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General discussionOffline installers with an option to install GOG Galaxy(1687 posts)(1687 posts)
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Posted July 06, 2017
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Thanks for bearing with us in this thread. We’d like to announce that today we’ve introduced the addition of new installers, with implemented GOG Galaxy client.

Like Destro described it back in May, we decided to separate the „new" and „classic” installers, for your choice. So if you don’t care about the features like achievements or cloud-saves and don’t want to use GOG Galaxy, you can download the „Classic Game Installer", just like it was handled before. For games that have new installers, the default download view on „My account” will show the "GOG Galaxy Game Installers" - you will notice that, as it is visibly described in „My account” game view. To download the „classic” ones, just go to „Options" and choose „Classic Installers”.

The new GOG Galaxy Game Installers were added to +100 games - a selection of all games that make use of GOG Galaxy features. I'll post the current list of games with the new installers in a separate post.
Going forward, all new games that will use GOG Galaxy features, will now receive both GOG Galaxy Game Installer and Classic Game Installer.

Introduction of GOG Galaxy Game Installers doesn’t change anything in terms of keeping the Classic Game Installers up to date. As soon as we receive an update for any game, we will prepare an updated version of the classic installer, just like it was done in the past.

Edit: Pinned.
Post edited July 06, 2017 by fables22
Posted May 09, 2017
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tremere110: This is the first time I've ever seen a low rated blue post. I didn't even think it was possible. News must've been that good :p
Indeed.
Post edited May 09, 2017 by Grargar
Posted May 09, 2017
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Dreaganos: Here is the sorted list just rename to .txt
Thank you, but no need for me. I just find it weird when a first list isn't sorted. Additions to a list could be added on top or bottom (or even better, sorted and bolded), but having an unsorted list on introduction is a bit weird.
Posted May 09, 2017
does Galaxy have an official icon? When you download it, what does the file look like?
Posted May 09, 2017
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Lemon_Curry: I'm sure they have lots of silly, superficial quizzes and other equally front page-worthy items prepared for the masses in the coming days to help drown out the negative feedback.
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Wishbone: Probably. I'm guessing that's also why this thread isn't Official GOG Blue. Makes it easier to miss.
The irony will off course be complete when this thread is automatically deleted :)
Posted May 09, 2017
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Not cool, not cool at all. I do not care about ticking a box (although a better alternative was proposed), the fact that I will have to download Galaxy every fucking time I download an installer is ridiculous. Will it be there only once, or in every .bin file?/s
Posted May 09, 2017
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JMich: First comment: Someone has to sort that list alphabetically.
Second comment: Oh god, here we go downloading the installers again :(
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Dreaganos: Here is the sorted list just rename to .txt
The list in the link is also sorted alphabetically.
Posted May 09, 2017
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Oh great a stealth program, what a shitty idea, so you're pushing galaxy that little bit harder........
Posted May 09, 2017
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Really not happy about this. At the very least, Galaxy installation should be opt-in, and the installer should download & install Galaxy on demand (as opposed to packing a more-or-less full Galaxy installer into every game installer).

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InkPanther: And as to the included Galaxy installer - is it actually a full installer or just a downloader?
That's what I'd really like to know. There's a world of difference between the installer downloading Galaxy (if the check box is left checked), and the installer including enough of Galaxy that it could be installed while offline. I don't want to download an installer for a 23-year-old game where 60-95% of the installer's (now bloated) size is crap related to Galaxy.
Posted May 09, 2017
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fables22: As many new users discover and download games from our website, we don’t want them to end up with installations that don’t auto-update or backup saves to the cloud. In fact, we want to offer everyone the most convenient experience from the get-go.
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Luned: Turning off auto-updates is the very first thing I do when I do use Galaxy to download a game.

I usually only fire up Galaxy to download a new game, and if I don't, it wants to spend hours downloading updates for games I haven't touched in months before downloading the game I actually wanted to install & play right now.
Click the GOG button on the Galaxy window, select 'Settings', click features, uncheck 'Auto-update games'. Now Galaxy will ask before installing any updates.
Posted May 09, 2017
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Does this mean every time Galaxy gets an update, all the offline installers will have be updated/replaced as well? Folks in the "what just updated" thread are going to love that...
Posted May 09, 2017
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This should have been called out on since GOG Galaxy was first revealed as a thing.

Who wanted a GOG Galaxy? Who asked for a client? Are people that lazy and ignorant that they can't put thier installers in a new folder?
Post edited May 09, 2017 by Elmofongo
Posted May 09, 2017
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fables22: snip
How about an update news of dgVoodoo supported Gog games instead ? I'm waitng for a working Win 10 x64 Gog copy of Moto Racer 2 since months .
Post edited May 09, 2017 by Painted_Doll
Posted May 09, 2017
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Fuck this shit. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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fables22: The list in the link is also sorted alphabetically.
What kind of a lunatic sorts titles starting with "The" under "T"?
Posted May 09, 2017
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HunchBluntley: Really not happy about this. At the very least, Galaxy installation should be opt-in, and the installer should download & install Galaxy on demand (as opposed to packing a more-or-less full Galaxy installer into every game installer).
I think the lack of an opt-in is the bigger issue here, Galaxy is around 100 -150 MB and with compression may even end up being a lot smaller in the installer. In the grand scheme of things it's not a lot of data.

While I tend to agree downloading during install then unpacking would better, not everyone has internet when they install a standalone installer and GOG is probably including it for those users..

EDIT: But yes it can add up for those with large collections, I agree. Pointing it to download at the CDN would be a better option. You can stop quoting me and telling me this now. Thanks. :P
Post edited May 09, 2017 by user deleted
Posted May 09, 2017
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Elmofongo: Who wanted a GOG Galaxy? Who asked for a client?
The lazy Steam generation .
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