Topic issue resolved: for all these years there was confusion, both 1.2 and 1.2a patch fix the same issues, they're only differed by the DirectX versions the patches are dedicated for, while 1.2 is intended for 8.1, the other 1.2 is for 8.0a (thus seemingly being dubbed by the community as 1.2a). elaborates that (
translate 'cause Dansk), while contains those patches, both fully downloadable, and both having a NoCD @ GCW, so no worries there
Sorry for the goose chase ppl
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