I don't care if thread posters want to call it a "framework" or a "client" or whatever. It's what it is, whatever "the forum" wants label it.

If it's "needed" for multiplay, that's fine, as long as that is clear - and that folks like me that buy most games for their singleplay experience don't have to install a "multiplayer framework" that we:

1) aren't going to use
2) have no choice or notification of ahead of time
3) don't know what it does exactly*
4) I don't want "alpha" stuff on my system - especially when I don't know what it does "exactly"

* So it "installs". Does it also subsequently and automatically run in the background or as a service (without me starting it)?

It's an alpha - does it do or track or transmit things that the completed version won't (system debug logs that get transmitted, etc). This is rhetorical - I don't care what the answers are "specifically". I'm saying "it's an alpha - it's possible dangerous - keep it away from me - here's possible concerns.."

It's an alpha - it could mess up the system. For cripes sake, the forum recently buzzed about Steam have fun wiping linux users' drives. An "alpha" might do anything - by definition it has bugs and is incomplete.

If this things as far along as it is that the "have" to include the "framework", then it's time to step up and change the installer for those games to include notificatrion and choice. And to do the same for the game cards.

You mean like every other game with MP? Since when have you ever been able to choose what features are installed? It's rare for any game to offer that. I don't care for MP either, but come on now... this isn't something new.

No, it simply installs. You have to use the Galaxy Game shortcut for it to be active. But you can make a shortcut straight to the EXE and bypass it completely.

Again your not really getting an alpha, the real Galaxy client is an alpha. Your getting a stripped down framework that is pretty much done and tested. All software has the possibility to do unexpected things, that is the simply the nature of software.

Again your confusing the two, and seeing as Steam has been out of alpha for a long time only shows you software bugs/issues are not depended on some artificial label like alpha/beta... simply the humans programming them and since were all human mistakes will always occur.

There is nothing to change. The framework is minimal compared to the real Galaxy client. Confusing your users by have them alpha test an actual client to play MP or having them be separate things for a user to download (framework and client) only complicates the issue.

How many people buy from GOG but never use the forum and probably have no idea what Galaxy is? A lot.

Forcing the install simplifies the process for those who want them features without complications/confusion and limits support tickets for dumb stuff.

I fully agree having an option during install would be nice, but the amount of self entitlement and doom that users have on the forum is ridiculous. Of all the things to complain over this isn't it... especially when GOG is bending over backwards to please their users a lot already.
Never said it was fundamental to the game, but does make the game 100% functional for the end user. The issue here is to many people only care about how *they* play, but GOG is a store and they must consider how *everyone* is going to play.

A) They did inform you... maybe not on the gamercard but it was well known beforehand for both AVP and TWAG. DD was posted in the official release announcement.

B) I agree it wouldn't hurt, but it doesn't really hurt anything if it doesn't. This is more of a superficial issue of complaining. Pretty much no games give you a choice of what features you want in a game. You get all or nothing. Only reason this is an issue is because it's GOG, and people like to complain when GOG tries to venture a little more closer to Steam to expand there business.

C) See my above post. This would complicate/confuse the end user to much, especially now that we have an alpha test of Galaxy.

Now I know that GOG is willing to bundle stuff up that installs without telling me.

Then you must like hate all software and software companies, considering this is a like normal thing not only in gaming but software development in general.

I didn't see the tickbox with AVP.

It also unpacks all your games to the temp folder (usually found on an ssd) before copying files to the install location (in my case, my friggin hdd). Bad programming is bad.