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Posted February 14, 2024
On the original subject I refunded Starsand because it was several updates behind the Steam version. Also because you couldn't actually start a new game due to the button being greyed out.
Post edited February 17, 2024 by SKARDAVNELNATE
Posted February 14, 2024
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SKARDAVNELNATE: On the the original subject I refunded Starsand because it was several updates behind the Steam version. Also because you couldn't actually start a new game due to the button being greyed out.
I forgot that I have it, it hasn't received any updates for over half a year.

But I don't worry about them now anyway.
Only once the game is final it must be final on GOG as well. So far I treat it like a pre-order.
Post edited February 14, 2024 by neumi5694
Posted February 14, 2024
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Mori_Yuki: What's expected to happen that hasn't, after Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 and 8.1?
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AB2012: In the short-term probably nothing. It remains to be seen if they extend it beyond that (as they did with W7) given how widely disliked W11 is. However I think what idbeholdME was hinting at in post #20 is there's going to come a point at some time in the future where GOG is going to have to be a little more "flexible" in supporting older OS's given Microsoft's current "Software As A Service" direction naturally contradicts using the OS as a basis for a DRM-Free platform. Eg, if "Smart App Control" ever become compulsory in say W12, then Windows itself would block every unsigned .exe (ie, most games and nearly all source-ports and .exe based mods) from running unless Windows did an online DRM check to decide whether it was "safe" to let you run it on every game / application start. Clearly no DRM-Free gamer is going to use that, but a DRM-Free store that insisted on making a "DRM-Free" client that required that Windows version as a minimum (simply "because Microsoft said so") and refused to run on older Windows, would cause many to question GOG's future existence / sanity... ;-)
First of all, thank you and idebeholdMe for your answers!

I see now that this could cause more problems than I had initially thought of. IKeys mentioned Heroic. This could become a viable option to avoid any issues related to future incompatibility with older OS, once GOG also ceases its support. As I've read in the other topic, developers have entered into a partnership with GOG, and if GOG takes over the project or makes a switch to their launcher, to demonstrate that they are willing to continually support old games, Linux, DRM free etc., they can quietly get rid of its money drain.

I suppose you can say that an end of support after 10 years isn't all bad news if that were to happen.
Posted February 14, 2024
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vv221: Out of curiosity, what are the games you can’t get to work on Linux?
I wasn't the one being asked and the games in question are not on GoG, but for what it's worth:

Star Wars: Squadrons from EGS cannot be installed. What makes this worse for me is - it also cannot be played on my Win7 backup PC. :''D
Seeing as how I snagged it as a giveaway, I guess I can't complain too much, though. :/
(I should probably write a notice to grab x-wing when on discount and, finally, try out the fan based upgrade mod...)

Dirty Bomb, a multiplayer FPS cannot be played on Linux.

The proton database used to have a list of games that are borked. Somewhow the sorting does not seem to work now. O_o
It lists all games by popularity; this includes 1-2 games that are actually Native for Linux; wtf.
When it worked it listed... I have to lie here... but I believe over 40 games that were universally agreed to be borked.
Posted February 14, 2024
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ConsulCaesar: We have a list of this (and other offenses) here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/games_that_treat_gog_customers_as_second_class_citizens_v2
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vv221: Since this thread tracks many kind of offenses, I think it could be useful to have a dedicated thread tracking only games lacking updates.

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.Keys: Only problem I've had is a small amount of Win exclusive software and games that do not work / don't have Linux alternatives.
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vv221: Out of curiosity, what are the games you can’t get to work on Linux?
Most games I've tested work, but sometimes they have weird compatibility problems that Im sure can be fixed.
But to give you two examples:

Star Wars Battlefront II - Some graphical glitches
Shadowgrounds - Menu background cutscene doesn't work / cutscenes don't work properly

I tried installing on the prefix all dependencies for media I normally use on Windows that make everything work, but it didn't. Im sure im doing something wrong though.
Posted March 02, 2024
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.Keys: Star Wars Battlefront II - Some graphical glitches
Shadowgrounds - Menu background cutscene doesn't work / cutscenes don't work properly
I don‘t know Shadowgrounds so I can not help with this one.

Star Wars Battlefront II on the other hand (assuming this is the 2005 game) worked without any kind of graphical glitch last time I gave it a try, through ./play.it. The only problem I have with this one is that loading times are much longer than they are supposed to be.
Posted March 02, 2024
Trepang is months late to update on GOG

https://www.gog.com/en/game/trepang2

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.Keys: May I ask why? Is Microsoft shutting down Windows 10 Support next year?
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AB2012: W10 End of Support = 14th Oct 2025.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/release-health/release-information
Mark my words, this deadline will be extended with how things are going. No one switched to 11 besides consumers that were forced to.
Posted March 03, 2024
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AlSleeper: There is similar situation with https://www.gog.com/en/game/edge_of_eternity
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Xeshra: Whats the newest update on this? I totally lack any infos and not a single word from the devs. Even on the Steam forum many users are complaining... they think "the dev abandoned the game".

Current GoG version is 1.3.1

In my mind, the devs kinda got overwhelmed by this project... and now i dunno how it looks.
We are missing the fourth community update and the last big update (released on Steam in 07/2023) which adds a completely revamped prologue and some endgame stuff. We are now waiting for a year and so - other than contacting publisher and dev (which will probably get ignored as usually) - I also created another support ticket. GOG's (pretty fast) reply this time actually sounds as if things might change ....

"thank you for your message.
Our Product team is aware of the missing update and they are currently in contact with the developers of the game :)
Our apologies for the long wait."

Especially the last sentence makes it sound as if now finally something will happen ... of xozrse that could also be wishful thinking from my side ;)
Post edited March 03, 2024 by MarkoH01
Posted March 11, 2024
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.Keys: Star Wars Battlefront II - Some graphical glitches
Shadowgrounds - Menu background cutscene doesn't work / cutscenes don't work properly
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vv221: I don‘t know Shadowgrounds so I can not help with this one.

Star Wars Battlefront II on the other hand (assuming this is the 2005 game) worked without any kind of graphical glitch last time I gave it a try, through ./play.it. The only problem I have with this one is that loading times are much longer than they are supposed to be.
Thank you :)
Posted March 11, 2024
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tfishell: Should GOG remove games that aren't updated?
I feel GOG has the responsibility to constantly monitor their catalog and offerings in order to protect their customers. "Curation" isn't a one-shot action, but a continuous process.

Imho, that means for the shop:
- issue clear warnings about known compatibility problems (new and old, retest games)
- KEEP full working releases, but contact game devs / publishers about missing content updates and DLCs
- HIDE faulty / unplayable games after > 3 months of abandonment
- HIDE early access / bare-bones / incomplete releases after >6 months of abandonment.
- REMOVE hidden games after another 6 months of abandonment

Suggestion: I'd love to see a "last updated <DATE>" tag on the game page.
Post edited March 11, 2024 by g2222
Posted March 17, 2024
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g2222: I feel GOG has the responsibility to constantly monitor their catalog and offerings in order to protect their customers. "Curation" isn't a one-shot action, but a continuous process.
Conversely, if a game was working on one OS but is updated to no longer work on that OS then the old version should be kept as an available option for download.
Post edited March 17, 2024 by SKARDAVNELNATE
Posted March 21, 2024
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deleted_user:
Trepang is months late to update on GOG

https://www.gog.com/en/game/trepang2

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AB2012: W10 End of Support = 14th Oct 2025.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/release-health/release-information
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deleted_user:
Mark my words, this deadline will be extended with how things are going. No one switched to 11 besides consumers that were forced to.
Honestly I feel really let down that the devs haven't updated this on GOG. I don't understand why they haven't. This is where I bought the game, I shouldn't be expected to buy it again on steam to get the new content.
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