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Posted December 04, 2022
I have a REALLY slow internet connection so I often download large games on a lower powered machine from my main gaming machine (energy being the cost it is these days).

I downloaded Skyrim SE and AE upgrade but I can't see how I install them. I get the files:

en1installer0
en1installer1
.
.
en1installer6

I added .exe to en1installer0 and that started an install but it then asks for the "location of part 6" with the window header "Installer needs the next part (.bin) file". I added .bin to each of the other files but it didn't work.

I've searched for installing but everything I found talked about installing via Galaxy or assuming that the files just work. I don't know what to actually name the files to make the installer work :(
Posted December 04, 2022
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smartroad78: I've searched for installing but everything I found talked about installing via Galaxy or assuming that the files just work. I don't know what to actually name the files to make the installer work :(
Are you sure your web browser isn't renaming them to something? From these links, I get the following names:-

setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094).exe
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-1.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-2.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-3.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-4.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-5.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-6.bin

You click on the .exe and it installs. If the files you've downloaded look like they're right size but are just named wrong, then try renaming them to above. The .exe is the smallest 1MB sized file.

Edit: If you have some adblocker / NoScipt running, then whitelisting GOG may help.
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Post edited December 04, 2022 by AB2012
Posted December 04, 2022
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smartroad78: I get the files:

en1installer0
en1installer1
.
.
en1installer6

I added .exe to en1installer0
I added .bin to each of the other files but it didn't work.
This may sound like a stupid question, but...did you accidentally download the Linux or Mac files?

Edit: (not the Skyrim files, since I don't have that yet)

Windows:
en1installer0 --> setup_game_name_64_1.3.3_.exe
en1installer1 --> setup_game_name_64_1.3.3_.bin

Linux:
en3installer0 --> game_name_en_1_3_3_15778.sh

Mac:
en2installer0 --> game_name_en_1_3_3_15760.pkg

The first ones are what you get shown, if you simply hover over the files --> the second ones are the files downloaded.
Post edited December 04, 2022 by BreOl72
Posted December 04, 2022
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smartroad78: I have a REALLY slow internet connection so I often download large games on a lower powered machine from my main gaming machine (energy being the cost it is these days).

I downloaded Skyrim SE and AE upgrade but I can't see how I install them. I get the files:

en1installer0
en1installer1
.
.
en1installer6

I added .exe to en1installer0 and that started an install but it then asks for the "location of part 6" with the window header "Installer needs the next part (.bin) file". I added .bin to each of the other files but it didn't work.

I've searched for installing but everything I found talked about installing via Galaxy or assuming that the files just work. I don't know what to actually name the files to make the installer work :(
The en1installerX names are the names given to the links of games you'll see if you hover over the download link. These names are then changed to ones given by AB2012 when you actually download them. I imagine this has something to do with the CDN network gog uses.

I don't know where the conversion happens, I'd assume it's on gog's end, but maybe a script is run and your slower machine can't run that script. Is the slower machine a particularly old one or maybe using an unusual browser?
Posted December 04, 2022
What browser are you using? It's using the download path as the file name, which isn't supposed to happen.

Note that you can use GOG Galaxy solely for downloading offline installers. You can find them in the Extras tab for the game in question. It's just one click to queue the entire batch of files for the base game, or each DLC.
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drrhodes: These names are then changed to ones given by AB2012 when you actually download them. I imagine this has something to do with the CDN network gog uses.
The filenames are supplied in an HTTP response header. So either the browser isn't naming the files correctly, or the correct information isn't supplied by the server. I don't own the game in question, but I'd wager it's the former.
Post edited December 04, 2022 by Ice_Mage
Posted December 04, 2022
First of all check your browser. When clicking a file, it should get it's real name.
"save as" might however provide the wrong name.

If you already downloaded everything, you can rename the files as shown above.

Don't worry about version numbers. The installer looks for files matching a certain name pattern
If your exe file is called "xxx.exe", it will look for "xxx-1.bin", "xxx-2.bin", "xxx-3.bin", ...
Posted December 04, 2022
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smartroad78: I have a REALLY slow internet connection so I often download large games on a lower powered machine from my main gaming machine (energy being the cost it is these days).

I downloaded Skyrim SE and AE upgrade but I can't see how I install them. I get the files:

en1installer0
en1installer1
.
.
en1installer6

I added .exe to en1installer0 and that started an install but it then asks for the "location of part 6" with the window header "Installer needs the next part (.bin) file". I added .bin to each of the other files but it didn't work.

I've searched for installing but everything I found talked about installing via Galaxy or assuming that the files just work. I don't know what to actually name the files to make the installer work :(
Are you perhaps using a download manager? Some download managers have trouble getting the file names right. For example DownThemAll before the latest update named the files just as you got them.

Renaming them like AB2012 told you to do should do the trick, if the files were downloaded correctly and only the filenames got lost.
Posted December 06, 2022
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smartroad78: I've searched for installing but everything I found talked about installing via Galaxy or assuming that the files just work. I don't know what to actually name the files to make the installer work :(
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AB2012: Are you sure your web browser isn't renaming them to something? From these links, I get the following names:-

setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094).exe
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-1.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-2.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-3.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-4.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-5.bin
setup_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_special_edition_1.6.659.0.8_(64bit)_(59094)-6.bin

You click on the .exe and it installs. If the files you've downloaded look like they're right size but are just named wrong, then try renaming them to above. The .exe is the smallest 1MB sized file.

Edit: If you have some adblocker / NoScipt running, then whitelisting GOG may help.
That done the trick thank you AB2012!

Thanks for all the help everyone as well :) I should have said (sorry was doing work stuff at the same time as asking
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