No, it's the widescreen fix. It doesn't even matter where you got the
game from. I have it cracked because I stopped playing any games
except H&D around mid 2006. I had a H&D2 copy from a friend, which
was just a copy paste form. When I first joined online in late 2010,
I downloaded a cracked copy to see if it's possible to play and I'm stuck
with that since then
I still have the same 4:3 Samsung monitor I
got in 2007 so no worries with H&D2 for me
Gog and Steam players will always have the cd-key problem if they
don't use their own original key or replace it with a cracked one.
If you want, you can join our private server when we play on Sundays
and Mondays. We don't use widescreen there, because we care more
about playing together than how the game looks on our screens. NL
doesn't join there lately so you're welcome to give it a try.
If you're worried about the players, it's not always 5, sometimes there
are 8-12 players joining just the private server. This year the numbers
have gotten a bit low after last years' frenzy
It happened in 2013 too.
Public servers also have 10-12 players. Some have more time to play
than others. Some come back after 4-6 years, some play just a few
weekends and we don't see them for months.
If you want specific maps/mission on a certain server, you can make
a request in the chat box.