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Breja: Nope. The very point of buying here is that I don't need any more programs to get and play my games.
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Magnitus: Two things about this for me:

- I have a lot of games. Even if I had downloaded them all by hand already, I have frequent updates. I don't want to do all of that by hand
- I think most downloaders verify both the md5 checksum of downloads and the integrity of zip files so I don't have to
Valid points. I'm not saying anyone shouldn't use a downloader if they like. I was just answering the OPs question for myself.

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Breja: Seriously? I got downvoted for simply answering the OPs question? :D Oh, GOG forum, never change.
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Magnitus: I'd ignore it. I don't really downvote personally (if I disagree with something, I'll reply), but to each their own. Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? Surely, you don't mind having some opinions that are unpopular. I'd think it would be a bit phoney to only hold popular opinions (probably good to run for office though).
I'm not bothered, I'm used to the downvotes being pretty much meaningless here. Hell, they would meaningless even if the system wasn't being abused since forever. I just sometimes find it particularly bizarre which posts the trolls choose to downvote. I mean, really, tell me that the idea of someone being triggered simply by someone else saying "no thanks, I don't need a downloader" isn't hilarious.
Post edited April 21, 2021 by Breja
Do as you like. I personally don't install any launchers on my computers. I just want the game binary and manual installs.
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Pajama: For these reasons alone I'd certainly give it a go. It is the single click download that I really miss though, the old GOG downloader was just so easy to use and lightweight too, I would love to see an alternative.
My GUI for gogrepo.py makes it one click downloading, and further one-clicking to queue up other games.

And while my GUI for gogcli.exe isn't currently one click, it is one click to add a game (all files) to the download list and another click to select all and then one final third click to download all. I could make it all one click, like I did with gogrepo.py, or reduce it to two clicks, but what's a couple of extra clicks. I may yet enable that in an update though, as I have partially done the code for it.

And it's not 3 clicks per game either, it is one click per game plus two clicks. So 5 games would be 7 clicks total, 10 games 12. That's all files for those games, including extras and patches and DLC ... and alternate OS files.

EDIT - Actually it is 3 extra clicks total with multiple games, not 2. One click per game to add to a combined download list and one click to open the download window ... then you have the extra two clicks. So 5 games would be 8 clicks and 10 games 13.

Even the old GOG Downloader, bless its soul, didn't do so few clicks if you had extras or patches or DLC to download.

And that includes automated MD5 and ZIP file checking with my GOGcli GUI, which run's the gogcli.exe program by Magnitus.
Post edited April 21, 2021 by Timboli
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Breja: Valid points. I'm not saying anyone shouldn't use a downloader if they like. I was just answering the OPs question for myself.

I'm not bothered, I'm used to the downvotes being pretty much meaningless here. Hell, they would meaningless even if the system wasn't being abused since forever. I just sometimes find it particularly bizarre which posts the trolls choose to downvote. I mean, really, tell me that the idea of someone being triggered simply by someone else saying "no thanks, I don't need a downloader" isn't hilarious.
To use overtly blunt phrasing, you'd be surprised how many people are still butthurt GOG canned the downloader, even though there's at least 5 alternatives to hand.
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Arcadius-8606: I personally don't install any launchers on my computers. I just want the game binary and manual installs.
A downloader does not have to be a games launcher ;)

Actually, I would not have adopted my current downloader if it came bundled with some kind of games launcher. Or with a games installer. Or anything else not related to the simple task of downloading the DRM-free installers for my GOG.com games.
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Darvond: To use overtly blunt phrasing, you'd be surprised how many people are still butthurt GOG canned the downloader, even though there's at least 5 alternatives to hand.
There is something to be said about the fact that GOG doesn't have an official api specification and that the downloaders are unofficial though.

That means that any time in the future, GOG can change their api in a backward-incompatible manner, break all the existing downloaders and wash their hands clean of any responsibility.

With an official downloader, they'd have obligations to maintain it and/or with an official api, they'd have obligations to maintain backward-compatibiity in their api which in turn would ensure that unofficial clients that conform to the api specification would not break.

The unofficial downloaders are really as unofficial as you can be. They could break anytime without notice if GOG changes something.
Post edited April 21, 2021 by Magnitus
I would rather see an organized audit of a current downloader or a cli downloader and a gui downloader separately. It all sounds nice with just 3 clicks or whatever, but infact security and audits should be of more importance at this point
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DesmondOC: I would rather see an organized audit of a current downloader or a cli downloader and a gui downloader separately. It all sounds nice with just 3 clicks or whatever, but infact security and audits should be of more importance at this point
Some newer projects like mine are not really audited due to their newness and relatively low usage, but if you take some of the older downloaders out there that have been used by a hundred people or more, many pairs of eyes have looked at them which constitutes an audit of sorts that most popular open-source projects are subjected to.

Its very doubtful that a backdoor could be introduced in a project like lgogdownloader (with 400+ stars) at this point without people openly screaming about it.
Post edited April 21, 2021 by Magnitus
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WinterSnowfall: That being said, I think a lot of people would be interested in "yet another" GOG downloader, coming from GOG. Let's call it a "Galaxy Offline Installer Backup Tool". But we all know that's not going to happen, so, as is the case around here, community members such as yourself come to the rescue.
Galaxy already downloads the offline installers, people just think it's too "heavy" a program from what I've gathered. GOG having a simple or "lite" version of Galaxy is probably the thing to campaign for, rather than a whole other app.
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StingingVelvet: Galaxy already downloads the offline installers, people just think it's too "heavy" a program from what I've gathered. GOG having a simple or "lite" version of Galaxy is probably the thing to campaign for, rather than a whole other app.
There used to be GOG downloader, but they deemed that one obsolete, remember? Clearly the focus is not on a "lite" tool. So it's up to the community to offer alternatives to Galaxy.
For example, I would not install Galaxy just to download the offline installers, especially considering its behavior.
I'd be interested in seeing a lightweight tool that would allow me to more easily back up my installers. I don't really mind Galaxy, but it has way more than I really want from this. I don't need store integration, a friends list, achievements, or anything like that; though I do like how it lets you link games bought on steam and whatnot. Mostly though, I'd check out a simple method of downloading the offline installers, might even get rid of Galaxy if that was the case.
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IronChitlin: I'd be interested in seeing a lightweight tool that would allow me to more easily back up my installers. I don't really mind Galaxy, but it has way more than I really want from this. I don't need store integration, a friends list, achievements, or anything like that; though I do like how it lets you link games bought on steam and whatnot. Mostly though, I'd check out a simple method of downloading the offline installers, might even get rid of Galaxy if that was the case.
You really should take a look at Kalanyr's gogrepoc. its command line but very light weight. A breeze to install, you just download python 2.7 win installer msi. the only trick is getting windows to recognize the 'pip' python command in cmd. this is solved easily with the command setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Python27\Scripts"
once you get pip as a cmd PATH then you install the html5lib. then its just a couple basic commands and it tracks your games and updates and can download all or a single title, backup, copy, and create hashes and verify the downloads of everything. has a good log file too
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WinterSnowfall: That being said, I think a lot of people would be interested in "yet another" GOG downloader, coming from GOG. Let's call it a "Galaxy Offline Installer Backup Tool". But we all know that's not going to happen, so, as is the case around here, community members such as yourself come to the rescue.
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StingingVelvet: Galaxy already downloads the offline installers, people just think it's too "heavy" a program from what I've gathered. GOG having a simple or "lite" version of Galaxy is probably the thing to campaign for, rather than a whole other app.
I have this idea, make both the social aspects and the shopping part of Galaxy optional downloadable content. Make the achievements another DLC as well, for a total of three. :-) Many people would be happy with the base program I guess.
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patrikc: For example, I would not install Galaxy just to download the offline installers, especially considering its behavior.
What behavior?
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StingingVelvet: What behavior?
An example
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/how_to_hide_or_remove_offline_installed_games_from_galaxy/page1
Or it could very well be attributed to the offline installers and how they are built (with Galaxy integration in mind).
At any rate, I have no use for Galaxy in an offline environment.