v-serp: lol the actual small patch popped up now. Oh well, it doesn't matter too much.
I wound up installing to my SSD anyway. Probably makes virtually no difference for a game like this however.
Yep just noticed it now - naturally well AFTER I'd already downloaded the new full version (which took forever to install as well).
I'm glad that there's the option of a patch and a full version, though it's a bit strange for the small patch to go up AFTER the massive new installer. I guess the small patch required a bit of work to create, whereas the full version was probably just the publisher's latest files wrapped in a GOG installer?
squid830: While I don't ever want GOG to automatically update games for me, I don't see a reason why devs shouldn't be allowed to push patches to GOG. They can appear as "untested" or something and we the gamer could decide whether we want to risk installing it or not.
Tharnis: I'd love this option too. But I guess it would be a "manual install" patch - loose files to manually "copy over", since it would bypass the whole GOG process - installer packing included. Not that I would balk at it - but I'm sure a minority of users would actually go through with that, and there WILL be people who F*** the process up and then proceed to blame GOG or the devs for it.
They could put a "WARNING, UNTESTED PATCH, ADVANCED USERS ONLY" popup or something, but there WILL be someone complaining because the "untested patch" broke his/her game.
We should take this to the community suggestions though. If it gets enough votes, we might actually see it implemented.
I believe this request here is pretty much what we're asking for:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/implement_automatic_patchbuild_deployment_for_developerspublishers NEEDS VOTES!