HGL
wise-white
Gog games (Windows) not always downloading properly
As in the title.
I am trying to install some Windows-based games from my GOG library, but often the download simply calls itself done after a few seconds without actually having done anything, not even making the destination folder.
Sometimes I can resolve the issue by clearing the cache and repairing or forcing an update for the game.
A preliminary reading of the attached log seems to indicate a failure to communicate with, or rejection by, the GOG servers? (If someone could explain the log to me like the newbie I am, that'd be great too.)
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wise-whiteOP•3y ago
(what the hell is with this line?)
gogdl info: error: argument --platform/--os: invalid choice: 'Windows' (choose from 'windows', 'osx', 'linux')
When you're in the install dialog, Heroic might not know which platforms a game is available for, so a default
Windows is used. Seems like that should be a windows for GOG games instead
Anyways, the root issue of this does look like an unstable connection to GOG's CDNwise-whiteOP•3y ago
Is there anything I could do about that from my end, or no?
Well, general "unstable connection" solutions apply here (move closer to your router if using WiFi, possibly use a LAN connection)
wise-whiteOP•2y ago
Unfortunately, those aren't exactly practical in my case, but now I think of the one time it did end up working may have had a lot to do with the actual time that I did it.
Well, at this point I seem to have eventually got through via sheer perseverance among other things, so case closed I guess?
Update, due to moving to a new place and changing to a wired connection: STILL having these unstable connection symptoms!