When i click on your profile there i get Maybe that's why we get a 404 error ?

Sorry about that, should be sorted now, as I worked out how to do a Release ... with guidance.
I am not big on over-complicated nerd stuff.

Download link has been corrected and contains no spaces. Repository made Public, but no modification access.

Hopefully all is fine now.

2 downloads, so I guess so.

Many thanks - just downloaded. Looking forward to trying it out :)

So this is goodbye
That is all.

Maybe they make more than they lose with this, and it's good business sense? Imo that is likely to be why they did it.

(Though yes, I could be wrong)

As for number of wishlist entries: It has grown but not exponentially each day.....so yes it has grown, but sadly not by much.

Somewhat, because of the reality in many businesses where the ones who blindly buy or don't care about such decisions often outstrip those who boycott.

Also I also seriously/actually wonder how many who voted will boycott and for how long.

They likely kept it going to be nice and give people time to transition to something else....imo kind of nice of them to give people so long, if that's the case.

As for how this benefits us: They can possibly shift any resources spent on keeping the GOG DLer working for people(if any) to fixing all the other issues people have brought up.

Didn't you say the answers given at one point insulted your intelligence? Maybe they have read such posts by everyone and feel like it'd be pointless to give any others answers if people might not accept them.

It likely worked due to them keeping it working for awhile to give people a chance to change to something else.

I'm not going to rehash the same points for lack of time/ability, but saw your new pic/banner and wanted to say sorry to hear about your cat.

Fair enough.....I also sometimes buy games due to price-etc on steam, so I get that aspect of buying elsewhere.

Also fair/sounds good.

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Fair enough, and thanks.

My program is now available. I will do a separate thread later, but for now .....

LET GOG KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BY VOTING
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/keep_the_gog_downloader_and_keep_it_up_to_date

I see the number is now 455. Keep it up good folk.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT SOME KIND OF SOLUTION TO OUR DILEMMA
See my post above - https://www.gog.com/forum/general/we_do_not_want_say_goodbye_to_gog_downloader/post155

For those who are interested, here are some screenshots of my program. Just a simple look focused on the practical.

GOGDownload Checker Screenshots

The program works for EXE (and BIN) and ZIP files..
SH (Linux) files are now supported to some degree. 7Z and RAR files are now supported.

This is especially for those who archive their game files, and don't want to use Galaxy.

GOGDownload Checker Project

GOGDownload Checker Download --- (updated to v1.1)

Please read the Notes.txt file in the zip first, especially as it has my DISCLAIMER, but also some instructions & links for both InnoExtract and 7-Zip.

Feedback appreciated, especially as my testing has mostly focused on the main use, and I thought that some might like the program sooner rather than later.

SORRY MAN , BUT WE WANT OFFICIAL DOWNLOADER, THAT WORKS 100% ALL TIME- no thirdparty apps/scripts

I never buying third party bs, even if it is opensource...

thats why GOG DOWNLOADER is so important, it is official tool !

They already not updating it so LONG TIME and it worked flawlessly

Why they fixing what isn't broken, by removing it?

You should be happy someone is doing something to help others, not "pounding your fists on the floor" like a spoiled child.

You need to read some more of my posts, and you will see I want the GOG Downloader back as well.

My program is not a replacement, not at all, as it doesn't download. You have to do that yourself using the browser links, with or without a third party downloader.

So my program, if you want, can be seen as a stop-gap measure, until GOG do the right thing. All it does, is test the integrity of the files you download from GOG via browser links. When I say my program, really it is just a front-end for two other third party ones, 7-Zip (to test ZIP files) and InnoExtract (to test EXE and associated BIN files).

Just take note, that InnoExtract has GOG support built in, so could well be used inside the GOG Downloader for all we know, maybe even Galaxy, but at the least it would be for officially using with the GOG API.

LET GOG KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BY VOTING
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/keep_the_gog_downloader_and_keep_it_up_to_date

Indeed.

There is absolutely no reason for it to be the memory hog it is, except poor design and coding decisions.

And there is no reason why they cannot have two versions of Galaxy, one a cutback version that does not try to be the master of everything, and inevitably fails to do the basics well. They only need to make their code modular, better thought out, and it is easy peasy to please all ... except a few nutters who won't accept any downloader ... and who cares about them.

But alas the mentality these days, is to throw bloated stuff at everyone, because many have powerful computers that can cope. You see that here in GOGs web pages, especially the main one ... runs like crap. A false dichotomy, as there is never a good excuse for it. In reality, it is about trying too hard to be too clever, when no-one really gives a toss, and it doesn't need to be that way.

Dog help us, if the nerds run the world even more than they already do.

You sound ungrateful. At least the guy tried. Also how do you know if the 3rd party stuff don't work 100% of the time? Have you even used it yet?

I think that's because most of the developers just use premade modules read instruction how to make them work, join them togeather and done. If it does it's job then it is fine ,that is the motto. In conan exiles a dev made a simple wall made of insane amount of polys like other games use for the main character , and buildings constists of at least dozens of these. And no wonder the game run slow. Just pump in the effects.

Indeed.

Mostly it is because software dates and they do things in a rush, and so much easier to let others do much of the thinking, even when it is not that suitable overall. This happens a lot these days.

Having worked in an emergency Call Center, I know all about this first hand. Majority trumps minority, even when it is patently ridiculous. At the end of the day, it is about money, and if you can make something work, even poorly, it will do in management's eyes (mind). And because the buck rarely stops with anyone, certainly not management, even lives being impacted or lost, rarely makes a difference.

A sad sorry world we live in at times .... and that's the excesses of Capitalism for you.