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IronArcturus: They made the button really large and it can make users think that Galaxy is the only way. This is why so many are worried that Galaxy will be made mandatory in the near future.
I think that may be stretching the paranoia a bit too far, though. I mean, sure the button's big. But they're definitely going to want to push the client and that makes sense for them. But look at what they did: they removed the Galaxy-laden installer idea completely. They no longer package them that way. Now there's only a 'classic' style installer, which is what Galaxy fetches and what's available for you to DL from your account. That doesn't look like a step towards mandatory Galaxy to me, at least.
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mqstout: Great. Now all I need is Galaxy to have an option to create REAL, NORMAL SHORTCUTS for things. I don't mind using Galaxy for some convenience and features, but I want my desktop shortcuts to open the game directly itself, without spawning Galaxy first for most of my products. Games with cloud saves can be the exception (though, I'd still prefer the option/control). AND it constantly re-creates these shortcuts if I manually make my own any time the game updates.
You will get those by installing the games using the offline installers. galaxy will recognize the installed game when you start it (sometimes it might have to download a few MB before first use since Galaxy in this case sometimes shows "unknown version").
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IronArcturus: They made the button really large and it can make users think that Galaxy is the only way. This is why so many are worried that Galaxy will be made mandatory in the near future.
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GR00T: I think that may be stretching the paranoia a bit too far, though. I mean, sure the button's big. But they're definitely going to want to push the client and that makes sense for them. But look at what they did: they removed the Galaxy-laden installer idea completely. They no longer package them that way. Now there's only a 'classic' style installer, which is what Galaxy fetches and what's available for you to DL from your account. That doesn't look like a step towards mandatory Galaxy to me, at least.
Took 'em a while, if you ask me. Wonder why.
I mean it's an improvement, don't take me wrong. Yet the main focus seems to be Galaxy. It's business after all.
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MaxFulvus: Can you confirm me that "offline backup game installers" will be updated in the same way and at the same time than web installers ?
If I understood this right there won't be much need to update the web installers unless a game is assigned a different id...

I think the new approach fits well enough with Galaxy users and offline installers folk. It's a way better system than we've had since the Galaxy-bundled installers debacle. Something like this should have been done in the first place, but ok, I guess a thank you is warranted :). Better late than never.
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I would just like to say this, since it seems like GOG is trending towards GOG Galaxy and Web installation. If you ever decide to go entirely GOG Galaxy and make it hard to find or use the old classic installers, or decide to remove them, I will no longer be your customer. I will no longer buy your products. GOG Galaxy should always be considered a minor aspect of GOG. The focus should remain on GOGs core principles regarding DRM-Free and quality cheap digital products that still retain a focus on consumer rights. That being, my ability to download the products I buy and install or archive them however and whenever I see fit.

I go out of my way to use GOG because on a deeper level I currently TRUST GOG more than I do Steam or other digital game distribution services. I make repeat purchases on GOG all the time of games I already own on Steam because I prefer GOG's focus on DRM Free and meeting my expectations of basic consumer rights concerning the products I buy. I am proud of my GOG library of 800+ games. I am not equally proud of my 5000+ Steam game library, in fact, I wonder about its future. Don't forget your origins and focus. Don't get caught up on providing trendy social gaming services. GOG Galaxy is not the future I look forward to, continued quality service and respect for your original focus IS what I look forward to.
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patrikc: Took 'em a while, if you ask me. Wonder why.
Yep, it did. As for why, your guess is as good as mine, although I can think of a couple things that may have contributed to it:

1) they were trying to decide exactly what they were going to do.
2) it may have taken some time to set up the implementation once they decided to do it this way.
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patrikc: Yet the main focus seems to be Galaxy. It's business after all.
Oh, make no mistake: the main focus is Galaxy. That's their baby. But at least with this change/improvement(?) it doesn't appear that they're thinking of making it mandatory.
Post edited June 07, 2018 by GR00T
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GR00T: But at least with this change/improvement(?) it doesn't appear that they're thinking of making it mandatory.
Hope that's the case.
I haven't read the whole thread, how will this affect using GOGRepo to download, will I end up with over half a GB space taken up by 5hese? I suppose it won't be the worst problem, definitely better than the Galaxy installers were. I mean if you're using Galaxy you probably have an active web connection. Good job on this GOG.
I wonder how many folks using Galaxy will choose those installers over installing the game directly in the client.
Finally, download options are presented in a clear fashion. I like this.
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elcook: We’re happy to announce we’ve just started rolling out new web installers for all GOG games.
The new installers trigger false positive virus warnings on many engines.

Each time I download different new installer for different game, Microsoft Security Essentials is asking me to send them the file sample for further analysis.

You should consider using universal installer the "Alawar" way, instead of building separate installers for each game.
Alawar online installer identify and trigger the game download/install based on the installer file name.
Each and every game has exactly the same installer. (executable file) the only difference is the installer filename which you can generate on the fly.

It's easier to maintain and you can control everything at your internal database level.
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elcook: ...
Hope you like the feature, and it will expand your experience of using GOG.com the way you want.
A good update, thanks.
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immi101: it is still unclear to me what this is trying to accomplish ?
Just redirect the "BIgBlueButton" to download the galaxy client would effectively achieve the same and would be much easier to implement & maintain.
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Venom: You get a very small download (1MB) that always installs latest version of GOG Galaxy and latest version of the game itself in one click.
so basically that saves a few clicks for first time users who haven't installed Galaxy before. seems little gain for the efforts involved.
I would assume people who have Galaxy already installed won't waste their time to open their browser, log into GOG and download the installer just to queue the download instead of queuing the download via the Galaxy client directly.

meh, whatever I guess, at least it is easy to ignore unless the previous attempt *shrug*
It just seems weird because the offline installer points out that I can't use online features with it. Fair enough for some games, but not all of them. Is this the first sign of us losing control?