SH5 - Online Purchase - Is there hope?

[Blitzkazi]

Hey guys - Just bought SH5 online yesterday. I haven't been unable to install the v1.2 patch & from what I've been able to gather from the Ubi & Sumsim forums, I, and all online consumers, might just by SOL (I've already wasted several hours trying to get this game to a functional state). Current version is almost unplayable & it looks like most of the mods require the v1.2 patch. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me out with the following:

-- is there a way to install the v1.2 for the online SH5 (Gold edition... which has no improvement from the standard SH5 that I can discern)?

-- if not, are there any mods that can be implemented w/o the v1.2 patch?

-- has anyone else experienced this problem? it seems almost criminal to continue to sell online games/licenses if they will not be supported, especially since the bugs impact fundamental aspects of the game.

Any assistance you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!