Guide to play Risen 2 Dark Waters without VPN:
Please use the following instructions, you must first normally activate with VPN. Then you download it with the VPN (same proceedure as activating with VPN)
After downloading you must follow STEP 3 in order to play without VPN.
After downloading you must follow STEP 3 in order to play without VPN.
1.VPN Activaton (Russian Keys)
2.Please Note for Downloading the Game:
In order to download the game, you will need to download it 1 time with a Russian IP.
(Same procedure as step 1) As soon as the download starts you should Exit Steam & Cancel the VPN Connection.
After that you start Steam again (normally) . You now see that in Steam at the bottom is 1 active download and the download is continuing and finishing with your normal IP.
3. In order to play/start the Game without Russian IP, please follow these Instructions:
1. Start Steam.
2. Right-click on Risen 2
3. Create a shortcut on your Desktop
4. Go to your Desktop make a right click on your created shortcut, and note the number which is displayed at the end of the link (e.g. 202310)
5. Create inside the installation path (...SteamSteamAppscommonrisen2) the file:steam_appid.txt
6. Just write the noted number inside your steam_appid.txt
7. After that, you must set your File to write-protected.
8. Now you enter Steam again and go to “add a non-steam game to my library”.
9. Now browse and choose from your Risen2 installation path the “risen.exe”.
10. Now in your Steam Library shows up “risen2”, just double click on it , and Risen2 starts without VPN.
11. The Short cut you created in the beginning on your desktop, you can delete that now if you want.
