Posted December 18, 2022
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Be aware, this update has been crashing the game on Steam. According to the Steam discussions, this update is in large part Bethesda adding libcurl and telemetry data. Reported changes to the tos also indicate Bethesda is saying they require a "persistent internet" connection to be able to play the game. (Don't know if this exact same happens to the GOG update or not, but it has come at the same time.)
Per the Steam discussion:
>>For those wondering what it is. It sends telemetry data to https://api.bethesda.net/log/v3/collect_logdata.
It seems to include when you start the game, and a message once every 2 minutes. It includes an id for the game, platform, session, and you.
Basically, Bethesda can tell how many times you launch the game, which platform you launch it on, and (roughly) how long each of those sessions last. I don't think there is anything else. There are fields for IP address, but it seems like they are are unused.<<
For some updating the Stats mod fixes the crash, for others a solution seems to be:
>>1) Backup the following files;
installscript.vdf (Main Folder before Binaries Folder)
Dishonored.exe (Binaries/Win32/Dishonored.exe)
dxgi.log (Binaries/Win32/Dishonored.exe) (Not Sure if Needed but I Did it because it changed)
2) Install Update
3) Delete libcurl.dll (Binaries/Win32/libcurl.dll)
4) Copy / Paste / Override Backup Files to Proper place
5) Create BackupFolder and Copy / Paste The 3 Files Into it For Future Reference.
Game is Back to Normal and Works Fine Again.<<
Per the Steam discussion:
>>For those wondering what it is. It sends telemetry data to https://api.bethesda.net/log/v3/collect_logdata.
It seems to include when you start the game, and a message once every 2 minutes. It includes an id for the game, platform, session, and you.
Basically, Bethesda can tell how many times you launch the game, which platform you launch it on, and (roughly) how long each of those sessions last. I don't think there is anything else. There are fields for IP address, but it seems like they are are unused.<<
For some updating the Stats mod fixes the crash, for others a solution seems to be:
>>1) Backup the following files;
installscript.vdf (Main Folder before Binaries Folder)
Dishonored.exe (Binaries/Win32/Dishonored.exe)
dxgi.log (Binaries/Win32/Dishonored.exe) (Not Sure if Needed but I Did it because it changed)
2) Install Update
3) Delete libcurl.dll (Binaries/Win32/libcurl.dll)
4) Copy / Paste / Override Backup Files to Proper place
5) Create BackupFolder and Copy / Paste The 3 Files Into it For Future Reference.
Game is Back to Normal and Works Fine Again.<<