ITS THE DAY AFTER RELEASE DAY AND ALREADY PROBLEMS?

I don't understand why GOG would not update but Steam has.

Simply can't play with my friends between GOG and Steam the day after the release.

Get your act together GOG, updates shouldn't take this long to role out when they are so tiny and when steam is almost instant.

Won't be using again thanks.

I created a topic about it as well, wasn't too far below yours :)
http://www.gog.com/forum/divinity_series/divinity_original_sin_ee_steam_version_has_been_updated

It would be nice now with Galaxy allowing automatic updating to get updates at the same rate as we get them on Steam.

It is really unfortunate, I am recording a cooperative campaign and of course this delays smashes my plans quite a bit.
Besides being very embarrassing.
For me AND for GoG.
I can understand that this may not be GoG's fault, but if GoG wants be a steam competitor (which it isn't, at the moment), it needs to concentrate on what Steam does right: and that's updating your games and keeping everybody playing with the same version.

As I said in the other topic though, the patch files from steam work 100% with GoG's build. It is not a matter of GoG needing to receive or create a specific version of the patch, although it MIGHT be some bureaucratic conundrum.

I am a reasonable person and I am fine with giving GoG a chance, but this isn't alright.

I mean, it's infuriating, yeah. but why in the hell are the only places you can download an update of this game from steam?(which i can't find out how without OWNING the game on steam. stupid.) GoG is at fault, sure, but why the hell isn't this update on the game dev's website... or... ANYWHERE for that matter?

Steam allows developers to update games directly. The patching process does introduce extra steps in the process, which takes time. Galaxy should speed that up, though. The extra time required to create and test separate patches (and that does add up, especially after multiple updates, when there are lots of variations of the game and saves to account for). Also, GOG has always made their own installers, and I don't think they'd want to have to support variations of each patch.

Unfortunately this is normal for GOG. When deciding where to buy a (new) game this has been a factor that has often lead me to buy from Steam instead in the last years and unless it changes, I will continue to do so.

Especially D:OS (which I bought here on GOG) was such a pain with the constant and late patches that I didn't even play it yet. And this morning I wanted to start the EE and what do I see? Patch on Steam and not on GOG. As usual.

Don't get me wrong, I love GOG but this has been going on for far too long.

while one person released a torrent patcher for it by himself. For free. 20min after steam did. that is NOT the same compiler/patcher. Riiiiiight. You work for GoG without the support label? I got a response near immediately via email; kudos for that. You can't act like they are working diligently though. that's crap.

p.s. all of your responses suck. that's not opinion, they just outright suck.
1. what does it matter that steam allows developers to update directly? the game developers own website doesn't allow them to download a few files? Of course it does. they are lazy, and are utilizing the servers of companies that they source out to. I get it. again, your response sucks.

2. no, man. i don't think you understand how video games work. It's not like this 400mb patch was insane, or adjusted ANYTHING. In fact, it only is a simple overwrite function. Again, your response sucks.

3. i don't even have the ability to reply to this. fuck off and let us be upset at buying a game we cannot play(due to purchasing it on one site vice another.)

Extremely poor show and poor form guys. Someone from Larian bothers themselves to reply and you all act like petulant children, and to add insult to injury you have the gall to assume everyone thinks like you do and claim your opinion is anything other than what it is: OPINION.

Shame on you.

And FYI, the patch has now been on GOG for an hour or two, roughly 12-14 hours after this topic was created. Shame on you and your imbecilic impatience.

It's people like this that will be the death of GOG and developers wanting their games to be here....

Just for the record I want everyone to know that I don't want to be associated with these imbeciles and that in general the GOG community is above such nonsense.

Raze_Larian: Thank you for your time to respond.

Tony.

EDIT: Just for the record, I have also questioned in the past when a patch will be coming to GOG, but at least I have the decency to be POLITE about it.

Thank You for this. I thought gog turned into a playground for little kids after reading the first posts. Seriously? People can´t wait a few hours for a patch? It´s not like we had to wait weeks or months.

Edit: Nevermind, didn't see one of the messages, it was hidden by the forums.

My post was directed to 2-3 users in particular (easy to see which ones), and yours wasn't one of them. I didn't feel like trying to quote all of them or only one of them, after simply being disgusted by the general attitude in this thread to an attempt by a representative from Larian to explain the situation...and getting ignorant childishness back.

But you're correct this is behind us now.. :)

Tony.

Allowing developers to push their updates is a good idea, but many people like that GOG take time to test updates. This can bring problems for multiplayer games. I just entered this wish:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/allow_developers_to_update_their_own_games_on_a_different_repository_source

EDIT: it seems that the patch is already out... how can we blame GOG? Just... how??? :D

Because it wasn't out when the rude dudes gave their 'tude.

But it does raise an interesting point with multiplayer games, since they'll usually have to be updated more simultaneously. I think having the idea of another repository, even if it's just for Galaxy for more direct, immediate updates, is a pretty alright idea. Push out a warning message that update choice isn't tested/fully verified by the GOG staff when the user opts into it.

Yeah, I tend to get the most positive input from threads like this :D
I don't play much multiplayer, so I would like to have an option like that. This would be a good solution for both multiplayer and singleplayer users.
An alternative could be that GOG become more efficient in releasing updates, because I guess that multiplayer games will increase in number here, and then it will require more work to grant a good steam-galaxy cross-play experience.

Yes we got the patch, but steam also got a new patch today, so more whining from me :(