Heya! I went ahead and updated the game on Steam with a shortcut that will allow you to bypass the wisps. I made a Steam post with a screenshot here.
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Last reply I promise. I copied all the files from common/knight bewitched/witch/knight bewitched enhanced edition to common/knight bewitched/knight bewitched enhanced edition and now the enhanced edition runs from steam. The legacy edition does not and its exe file is in the common/knight bewitched/witch folder. Im not playing that particular version but maybe a similar moving of files will fix the problem. For me anyway problem is fixed. Thanks again.