I want to send more money GOG's way. Can I buy Shadowrun Dragonfall from GOG and use it with the DRM Free Shadowrun Returns base game from Humble Bundle, or do I have to get them from the same store?

Same store.

Bummer, but thanks.

Hopefully you haven't already bought this... ;)

That's not necessarily the case - that post was about the STEAM version, which has its own DRM-ish crap built in and may cause issues with the non-DRM version from GOG.

If the Humble Bundle version does NOT have DRM, you SHOULD be able to buy the DLC from GOG and get it working with the humble bundle version. It should just simply install from the installer as long as you point it to the same location.

I'm sure all that GOG would have done with this is add an installer (since it wouldn't need patching etc. since it's a recent game), and I'm also sure that Humble would have done something similar.

However, note my emphasis on SHOULD. I'd ask GOG just on the off chance that I'm wrong before you go buying it.

It's unlikely to simply install as the GOG version is no doubt checking that you have a patched/current GOG install. Believe it's looking at GOG registry values for that.

If you extracted the files from the installer I imagine it would work just fine. That would also be completely unsupported.

Does the GOG installer actually check the registry values, or does it simply use them to identify the location to install into? If the latter then you should be able to manually set the directory when the installer suggests/asks for a location.

I don't believe I own any GOG games with DLC (my SRR isn't from GOG), so I'm not sure if users can simply "force" the installer to do that. Now I'm even more glad I said "should" instead of something more definite. And you're right of course RE extracting files from the installer - it would likely work fine but also not be supported...

I believe it checks. In fact I'm not entirely sure if GOG will let you purchase it without owning the base game. I seem to recall that glitching with MindGames DLC (they actually owned the base game).

Seems a bit strange for GOG to do that.

I can fully understand that GOG take advantage of their own versions to locate the game, although it shouldn't be strictly necessary it does make writing installers easier across a multitude of games/platforms.

However, for GOG to <i>require</i> this seems a bit much. At the very least it could mean they miss out on some sales (from people who've bought the original somewhere else but now want to buy the expansion from GOG). In other words, it's a case of some developers somewhere coming up with something that seems like a good idea (since it may reduce their development time with respect to installer writing), but may inadvertently be having a negative impact.

It's also leaning dangerously towards the kind of publisher/distributor lock-in crap that makes people (such as me) hate Steam so much. Since if you're using the installer that comes with the game (I suspect most games, if not all, would have their own installers), or if you're copying the files manually, it would work.

You make a good point about lock in. If I recall correctly from their Galaxy client promo is that it is optional and doesn't lock people in. I think they should definitely have the same attitude towards DLC. I hope GOG is reading this, otherwise I might send a note to support and start a wishlist.

I'm not certain as I don't own any DLC on GOG. Is the DLC installer packaged as a GOG installer or as a GOG patch? If it's a patch then all GOG patches work the same way and only install over the appropriate GOG versions. Even if it's a GOG installer I could see them setting it up the same way. From a Support perspective, GOG only supports the DLC installed with the GOG base version. Money-back guarantee and all.

Still, I would prefer that they let you buy it anyway, and just not be eligible for support. Randomly? I would send in that note.

Helped a friend with this recently, his download of Dragonfall was in an Inno Setup package that obviously wouldn't recognize his copy of SRR. What I ended up doing was seeing what kind of installer package it was (Inno Setup) and getting an unpacker for that innounp.sourceforge.net which created a couple folders worth of files that need to be placed in the StreamingAssets folder of our SRR install. With the files in place he was able to play through it without any trouble. So I guess the answer is it should work just fine but there will be more legwork than just download and install. So I'd say good on HBS for the DLC being self contained like that.

Dragonfall is $6 today on Humble, if anyone wants to try work it into their GOG copy of SRR.

I can vouch that, having purchased Dragonfall from Humblebundle and having the GOG version of Shadowrun Returns, the HB version of Dragonfall works flawlessly with GOG SRR. In addition to the Steam key, you'll have access to the DRM-free version, which you download in .rar format to be unpacked in the SRR root folder.

Did anyone tried running the Dragonfall from GOG with the Humble Store version of Shadowrun yet?

Most likely result is that the installer will fail to find the needed registry entries, thus not proceed. You should be able to bypass that by either adding the entries, or in this specific case, extracting the installer and copying the files over.
But from what I recall, you can't buy a DLC without owning the base game.