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[โ€“] You999 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So does it work with off the shelf software or is it something the developer has the patch in?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

So does it work with off the shelf software or is it something the developer has the patch in?

The point of a drop-in replacement is that no patching is required but in reality the software was released in incomplete form.