Posted January 13, 2019
So, I noticed there was a small update today. Any info on what was updated/fixed?
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Lucumo
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Posted January 14, 2019
sebagamesdev
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Posted January 14, 2019
This update (190109) is only a bug fix related to enemy defeat count at end of each level. I was not post about it, because it's doesn't have any new content. Now that you say... maybe in GoG could be a good idea to notify even that kind of updates, because some people just dowload the offline installer and don't keep their games automatically updated.
Lucumo
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OK, thanks. Changelogs are pretty useful in general because a good number of people want to know what changed, regardless of whether something was added or not. At least for me, it's a matter of control and knowing what is happening to something I own.
Auto-updating has nothing to do with it by the way. For instance, I use Galaxy only because I like statistics and want to know time played for each game. I have disabled auto-updating. When a new update is available for a game, one can just check the changelog to see what the patch has in store. So for example, one could decide to not just apply that new update and keep playing the old version. Of course, in pretty much all cases that wouldn't make much sense but there was a game recently that changed a character's color from black to orange(?) for some stupid reason and a lot of people were obviously annoyed by it. So some of them probably never applied the update that introduced the changes, even the people using Galaxy.
Auto-updating has nothing to do with it by the way. For instance, I use Galaxy only because I like statistics and want to know time played for each game. I have disabled auto-updating. When a new update is available for a game, one can just check the changelog to see what the patch has in store. So for example, one could decide to not just apply that new update and keep playing the old version. Of course, in pretty much all cases that wouldn't make much sense but there was a game recently that changed a character's color from black to orange(?) for some stupid reason and a lot of people were obviously annoyed by it. So some of them probably never applied the update that introduced the changes, even the people using Galaxy.
Lucumo
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Posted January 14, 2019
I've uploaded four pictures showing where the changelog is mostly accessed. I don't think too many people check the actual game forum, unless they have issues or there are general questions.
1 and 2 are via the game list in your account. That is done in the browser but can probably also be done in the client (never checked that to be honest, my browser is faster).
3 and 4 are in Galaxy and you can click on the "1.3 -> 1.31" for the changelog to open.
No idea how to do it from a developer's perspective though. You would have to look at it yourself (or ask some GOG staff, I guess). And by the way, you should get yourself developer recognition, so that your text appears yellow-/orangish.
1 and 2 are via the game list in your account. That is done in the browser but can probably also be done in the client (never checked that to be honest, my browser is faster).
3 and 4 are in Galaxy and you can click on the "1.3 -> 1.31" for the changelog to open.
No idea how to do it from a developer's perspective though. You would have to look at it yourself (or ask some GOG staff, I guess). And by the way, you should get yourself developer recognition, so that your text appears yellow-/orangish.
sebagamesdev
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Posted January 14, 2019
1 and 2 are via the game list in your account. That is done in the browser but can probably also be done in the client (never checked that to be honest, my browser is faster).
3 and 4 are in Galaxy and you can click on the "1.3 -> 1.31" for the changelog to open.
No idea how to do it from a developer's perspective though. You would have to look at it yourself (or ask some GOG staff, I guess). And by the way, you should get yourself developer recognition, so that your text appears yellow-/orangish.
Thank you to explain how users access to changelog here =).
Lucumo
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Posted January 14, 2019
No problem. If you get a hold of how to do that, please share the info because I would like to know that as well. For all I know, GOG could be writing those changelogs on their own, based on the information they get from the developers. So that would make explaining it to new developers easier (for me).