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I knew I shouldn't have made that joke. Thank you for the kind gift and for having my back on The Directory of Public Wishlists and elsewhere.

From MaGog's logs for 19 November:

NOTE! REMOVED FILE Darksiders, downloadables, Windowx XP Compatibility Patch (patch_darksiders_2.1.0.7.exe; gog-7; Thu, 28 May 2015 08:58:36 GMT; 6,909,256)

NOTE! ADDED FILE Darksiders, downloadables, Windows XP Compatibility Patch (patch_darksiders_2.1.0.7.exe; gog-7; Thu, 28 May 2015 08:58:36 GMT; 6,909,256)

[Sharing this just because it took me a few tense seconds to figure out what changed.]

The first one says Windowx XP :P

NEO Scavenger has been updated.

Changelog

As explained by omega64, all they did was change one letter in the patch's title (Windowx to Windows), but since MaGog identifies files by their title (e.g. "patch 1.09" vs. "patch 1.08"), she deduced that one patch (for Windowx) was removed and another (for Windows) was added instead.

She's a very meticulous lady.

So, I'm correct in concluding that in order to get the Starpoint Gemini 2 patch, I have to DL the entire 4 GBs of installer again? There's no actual patch file? WTF??

From MaGog's logs for 20 November:

NOTE! Probably CHANGED FILE Armello, all_files, Windows installer, English, dl_ver: gog-1 ***TO*** 1.1 (gog-2)

NOTE! Probably CHANGED FILE Armello, all_files, Mac OS X installer, English, dl_ver: gog-2 ***TO*** 1.1 (gog-3)

NOTE! Probably CHANGED FILE Armello, all_files, Linux installer, English, dl_ver: gog-2 ***TO*** 1.1 (gog-3)

NOTE! CHANGED Armello, changelog (http://www.an-ovel.com/downloads/chg/chg_1427129887.htm)
NOTE! ADD +++ Patch 1.1 (20 November 2015)
[Too long to quote, see link above]

NOTE! CHANGED Armello, file_size: 652 MB ***TO*** 666 MB





NOTE! CHANGED FILE NEO Scavenger, downloadables, Windows installer, English (setup_neo_scavenger_2.5.0.6.exe ***TO*** setup_neo_scavenger_2.6.0.7.exe; 1.12 (gog-6) ***TO*** 1.13 (gog-7); Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:13:23 GMT ***TO*** Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:51:41 GMT; 63,297,336 ***TO*** 63,784,984)

NOTE! CHANGED FILE NEO Scavenger, downloadables, Mac OS X installer, English (neo_scavenger_2.5.0.12.dmg ***TO*** neo_scavenger_2.6.0.13.dmg; 1.12 (gog-12) ***TO*** 1.13 (gog-13); Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:14:18 GMT ***TO*** Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:51:52 GMT; 71,081,989 ***TO*** 70,851,359)

NOTE! CHANGED FILE NEO Scavenger, downloadables, Linux installer, English (gog_neo_scavenger_2.5.0.9.sh ***TO*** gog_neo_scavenger_2.6.0.10.sh; 1.12 (gog-9) ***TO*** 1.13 (gog-10); Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:39:02 GMT ***TO*** Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:51:58 GMT; 58,846,072 ***TO*** 58,847,210)

NOTE! CHANGED NEO Scavenger, changelog (http://www.an-ovel.com/downloads/chg/chg_1207667263.htm)
NOTE! ADD +++ Patch 1.13 (20 November 2015)
NOTE! ADD +++ CHANGED
NOTE! ADD +++ Changed SampleMod to be self-contained in one folder.
NOTE! ADD +++ Changed old _readme.txt about modding to be stored in SampleMod's folder.
NOTE! ADD +++ Changed loading screen to only show last line of log, and to tell user how to see whole log.
NOTE! ADD +++
NOTE! ADD +++ FIXED
NOTE! ADD +++ Fixed a bug in treasures with a variable output that would return one less than the specified max.
NOTE! ADD +++ Fixed a bug that allowed the dome light to be used in making noise traps.
NOTE! ADD +++ Fixed a bug that caused 4-week pickup truck extension at St. James to be free.
NOTE! ADD +++ Fixed a bug that deleted arrows/spears that stuck in wounds as a creature died.
NOTE! ADD +++
NOTE! RMV --- Patch 1.12 (06.08.2015)
NOTE! ADD +++ Patch 1.12 (11 August 2015)

[The patch 1.12 date change is probably intentional, as the Windows/Mac changes were done on the 6th, but the Linux changes only on the 11th.]





NOTE! Probably CHANGED FILE SOMA, all_files, Mac OS X installer, English, dl_ver: 1.02 (gog-3) ***TO*** 1.03 (gog-5)

NOTE! Probably ADDED FILE SOMA, all_files, Patch 1.03 [Mac OS X], dl_ver: ***TO***

NOTE! Probably CHANGED FILE SOMA, all_files, Linux installer, English, dl_ver: 1.03 (gog-3) ***TO*** 1.03 (gog-4)

NOTE! Probably ADDED FILE SOMA, all_files, Update to patch 1.03 for Linux, dl_ver: ***TO*** 1.03 (gog-4)

NOTE! CHANGED SOMA, changelog (http://www.an-ovel.com/downloads/chg/chg_1439487606.htm)
NOTE! ADD +++ Patch 1.03 (20 November 2015)
NOTE! ADD +++ We've updated the Mac version of the game to version 1.03.
NOTE! ADD +++ The Linux version received an update for version 1.03. The version number remains the same.
NOTE! ADD +++
NOTE! RMV --- The updated Mac version will be available as soon as possible.





NOTE! CHANGED Far Cry®, compatibility: Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility ***TO*** MULTIPLAYER NOTICE: Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.

NOTE! CHANGED Heritage of Kings: The Settlers™, compatibility: Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility ***TO*** MULTIPLAYER NOTICE: Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.

NOTE! CHANGED Heroes of Might and Magic® 5: Bundle, compatibility: Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility ***TO*** MULTIPLAYER NOTICE: Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.





NOTE! CHANGED Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, image: http://images.gog.com/1e78569d2c6dfbfd66676e18f56f72c2baeddf9157ffc2b229c98655e5bfce0f_100.jpg ***TO*** http://images.gog.com/a2b90a3c1e0ebc0d294d862ee9992fd9b48f74e3adde6453b76145c7ca413776_100.jpg

[About a dozen more images changed, but the others are only minor modifications in things such as colour, title placement, title size, or zoom]

Considered using a Levenshtein distance calculation combined with "all other metadata unchanged" to identify probable typo corrections within a given update block?

Hand of Fate got updated :

Patch 1.3.0 (20 November 2015)

* Christmas holidays are fast approaching so to celebrate we will be releasing free content in the coming weeks.

* The first of four instalments is Winters Hunt.

* The myth of the White Minotaur may have some truth to it.

* This beast is master of both strength and magic but you are not the only person in this hunt.
* Heed the Song of the White Minotaur (this will be in your deck after the update) to begin your adventure.

Patch 1.2.14 (20 November 2015)

* Upgrade unity to fix a memory leak that has been causing crashes.

Patch 1.2.13 (20 November 2015)

* Add Ukrainian language
* Fix Russian font missing a % symbol
* Fix up some missing language substitutions in Japanese and Korean
* Incorporate some user Japanese edits
* Fix the Korean language name in selection

X3: Terran War Pack

More or less. Never heard of Levenshtein, unless you count my ex-girlfriend, who had this surname.
Considered detecting a change in title with no other change, but thought it wasn't worth the trouble.

Well, there are plenty of implementations kicking around, so it shouldn't be too onerous if you feel like it. Just feed in two strings and it'll give you a number representing the total number of characters added, removed, and substituted to transform one into the other. (eg. "Windowx -> Windows" would be 1)

Just decide on a rule for a maximum allowable limit and you're ready to go. (Could be as simple as "if edit_distance < floor_division(len(title), 4)")