I just bought Dying Light The following, enhanced edition, and using Gog Galaxy, when I try to download the files... It immediately says "Dying Light Installation failed"

Why??? Is there any other way to install a game apart from using galaxy??

If you have an antivirus, try disabling it for the duration of the installation. They can prevent some games from installing because of folder permissions and things like that. Yes. You can download your games directly from a browser: click on the Account tab and you will be led to your library page; then, click on the game you'd like to download, and again on the file(s) just under Game Downloads (be sure to check the OS and language options from the drop-down menus); finally, once they're finished downloading, just launch them to begin the installation process.

Yes, there should be three alternative ways to install any game from GOG, all essentially boiling down to simply downloading the stand-alone installer.


The most basic, and probably also most cumbersome way is to go into your account's library on the website by clicking "ACCOUNT", followed by selecting the game you want, which will open a menu with all the available download options. Just download each file listed under "GAME DOWNLOADS" into the same directory; and once it's done, double click on the setup .exe in said directory to start the installation.
The problem with this method is that the download of these large files through your browser is prone to data corruption (particularly if your internet connection isn't entirely reliable), resulting in the installations not working.


Alternatively, Galaxy has an option to do this for you. By opening the game's entry in Galaxy's library view and selecting "MORE", you can find the option "Extra downloads". In there should be a section labelled "GAME BACKUP COPY"; click on it and Galaxy will download what are essentially the same files as described in the first method to its designated "downloads" folder.
Of course, I don't know how well this function currently works.


I generally find that the best way to download larger games without issues is still the old "GOG Downloader". It's actually supposed to be replaced by Galaxy, but the latter's functionality is still rather shaky from what I hear.
To make use of it, download the application's installer here; install and open it. Afterwards, open your library (on the website, again), select the game and click on "MORE", then "GOG DOWNLOADER LINKS". Use the link that's appropriate to your system and the game will get queued up in the downloader. I think the default download destination is "documents/GOG.com Downloads", so that's where you should be able to find the files.


Additional note: There seems to be a severe lack of appropriate synonyms for the word "download" in the English language.

The way the GOG Downloader links are tacked away in a secondary page in one's library, makes using it as cumbersome as downloading via the browser, if not more. Unless one makes use of adaliabooks script, Adalia Fundamentals.


@OP
You could also use a third-party downloader. If you're on Firefox, the add-on DownThemAll seems to do a great job.

Ah yes, downloading titles with multiple installer files via he browser can prove pretty cumbersome.

So far, the combo of GOG Downloader + Adalia Fundamentals is the most efficient way to go.


Which reminds me:

@OP
Note that only using GOG Galaxy will install your game, with every other method you have to run the installer manually after completing the download.

Thank you all guys! Last night after posting this topic, I tried again, this time selecting C/Gog Games as my folder for the installation and everything worked... I don't know why it wouldn't install it in my other SSD...

But thank you all for your answers, I'd do that when I buy other game if the same error message pops up!!

he ohooh god i hate to say this i download the gog file of a web page i did not buy it and a error is poping up some off the files maybey damge how do i fix them

What?

Are you saying you pirated a GoG game and want help?

Ah, yes, that's a well known issue. Your computer became infected and is going to detonate within the next 24 hours. In most cases, the resulting blast will kill the owner of the computer, their family, incinerate their home as well as any buildings in their immediate neighborhood.

But it's no big deal, just contact the friendly support team, and confess your sins to Lord GOG-Bear. Then proceed to make a small donation to the church of GOG ( in example, in the form of a purchase of "Dying Light" ). Just follow these simple steps and everything should be fine. Happy gaming, and GOG bless!

His spelling his actually even more offending than the piracy -.- . So i guess before he burns in the eternal flames of hell for pirating a game somebody should send the poor lad to a proper school.

Really, is it so cumbersome to click on an area and then save to disk? How do you manage to get out of bed during the day?


OP, forget the crap lazy wasters, heading towards drm software, client and do things yourself:
Use browser downloads, worked for decades, reasonably sound, have full control over what is downloaded, where and when (I.e. If you don't want the latest patch don't download it).
Install it manually, yourself, so you can set all the relevant paths (outside windows folders) and track what files it is creating, what network activity is gong on etc.
Keep backups yourself, on your hardware, don't rely on a shop being around or online saves.