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Posted May 03, 2022
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Post edited May 24, 2022 by clarry
Posted May 03, 2022
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rtcvb32: Who else misses the GoG Downloader?
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timppu: Meh. I would use it just to mass download lots (=all) of my GOG game installers, and for that there are nowadays much better tools, like gogrepoc and lgogdownloader.

Well, ok, I admit that downloading e.g. CP2077 with its countless .bin files is a bit of a hassle with a mere web browser... but it is still bearable if you don't have to do it for lots of games at the same time. Not enough reason for me to want to install and use an additional downloader client (ie. GoG DownlOadEr).
Indeed. But i did like the 'get X' and have it work in the background on it's own to get all the pieces and put them lumped in a directory for you to deal with. The annoyances of manually selecting every file and then only getting a few at a time to balance the bandwidth.
Posted May 03, 2022
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Restless_Swords: 2) itch.io is a pain because you download one file (it might be a zip or an installer), depending on what the developer uploaded but it is NEVER a complete auto-installed game.
itch has a download client, if you weren't aware. I've never used it, and have heard mixed things about it, but it exists.
Posted May 03, 2022
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DubConqueror: Another option is use a third-party download manager. I use Free Download Manager ...... a very easy method to cue the separate files of an installer for a game or even cue downloads for several games.
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Timboli: Been a while since I had to use Free Download Manager 5, as gogcli.exe and my GUI for it work well. FDM5 however is a great fallback when GOG plays funny buggers with download speeds during big sales.

That said, I read here recently, that GOG download links die after a short time now. So if that is the case, then cueing could fail. It is also likely that resume would also fail. I think 10 minutes was mentioned.

So until I test myself, have you tested this lately with large files that take a while to download (more than 10 minutes between)?
Yes, it happened to me. When downloading Cyperpunk 2077, I had to re-add .bin-files to the que as when more than 4 or 5 or so where cued, the downloader couldn't find the links no more to the files I cued. Stupid decision by GOG to make cueing downloads more difficult that way.
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rtcvb32: Who else misses the GoG Downloader?
Yes, I miss it. It was very handy to just have to click the game ones, instead of cueing all .bin files one by one in my download manager. And the gogrepy and the likes scare me off for the lack of a GUI. The GUI of the GOG Downloader was very easy to use. The only thing I disliked is you couldn't change the order of downloads once put in the cue. You couldn't decide to prioritise certain goodies or games after you put them in the cue.
Post edited May 03, 2022 by DubConqueror
Posted May 03, 2022
I think it is nice we, in theory, have a choice. The theory bit comes from there being no Galaxy for Linux/GNU.
Posted May 03, 2022
I use Galaxy to install & play my current games (expecially if they have achievs), and the script gogrepoc to backup standalone installers on my external HDD.
Posted May 04, 2022
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DubConqueror: Stupid decision by GOG to make cueing downloads more difficult that way.
Indeed. All about control their end I guess.
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rtcvb32: Who else misses the GoG Downloader?
Definitely.
Posted May 04, 2022
TAKE TWO - Another one of those disappeared replies.

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clarry: GOG does redirect to locations that will expire in a short time, but you can resume via the original link in your games page:

$ curl -b cookies.txt -C - -LO https://www.gog.com/downloads/arma_gold_edition/en1installer3
** Resuming transfer from byte position 665907200
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 3450 100 3450 0 0 8584 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 8603
100 1064 100 1064 0 0 1755 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1755
1 3224M 1 49.7M 0 0 3678k 0 0:14:57 0:00:13 0:14:44 5287k
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clarry:
Thanks for that info, I may even use it some time, though right now I am happy using my GUI and gogcli.exe by Magnitus. :)

My GUI only gets the download link for queued files at the moment it needs it, from the GOG SDK, so no issue with links timing out.
Posted May 05, 2022
Awesome, thank you guys all very much for the info you've shared! Seems like I did have a few things incorrect, so I definitely have a better understanding of how to go about this... many different approaches that should work quite nicely! Appreciate all the help everyone!
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