The new combined launcher does not recognize the mission packs (it looks to be a hard coded. Just for kicks, I tried copying the "M2" and "M3" mission pack folders into the Bethesda Wolf3D + Spear version. It installs to a separate folder and does not require Wolf3D to be installed. The standalone Spear of Destiny installer does include both mission packs, as before. I didn't do a checksum between them, but at least the file sizes between the two sets of wolf3d.exe and *.wl6 files are the same - so it doesn't appear that the Bethesda release changed anything in the game itself. The game and expansion are installed to the same folder and there's a launcher which allows you to select which you want to play. The larger one (18MB) is Wolf3D + Spear, but without the mission packs. The smaller one (12MB) is just Wolf3D without the expansion. I just reinstalled both versions and this does seem to be the case. Shadow Man: From what I can gather, one is the Bethesda repackage and the other is the original without Spear Of Destiny but whose release is inextricably linked to the standalone Spear Of Destiny because they were sold together as a bundle.
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