Current State in 2024

[DMBLaan]

Is this port more playable now in 2024, or do I still need some sort of patch to help it run better?

[Crypto Gamer]

You need to use the unofficial patch.

You also need to cap the frame rate to 60.(likely unofficial already does this).

The GOG version has all fixes built in so you do not need to tweak it.

[a7]

No and there is no patch that will fix all the bugs from the huge amount that this unfinished game has.

[3v15c3r8]

I have tried to play this game several times with patch in play. There are 2 major game breaking bugs even with the patch applied that if not aware will run into it later in the game and at that point I didn't want to start over and dropped it for good. Don't know if still a thing but this is the most buggy game I have played so far.

[a7]

Just a reminder that the developer Headfirst Productions went bankrupt at the time of the game's release, which was rushed and never released patches to fix the many bugs that remained in the game.
It was later released by publisher Bethesda on Steam without any modifications, even though they were obviously aware of the state it was in. A very questionable business practice.

[Melber]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

You need to use the unofficial patch.

You also need to cap the frame rate to 60.(likely unofficial already does this).

The GOG version has all fixes built in so you do not need to tweak it.

In my experience, it's not 100% functional. Today I decided to play the title again after 3 years. So I got now a different PC machine, and I was surprised that the GOG version I got didn't lock the FPS count. So I tried everything possible from patch to apply it to the Steam version. The installation went through but the game keeps running at max framerate of my monitor 240Hz, which is not playable/stable. Strange why it's not working for me now, and what's behind it. So I had to manually set the max 60 FPS in the GPU driver, then I could finally play.

[Don Dimon]

Runs smoothly for me straight out of the box with no patches or fixes.

[JotaFOC]

You can play this on the Steam Deck without a problem or a linux distro like Ubuntu if you limit your FPS to 60 by adding the following to the launch options:

DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60 %command%

On the Steam Deck you don't need to modify the options, there's a UI for that.