muntdefems: It was updated
last Thursday. Only the Windows build, without a changelog. No idea what the update was about, other than they changed the installer name so it follows the new naming convention.
I know the update was reported a few days ago, I was asking specifically about a changelog because I didn't, and don't, remember one. But looking at that update with what DoctorGOGgles said in mind, it'd appear that the Windows installer, asides the name change, also updated to v.1.504. And taking a look at the changelog - good grief, that version was released back in January 5, 2015; it took GOG only 2.5+ years to get the standalone installers up to date.
DoctorGOGgles: [...] I've had some problems with the game updating itself to version 1.504 (via Arcen Games inbuilt updater) and Galaxy reverting this back to the older version GOG was distributing in the past, so the game was definitely not the latest version before (even though 1.504 was released more than two years ago according to the
official changelog. [...]
Emm... let me see if I got this right - you used the inbuilt updater, and updated the game to v.1.504, a more than 2yrs old build, and then Galaxy... downdated it to whatever version it considered the latest, which is a more than 3yrs old build. Is this it?
Sounds like "use Galaxy to get the latest patches a.s.a.p." doesn't exactly apply to all new(er) games, in spite it being advertised and pushed as the cure for everything, the common cold included. Yes, I'm exaggerating, but why wasn't the latest build/patch in the Galaxy channel? Don't the devs have access to it? If so, why not? Or have they decided not to use it, and why?
DoctorGOGgles: [...] Same problem with AI Wars by the way. There the GOG version was even more outdated (about 3 years and more than 20 updates behind) and every time I've asked GOG support to please release an updated installer, they told me that updates for AI War were too frequent for them to always build new installers and I should just use the updater provided by Arcen Games. Now the game is finally updated to the latest version (and only a year after it was originally released...). [...]
But I'm sure they apologised for the inconvenience, didn't they?
Keeping the standalone installers outdated for such long times, just goes to show how much GOG actually cares about their customers that use the standalone installers, and their experience. Not that this comes as a surprise or revelation at this point.