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GOG is supposed to be the place where games are well maintained, especially by GOG's staff. However, while some games are well-maintained (e.g. the Thief or System Shock series), others are left without simple fixes that are available online, or with old Dosbox versions that no longer work on OSX etc.

Writing about these issues in the individual game forums is a waste of time -- you won't get a single response by GOG devs there. We need a way to insert these basic issues into GOG's issue system, so they can be addressed. At the very least, we need a way to get somebody's attention to the relevant forum issue. We want GOG to be the best site at maintaining these games, but that can only happen if GOG helps us helps them.

Additionally, I'm sure many people would volunteer to keep these games up-to-date -- this is a job that can be outsourced to dedicated fans. GOG just needs to create the infrastructure for it.
Contact support and let them know. It's the best thing you can do.

As for fans maintaining the games - that won't happen. GoG has gotten in trouble in the past because they used a fan mod/update and said creator took umbrage with it. Maintaining the games is something GoG needs complete control over to help avoid such situations.
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tremere110: GoG has gotten in trouble in the past because they used a fan mod/update and said creator took umbrage with it.
Rightfully so, I want my games in the official (last patched) state with compatibility fixes if needed. Everything else should be optional and not like Warlords Battlecry 3 where they forced fan made balance changes on the community.
complain to the actual devs
Post edited December 16, 2018 by swsoboleski89
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swsoboleski89: complain to the actual devs
Like finding and contacting devs of old DOS games and complaining to them to update old Dosbox versions?
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swsoboleski89: complain to the actual devs
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HypersomniacLive: Like finding and contacting devs of old DOS games and complaining to them to update old Dosbox versions?
you're pretty much screwed. is gog going to fix other peoples games?
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Bluddy: ...
Contact Support.
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HypersomniacLive: Like finding and contacting devs of old DOS games and complaining to them to update old Dosbox versions?
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swsoboleski89: you're pretty much screwed. is gog going to fix other peoples games?
Uh, yes? That's kinda their mission statement.
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HypersomniacLive: Like finding and contacting devs of old DOS games and complaining to them to update old Dosbox versions?
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swsoboleski89: you're pretty much screwed. is gog going to fix other peoples games?
If they are Dosbox based, then yes. That's what GOG promises: make old games run on modern systems. So yes, making old games run on modern systems is actually GOG's job.
I mean, I think the first problem you've got is trying to play games on OSX, which is about as anti game as it gets.

You'd only get more anti game by deciding to be mad and run illumos or Minix.
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Bluddy: Additionally, I'm sure many people would volunteer to keep these games up-to-date -- this is a job that can be outsourced to dedicated fans. GOG just needs to create the infrastructure for it.
That's a very bad idea.
Even if we skip the fundamental problem of a big company using free, voluntary work to make profit which goes to shareholders, there's the problem of quality and dedication.

If the people who are getting paid for updating these games can't always keep them up-to-date, then what possible reasons would these voluntary people have to do that?

There are also some big safety issues here. Would you really accept that some volunteer guy outside of GOG could update these installers that the rest of us download and install on our computers?
I guess that could be handled by having someone from GOG's side to verify the updates, but then again, why can't that person update the files himself? Adding unnecessary complications is not going to make things better!

Otherwise I think there should be a more straightforward way to let GOG know about possible issues, or to tell them about some new third party software that can somehow improve things with certain games.

Of course, GOG is no longer that interested in old games, so I guess whatever anyone comes up with, is not going to be any priority to them.
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PixelBoy: There are also some big safety issues here. Would you really accept that some volunteer guy outside of GOG could update these installers that the rest of us download and install on our computers?
I guess that could be handled by having someone from GOG's side to verify the updates, but then again, why can't that person update the files himself? Adding unnecessary complications is not going to make things better!
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On one hand, Adamhm's Linux Wrappers. On the other hand, they're a trusted community member.
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swsoboleski89: you're pretty much screwed. is gog going to fix other peoples games?
As others said, yes, it's part of GOG's job to fix old DOS games so they run on current systems, hence the OP's request for GOG to keep DOSBox updated is more than reasonable.
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swsoboleski89: you're pretty much screwed. is gog going to fix other peoples games?
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HypersomniacLive: As others said, yes, it's part of GOG's job to fix old DOS games so they run on current systems, hence the OP's request for GOG to keep DOSBox updated is more than reasonable.
I did read the "about gog" and all of you are right, but you cant expect them to drop everything and fix some old obscure game.
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swsoboleski89: I did read the "about gog" and all of you are right, but you cant expect them to drop everything and fix some old obscure game.
Who said anything about them dropping everything? So long as they still sell any old game, no matter how obscure (which is quite subjective), fixing it is part of their job/workflow, i.e. they shouldn't have to drop everything to keep it working/updated.