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Posted March 29, 2022
In our first GOG 2022 update article, among many things we plan this year, we’ve mentioned we’ll keep on working to make the GOG GALAXY client more dynamic and interesting for users. Today we’d like to invite you to help us test the first update out of many, that we hope will help us achieve this goal.

With the Proteus update, you can feel like at home with the introduction of a new, experimental feature: customising the “Recent” view to your needs. Now you can add or remove widgets and move them around to your liking, and create a completely personalised experience that is tailor fit for you.

To get access to this update, first you need to go to your settings, enter the “General” section and tick the “Experimental features and updates” box.

It’s the first batch of the client customization options we have planned, so let us know how you like it!

To make it easier for you to share your opinions, and for us to listen and gather your comments about the features we’re testing, we’re introducing the experimental features feedback form. It will automatically show up triggered by actions you make in the client.

Once we test the performance of the new feature, gather feedback from you and apply needed fixes, we will release the Proteus update to all GOG GALAXY users.
Posted March 30, 2022
The sunken cost fallacy is strong.
Posted March 30, 2022
It would be nice if offline installers got some love too. There are a bunch of them that are broken and have been broken for years.
Posted March 30, 2022
Linux version of Galaxy with inbuilt Proton support please.

Edit: Also please remove automatic Galaxy client requirements from offline installers, cause they can cause issues while installing on Linux.
Post edited March 30, 2022 by Matruchus
Posted March 30, 2022
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nightcraw1er.488: At this point I see no point whatsoever to the GOG store.
There are still a lot of DRM-free games here, even if it seems to be less of a priority for GOG than it used to be. While on Steam there is exactly 0 DRM-free game.

So for people who do not want to approve DRM usage, this is no real choice.
Posted March 30, 2022
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nightcraw1er.488: At this point I see no point whatsoever to the GOG store.
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vv221: There are still a lot of DRM-free games here, even if it seems to be less of a priority for GOG than it used to be. While on Steam there is exactly 0 DRM-free game.

So for people who do not want to approve DRM usage, this is no real choice.
Well, that's a little false. Some games on Steam do not have any DRM, not even Steamworks. Although yes, a very, very small minority bothers to remove all DRM from their game.
Posted March 30, 2022
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My point is that you can not download/install any Steam game without using their mandatory client (or SteamCMD, that is some proprietary client provided by Valve too), making these effectively unusable by people who do not want to submit to vendor lock-in schemes.
Posted March 30, 2022
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vv221: My point is that you can not download/install any Steam game without using their mandatory client (or SteamCMD, that is some proprietary client provided by Valve too), making these effectively unusable by people who do not want to submit to vendor lock-in schemes.
Ah, okay. I get what you mean.
Posted March 30, 2022
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vv221: My point is that you can not download/install any Steam game without using their mandatory client (or SteamCMD, that is some proprietary client provided by Valve too), making these effectively unusable by people who do not want to submit to vendor lock-in schemes.
Its hardly like you can download games from here anymore without their "optional" client. Or did all the online gated stuff suddenly become offline, or gwent, or did we get the option of using older installers/patches, or was multiplayer suddenly open sourced, or did they provide parity with galaxy installers, what about properly compressed archives or changelogs, or not forcing linking to galaxy.dll (even for older games)? TBH I am thinking the steam client is less and less of an issue, I wouldn't want to use it, but the way things are here its looking to be the only real option gong forward. Not paying more to have cripppled half assed installers which take up double the storage space just so CDPR can push their always online microtransaction market. In fact, I can just buy keys off humble or something like that and then download a repack, better compression, probably a better installer allround.
Posted March 30, 2022
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arrua: It would be nice if offline installers got some love too. There are a bunch of them that are broken and have been broken for years.
Actually "broken" or "simply" outdated?
Posted March 30, 2022
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vv221: My point is that you can not download/install any Steam game without using their mandatory client (or SteamCMD, that is some proprietary client provided by Valve too), making these effectively unusable by people who do not want to submit to vendor lock-in schemes.
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nightcraw1er.488: Its hardly like you can download games from here anymore without their "optional" client. Or did all the online gated stuff suddenly become offline, or gwent, or did we get the option of using older installers/patches, or was multiplayer suddenly open sourced, or did they provide parity with galaxy installers, what about properly compressed archives or changelogs, or not forcing linking to galaxy.dll (even for older games)? TBH I am thinking the steam client is less and less of an issue, I wouldn't want to use it, but the way things are here its looking to be the only real option gong forward. Not paying more to have cripppled half assed installers which take up double the storage space just so CDPR can push their always online microtransaction market. In fact, I can just buy keys off humble or something like that and then download a repack, better compression, probably a better installer allround.
You're almost there, keep going
Posted March 30, 2022
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Orkhepaj: whats up with ubisoft disconnect all the time?
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_beta_gog_galaxy_2.0/ubisoft_connect/post16
Posted March 30, 2022
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Orkhepaj: whats up with ubisoft disconnect all the time?
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MarkoH01: https://www.gog.com/forum/general_beta_gog_galaxy_2.0/ubisoft_connect/post16
thank you
Posted March 30, 2022
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arrua: It would be nice if offline installers got some love too. There are a bunch of them that are broken and have been broken for years.
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MarkoH01: Actually "broken" or "simply" outdated?
Both.

I remember that the offline installer of Divinity: Original Sin doesn´t work well due to a patch that broke it, for example. The game cannot be played.

I can´t find the thread with the list of games whose offline installers are broken or outdated.
Posted March 30, 2022
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MarkoH01: Actually "broken" or "simply" outdated?
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arrua: Both.

I remember that the offline installer of Divinity: Original Sin doesn´t work well due to a patch that broke it, for example. The game cannot be played.

I can´t find the thread with the list of games whose offline installers are broken or outdated.
Is it still broken? You only said you remember it.
Posted March 30, 2022
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nightcraw1er.488: Its hardly like you can download games from here anymore without their "optional" client. Or did all the online gated stuff suddenly become offline, or gwent, or did we get the option of using older installers/patches, or was multiplayer suddenly open sourced, or did they provide parity with galaxy installers, what about properly compressed archives or changelogs, or not forcing linking to galaxy.dll (even for older games)?
The situation here is not pretty, but a lot games are still fully DRM-free. The real issue I have is that we still have no way to filter out the DRMed ones when browsing the store.

GOG is not a good store, it’s full of DRMed features and vendor lock-in schemes hidden behind poor excuses like « It does no count if it is multiplayer. » or « It does not count if it is cosmetic. ». But it is one of the few options we have for buying DRM-free games, so I am not ready to give up on it yet.

That of course does not mean that I am happy with their direction, so I’m going to both keep buying and keep complaining. Until things improve (then I’ll quit complaining) or get worse (and I’ll quit buying).

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nightcraw1er.488: TBH I am thinking the steam client is less and less of an issue
I do not ;)
The day it becomes the only option is the day I’m quitting video games shopping for good.
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