Sheik_Urbouti: As per topic, this happens even after fresh reinstall before even running the game for the first time. It downloads 116MB every time verify/repair is clicked.
It's driving me crazy not knowing why this is happening, anyone know whay this might be hapening ?
thanks in advance :)
If you are asked to verify a computer file, you have to collect the information about it, such as its size, date, version, checksum, etc. You also have to obtain the same information regarding the original, pristine version of the file. After that, you compare the two sets of data to determine if the computer file in question is the same or different. The information regarding the original file is the data that - in your case - has to be downloaded from the Internet.
In order for GOG to verify an installation, a certain amount of data has to be downloaded. Consider this data as a collection of the signature of each and every file in an installation. Without such data, there is no easy way for determining if a file is corrupt or if an installation is missing something.
In your case, the amount of data that must be downloaded for the purpose of verification happens to be 116MB. It's not a lot. A few photos and short videos in your chat app can easily take more space. After the purpose is served, the downloaded data can be safely deleted.
Every time you request a verification, GOG has to download this type of data. A change may happen at any time - who knows - if GOG skips this download, it can only verify the installation against old data (assuming you have it and it is not deleted).
Of course, if nothing has changed, the amount of data to download is always the same.
If a repair is needed, more data (files) will have to be downloaded by GOG for the purpose of repair.