Yes and no. I had that option checked from very start, but detection is kinda mutual - if I can see them, they do see me, regardless of my characters perception (which is kinda sad - no point specializing in "sharp" character). The only way to avoid combat was using sneak. Now, without any out of combat boosts, sneaking around is VEEEEEERYYY SLOOOOW.
Maybe it should be lore and logic wise, but game-wise? Not so much. I'd prefer an option to have lore-friendly sneak and usability-friendly sneak. After all, technological advantages are there to save our time, otherwise I'd suggest Obsidian to abandon phones, cars and other forms of progress, and use walking instead of driving, their lungs and vocal chords instead of making calls, abandon grocery stores and hunt for food with sticks and stones. Don't like it? Well, don't waste my time with "gather your party". Good for laughter and nostalgia, but that's not old school, that's ancient-school. I already completed the game, now I'm just exploring different character build to see different dialogue options I missed before. So no "tactical advantage" for me, I play on easiest difficulty now and don't care about anything other than new sides of story. I wonder when we will finally see an "RPG" where we have true "narrative" difficulty just for that, meaning really no combat - some are in form of skippable cutscenes, other just suggesting you won by default (like those hundreds of thousands dogs, wolves, drowners, nekkers, deserters, and other low-level game from Witcher 3, I could gladly live without their interference). This way we'll cut off unnecessary length for those not needing it (or not liking current implementation of combat) and be able to enjoy game as it is. Not just those cheap arse "easy fights" (yeah, sure, do 50 clicks vs 250 clicks and die five times less frequently), but no fights whatsoever.
That's why I prefer games remembering they are games and their sole purpose is to entertain, not to annoy in the name of holy realism (which isn't there anyway). So it's a matter of comfort for me as a player - on normal speed but with movement speed boost I can manually "microcontrol" my scout, while on FF I had to rely on auto-pause (besides I just don't like that FF movement effect). Plus, if I'm not mistaken, game doesn't have "halt" button (same as Wasteland 2). Not always needed, but at times I miss that option.


Yup, same for me, only I use ranger instead. :) *Thick Slavic accent* Me and my faithful Szarik. /grin


No can do - they upgraded core file with 2.03 already. Guess I have to ask their support to sent me previous version, as I did after one of first patches, when my characters started to die out randomly. Only... They won't reply till Monday, maybe Tuesday. And Tuesday is Starcraft 2 and Fallout 4 release day. As much as I want to explore few dialogue options left, SC2 and F4 will outweigh PoE hands down. Tsk.
I don't know how difficult it is for GoG to keep older versions to let people revert to them in case they wouldn't like new ones, but I do hope we'll see that feature not on demand, but readily available.