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[DalekFlay]

Oh no, sales and a glitch that lasted a few days during a worldwide pandemic. They might as well close up shop.

 

[spekkio]

BROS, I can confirm, that DLSc for DE-MD won't work if you install the game using offline installers:

It looks like they updated the installers, the game and the dlc should now work without Galaxy. Time to redownload 47 gigs

Fuck. I have expected some small "hotfix" for .exe and some .dlls. But it's not how this business operates these days, indeed:

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Lol. "SUCK IT DOWN!" (....Duke)

I have some similar damn updates.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Oh no, sales and a glitch that lasted a few days during a worldwide pandemic. They might as well close up shop.

Ok, so I was sarcastic... well, except for the forum closing bit. The cringe is strong there now. Feel like one must take estrogen AND crazy pills just to look at the words. I mean why can't a wall texture be a woman? Who the hell knows, but dammit somewhere someone is formatting a petition to make it so.

 

[DraQ]

Ok, so I was sarcastic... well, except for the forum closing bit. The cringe is strong there now. Feel like one must take estrogen AND crazy pills just to look at the words. I mean why can't a wall texture be a woman? Who the hell knows, but dammit somewhere someone is formatting a petition to make it so.

Wait, what.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Speaking of forum - you can no longer access it in the new Galaxy.
What a load of crocshit

 

[Owl]

BROS, I can confirm, that DLSc for DE-MD won't work if you install the game using offline installers:

It looks like they updated the installers, the game and the dlc should now work without Galaxy. Time to redownload 47 gigs

Fuck. I have expected some small "hotfix" for .exe and some .dlls. But it's not how this business operates these days, indeed:

Now they added a 4 MB hotfix patch, so no need to download the whole thing again after all.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Speaking of forum - you can no longer access it in the new Galaxy.
What a load of crocshit

Actually you can, but not directly.
Go to any news --> see comments--->there's the forum.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Release: Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein.
https://af.gog.com/game/close_combat_wacht_am_rhein?as=1649904300

 

[Baron Dupek]

Speaking of forum - you can no longer access it in the new Galaxy.
What a load of crocshit

Actually you can, but not directly.
Go to any news --> see comments--->there's the forum.

Got it.
Now + in the upper part of Galaxy there are arrows to go back/forward and something resembling bookmark but it does nothing. Had hope for faster access but nah.

 

[spekkio]

Now they added a 4 MB hotfix patch, so no need to download the whole thing again after all.

I take back stupid shit I've said above about your mom, Owl. She's a 10/10 piece of hot young ass.

 

[DalekFlay]

That prison DLC is arguably the best thing in the game, and a real expansion. Incline for sure.

 

[Lacrymas]

I still don't get this platform integration thing. I tried playing AoE: DE from Galaxy but like expected it launches Steam too. So now you have 2 resource hogs running at the same time instead of one. ??? It seems worse than pointless?

 

[Bad Sector]

IMO having launchers seem pointless if you have DRM free games... if you really want to have everything in one place just make a folder on your desktop, assign it a custom icon, create shortcuts to the games and make the icons larger (Ctrl+wheel). Pretty much all stores (and GOG's installers) create desktop icons so you don't need to do much more than drag+drop the icon from the desktop to the folder.

You can even have custom categories with subfolders (and their own icons!) or the same game in multiple categories (just copy shortcuts around :-P).

But people like it, so who knows. The only thing that made me like launching things via Steam at the past was the overlay adding a web-browser, FPS counter, clock, etc while in-game, but now AMD's (and i guess also Nvidia's) drivers have this for all 3D games.

 

[Boleskine]

I still don't get this platform integration thing. I tried playing AoE: DE from Galaxy but like expected it launches Steam too. So now you have 2 resource hogs running at the same time instead of one. ??? It seems worse than pointless?

Nobody cares about DRM-free anymore, so GOG needs some other marketable unique feature.

Plus the data GOG collects about what games users own on other platforms (compared to each user's GOG library) is probably useful for deciding which games to sell and feature on GOG.

 

[DalekFlay]

I still don't get this platform integration thing. I tried playing AoE: DE from Galaxy but like expected it launches Steam too. So now you have 2 resource hogs running at the same time instead of one. ??? It seems worse than pointless?

I totally agree, but as said above GOG's big unique aspect (DRM free) isn't something the vast majority care about, so they're always trying to find new hooks. They think the "one client to manage them all" thing is a good idea, and who knows... maybe it is. Honestly though I feel like Steam already is this for most people who want it, and when they buy an Origin or Epic game they probably make a custom entry and launch it through Steam. Not as robust as GOG's offering, but gets the job done.

 

[cosmicray]

IMO having launchers seem pointless if you have DRM free games... if you really want to have everything in one place just make a folder on your desktop, assign it a custom icon, create shortcuts to the games and make the icons larger (Ctrl+wheel). Pretty much all stores (and GOG's installers) create desktop icons so you don't need to do much more than drag+drop the icon from the desktop to the folder.

Launcher per se isn't needed, but if it downloads and updates games, then it is a welcome addition, because it becomes a game manager then. And installing and updating everything by hand is a pain in the ass. Which is why I'm not in the mood as of late in buying games on GOG since Galaxy isn't on Linux.

 

[mindx2]

One of the mods at GOG said in the forum they'll fix the DLC issue. Also they released fixed versions of the DS3 offline installers (though for some reason they didn't mark the game as updated... do they do everything by hand and forgot it?).

I haven't noticed GOG marking any of their games on my game list as "Updated" in quite a while now. Have they given up on the practice, or have they simply not updated anything?

Update notifications have not been working for a while, you can use this very useful third party site instead. It shows all the new releases, and any changes to the existing ones. I only discovered this recently, and that list made me respect gog a bit more, seeing that they're pushing out a ton of updates for their games on a daily basis. Not all of them are actual patches, sometimes it's just a name change to the installer, etc. but still.

Thanks for that link! It's one thing that's always bugged me about GOG. I never knew what was updated on my games whenever I'd see the little update dot. Was it an added/updated extra or patch or just an additional [insert country name] language manual... do I need to re-download everything?!!!

 

[lightbane]

It looks like a certain fitgirl is becoming more and more trustworthy publisher than both Steam and GOG. In the latter's case, I wonder if their sudden incompetence is due the influx of diversity hires.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

https://af.gog.com/game/tonight_we_riot?as=1649904300

“Tonight We Riot” is an unapologetically political, socialist game about worker liberation in the face of overpowering capitalism. It’s also quite a bit of fun to play." - Variety

Shouldn't it be free, comrades?

 

[spekkio]

It looks like a certain fitgirl is becoming more and more trustworthy publisher than both Steam and GOG. In the latter's case, I wonder if their sudden incompetence is due the influx of diversity hires.

Mos def the best installers on the market. You can select (and decide not to download) almost everything: language versions, LQ / HQ movies, bonus content, etc. Shit like that should be a fucking standard for paying customers. Instead, we get 50 GB "lol, just DL all this shit, OK" installers. Which often don't even work.

And let's not even mention shit like this:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Twin Pack (MULTi7)

Includes: Complete Edition, v1.4.651.0/v1.4.66.0 + Director's Cut, v2.0.66.0/Update 1
Interface Language: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Polish
Audio Language: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian

Based on two ISO releases: Deus.Ex.Human.Revolution.Complete.Edition.READNFO-PROPHET (ppt-deco.iso, 13,192,939,520 bytes) and Deus.Ex.Human.Revolution.Directors.Cut.RELOADED (rld-deusexhr.iso, 19,121,113,088 bytes)
Deus.Ex.Human.Revolution.Directors.Cut.UPDATE.1.READNFO-CPY (12.5 GB) applied over

Selective Download feature: you can skip downloading and installing of voiceover files, "Making of" video for DC and unused Japanese files

You can install either Complete Edition or Director's Cut or both with any number of voiceovers

Significantly smaller archive size (compressed from cumulative 43.4 to 5.1~9.8 GB, depending on selected components)

So it's a "both versions in one" release: "old" version of HR, with all patches and with "Missing Link" as a totally separate thing, and "new" DC version (broken Wii port based on older source). And all of this in a 5,1 GB installer.

I was sticking to scene releases for a long time, but atm fitgirl or dodi repacks are much more convenient (smaller, patched, selective download) than scene releases. And much better than what GoG / Steam offers.

Not sure if:

 

[lightbane]

*checks totally not-commie propaganda game video*

As expected, the main bad is a DRUMP! stand-in. Don't the liberals/commies/SJW get tired of pushing the same thing over, over and over?

Oh, don't forget the mass-produced, angry black woman as one of the main characters.

 

[Bad Sector]

I might be a bit too cynical, but it could be just developers finding a niche to cater to. You know, capitalists selling you the rope you would (hope to) hang them with, etc :-P.

Launcher per se isn't needed, but if it downloads and updates games, then it is a welcome addition, because it becomes a game manager then.

The autoupdates only work if you have the game already installed, right? So you'd need to have all games you own installed for them to be kept up to date by the launcher.

And installing and updating everything by hand is a pain in the ass.

How are you doing it? I personally have all the installers in my external HDD so it is all a matter of doubleclicking the installer.

 

[Lacrymas]

Is there a way to fix DX:HR Director's Cut's graphics to not be at a shitty Wii level?

 

[Boleskine]

Given that the old GOG downloader was recently shut down for good, would I be crazy to suggest that it's only a matter of time before Galaxy is mandatory?

What I imagine is that you would be able to play your games while offline, hence still being "DRM-free", but there could be a silent Galaxy process that runs every 24h/48h/week to authenticate your installations. So, as long as your system was online within the past few days, you can play your games offline... but not indefinitely. If your system has been offline for more than a few days, you'd need to connect first so that Galaxy can re-authenticate your games. This way GOG could still advertise "playing your games offline*".

No regional pricing was once a core pillar of GOG's business model, but that got in the way of selling newer titles so GOG did away with that philosophy. They can boast about DRM-free or "Hey we're the good guys who put gamers first!" but we know it's not helping them sell games to the extent they'd expect. GOG's big thing was DRM-free classic games that could be played without the hassle of the old DRM or nuisance of modern clients.

Is this far-fetched? GOG has already burned through most of the goodwill with their longtime users, so I wouldn't put it past them to bend but not break on the DRM-free model.