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Don't make installing Galaxy the default setting in standalone game installers
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I know this is an old thread.. but I don't understand.
For years (it seems anyway?) there has been 2 options when you go into your games through the web site:
"Install Game With GOG Galaxy" - which, granted, has a big blue buttons inviting you to click.
And immediately underneath, "Download offline backup game installers" which, although a bit wordy, gives you the plain .exe game install files. No Galaxy needed.
I have been using them forever, except in rare cases, because I like having the game files locally.
I realize they are pushing the other, but the plain installs aren't even hidden. They are right there if you read a bit.
Just found the joys of gog
and the installation nightmares
reviewers on steam said gog was several steps up - i've already wasted money on games that are nightmare to even instal let alone run. simpler was the drawcard i have disabilities understanding computer BS
When I used to buy games on disk I got complete games that would instal and only not run if my hardware was not up to skratch. I did not need to know so many diferent "fixes"
for every game, platform, video card, exe, sh, wtf file
damn
sucker again
Keeping this alive as it seems nothing much has changed. I haven't been following the forums, but I have noticed that almost all of my recent downloads come with Galaxy, or seem to want to install Galaxy, even though I've never wanted nor chosen to use it. I really don't want another client dashboard on top of Steam and Blizzard and EA and Ubisoft and Epic and etc.. and I know I'm not alone. I uninstalled and stopped using all of those because they drive me insane, and I'm going to be EXTREMELY disappointed if GOG keeps shoving this onto people and making the manual download options a giant pain in the ass with 8 different files in some random order.
Get a grip and remember who your core audience actually is, GOG, before you really screw something up.
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Soooooo~why not just delete Gog Galaxy until they get the picture? I think that's what I am about to do—just installed a game into a blank folder and GG still wants to take president (it did have my old save which is kwl but I want to install mods and not have to worry about GG messing it up).
After watching it some month it's pretty obious, that gog ist trying to force people to use galaxy, by not updating and maintaining the classsic downloaders in time. That's a NoGo
I agree with this. Just let us install the game ourself
I fucking abhor Galaxy and your new install system is giving me cancer. It's so hard to download and install games now.
Why would you make gog galaxy the default? WTF.
It's pretty offensive that GOG would copy Steam in this area. They're relatively DRM free by comparison, but still come with the EULA (which is DRM). If they dissolve their competitive advantage by shoving Galaxy down our throats, then there's no reason to stick with GOG.
The BIG annoyance is that Galaxy starts up, and than start to download "updates" for all your installed games to add the link to Galaxy. You have to restore all your links to be able to start the game without starting Galaxy again.
PLEASE DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not having to install client crapware is one of the reason many of us chose GOG instead of Steam. This low blow hasn't passed unnoticed.
right , i had to deinstall a game too because it wasnt obvious galaxy was installed too! Just the plain jane game install as standard.
I have an issue with having Galaxy as the default choice. I am on a limited monthly internet cap 20GB normal and 20GB between 2400 and 0500. I have a Desktop PC and a Laptop. If I use Galaxy or the GOG downloader I would have to download the same file twice. Whereas if I download using Firefox I only need to download the file once. I also use Linux. I also download the Linux game files using Firefox. As aprevious poster said Galaxy should offer you a choice of download option. The other thing about Galaxy that annoys me is that it does not ask you where you want to install the game. By default you can change the game folder. The place to change it is not that easy to find. Whereas if you use the download file to install you can very easily browse to where you want to install the game. I do not like installing games In the C drive. I just found out this week that the Galaxy Client is not compatible with all the games available on GOG. Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis is an example of this.
Support this too
Had to reinstall a game because I forgot you guys are STILL sneaking galaxy into the games. There is no need to bundle it with every game, and there is NO reason why this should be the default option.
Yes!! Please turn Galaxy off as the default choice when running the installation of a GOG game. I'm sure that the Galaxy client isn't obtrusive or annoying, but the reason I buy games from GOG is to avoid using any client whatsoever.
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a.k.a. i totally support this :)
The thing I have against Galaxy being default is that it is not very clear which one is going to be downloaded unless one takes care to check very closely, which might mean having to download a game again just because of that.
Not the world, but annoying.
For G--'s sake PLEASE continue to KEEP INSTALLER CHOICE & CLASSIC INSTALLATION (simple rightclick to file download, without galacy). I have no interest in Galaxy client. I am a longterm customer and own **441GAMES** from gog, and have about 300-something in my wishlist.
PS: NO interest in Gwent! Own complete Witcher series. Uninterested in any IAP games, ever.
PPS: I only buy drm-free games. I collect & play. Treasure good games. Never use steam or other drm distributors. Encourage use/benefits of GOG to other gamers.
Yes, please, make the normal installers the default again. I don't want to have Galaxy installers bundled with my downloads since I'm archiving my games on my NAS and nobody needs a hundred copies of a years old galaxy installer on his NAS.
Just had to download 100 GB worth of game installers again because I didn't realize they now bundle Galaxy.
GOG Galacxy is why I did not install GWENT. I'd purchase my games on Steam if I wanted crapware like this on my system.
Very poor decision indeed. I take it as a warning signal that GOG may have become less trustworthy and that it is time to look for alternatives, in case of other future missteps like this one. As I user, I may want Galaxy for some games because many of its features are nice, but I strongly dislike this sneaky attempt to force me into using the client. You are a niche company for users (like me) unwilling to give up to the Steam mentality; if you lose this argument, you may already sell your business to Steam, they have more games, more features and better prices. Please don't be screwed by your own mistakes.
Even though I have Galaxy installed (by choice), these new installers diminish the number one feature of Galaxy GOG has been championing since day 1. "Optional". Sneaking Galaxy into someone's installation will only drive people away from GOG. Please reconsider this decision.
Yes, I would heartily support this. Right now it is so awfully random as to which game have the galaxy-installers as the default, that I have to re-download every other game. This is annoys the hell out of me. I would be grateful for a setting as well.
The arguments for/against Galaxy are irrelevant. Installing software without the user's permission or knowledge is a sleazy business tactic, no matter how useful the software is. This incident tells me I can't trust GOG content so I need to start looking at other options.
Shame on you, GOG, for becoming part of the problem many of us came here to avoid!
Please at least add a global setting so that we can make it default to classic installers. I am sick of wasting hours on worthless downloads because I forgot to tell you for the billionth time that I don't want to download Galaxy.
I want to see the option to choose if you'd like the galaxy shortcut, or the direct shortcut. I only use galaxy to install and update games, I don't want it running in the background stalking me like Steam.
And just to be absolutely clear: I use the client a lot, and do not hate it; quite the opposite; I just find it devoid of features at the time, but that is irrelevant. What I am trying to say is: an already complicated piece of software like a game should NOT be dependent on another piece of software, or somehow bundled with it, especially a proprietary or closed one. That is a very, very disrespectful attitude that makes a lot of people hate Steam, and not a very elegant kind of software solution that only adds a possible or actual layer of complexity.
I think a better thing would be not including the client with the downloads, or have the games and the client be fully independent. What I mean is this: I recently installed Jade Empire, and it seems to have automatically "contacted" the client, and added itself to the list of installed games. I am not sure how this is done, so I might be woefully wrong here. But I don't think this is such a good thing to do, because, for instance, there is no Linux version of GOG Galaxy: and whenever I run a game through Wine (and this is one of the main reasons I joined GOG.com: in order to be able to have standalone, offline installers I could run through it), the installation process almost hangs or crashes, probably because there is a Windows-specific call used to interact with the client, or check if it is already installed. And please note that I usually only run those games that are KNOWN to work WELL with Wine.
Why - when I ask for a desktop shortcut - should I have the game launch through Galaxy???
I pity idiots not using GOG Galaxy or Steam
I just wanted to open a thread but was happy to find this. A little time ago I noticed that there was a new default "Galaxy Installers" vs. "Classic Installers". WTF?! I do not want Galaxy. I do not want to be force-fed some client software upon me. I want it the old way. Buy. Download. Install. Have fun.
I had downloaded 8 GB already through a rather narrow connection until I noticed this (g) in the filenames... aaarrrgh!
Besides: Galaxy does not work on Linux and I do use Linux 95% of the day. I try to avoid rebooting to Windows for games, where possible, but even then, I do not want some client software forced upon me.
So GOG please stop this shit!
People that do use Galaxy will very likely not need "galaxy installers" because they download the whole thing with Galaxy anyway. I am terminally sure your Galaxy API features some bits to check for newly acquired games and can download them. So there is no need for "galaxy installers".
Everyone and their dog is trying to push you their software that makes your life "nicer" and "more convenient". To me GoG isn't about that, it's about pure organic no-sugar no-bullshit DRM-free games that work.
Gamers are technical users. You can trust us to be able to decide for ourselves if we want a "feature".
Personally, I think Galaxy is fantastic and SHOULD be the default. Automatic game updates, achievements for supported games, easy library management - all things that have tempted me towards GOG, not away from it. Anyone dumping GOG for Steam is just...confused.
Yeah, I agree. Just installed Kathy Rain and GOG, without asking is installing GOG Galaxy. I just hate this, if this continues I just will look for DRM free and 'extra layer' free games elswhere.
As a customer who apparently had been buying only the 'right' games up until now I only really grasped the core of this problem upon receiving 'Tales from the Borderlands' as a bonus for buying a bunch of cheap games I felt vaguely nostalgic about. You see, for me all of my games came in the form of what GOG likes to call the "CLASSIC GAME INSTALLERS" (mind the allcaps, folks...) which install the following components: The game you've bought. Congratulations GOG! That's exactly what we wanted. Good job.
But if a customer makes the mistake of purchasing 'wrong' games, their installer-selection defaults to the 'wrong' installer. In detail that means they have to notice this before downloading the majority of a 9.7 GB installation, delete all those filthy, Galaxy infested files, select the classic installer and start again.
However, I do believe GOG is just 'misguided' in this matter. Listen, GOG: We don't need you to bring up that we have a choice by secretly slipping that installer into our pockets like Ronald McDonald showing up at a vegan brunch, handing out coupons for his newest, meatiest hamburger. "We'd rather not have it. Thank you. Now go home to your wife and kids. They miss you. And take those bloody coupons with you. If we ever 'do' want to try Galaxy, all we need to do is to click that big blue button that you display over every. Single. Game! Goodbye."
Yes, un-default Galaxy. Galaxy is bloatware and uses WebKit (or should I say WebShit?)
@CelineSSauve - defaulting to galaxy installers and hiding direct installers is certainly a very underhanded thing to do, but *protesting* by buying from Steam is just supporting a client that is mandatory. I would at least first check if Humble Store has a DRM-free download (not just a Steam code) of the game you are looking for.
I am now purchasing from STEAM again because GOG pulled this.
Just to clarify something for the readers, the next comment says Galaxy doesn't have a "minimize to tray"-option.
No, because that is default. Hit the X and Galaxy minimizes to tray.
I'm new to GOG and Galaxy having just purchased my first game from here. I'm glad I read this post because I echo everything others have said and am now convinced that I want to download my games using JDownloader instead of Galaxy.
Given that download times are so long it is clear that the best time to download is while sleeping. In my case my bandwidth is limited unless I download between 11pm and 7am but Galaxy provides no such option. Heck, it doesn't even have a minimize to systray option!
I agree with all these comments but no one has said how long it takes to download a a game they have bought from GOG. My last 2 games I have bought have taken more than 24 hours just to download non stop. Ihave complained about this and been asked what downloader I was using.?? this is bying from GOG there isn`t an alterative. If so many people are loged into GOG this could be the reason for the slowness. my speeds down loading dispite being on BT fastest has been .6MB/s to the fastest 2MB/s and the fastesst is for a couple of seconds only.
By not updating and maintaining the OLD DOWN LOADER, GOG is, in their own way, slowly FORCING it's supporters to ultimately use GALAXY.
Sooner or later the old down loader will no longer function properly leaving ONLY....... GALAXY.
I don't appreciate this one bit. As another writer posted, once you start, it's a slippery slope..... straight downhill. And, I see hints of changes within GOG's initial promise to us that don't bode well.
But the name of the game is..... MONEY. And GALAXY is that for GOG.
I don't play on line. Don't want GALAXY shoved down my throat (or computer) and feel GOG should maintain the old down loader for those who DON'T need.... NEW and IMPROVED every two minutes.
Once you start down the path of bundling adware/malware/unwanted programs, GOG, you are going to have a hard time recovering from that reputation. I was actually using/enjoying Galaxy prior to this, but I'm uninstalling it now and I had to redownload about 10 games that I had downloaded the WRONG (Galaxy bundled) installer for, not knowing about the change. My hard drive space is valuable, I don't have room for your redundant junk.
I completely agree with the other posters. Not having a client being forced on me is the main reason I'm using GOG at all. I can't be the only one who hates having to laboriously opt-out of stuff he didn't sign up for in the first place.
@Destro and other GOG staff;
Installing GOG Galaxy is something that should not be a defaulted-on option. Making it available is one thing, but including it and installing it by default is unacceptable. Most of the GOG customer base comes here for not just for the DRM-free standard, but most of us do not and will not play online. Nor to we want a yet another program running when we start-up our systems. It's the wrong move especially given the spirit of ideals GOG was founded on.
I understand that gog is trying to establish itself as an alternative to steam but right now its looking as if this service is turning into a second steam client. The only reason i use gog is the fact that it is not steam and does not require a client. If this changes, why should anyone stay on gog and not simply switch to steam ?
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