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Add version number to GOG releases, e.g. Earth 2140 (release 1.2)
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Flaser With GOG continuously trying to improve the games in its care, it can be hard for customers to track whether they have the latest release of a game. Adding a version number would make it a lot easier to check this at glance.
maddNeal Literally passed on a game right now because the reviews on the page (from over a year ago) says the GoG version hasn't gotten updates since 1.0, and there's no info on the store page for me to confirm if this is still true. Adding a version number to the store page wold make it very clear what the status of a game is
SvitlaSveta4 Also Add patch-notes to main pages of the games!
L1FEsUniverse That should be a basic features on every games detail page and that is something Steam really understands and even on consoles this should be common. So how can GOG go without that?
fridgeband Agreed!
Vinterseel One example for the importance of this feature: The developers of »Punch Club«, who also released »Graveyard Keeper« a few days ago, refuse to update »Punch Club« on GOG because they make the absence of DRM responsible for their game having been pirated a huge amount of times. They abandoned »Punch Club« on GOG with Version 1.1 whereas the latest available Version is 1.31. So you may ask why the developers publish their new game »Graveyard Keeper« on GOG at all and if they – even worse – just want to grab the gamers’ cash before abandoning this game as well for the GOG community. Displaying version numbers of the games <b>before</b> you buy would save us lots of frustration and reveal non-reliable developers.
CannonBall.910 This is why I am buying Battletech on Steam and not GoG, I would prefer to buy it on GoG but I cannot confirm before purchase if the version on GoG is getting all the latest updates.
surfersurfer This would be very useful. I avoid buying games if the game page does not give exact information about the game.
imranf1 This is very important information and I agree with the others here saying it should be displayed on the product page, not AFTER the user has bought the game.
"Haha, you thought it was version 1.5, but it was I, Dio-- er, version 1.3, which still contains that end-game bug that randomly deletes saves!"
FaustoLG I want to buy some games but without knowing this I won't click the "Buy" button... You add the feature, I buy games...
Sævius I wonder why this Wish has so few votes...
Yes, now we can see EXE version in our Library but only AFTER we've already bought a game. It's simply a nonsense. Potential buyer must have such an essential information!
zais It would be handy to know version history before yoy buy a game as well.
To be sure it was not abbenden (like Nuclerar Throne, which has prehistoric version on GOG and latest one on steam :( )
Herkules97 Games contain a version but if we take the case of one certain game, its version is 1.3.4B while the file name says 2.0.0.1, in Details it also says 2.0.0.1 on everything, 2.0.0.1 doesn't really tell me much and it'd be great if they didn't put 2.0.0.1, instead add the actual game version. Or at least in "File Version"
bno112300 I came to the wishlist just to ask for this.
I'd like to see it in the store info section.
gold163 This is incredibly important to me and I want to see this feature implemented as soon as possible. When cross-referencing the GoG version with other available versions of the game (e.g. Steam version), Steam makes it easier by allowing developers to post patch notes that are shown directly on the store page. It would be nice if GoG had a similar feature so I could tell at a glance whether the Steam version has received an update that the GoG version has not.
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purple_Ayano A great example of how this should be done is Terraria. Right next to the Download link in my Library it tells me both the version of the game, and the number of release on gog. for example, right now it says "1.3.0.7 (GOG-8)"
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squid830 This happens for patches - so why not for the full game too?
Sævius I still can't understand what these numbers beside the download links mean... That would be much more logical if they would show the version of game .EXE
rtcvb32 A few of the games specify the version like WindForge, but those are the patches saying what version they patched to....
xolotl Yep, adding another +1 here. I noticed for instance that my Flatout 2 download has "1.0.0.2" in the filename, which is nice, but the version displayed on gog.com's download page is just "1.0.0."
sailmaker.769 +1
posipil Came here at Shaddim's prompting to vote for this; realized I had already voted for it at some time past. In my opinion, additional metadata would greatly benefit GOG by reducing server load caused by users re-downloading unnecessarily. In my opinion it would also benefit users by saving them the time and disk space they waste by re-downloading unnecessarily.
I offer the following ideas and opinions in hope they will be useful to GOG and fellow users. Metadata I would like to see for every downloadable binary file on GOG:
1. the version number of the file itself, at least for files which get fixes, patches, updates, and other revisions
2. the game version (or release number) the file is intended for use with, not necessarily the same as 1 (as in the many patches already provided for Divinity: Original Sin)
3. the modification date of the file
4. the exact file size in eight bit bytes
5. at least one authoritative checksum generated by the GOG staff member who packages the file for release, which should be one or more of: SHA 1 (or 2 or 3), MD5, or CRC32
With the exception of checksums, all this metadata is already available in the directory listing of the server, and may be generated automatically via a simple shell script which includes the metadate in the download page where the file is hosted. The metadata need only be retrieved one time, when the file is added to the server, after which it can be added to the database which contains the rest of the file metadata.
Checksums cost a tiny amount of computational power to generate, but even for multi-gigabyte files they only need be generated one time, before the file is uploaded to the server by the packager. This process may easily be automated by a shell script, especially because every Linux or Unix system I'm aware of includes at least MD5 or SHA tools.
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Catrhis Having the Real game version would go a long way to rectify the confusion the gog installer instil in their users, as it is now it's confusing at best
_gamer_ right. Its confusing. please add the real version number of the game.
For example "Divinity Original Sin".
Windows installer, [language] 2.2.0. - ok its the gog-version of the installer, but i want to know the game version too ( its even more important).
why not naming it like:
Windows installer, [language] 2.2.0 (Gameversion: 1.0.51)
Wolfram_Wolf GOG release 1.2, 1.21, 1.22... Super-versioning, I would call it. Not a bad idea.
pashmak hey, WHERE is my comment?
Thokali I don't know how often I've downloaded files that I already had, because of the "NEW" label was broken. PLEASE include A) the "real" version of the Game along with the GOG version, B) a brief version history (at least with version number and release date). It will save us users time, and it will save GOG server bandwidth.
Love & Thunder @Shmerl Completely agreed.
shmerl Yes, please. And provide release notes history if possible, not jut on the forum but somewhere in the game card.
GOG's internal versioning is confusing, since it reflects installer and so on. Game's version should be added to that in addition.
zer02099 Yes, please. Even mouse over info,would stop me wasting time to google the GoG version number to see what game version I am trying to update. Vote++
shaddim @Tychoxi: I hope it is ;P ... I voted for mpartel's interpretation who suggested the following scheme: <game-version-string>+gog<internal-version-number> e.g. 1.4.700.38+gog1.1.
Tychoxi Just to be clear, this wish is NOT about telling us which version of a specific game is being released by GOG (that particular wish can be found here: www.gog.com/wishlist/site/version_number_of_games_displayed_on_gamecard ), rather this wish is about the version of the GOG installer for that specific game.
LordMumpitz Notion supported.
trek554 just went through the adventure of trying figure out what version of System Shock 2 I had. obviously they don't care since this thread is 8 months old and nothing has changed.
DeMignon +1
REhorror I support this notion as well, version number helps a lot if you are searching for patches/mods.
TealKobold i support this notion 100%!!!!!!!!!
adacapo It'd be awesome to know at a glance if I have to go download official patches (or unofficial patches) before I run into problems, and +1 about the game mod issues - knowing the version would've saved me some time and worry this weekend while tracking down mods.
shaddim similiar wish: www.gog.com/wishlist/site/version_number_of_games_displayed_on_gamecard
Andtha If you add version numbers, make it seperate from the original version you used when you ported it. E.g. Game 1.2.101-GOG-2.0, so you know it is 1.2.101 that you ported, but the GOG specific version 2.0.
DRM_free_fan Yes, we need game version numbers. These can be very important for compatibility of mods and/or trainers. And if the version that GOG is selling isn't the latest, can we have the patches as optional extras? (sometimes the latest patch isn't always worth installing).
ELFswe Darn, can't remove or edit my comment. But, I'm currently trying to figure out if I'm having the latest version of my games or not.
ELFswe Yes, this needs to be done. It's hard to know if the GoG downloader friendly version of a game is the same version as the one when you choose to download without the GoG download manager.
##@@##@@ What's even worse is that even the installer version number shown on the site is sometimes inaccurate, i.e. showing version 1.0.1.0 when it's really 1.0.1.2 or whatever.
shaddim new confusion on the recent LoG update with the GOG version number "strategy"... :/ www.gog.com/forum/legend_of_grimrock/error_while_installing_update_10316
shaddim @mpartel: +1 for this naming/numbering scheme
mpartel I suggest the following scheme: <game-version-string>+gog<internal-version-number>. Then e.g. 1.4.700.38+gog1.1 would mean the game version is 1.4.700.38 and the GOG installer has received a minor patch (1.1). This fixes the problem at hand for users and provides distinct and machine readable internal version numbering for GOG.
shaddim Yes, this is heavily needed. PLEASE use the game version not the internal GOG version (or give at least both)... there are several cases of confusion on many games already. (e.g. www.grimrock.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3524, www.gog.com/forum/ftl_faster_than_light/update_faster_than_light_version_1025/post5 and many more)
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