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General discussionIntroducing web installers for all GOG games(175 posts)(175 posts)
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Posted June 07, 2018
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elcook: ...
Great. That's a good change. Thanks!
Posted June 07, 2018
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elcook: Introduction of web installers means a few additional changes. First, from now on the main game view in your "Library", you will see two options to install your game - with GOG Galaxy via new web installer, and the „classic installers” without GOG Galaxy, which are now called "offline backup game installers”. So if you don’t want to use our optional client, you don’t have to look for the classic installers through „More” option, just download the installer files from the second section.
That does sound a much better solution all round than hiding offline installers behind two-clicks "More" menu.

One minor bug spotted - Although it does seem to be working, I have noticed one game in my library you missed. Crookz The Big Heist still seems to be falsely named 1.0.0.24260(g) for the non-Galaxy offline installer (the (g) meaning "includes Galaxy"). It's possible you either forgot to remove the Galaxy installer from this game, or that you mistakenly gave the non-Galaxy "Offline Installer" files the same name as the Galaxy files (in which case it should be as simple as renaming it without the "g"). See attached picture as to how it appears in my library.
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Post edited June 07, 2018 by AB2012
Posted June 07, 2018
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AB2012: That does sound a much better solution all round than hiding offline installers behind two-clicks "More" menu.

One minor bug spotted - Although it does seem to be working, I have noticed one game in my library you missed. Crookz The Big Heist still seems to be falsely named 1.0.0.24260(g) for the non-Galaxy offline installer (the (g) meaning "includes Galaxy"). It's possible you either forgot to remove the Galaxy installer from this game, or that you mistakenly gave the non-Galaxy "Offline Installer" files the same name as the Galaxy files (in which case it should be as simple as renaming it without the "g"). See attached picture as to how it appears in my library.
Thanks for spotting that. We're on it.
Posted June 07, 2018
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elcook: Introduction of web installers means a few additional changes. First, from now on the main game view in your "Library", you will see two options to install your game - with GOG Galaxy via new web installer, and the „classic installers” without GOG Galaxy, which are now called "offline backup game installers”. So if you don’t want to use our optional client, you don’t have to look for the classic installers through „More” option, just download the installer files from the second section.
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AB2012: That does sound a much better solution all round than hiding offline installers behind two-clicks "More" menu.

One minor bug spotted - Although it does seem to be working, I have noticed one game in my library you missed. Crookz The Big Heist still seems to be falsely named 1.0.0.24260(g) for the non-Galaxy offline installer (the (g) meaning "includes Galaxy"). It's possible you either forgot to remove the Galaxy installer from this game, or that you mistakenly gave the non-Galaxy "Offline Installer" files the same name as the Galaxy files (in which case it should be as simple as renaming it without the "g"). See attached picture as to how it appears in my library.
Thanks for letting us know! This is fixed now (it was an error in the filename). :)
Posted June 07, 2018
Seems like a pretty good solution. Thank you, GOG (and thanks Venom and Paczyk for explaining how it works).
Posted June 07, 2018
Can you confirm me that "offline backup game installers" will be updated in the same way and at the same time than web installers ?
Posted June 07, 2018
That's certainly an improvement. Thanks.
Post edited June 07, 2018 by DubConqueror
Posted June 07, 2018
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Paczyk: Thanks for letting us know! This is fixed now (it was an error in the filename). :)
Fixed! It also looks like selecting the show / hide Offline Installer links in one game, seems intelligent enough to "remember" that between games, so the offline links are instantly visible. Well done. A definite positive upgrade to the site.
Posted June 07, 2018
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amrit9037: BTW where is Fables22?
Long, long gone. Meet Fables 2.0!
Posted June 07, 2018
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AB2012: That does sound a much better solution all round than hiding offline installers behind two-clicks "More" menu.

One minor bug spotted - Although it does seem to be working, I have noticed one game in my library you missed. Crookz The Big Heist still seems to be falsely named 1.0.0.24260(g) for the non-Galaxy offline installer (the (g) meaning "includes Galaxy"). It's possible you either forgot to remove the Galaxy installer from this game, or that you mistakenly gave the non-Galaxy "Offline Installer" files the same name as the Galaxy files (in which case it should be as simple as renaming it without the "g"). See attached picture as to how it appears in my library.
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Paczyk: Thanks for letting us know! This is fixed now (it was an error in the filename). :)
Bombshell and Urban Empire are also affected by the same bug. [1]
We have reported the same bug tens of times at forum, and GOG staff never fix them.

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setup_bombshell_1.2.10466(g)_(16787)*
setup_urban_empire_1.2.1.3(g)_(16910)*

UPDATE
Prison Architect
setup_prison_architect_32_13f_(17245)_(g).exe
Post edited June 08, 2018 by kbnrylaec
Posted June 07, 2018
Kudos, a good change

Edit: Blue Topic Titles for crying out loud! Or at least a blue dot
Post edited June 07, 2018 by Pheace
Posted June 07, 2018
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elcook: Hope you like the feature, and it will expand your experience of using GOG.com the way you want.
Woo! Very nice!
Posted June 07, 2018
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adaliabooks: Edit: Also if Galaxy is installed does this mean clicking the web installer link will basically just launch Galaxy and download the game through that? That would be handy if it were the case.
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Venom: Yes, if you have GOG Galaxy installed the game will just be added to the download queue. You will also get the game installation screen in GOG Galaxy to set the installation path.
Excellent. Great work guys, this really makes sense (and now I can browse my library from the website and install things through Galaxy if I want, though now I've got faster internet I'm finding Galaxy a bit slow and have reverted to the Downloader)
Posted June 07, 2018
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elcook: ...
I think it's a great solution that hopefully should satisfy everybody; it's easy for new users; it only download Galaxy if needed, and the offline installer are easily and visibly available.
Posted June 07, 2018
I'm terrified of GOG turning into gamersgate, now.

EDIT: On the flip side, the bundling is essentially gone. And the offline installers are on the same page. Overall, i think this can be considered a huge improvement overall, and overall restoring my faith. I'm sure it clears alot of space for gog, too.
Post edited June 07, 2018 by kohlrak
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