Steam game isn't updating

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The answer is probably right in front of my face, but my Steam copy of Darkest Hour isn't self updating. On the launcher it says the latest patch is 1.01.1, and there is just a bunch of question marks in the box that says "current version." The "update" button is grayed out.

 

[MartinBG]

The Launcher checks for current version in key in Windows Registry that is set only when using the game installer made by the team (Steam and AFAIK Impulse use own installers).
You still can manually apply one of the patches that can be found here (just make sure you patch the right folder) and these patches will set all Registry keys for you too.
If you decide to use these patches with Steam, it is highly recommended to copy DH game folder to another location (like C:\Games\Darkest Hour) and apply our patches there to avoid issues with Steam overwriting files.

 

[UltimateTobi]

The Launcher checks for current version in key in Windows Registry that is set only when using the game installer made by the team (Steam and AFAIK Impulse use own installers).
You still can manually apply one of the patches that can be found here (just make sure you patch the right folder) and these patches will set all Registry keys for you too.
If you decide to use these patches with Steam, it is highly recommended to copy DH game folder to another location (like C:\Games\Darkest Hour) and apply our patches there to avoid issues with Steam overwriting files.

For what is the "Update" button, when it's greyed out all the time? (I have GamersGate version of the game.)

 

[MartinBG]

It is ebabled only when there is newer official version then the currently installed.

 

[UltimateTobi]

Alright, thanks.

 

[unmerged(339449)]

The Launcher checks for current version in key in Windows Registry that is set only when using the game installer made by the team (Steam and AFAIK Impulse use own installers).
You still can manually apply one of the patches that can be found here (just make sure you patch the right folder) and these patches will set all Registry keys for you too.
If you decide to use these patches with Steam, it is highly recommended to copy DH game folder to another location (like C:\Games\Darkest Hour) and apply our patches there to avoid issues with Steam overwriting files.

Could you give me a step by step walk-through? I think I've got the idea but I want to make sure. I'm not good with computers

Also, what would be the right folder to put the patch in?

 

[MartinBG]

Here

As a general rule to all Steam users I can recommend:
1. Uninstall DH
2. Clean all remaining files
3. Re-download the game from Steam
4. Copy the game to another location, that is not in Windows protected folders ("C:\Games\Darkest Hour" is an example for a good one)
5. Download the latest official or beta patch from this forum
6. Install over the copy you made on step 4
7. Run the game from your new location (step 4) using Darkest Hour Launcher.exe. If for any reason this fails try to run the game using Darkest Hour.exe directly
8. Check if checksums are correct

Now you should have a correctly installed and patched version of the game.