Posted March 26, 2018
P.S: GOG has already uploaded the 1.3.4 patch in Classic Installers.
I get your point, though. I never liked this kind of clients but now I am getting too used to Galaxy. Let's hope this kind of things get fixed.
Lone_Scout
Argy "the cook" - halfling
Registered: Aug 2014
From Spain
P.S: GOG has already uploaded the 1.3.4 patch in Classic Installers.
I get your point, though. I never liked this kind of clients but now I am getting too used to Galaxy. Let's hope this kind of things get fixed.
waltc
PPK, definitely
Registered: Oct 2010
From United States
Posted March 26, 2018
See all you had to do was wait on it. Problem solved. A little brainpower and patience goes a long way--demanding things immediately usually gets you nowhere fast. Manual patches and/or new installer configs have *always* taken longer than Steam--which is *why* Gog has finally pulled Galaxy out of beta (a few months back) and uses it. This is the way *developers* want to update their games, like it or not--directly, like they do with Steamworks. GOG is not a developer nor is a developer going to release GOG-specific manual patches to meld with GOG's custom installer packages. I don't know what you mean about "trusting" Galaxy to update or install your games--Steam requires exactly the same amount of trust. I've got a library of 281 Gog games and 52 Steam games and DRM-free and installable game copies is why.
You should relax. I didn't use Galaxy for years because it was so buggy--but when they pulled it out of beta I gave it a shot and have been pleasantly surprised ever since. It works well now, from what I can see, and has been updated several times. I still haven't moved everything to Galaxy--mainly games that require Dos box as I customize my Dosbox games with SVN-Daum dosbox, which GOG does not use--so I keep those games on manual update. Which is also fine because the great majority of my GOG Dosbox games have already been patched as much as they ever will be, etc.
Windows games I install through Galaxy, and update them through Galaxy, but I run them all through their exe shortcuts--bypassing Galaxy. All I'm trying to get across is while it may not be ideal from your perspective it is still superior to Steam and it *does work.*
You should relax. I didn't use Galaxy for years because it was so buggy--but when they pulled it out of beta I gave it a shot and have been pleasantly surprised ever since. It works well now, from what I can see, and has been updated several times. I still haven't moved everything to Galaxy--mainly games that require Dos box as I customize my Dosbox games with SVN-Daum dosbox, which GOG does not use--so I keep those games on manual update. Which is also fine because the great majority of my GOG Dosbox games have already been patched as much as they ever will be, etc.
Windows games I install through Galaxy, and update them through Galaxy, but I run them all through their exe shortcuts--bypassing Galaxy. All I'm trying to get across is while it may not be ideal from your perspective it is still superior to Steam and it *does work.*
Lukaszmik
New User
Registered: Jul 2011
From United States
Posted March 27, 2018
But why? Galaxy is supposed to be an "optional" component.
Even that aside, the problem is not as much the wait time as the fact that there is literally no official communication unless you open up a support ticket.
How difficult would it be for a GOG rep to jump on these forums, make a post explaining why it takes longer to create a stand-alone patch, or why instead of getting patches we were required to re-download the entire installer.
Either way, the situation makes it pretty damn clear that Galaxy, far from being "optional," is the official publishing platform and stand-alone installer users (whether Classic or GOG Downloader's) have to resign to getting the second-class treatment.
This is exactly the opposite of what GOG promised when they unveiled Galaxy. That bothers me more than losing a weekend or two of gaming.
Well, that and the fact that GOG apparently sell games with DRM in it
Oh, and all the "social media" data-mining going on the storepage (hell, I keep on getting locked out of my account every other day because for whatever reason I have to complete the CAPTCHA challenge from Google, which is blocked on my computer and I have no intention of giving them even temporary access to my machine).
I miss the old GOG.
Even that aside, the problem is not as much the wait time as the fact that there is literally no official communication unless you open up a support ticket.
How difficult would it be for a GOG rep to jump on these forums, make a post explaining why it takes longer to create a stand-alone patch, or why instead of getting patches we were required to re-download the entire installer.
Either way, the situation makes it pretty damn clear that Galaxy, far from being "optional," is the official publishing platform and stand-alone installer users (whether Classic or GOG Downloader's) have to resign to getting the second-class treatment.
This is exactly the opposite of what GOG promised when they unveiled Galaxy. That bothers me more than losing a weekend or two of gaming.
Well, that and the fact that GOG apparently sell games with DRM in it
Oh, and all the "social media" data-mining going on the storepage (hell, I keep on getting locked out of my account every other day because for whatever reason I have to complete the CAPTCHA challenge from Google, which is blocked on my computer and I have no intention of giving them even temporary access to my machine).
I miss the old GOG.
Post edited March 27, 2018 by Lukaszmik
neosapian
I am so old I actually began to grow young again..
Registered: Sep 2012
From United States
Posted March 27, 2018
In fact, classic installers are downloaded faster than through GOG installers. This deserves a proper complaint to GOG for discriminating some of their users, despite they had paid the same price.
Galaxy allows the developers to update their own games directly through the GOG channel--just like Steam. But for manual downloading, the update comes to GOG who then have to create their own installable patch--which takes time. It's always been this way at GOG. That's why the manual updates take longer to appear than those in Galaxy. GOG is still demonstrably better than Steam, any way you look at it. Solution: Use Galaxy just for updating your games, and then run them outside of Galaxy by simply creating a shortcut from your game exe. Then later, when the manual update arrives--download it to keep your game copy up-to-date.
Even that aside, the problem is not as much the wait time as the fact that there is literally no official communication unless you open up a support ticket.
How difficult would it be for a GOG rep to jump on these forums, make a post explaining why it takes longer to create a stand-alone patch, or why instead of getting patches we were required to re-download the entire installer.
Either way, the situation makes it pretty damn clear that Galaxy, far from being "optional," is the official publishing platform and stand-alone installer users (whether Classic or GOG Downloader's) have to resign to getting the second-class treatment.
This is exactly the opposite of what GOG promised when they unveiled Galaxy. That bothers me more than losing a weekend or two of gaming.
Well, that and the fact that GOG apparently sell games with DRM in it
Oh, and all the "social media" data-mining going on the storepage (hell, I keep on getting locked out of my account every other day because for whatever reason I have to complete the CAPTCHA challenge from Google, which is blocked on my computer and I have no intention of giving them even temporary access to my machine).
I miss the old GOG.
Post edited March 27, 2018 by neosapian