Game is being released because the old devs have delisted the game. If you own this game already on steam you have to message the devs and send them a picture of your play time to get a key for the relisted game.
Well I don't want to ask for an update, since that's not really allowed here. But when I play the game it does seem to have some kind of anti version nonsense in place.
As I am playing it, there is a pop up that will constantly appear even after confirming the window saying "Friendly reminder, please update the the most recent version of the game"
Very cheeky, but of course they are doing that for a very specific reason. Is there any way around this beyond actually having the most recent version? Maybe turn online checks off or something?
I was trying to modify the game to fix this, but I gave up after a while. (I got the message to disappear but also broke the game.)
Here's a way to prevent the application from checking which version it is on.
Go to Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Defender Firewall click "Advanced Settings" on the left side find "Outbound Rules" click it, and on the right side of the panel you should see "New Rule..." after clicking new rule, you can click program, and then use "Browse" and find ArtifactSeeker.exe and choose it, click "next" in the bottom right, and then choose "Block the connection" and click next again. Finally make sure that all 3 domains are selected, and click next, give your rule a name (ArtifactSeeker), and you're done.
https://youtu.be/Ahj9lbo-0wo
As I am playing it, there is a pop up that will constantly appear even after confirming the window saying "Friendly reminder, please update the the most recent version of the game"
Very cheeky, but of course they are doing that for a very specific reason. Is there any way around this beyond actually having the most recent version? Maybe turn online checks off or something?
Here's a way to prevent the application from checking which version it is on.
Go to Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Defender Firewall click "Advanced Settings" on the left side find "Outbound Rules" click it, and on the right side of the panel you should see "New Rule..." after clicking new rule, you can click program, and then use "Browse" and find ArtifactSeeker.exe and choose it, click "next" in the bottom right, and then choose "Block the connection" and click next again. Finally make sure that all 3 domains are selected, and click next, give your rule a name (ArtifactSeeker), and you're done.