Vermillion665: There originally was a bug in the game that basically put you into a situation were you cannot win.
During the final part of the game escaping the tunnels where they are collapsing you always die between the two portcullises because you cannot out race the instant death timer of the level.
Is there a way to mod the movement speed or was that done all ready because i've tried this stage 4 times now and I always die at the same spot, that being halfway between the two portcullis area and almost at the teleporter.

rmd122: use the DCOTE patch. Check off the checkbox for "Double time for escape sequence" this patch works on the new GOG version as well

http://www.moddb.com/games/call-of-cthulhu-dark-corners-of-the-earth/downloads/dcote-unofficial-patch-v15

its not really a "patch" its more of a tool that locates the executable and gives you a whole checklist of things you can adjust

tfishell: Somebody here has written to Support about this, correct?

Vermillion665: Thats nice man but its sad that a game that is being sold is broken and cannot be completed without having to use a 3rd party patch.
I expected that GoG fixed the games issues including the issue with the escape timer/bug but sadly it has not and having to use some 3rd party thing doesn't change the fact the game is broken and should not be sold until it is beatable without a 3rd party fix.

Vermillion665: I did write to support a week ago but it was ignored.
I advise everyone who bought the game to email support, in number they will listen.
Either that or they can refund us all our money for selling us a broken product.

korell: Well, GOG aren't game developers and they don't usually have any access to the source code of the games they sell. They are, after all, only a distributor. So a true fix won't be possible, but unofficial community patches have been utilised in getting other games to run and then be sold here on GOG, so it may be that the only solution would be for them to include some kind of CPU limiter (if it is indeed related to CPU cycles) or provide the DCOTE (or a modified DCOTE) patch to allow users to make use of it if they need it.

I'm currently waiting to see if and how this progresses before I decide whether or not to buy, though it is already far better than the Steam release from what I've read, and it may be the best version available for today's PCs.

EDIT: In fact, can anyone see if DCOTE is already present? Only I just saw a post saying that there is a CoCDCoTELauncher.exe inside the engine folder in the game installation (used to change the screen resolution).

Vermillion665: If GoG decide to sell a game then the game has to work, it can't work up until a point and then not work because that is selling a broken product and that in most countries is illegal.
I did look in the engine options and did find a CoCDCoTE launcher but that is literally just the options menu, which allows you to change resolution and the usual stuff, sadly no way to change the movement.
Also I did hear a long time ago there is a 3rd party patch to increase the timer for the tunnels, I've no idea why it was not used since it was a common bug. They did say they used other patches to fix some of the issues.
What I can't stand is the lack of communication since I know there has been a dev in other threads talking to people, why they will not talk to us here I've no idea.

Vermillion665: Well it would be nice if they at least addressed the issue in the thread but who knows whats going on.
Something has to happen because right now having to lookin online to beat a game with game breaking bugs is silly.

russ869: I couldn't beat this timed race at the end either. I eventually just gave up and watched the ending on youtube. Other than this one caveat, this is now one of my favorite games ever. Next time I play, I might try some of these patch techniques.