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Posted December 19, 2020
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Falci: The problem is how many screens and clicks you have to go through to get everything. And that increases a lot if you have a lot of games.

And I just noticed that Galaxy doesn't make it very clear that you have to go into each game's page, click Extras and then you'll find the offline installers there. ...
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teceem: It's not that different from how the GOG downloader worked... I think it actually needed more clicks.
I know. What I meant is that, on my last backup, gog downloader was the best option I had, not an ideal solution. Current Galaxy would probably do just fine in a similar way (now that I gave it a closer look).

What I would love, is some sort of batch download page, just make some adjustments, and download everything.
Posted December 19, 2020
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Falci: The problem is how many screens and clicks you have to go through to get everything. And that increases a lot if you have a lot of games.

And I just noticed that Galaxy doesn't make it very clear that you have to go into each game's page, click Extras and then you'll find the offline installers there. ...
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teceem: It's not that different from how the GOG downloader worked... I think it actually needed more clicks.
Does it let you know when there is a change of version (meaning, your downloaded copy is no longer current)? IIRC, games in that situation appeared with a different colour (amber?) in the GOG Downloader. You could take a look at it and see the status of the games that you had signaled to download: green, OK; red: not ready (still to finish downloading); amber: ready but with an older version. Again, IIRC. In any case, that would be a HUGE bonus to the usability of Galaxy as a downloader

Plus, GOG Downloader was cute! :-)
Post edited December 26, 2020 by Carradice
Posted December 25, 2020
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M3troid: Same here. And i have to buy another HDD.
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NovusBogus: I've been keeping mine on a 2TB external, but just got a 4TB in the mail because I ran out of space. It was, ironically enough, a combination of CP2077 and needing somewhere to stash a VM export that prompted the upgrade. That game is a big boi, no two ways about it!
I already had a 5TiB, and I recently bought an 8TiB external, which should last quite a while for my regular system and GOG backups.

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Falci: Honestly, if there was a page in Galaxy where I could just click on an option download: installers, goodies, both and then, click on game cases to start downloading, or even a download all button, I'd be content.

But, yeah, GOG Downloader was simple and very effective. RIP GOG Downloader.
This is why I use gogrepoc, which is a Python-based and highly configurable downloader for GOG stuff. I simply run a batch file on a daily basis to automatically check for any updates to my library. And if anything is new or updated it downloads all German and English versions of offline-installers for Linux and Windows and all extras. It’s pretty easy to set up and it works like a charm.
Post edited December 25, 2020 by 4-vektor
Posted December 27, 2020
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tfishell: Just a friendly reminder.
You scare me. I've become lazy in recent years. +1 for you sir.
Posted December 27, 2020
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tfishell: Just a friendly reminder.
I might be screwed on that my friend... I need lots of storage and I mean LOTS...
Posted December 27, 2020
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Carradice: This sounds interesting! There are organizations that are using torrents as a way of publishing information, but one might have thought that torrents were irrepressible in nature and that it cannot be controlled who gets what once they are there. Yet if this that you mention could be done, it might be helpful for very large downloads. With GOG controlling access and versions.
Also, does not Windows 10 offer the option to download updates from peers as well?
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timppu: I am not fully sure how the bittorrent protocols works with restricting access to downloads that, but:

1. Humble Bundle offers optional Bittorrent links to their downloads, so you can either download your games directly from them, or using a Bittorrent link.

I haven't tried if it is possible to use those .torrent files even when you are on a separate PC without logging into your HB account, so I am only assuming you can initiate those downloads only if you log into your HB account. I would be surprised if they are not restricted somehow, ie. if I now gave you the .torrent for my HB Amnesia game download, you could also download it using that .torrent.

2. From the past I do remember some Torrent sites where you could download a torrent only if you had an account on that torrent site and were logged into it. Meaning that even if that torrent link was on some separate torrent site (be it Piratebay or whatever), it was useless to you unless you had a valid account on that separate torrent site.

I guess I should google for this so that I am not just assuming things... either way, of course GOG could still implement optional p2p protocol into their own Galaxy client, for example. I think other companies have done that in the past, ie. I recall the Battle.net client optionally using p2p to speed up downloads, and as you said, I also recall Windows 10 might be doing that, ie. users upload stuff to each others as well, not just downloading everything from MS servers...
thats strange ,i didnt know torrent can do that , thought if you have the file structure data and trackers list you can just start downloading
definitely we should get more factual info
Post edited December 27, 2020 by Orkhepaj
Posted December 27, 2020
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tfishell: Just a friendly reminder.
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DreamedArtist: I might be screwed on that my friend... I need lots of storage and I mean LOTS...
That's fair. Prioritize your favorite games. I probably have a couple dozen I haven't backed up (mostly or all freebies) because I don't care that much about them.

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Honestly, if GOG goes down, there'll probably be ways to get the games we previously owned anyway (I know of at least one site that I dislike existing currently but would be useful in such an event), or we could figure out a way to show "receipts" showing we already bought certain games (maybe easily fabricated though, or not, I dunno; hash-crypto-tech-stuff?), and maybe users who backed up the most could give us appropriate access to the games from their "stash".
Post edited December 27, 2020 by tfishell
Posted December 27, 2020
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tfishell: Just a friendly reminder.
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DreamedArtist: I might be screwed on that my friend... I need lots of storage and I mean LOTS...
just got a new hdd to be able to do that :P
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DreamedArtist: I might be screwed on that my friend... I need lots of storage and I mean LOTS...
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tfishell: That's fair. Prioritize your favorite games. I probably have a couple dozen I haven't backed up (mostly or all freebies) because I don't care that much about them.

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Honestly, if GOG goes down, there'll probably be ways to get the games we previously owned anyway (I know of at least one site that I dislike existing currently but would be useful in such an event), or we could figure out a way to show "receipts" showing we already bought certain games (maybe easily fabricated though, or not, I dunno; hash-crypto-tech-stuff?), and maybe users who backed up the most could give us appropriate access to the games from their "stash".
I hope so too that we will be able to get our games in that case, glad that so many backup their games so they will be able to share them if needed
oh and saying it will be here is just not good enough , how many of these services are already dead just look at google they have a dozen of these and they are one of the richest companies ever
Post edited December 27, 2020 by Orkhepaj
Posted December 27, 2020
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4-vektor: This is why I use gogrepoc, which is a Python-based and highly configurable downloader for GOG stuff. I simply run a batch file on a daily basis to automatically check for any updates to my library. And if anything is new or updated it downloads all German and English versions of offline-installers for Linux and Windows and all extras. It’s pretty easy to set up and it works like a charm.
I remember trying it, but for some reason I wasn't getting good download speeds with it, or something else was breaking, I honestly don't remember.

Maybe I'll try again next time.
Posted December 27, 2020
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Orkhepaj: I hope so too that we will be able to get our games in that case, glad that so many backup their games so they will be able to share them if needed
I will not share them, as I can't tell if someone downloading a game has really bought it himself, and it is against the license anyway that I would share the product to others in the world.

I archive the games only for my personal and closest family's use, and that's that.
Posted January 04, 2021
Replaying Redneck Rampage, I was reminded of the fact that it's worth backing up outside things like sources ports and fan fixes too. I haven't always done that.
Posted January 04, 2021
That is what i am doing currently. Backing up all my games i still haven't. Not much games left for backup.
Posted January 04, 2021
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Fonzer: That is what i am doing currently. Backing up all my games i still haven't. Not much games left for backup.
350 games thats a lot
how much space do they take up?
Posted January 04, 2021
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Fonzer: That is what i am doing currently. Backing up all my games i still haven't. Not much games left for backup.
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Orkhepaj: 350 games thats a lot
how much space do they take up?
Don't know, didn't check that, but there are still a few games missing and i have them on my small 2tb external HDD.
Will maybe check the folder when i connect it to the pc again. Also most of them are old games since old pc.
in very few cases i downloaded english and german versions of a game. Few times i have old and new installers since i still haven't tested the new one if it works on old os.
4 of them are goodies which means i actually have 346 games.
Post edited January 04, 2021 by Fonzer
Posted January 04, 2021
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tfishell: Replaying Redneck Rampage, I was reminded of the fact that it's worth backing up outside things like sources ports and fan fixes too. I haven't always done that.
And mods.
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Fonzer: That is what i am doing currently. Backing up all my games i still haven't. Not much games left for backup.
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Orkhepaj: 350 games thats a lot
how much space do they take up?
It might be a nice addition to GOG, showing how much space selected games require, with and without freebies. Also teh selected games, or all of the games in an account.
Post edited January 04, 2021 by Carradice
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