyone had tested the patch on the GoG version but no answer.

Do we need to install the D2D patch in order to use the mod activator to run DBW?
Does this mean that downloaded versions are different than the DVD based versions?

If we do need the patch should it be installed before or after the mod super pack is installed?

While on the topic of patches, are general patches from say mission4today.com compatable with the GoG version.
I ask this because I have a copy of the original GoG installer that I think was 4.09. I would like to patch up this version to the versions that are compatable with mods.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards MarkL

No one knows ?
Looks like I need to try SimHQ.

Regards MarkL

So I can't answer most of your questions - but I did patch the GOG version from 4.09 to 4.10m (I think( myself using the official release patches rather than downloading from GOG. So I would think standard patches are compatible with the GOG version.

Thanks for the reply.
Well that means that at least some of the patches are compatable.

Regards MarkL

I've patched my GOG version to 4.11.1 then installed the HSFX 6.1 mod on that and have had no problems. And I got a vanilla copy. I don't see why you can't do the DBW mod.

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Lijiah