Kentie (creator of Direct3D 10 renderer, on 3DSL) also made a replacement executable for the game that fixes various issues. Steam and GOG GOTY versions may have already included it, but me thinks it wouldn't hurt to have its official page listed
:http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/index.htm
Then there are these two pages below (darkreality), one provides the patch and some essentials, while the other discusses the screw-ups that the GOTY version had done and provides fixes for said "injustice", essentially covering everything of fault and having an elbow-grease for it:
https://sites.google.com/site/darkreali ... ntialfiles
https://sites.google.com/site/darkreality/retailvs.goty
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