A Windows update breaking stuff? Unheard of!!! :P

Although thought it was common knowledge by now that you should never update Windows until you have an actual reason for it (other than "being up to date"). No reason to risk it when everything is working fine.

At this point I'm waiting for Steam OS to drop on desktop so I'll switch from this damn windows system

Another 2H24 update today to Windows. (And also a Geforce NVidia driver update.)

Another "Nope, didn't make this game work...".

It has been three months sice I bought this game, three months since I contacted support, I couldn't play even a single minute of the game and support didn't answer me. This really doesn't give me confidence in buying any of their other games

To be fair, I don't think this is a GOG-specific problem. Shit happens, especially when Windows is concerned.

One of my Windows 11 laptops that doesn't have 2H24 yet and where Demonicon runs, keeps asking me now whether I'd like to install 2H24 preview. I guess I try to avoid it as long as I can, even though I am a bit interested to see whether Demonicon stops working on it as well if I let Windows install the update.

Next I should check how well the game runs on Linux with WINE, that's one option...

This was a reply from Kalypso support, pasted to Steam forums on 10 Feb:

"Thank you once again for bringing the issue with Demonicon: The Dark Eye to our attention. We truly appreciate your patience and support while we investigated this matter.

We’re pleased to share that we’ve made progress in reproducing the reported behavior and have been able to narrow down its cause. Our findings indicate that the issue is linked to Windows 11 Update 24H2, as it only occurs on systems with this update installed and does not appear on the previous version (23H2).

Unfortunately, this means that resolving the issue is currently beyond our direct control. It appears that this update has affected multiple games and applications, and Microsoft is aware of the situation. We have also reached out to our partners to gather more information about a potential fix. Rest assured, we will keep you informed as soon as we have any updates.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding, and we’ll be in touch as soon as we learn more. If you have any further questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to reach out."

So Kalypso is apparently waiting for Microsoft to resolve the issue.