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[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I do this too. If it's on Gog I buy it there. I hope gog manages to stay around but even if it doesn't I can grab the offline installers for the games I have purchased and back them up elsewhere.

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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

Does anyone actually use offline installers on a regular basis? I tried a few times and I had problems. Dunno if just bad luck. Never managed to install Pillars on eternity with it because it errored out every time. Another game's offline installer (can’t remember which) would stall for hours then crash. I suspect a lot of users would be in for a surprise if they actually tried them.

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I use them regularly, and have never had issues

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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Good to hear, I’ll check it out again and make sure I’m not having an issue on my end.

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[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

This looks like a problem with your system to me. Run a few checks on your RAM and storage devices. I had files corrupt on my NAS and a PC of mine, because both had defective memory. I only noticed it, because installers and 7zip began to produce errors.

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