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Posted March 24, 2015
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mrkgnao: Anyhow, if you have issues with downloading specific games, or would like to compile a list of funny directory names, please post details here.
Just for the record , i got an issue with American Mc Gee's Grimm - Season 3 , the bin file wasn't grabbed by the downloader.

GOG took 5 days + (-_-) to fix the issue, so if anyone have a specific issue with the downloader and games unbundled, the support is the way to go. and if everything failed they could place the files on a ftp.

I gave up for the moment to backup the unbundled games, it's just a whole mess with the downloader... and unfortunatly for large file i need the downloader (due to my connection)
Post edited March 24, 2015 by DyNaer
Posted March 24, 2015
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mrkgnao: Anyhow, if you have issues with downloading specific games, or would like to compile a list of funny directory names, please post details here.
Dark Forces 2 had such an issue, ever since it was released, with the base game creating a folder called "star_wars_republic_commando_copy3" and the expansion, Mysteries of the Sith, creating a folder called "star_wars_jedi_knight_dark_forces_ii_copy3". Unfortunately, the naming issue extends to also getting the support page name wrong in the box's support section, making it impossible to visit the correct support page from your library.
Posted March 24, 2015
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mrkgnao: Anyhow, if you have issues with downloading specific games, or would like to compile a list of funny directory names, please post details here.
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Grargar: Dark Forces 2 had such an issue, ever since it was released, with the base game creating a folder called "star_wars_republic_commando_copy3" and the expansion, Mysteries of the Sith, creating a folder called "star_wars_jedi_knight_dark_forces_ii_copy3". Unfortunately, the naming issue extends to also getting the support page name wrong in the box's support section, making it impossible to visit the correct support page from your library.
Hey. There's a support link on the downloadable files tab! Never even noticed it.

Clicked on one for a recently unbundled game (Avernum 4). Hilarious items under "Help from the community" -- entirely irrelevant forum posts, all from 2008. Apparently, we're not a very helpful community.

Hey. And there's also a reviews link, which I also never noticed.
Surprisingly, most all unbundled games have exactly 404 reviews.
Post edited March 24, 2015 by mrkgnao
Posted March 24, 2015
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TrevorWilliams: I am genuinely perplexed by all this seeming preoccupation with how one's shelf looks.
Being honest with myself and the time that it would take to go through everything, looking at the boxes on the shelf is going to be the most that I'm getting out of many of those purchases so they could as well be neatly arranged for my pleasure.

But it's not really important. The important thing is just that they're available for download, and as the future is looking less and less bright every issue of Good News, it is increasingly important to have downloaded them already.

I'm not sure how easy it would be for people on windows to run lgogdownloader or to get over its command line interface, but I don't know what I'd do without it. Heartily recommended, it's all the client that you'll ever need.
Posted March 24, 2015
Hi,

I don't know if somebody has already posted this or not, but would it be possible for the DOS games to be put in "tar.gz" for the Linux users? I don't mean setting them up, just compressing them. At this moment if for example I want to play "Quest for Glory III", I have to install it through PlayOnLinux or Wine using GOG installer, then copy the files and set them up in DBGL, which is tedious to say the least. I's prefer to just have the files and set them right from the start in DBGL

Unless of course there is some quicker method which I've overlooked.
Thanks
Posted March 24, 2015
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elmozg: Hi,

I don't know if somebody has already posted this or not, but would it be possible for the DOS games to be put in "tar.gz" for the Linux users? I don't mean setting them up, just compressing them. At this moment if for example I want to play "Quest for Glory III", I have to install it through PlayOnLinux or Wine using GOG installer, then copy the files and set them up in DBGL, which is tedious to say the least. I's prefer to just have the files and set them right from the start in DBGL

Unless of course there is some quicker method which I've overlooked.
Thanks
Wouldn't this work: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/important_notice_unbundling_games/post964 ?
Posted March 24, 2015
As a customer with a lot of bundle games and terrible internet, I really approve of this method. Not only is it much easier to download games within a certain time limit, but I can now see the individual box art for the games I have, which makes me feel like I didn't miss out on anything I couldn't have experienced when I was a kid.
Posted March 24, 2015
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elmozg: I don't know if somebody has already posted this or not, but would it be possible for the DOS games to be put in "tar.gz" for the Linux users?
I don't see them doing this unless they can bundle it up with dosbox and a supported configuration. I usually just use innoextract on the windows installer.

The game is under the app/ directory, tmp/ is unnecessary. There's also some extra .dlls, dosbox with source, manuals in pdf that you can delete to reclaim space. And dosbox configurations that you can use with some modifications or base your own on.
Posted March 24, 2015
Thanks for the info on the innoextract. I will start using it from now on. The thing is I would still much prefer to have the game in the unbundled form than to extract it from the installer :(
Posted March 24, 2015
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elmozg: Thanks for the info on the innoextract. I will start using it from now on. The thing is I would still much prefer to have the game in the unbundled form than to extract it from the installer :(
They add .tar.gz files and .deb files on a game-by-game basis as they manage to renegotiate their old contracts to add Linux to the list of platforms they're allowed to package the games for.
Posted March 24, 2015
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paladin181: Want to take a pool?
A pool?
Posted March 24, 2015
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jacknozwad: Now my collection looks like a mess now. If we are going to be forced into Not having things bound can we at least Have some sort of collection view on the shelf for Franchises? IE Group By franchise..... so all the tomb raiders are 1 Collection and so forth. for example. if you have a series like the zork collection it is now all over the place because they don't all start with the word "ZORK" This now reminds me of Steam and how everything is forcefully alphabetized with no regard to order. Some games don't appear in chronical order ether. Crusader no remorse should come before no regret and so forth.
In case you (or anyone else) is interested, i'm running a request on the community wishlists to ask GOG to make a feature allowing users to bundle/unbundle games at will, to get the best of both worlds:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/give_users_an_option_to_bundleunbundle_games

The more people voting it, the easier it would be to be listened by GOG.
Posted March 24, 2015
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paladin181: Want to take a pool?
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HypersomniacLive: A pool?
From the Oxford English Dictionary:
Betting. The collective stakes of a number of persons who each stake a sum of money on one of the competitors in some contest, the proceeds being divided among the backers of the winner.

Alternatively, he may be so pleased with the unbundling that he wants to drown someone.
Posted March 24, 2015
Couldn't you implement something like custom drawers or categories, please?
Posted March 24, 2015
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mrkgnao: From the Oxford English Dictionary:
Betting. The collective stakes of a number of persons who each stake a sum of money on one of the competitors in some contest, the proceeds being divided among the backers of the winner.

Alternatively, he may be so pleased with the unbundling that he wants to drown someone.
As someone that doesn't bet, I was not aware this meaning, thanks.
I sure hope he doesn't imply anything along the lines of your latter suggestion, I'd hate to have to look over my shoulder from now on.
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