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Kerbal Space ProgramWhat's the GOG recommended way to do an update on Linux?(5 posts)(5 posts)
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Posted November 23, 2015
Unless otherwise stated, you can simply install a newly updated .sh file over your old install. We do try to provide patches for the larger games such as SOMA and the like that you can download and run in order to make sure your game is up to date :)
Posted November 24, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Unless otherwise stated, you can simply install a newly updated .sh file over your old install. We do try to provide patches for the larger games such as SOMA and the like that you can download and run in order to make sure your game is up to date :)
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triplett: Thanks for the response.

Based on reading how the 1.0.4 -> 1.0.5 transition went for most people, I don't see how that would work without issues. This wasn't a simple bugfix upgrade as is common with many (most?) commercial games. This update changed enough core game functionality that moving the old game out of the way as a backup, or installing the new release into a versioned directory (eg. Gog Games/Kerbal Space Program 1.0.5) would make more sense.
The only issue I am aware of was there was another build of version 1.0.5 that was released after we put up version 1.0.5 build 1024.
Posted November 24, 2015
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triplett: :-) You must not be a KSP player.
You got me there, I don't too well in sandbox-ish kind of games :)
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triplett: Some of the 'issues' were:

Many mods didn't work any longer, or didn't quite work right. Fixes and updates are being/have been issued but that takes time.
That's on the mod makers, nothing we can do about that :)
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triplett: Several spaceship/aircraft parts were updated and/or moved to a different place in the parts tree. So parts that were unlocked and available in an ongoing science or career based game were no longer unlocked in the new game.
Continuing an ongoing game wasn't always possible because your existing craft wouldn't work right, or parts they needed weren't available since they weren't yet 'unlocked' in the new version.
These kind of things happen as devs tend to change their mind about things, luckily you can always ask us for an older installer if you really need it :)
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triplett: Since I wasn't that far along in the game, my response was to just start over again from the beginning. That seemed to be the general approach taken by most. Many people seemed to keep a copy of the older version around to play in parallel with the new one until they finished migrating stuff over, their favorite mods caught up etc.
That's why we provide offline installers so that people can back them up if they so choose :)
Posted November 24, 2015
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triplett: Things
As a Linux user myself, I tend to keep different versions of a game installed separately just to avoid any potential conflict with the game going from an older version and the like :)
Posted November 24, 2015
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JudasIscariot: As a Linux user myself, I tend to keep different versions of a game installed separately just to avoid any potential conflict with the game going from an older version and the like :)
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triplett: I hear ya. 20 years this month since my first linux install, so my survival skills are strong. I ask stuff like this not because I don't know what to do, but because I'm lazy and want things to be better and easier. 20 years of suffering is enough. :-)
Yes, I hear you, fellow penguin :)
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