I totally agree with you, it's a fucking mess.
But as Linux users and/or DRM-free users we're used to wait, aren't we? :D

FYI - I just downloaded the latest and while it states ".zip", it's actually ".gz" so I gunzip -t and got an unexpected EOF.

The `.zip` worked for me. It extracted a `.sh` installer of the same size. Wuuut?

Just want to confirm the facts:

The zip file downloaded yesterday night:

$ sha256sum the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
e0cb526df8412ffc1da7698627f3c5197bb5f7095e20c975c9d86e76ea135e5b the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip

$ unzip the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
…
Zipfile is disk 56028 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 11775)

$ file the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
…
QA: Zip archive data, at least v4.5 to extract

Hm.. at least v4.5 of what software?

$ gunzip --test the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
… unexpected end of file

@jnxd: What did you do to extract the zip? Which program did you use?

@ulukai3: What did you do to extract the zip? Which program did you use?

I've tested the archive with both unzip and 7z, they both fail. 'Unexpected end of archive' with 7z and 'End-of-central-directory signature not found' with unzip... Basically.

It's possible to extract the .sh file, I did with 7z but it fails to install.

JFYI, 7zip can pack/unpack also gzip files, i.e. using 7z for testing the file should be fine even if it is gzip archive.

File has PK (50 4B) signature so it's zip. Just incomplete. gzip has 1F 8B file signature.

Checksum is correct. No idea what's going on.

Used the GUI through file explorer; right click, "Extract to...".

*EDIT:* For the record, `gunzip` gives the same complaint. Maybe the GUI complained but still kept whatever was extracted, and I missed the complain.

I used lgogdownloader and it retrieved the 'linux' bards tale. It came down as a single zip file. This was about 6pm EDT.

Here's the commands and output :
$ unzip -t the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
Archive: the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip or
the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip.zip, and cannot find the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip.ZIP, period.

$ gunzip -t the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip

gzip: the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_linux.zip: unexpected end of file


EDIT: At this point, I think they just need to tarball a known working install on GoG's end and post that. Once we have that, we can fiddle about with any dependencies needed and such.

Considering nobody will touch this over weekend, and the promo for extra trilogy is only till 3rd September (and the trilogy doesn't have linux versions anyway, so it's not that huge incentive), I think this will slip into my wishlist and it will be waiting there for some nice sale... (plus confirmation that it has finally at least working installer, of course).

Another new version of the download file has appeared. Gonna d/l and report back in a couple of hours.

sha256sum the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_lin.zip
6eb7d42ad9bc0be1a21d6c4ce0b26ebb3d6c2f3920ee8ba183a3048d1a2119b8 the_bard_s_tale_iv_director_s_cut_4_20_1_32050_lin.zip
Size: 41116683271.

Successfully unpacked with unzip. Installing now.

Do you think gog read my post and decided to put the installer in a zip solely to thwart my using lgogdownloaders galaxy install method? Or is it just some weird work around for an error in their CDN?

Confirming working install file. Thank you folks.

Yep, works for me too :)