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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

You need a "launcher" just to download update, and it's not the most ideal for me. I prefer to have nothing between the button play (or click on the executable), and the game launch.

What's wrong with just downloading a patch and pointing it to the directory the game was installed in?