Bloody hell. You'd think GOG could at least get it to show up no matter your language selection. Glad you got it sorted out though.

yeah typo! and that's exactly what i did. dont want any more extra s^*t running at start up or in the background

I can't really understand your post, because the manual game files outside of Galaxy can only be accessed by someone who (a) has a GOG account and (b) if that particular game is registered as purchased by him under that account. People merely browsing the store cannot download the game files unless they have bought the game because those files are not exposed to them. That's the way it works for me...;)

Here's what I do and it's worked well for me...I download the game files manually because I like having an installable copy of the games I buy. After installing the games, I'll import them into Galaxy for updates, since Galaxy updates significantly faster than the manual patching these days (because developers can update their own games directly now through Galaxy just as Valve allows them to do under Steam.) But, I still run the games from their own executables so that I don't have to load up Galaxy every time I run my game. It works well, actually. Then later, when the manual files are updated to the latest version, I'll download those to keep my game installation files up-to-date.

I suppose that a pirate might somehow obtain a person's account info in order to pirate a game--for instance, if someone shared that info with them for that purpose--but exactly the same thing could be done through Galaxy, I'm thinking. It all depends on how tightly GOG policy ties IP addresses to GOG accounts--which I'm guessing is something they don't really do since people have mobile laptops and may donwload their games from a number of places through a variety of wireless hotspots, and because of DHCP servers constantly changing IP addresses--those that actually do that, of course.

you're an asshat. our accounts show who did what. it's not your judgement mofo. this is sold on a no nonsense no addon basis, so yes, people will complain when you need one

Really? Looks like you miss the whole point of DRM-free GOG aproach. DRM never prevent piracy. It harms only legal owners.

Problem is You can't use 1.0.2955.0 without 1.0.2946.0. And 1.0.2946.0 was never there.

What are you talking about. I bought the game for full price right at the release date here at GoG.

yep. support didn't answer me yet in that regard. we are literally forced to redownload the whole game.

edit: support answered. supposedly, a patch would have been ~30gb large. this begs the question why the patch is not that large when deployed via galaxy.

Don't even bother. I've seen idiots like this on other forums. You'll never convince him that anyone complaining isn't a pirate.
I think it has to do with the tool(s) used to make the game. I remember seeing this asked about games that use Unity and this is what happens with patching. You can do an incremental patch due to the way clients like Steam and Galaxy integrate with the game. But standalone patches end up being huge.

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the game files should be exactly the same. steam is a different thing entirely due to drm mechanics like steamworks.

it is my assumption that the offline installers are missing the tools for the extraction/injection of specific packages. otherwise why can't the installer do what galaxy can? the files necessary were uploaded by piranha bytes.

Just reporting what I've read (I think it was in reference to Unity and Pillars of Eternity, as well as for Titan Quest).

Thanks for clarifying. Why GOG won't announce that before we all get mad on them?..

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i was just thinking of this post...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/85q946/final_fantasy_7_8_currently_cant_be_played_at_all/

"Final Fantasy 7 & 8 currently can't be played at all due to DRM server being down."

Only that galaxy is no drm. Once its isntalled with galaxy it can be played offline perfectly fine.

According to a Steam gamer, there was a patch / update for Elex on Friday. Unfortunately, the developers are no longer issuing patch notes. I'm curious if and when GOG Elex patches / updatet.

https://steamdb.info/app/411300/history/

Translated with Google.

good catch. i'm keeping an eye out for it now too.

there are some interesting mods out for it on nexusmods, will have to see if they still stay compatible