Magnitus: When I try to file a support ticket now, I get directed to a thread that has a conversation from a previous ticket ongoing.
Ice_Mage: Send an e-mail to either
help (at) gog (dot) com or
support (at) gog (dot) com Magnitus: I get a multiple-choice menus with no way out (all the options lead to a dead end). It keeps asking me for a diagnostics file (which might get generated if the game was running), but I can't even download the installer.
Ice_Mage: DxDiag doesn't require any game being installed. Press Windows Logo + R, type
dxdiag in the Run box, then press Enter. Wait for the progress bar to disappear in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window, then press the Save All Information button.
Magnitus: Maybe I could finagle my way into talking to someone by pretending that my problem is something completely different (something related to orders maybe). That seems counterproductive, but maybe I'll try that next time.
Ice_Mage: Right from the start, say "other" which makes the chatbot ask what kind of problem you have. Click "Other" from the choices offered. It then prompts you for information to open a support ticket.
I am practically never using Windows to download my games, just play them (its an irony). I really treat my Windows machine as a glorified gaming box, good only for playing games.
Otherwise, duly noted for the other two points. That definitely will get me a whole lot less frustrated next time downloading some of my game installers systematically fail (I could be mistaken, but I have the vague intuition that my pleas to GOG to monitor its offline installers will fall on deaf ears).
Thanks for the pointers.
Braggadar: Seriously. Watching movies on media and reading books might well be far better pastimes than digitally-released PC games.
Debatable. Reading a book will definitely develop your reading and visualization skills in a way the overwhelming of video games won't. Depending on what you are reading, you might also pickup invaluable bits of knowledge.
However, watching books and movies are passive activities while most games will engage you and develop hand/eye coordination, problem solving skills or both.
Overall, in terms of richness for the brain, I'd personally put most games behind a very useful book or video (that will improve your world knowledge), but ahead of books and movies that are for leisure.