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Posted May 11, 2015
Big changes are here.

My Account is the heart of your GOG.com experience. It's the one place that's 100% yours, and the place you always go to download your games and manage the entire library.
Starting today, your My Account is completely new - remade and redesigned from scratch to better support our growing library of games and many of your biggest requests. Aside from every usability fix we could think of, we've also introduced brand new tools to keep your library organised, and new social features to stay in touch with your friends.

The list of new features is long, but you can see the whole thing on our forums. The most important highlights include:

--Support for friends lists and chat.
--Shared wishlists.
--Advanced filtering and custom tags for your library.
--A new, detailed order history.
--Accessible game changelogs.

We're sure that these new changes will greatly improve your overall user experience on GOG.com, and we can't wait to hear what you think on the wishlist and right here in the comments!
Posted May 15, 2015
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Djaron: please, tell me, why would i ever try to pain myself to follow the "gog" experience [...]?
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mvscot: Three little letters. The first one is D and the last one is M.

EDIT: OK, those are big letters.
This is exactly why I fear GOG is running the risk of doing a BIG mistake. Why do I like DRM free software? Because I can download and store it for future installations, regardless of internet connection, clients or even if the mad french monks shut GOG down again. Once you make it hard to download the installers and force users to rely more and more in the "optional" client that downloads and installs the software in the machine it is running, the user experience will be the same as Steam. The DRM free advantage will be rhetorical and invisible in "normal" use.

I hope GOG takes notice of this risk and simplifies the access to installers download. I may even install their client if it supports download in as easy, fast and flexible way as the GOG downloader used to be.
Posted May 15, 2015
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johnnygoging: we could use a way for someone to know they've sent a friend request to somebody already. or at least some kind of contingency to handle such a situation. a "pending" section underneath friends would be good. I believe the lack of a notification for rejection may have been intentional, though, and such a section would defeat this design choice. perhaps phase out a rejected friend request's pending status after a set amount of time?

aka. you could say, "friend requests that have not been dealt with by the recipient user expire after one week." so therefore nobody knows if it was rejected as soon as it came in or that person just didn't log in or didn't get around to bothering with deciphering all of his notifications. obviously you can't send a new one to that person while you have one pending.

alternatively you could just set up something like that and not give it any kind of UI element. I spose. just have it so that the system doesn't send one (though it is silent about this) out until a certain amount of time after you've already sent one.

I'm mentioning all this because I just sent out a friend request and I'm not certain I didn't send one to that person already when I sent a bunch when the feature came in.
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HypersomniacLive: Since you brought this up - how are friends, and pending friends invitations handled? Are they all mixed up together? Are pending friends invitations or friends labelled in any way to tell them apart?
I don't understand this post. are you asking me to elaborate on my hypothetical system or are you asking the current friend system works?

there is no current "pending" system in place. you just send them out and a thingy pops up for the recipient to deny or accept. if you accept, they show up on your friend thingy and you on theirs, if not, nothing happens.
Posted May 15, 2015
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mvscot: Three little letters. The first one is D and the last one is M.

EDIT: OK, those are big letters.
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dquadros: This is exactly why I fear GOG is running the risk of doing a BIG mistake. Why do I like DRM free software? Because I can download and store it for future installations, regardless of internet connection, clients or even if the mad french monks shut GOG down again. Once you make it hard to download the installers and force users to rely more and more in the "optional" client that downloads and installs the software in the machine it is running, the user experience will be the same as Steam. The DRM free advantage will be rhetorical and invisible in "normal" use.

I hope GOG takes notice of this risk and simplifies the access to installers download. I may even install their client if it supports download in as easy, fast and flexible way as the GOG downloader used to be.
In Galaxy go to "More" --> "Download extras" and there's your stuff :)
Posted May 15, 2015
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dquadros: This is exactly why I fear GOG is running the risk of doing a BIG mistake. Why do I like DRM free software? Because I can download and store it for future installations, regardless of internet connection, clients or even if the mad french monks shut GOG down again. Once you make it hard to download the installers and force users to rely more and more in the "optional" client that downloads and installs the software in the machine it is running, the user experience will be the same as Steam. The DRM free advantage will be rhetorical and invisible in "normal" use.

I hope GOG takes notice of this risk and simplifies the access to installers download. I may even install their client if it supports download in as easy, fast and flexible way as the GOG downloader used to be.
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JudasIscariot: In Galaxy go to "More" --> "Download extras" and there's your stuff :)
Before anything, thanks for replying. The key point in my rant is "take notice", and you did.

Yes, I know that there is a download option in the client. But, from what I've read here, it is not as easy, fast and flexible as the good old gog downloader (that is still available, by the way, but I lot more inconvenient to use).
Posted May 15, 2015
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JudasIscariot: In Galaxy go to "More" --> "Download extras" and there's your stuff :)
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dquadros: Before anything, thanks for replying. The key point in my rant is "take notice", and you did.

Yes, I know that there is a download option in the client. But, from what I've read here, it is not as easy, fast and flexible as the good old gog downloader (that is still available, by the way, but I lot more inconvenient to use).
The client is still evolving so what may feel cumbersome to some people one day may be made easier another due to feedback given :)

For me, personally, it works great and doesn't suffer from the constant "broken chunk 01 see Support" issue the Downloader had but to each his own :)
Posted May 15, 2015
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johnnygoging: I don't understand this post. are you asking me to elaborate on my hypothetical system or are you asking the current friend system works?

there is no current "pending" system in place. you just send them out and a thingy pops up for the recipient to deny or accept. if you accept, they show up on your friend thingy and you on theirs, if not, nothing happens.
I'm asking about the current one. You say a thingy pops up - is that in Galaxy? Because on the site, one gets a number next to "Friends" in the drop-down menu of their account tab, and a rectangular with the avatar of the user that sent the invite shows up on the Friends page. They don't carry any indicator, but in each one's drop-down menu there are options to accept/ decline the invite, and the others one can see when hovering over a user's avatar on the forum.
Since I only have pending invites, I'm curious if the Friends page tells friends apart from pending ones in some way.
Posted May 15, 2015
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johnnygoging: I don't understand this post. are you asking me to elaborate on my hypothetical system or are you asking the current friend system works?

there is no current "pending" system in place. you just send them out and a thingy pops up for the recipient to deny or accept. if you accept, they show up on your friend thingy and you on theirs, if not, nothing happens.
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HypersomniacLive: I'm asking about the current one. You say a thingy pops up - is that in Galaxy? Because on the site, one gets a number next to "Friends" in the drop-down menu of their account tab, and a rectangular with the avatar of the user that sent the invite shows up on the Friends page. They don't carry any indicator, but in each one's drop-down menu there are options to accept/ decline the invite, and the others one can see when hovering over a user's avatar on the forum.
Since I only have pending invites, I'm curious if the Friends page tells friends apart from pending ones in some way.
I honestly can't remember now but I haven't done any friends stuff with the site yet other than request.
Posted May 15, 2015
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johnnygoging: I honestly can't remember now but I haven't done any friends stuff with the site yet other than request.
Thanks nonetheless. I'll poke a couple of others to find out. :-)
Posted May 16, 2015
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dquadros: Before anything, thanks for replying. The key point in my rant is "take notice", and you did.

Yes, I know that there is a download option in the client. But, from what I've read here, it is not as easy, fast and flexible as the good old gog downloader (that is still available, by the way, but I lot more inconvenient to use).
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JudasIscariot: The client is still evolving so what may feel cumbersome to some people one day may be made easier another due to feedback given :)

For me, personally, it works great and doesn't suffer from the constant "broken chunk 01 see Support" issue the Downloader had but to each his own :)
Yes, the client is evolving but every announcement was talking about it being COMPLETELY optional. Yes, it still is but it's kind of a "we are going to push you in a way that you will not WANT to use the other downloader" optional. Unfortunately this happens not by making the new client that great but by making it more complicated to use the old GOG downloader. If GOG really hates (like they say on their site) to push the user in one or another direction, they really should stop pushing me. Let the GOG downloader link button and the Galaxy link button be side by side if you like but make sure that they are equal.
Posted May 16, 2015
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kero42: Maybe you should talk to them once in a while, then?
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Trilarion: I guess that "I don't know" is a polite way to say "they don't". I guess we have to assume that manual sorting will be impossible in the near to midterm future. GOG doesn't want to or just isn't able to do it.
It's also possible that it's a deliberate policy that since Judas is apparently assigned to man the forums, that he listens to announcements but doesn't ask questions. That way he can honestly say he doesn't know. I've definitely see that sort of situation in public communications positions.
Posted May 16, 2015
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dquadros: This is exactly why I fear GOG is running the risk of doing a BIG mistake. Why do I like DRM free software? Because I can download and store it for future installations, regardless of internet connection, clients or even if the mad french monks shut GOG down again. Once you make it hard to download the installers and force users to rely more and more in the "optional" client that downloads and installs the software in the machine it is running, the user experience will be the same as Steam. The DRM free advantage will be rhetorical and invisible in "normal" use.

I hope GOG takes notice of this risk and simplifies the access to installers download. I may even install their client if it supports download in as easy, fast and flexible way as the GOG downloader used to be.
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JudasIscariot: In Galaxy go to "More" --> "Download extras" and there's your stuff :)
And outside of Galaxy...? The new account system makes this a pain in the posterior.

And in Galaxy, it wants to re-download 700GB of stuff I already have, even though I configured it to save to the location of my existing installers. Without a pause button!

Please get your act together.
Posted May 16, 2015
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JudasIscariot: In Galaxy go to "More" --> "Download extras" and there's your stuff :)
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dquadros: Before anything, thanks for replying. The key point in my rant is "take notice", and you did.

Yes, I know that there is a download option in the client. But, from what I've read here, it is not as easy, fast and flexible as the good old gog downloader (that is still available, by the way, but I lot more inconvenient to use).
I shall forever stick with the GOGdownloader and then when discontinued, I'll have to use my own download manager I guess.

GOG is all about choice so for now, GOGdownloader for me it shall remain. I also need to salute GOG for giving people options. It is always about not being forced that I adore GOG so much. This is why GOG is *the* best. :)
Post edited May 16, 2015 by styggron
Posted May 16, 2015
I have my own opinions on these changes. Not sure if I will say them, but I do have a question.

I can't change my username title. No, not my username itself, but the thing that appears below it. Wasn't it possible to change it via account settings before this new account system? I haven't seen anyone say anything about it, but I recall it being simple enough to do.
Posted May 16, 2015
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JudasIscariot: The client is still evolving so what may feel cumbersome to some people one day may be made easier another due to feedback given :)

For me, personally, it works great and doesn't suffer from the constant "broken chunk 01 see Support" issue the Downloader had but to each his own :)
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MarkoH01: Yes, the client is evolving but every announcement was talking about it being COMPLETELY optional. Yes, it still is but it's kind of a "we are going to push you in a way that you will not WANT to use the other downloader" optional. Unfortunately this happens not by making the new client that great but by making it more complicated to use the old GOG downloader. If GOG really hates (like they say on their site) to push the user in one or another direction, they really should stop pushing me. Let the GOG downloader link button and the Galaxy link button be side by side if you like but make sure that they are equal.
THIS, you are pushing people to the point of even thinking about SELL my account.
Posted May 16, 2015
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RichterSnipes: I have my own opinions on these changes. Not sure if I will say them, but I do have a question.

I can't change my username title. No, not my username itself, but the thing that appears below it. Wasn't it possible to change it via account settings before this new account system? I haven't seen anyone say anything about it, but I recall it being simple enough to do.
Works for me. You change it here (forum settings not account settings): https://www.gog.com/forum/mysettings
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