Thanks for the advice but already tried that. Hell I even paid on Patreon and downloaded the full version of 4.5-6 in one piece. The best result I got was the dialogue would progress without any images or animations and all choices were removed from the game. Then when I tried patching 7 in following the directions, the game crashed completely.
I've never had this issue with Naughty Road and the Light of My Life series, who completes, tests and prepatches newer versions for full downloads. Even if it means I'm downloading 5 gigs to replace my previous version each time, it's still better than no game at all.