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General discussionGames that GOG has left the offline installers outdated for(32 posts)(32 posts)
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Posted December 20, 2021
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While there are far too many games on GOG that are missing updates, DLC, or whatever else because of the developer and/or publisher, sometimes games are updated here but GOG (for whatever reason) fails to update the offline installers for them. There is a spreadsheet I was made aware of here:

https://airtable.com/shrldLsErlUf3eHqS/tbltXjS8fxEGG11eD

But I feel that this issue should have a more visible forum thread dedicated to it. I'm hoping that this will help encourage GOG to address and fix the problem. As I understand it, this should be something that they're capable of fixing entirely since they are the ones responsible for the offline installers. I am hoping that this is all just a matter of oversight, although allegedly GOG has been made aware of this spreadsheet multiple times.
Posted December 20, 2021
this is useful info, thank you.
Post edited December 20, 2021 by Plumb
Posted January 24, 2022
Blue Fire is discounted again as part of this new sale event, yet sadly the installers for it are still outdated because of GOG's negligence. It sure would be nice to see everything on that list taken care of...
Posted January 24, 2022
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TheEndedSkull: While there are far too many games on GOG that are missing updates, DLC, or whatever else because of the developer and/or publisher, sometimes games are updated here but GOG (for whatever reason) fails to update the offline installers for them. There is a spreadsheet I was made aware of here:

https://airtable.com/shrldLsErlUf3eHqS/tbltXjS8fxEGG11eD

But I feel that this issue should have a more visible forum thread dedicated to it. I'm hoping that this will help encourage GOG to address and fix the problem. As I understand it, this should be something that they're capable of fixing entirely since they are the ones responsible for the offline installers. I am hoping that this is all just a matter of oversight, although allegedly GOG has been made aware of this spreadsheet multiple times.
Really tired of GOG's half-assed shit lately.

I can't even get Blade of Darkness to update to v94 on Galaxy. Oh, it's a beta branch. Probably why the offline installer for it hasn't been updated, but that's still no excuse on GOG's part.
Post edited January 24, 2022 by Lucian_Galca
Posted January 24, 2022
I don't honestly know whose fault it is, GOG's or the developer Owlcat, but the Linux version of Pathfinder:Kingmaker has still not been updated to the latest patch after months upon months of waiting. The one available for Linux is 2.1.5, while for Mac and Winblows it is 2.1.7. There are bugfixes and whatnot in there, so it's inexcusable to still not have it updated after such a long time.
Posted January 24, 2022
I see X: Tension on the list but noticed the offline installer is 2.3 so it can be removed from the list i guess?
Post edited January 24, 2022 by Fonzer
Posted January 25, 2022
Is there an easy way to make offline installers? Would like to know in case I need to make offline installers for the games GOG doesnt update.

I suppose a good alternative is to just download and zip the full game.
Posted January 25, 2022
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Tokyo_Bunny_8990: Is there an easy way to make offline installers? Would like to know in case I need to make offline installers for the games GOG doesnt update.

I suppose a good alternative is to just download and zip the full game.
of cause you could create your own installers with Inno Setup for example, for me zip files are ok.
you could also make an fresh installation with an outdated offline installer, copy the game folder to another location, update the game with galaxy, compare the updated with the outdated copy of the game with an duplicate file finder tool and keep/zip only the changed files from the update.
...much work.
Post edited January 25, 2022 by Gognarok
Posted January 25, 2022
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Tokyo_Bunny_8990: Is there an easy way to make offline installers? Would like to know in case I need to make offline installers for the games GOG doesnt update.

I suppose a good alternative is to just download and zip the full game.
Yes, if you install it through Galaxy. Then you're getting the most updated version that Gog has, which you can then create your own installers from. Just zip it with whatever Registry keys are added upon installation. I remember someone even used Inno Setup to make an installer executable. But if it comes to that you're already being forced to use Galaxy, right?

In Gog's eyes you're already giving up the main advantage of offline installers so they see less of a reason to keep them up-to-date...
Posted January 25, 2022
the GOG offline installers are created with Inno Setup, there is also a tool with whom you could extract them for the most part:
http://innounp.sourceforge.net

maybe it could be useful to get registry settings and prerequisites

to create a new installer you could also use NSIS
https://nsis.sourceforge.io
Post edited January 25, 2022 by Gognarok
Posted January 25, 2022
Thanks for the heads up :)
Posted January 25, 2022
As I just noticed, the Mac offline installer for SOMA got finally updated to version 1.64.
Posted January 25, 2022
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Gognarok: the GOG offline installers are created with Inno Setup, there is also a tool with whom you could extract them for the most part:
http://innounp.sourceforge.net
Another option is the free tool InnoExtract, which has specific switches and support for GOG Installers, and isn't limited to Windows.

https://github.com/dscharrer/InnoExtract
Posted January 25, 2022
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Gognarok: the GOG offline installers are created with Inno Setup, there is also a tool with whom you could extract them for the most part:
http://innounp.sourceforge.net
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Timboli: Another option is the free tool InnoExtract, which has specific switches and support for GOG Installers, and isn't limited to Windows.

https://github.com/dscharrer/InnoExtract
yes, but i believe it will not extract the install script?
Posted January 25, 2022
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Gognarok: yes, but i believe it will not extract the install script?
I’ve used innoextract on more than 250 GOG games, and never got any issue related to some missing script.
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