Actually, I think it was still vanilla when installed. I 'updated' and the version reads as '2.0' so I think nothing was downloaded. Should 1.7 be installed with vanilla? I saw comments that basic bugs aren't fixed, such as swoop racing but that you could update the patches later? The launcher shows that it is the RCM, so I figured it was installed properly. To test this, what's the first major difference that you come across? Was the skin with long hair and beard available in vanilla? I don't remember it.
I'm not using a nocd crack, though it would nice to be able to as I like to save my play discs the wear, considering this is the sort of game that I could play every few years and each play through gets a good 40-60 hours.
Funny, it wasn't happening before, but now I get the flying on ceiling bug.
I really enjoyed the swoops in the first game, so it's a shame I've never been able to play it in the second.
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