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This self-use purpose widget checks for GOG's offline resources updates.
Nowadays, while most GOG users prefer GOG GALAXY for software updates, a few old-school mates still shares the "to have is to own" belief, by maintaining a separated offline resource repo. On the other hand, manually checking for offline packages updates can be painful, which gives inspiration to this little project.
GGGSS aka General GOG-Game Saving Strategy aims to maintain an easy-to-read offline repo both for human and autoscripts, this is what a GGGSS-compatible repo looks like:
├── title_slug_1`102394264
│ ├── v1.2.355`win
│ │ ├── setup_title_slug_1_v1.2.355.exe
│ │ └── setup_title_slug_1_v1.2.355-1.bin
│ ├── v1.1`win
│ │ ├── setup_title_slug_1_v1.1.exe
│ │ └── setup_title_slug_1_v1.1-1.bin
│ ├── `bonus
│ │ ├── avatar.zip
│ │ └── artbook.pdf
│ ├── `dlc
│ │ ├── dlc_slug_1`109834537
│ │ │ ├── v1.3`win
│ │ │ │ └── setup_dlc_slug_1_v1.3.exe
│ │ │ └── `bonus
│ │ │ └── official_toolkit_setup.exe
│ │ └── dlc_slug_2`102947857
│ │ └── `bonus
│ │ └── original_soundtrack.zip
│ └── `misc
│ ├── Patch_v1.2_v1.3.exe
│ ├── Unofficial_bug_patch.exe
│ └── Mod_mapkit.zip
└── `title_slug_2`100936485
├── gog-1`win
│ └── setup_title_slug_2_gog-1.exe
├── _`linux
│ └── title_slug_2_gog_1.sh
└── v3_1`osx
└── title_slug_2_gog_1_.pkg
Human words:
- Keep every title under a unique folder named by
[Slug]`[Product ID]
, which can be acquired through GOGDB site.- Keep installer related files under
[Version]`[Platform]
folder, use multiple folders for different combinations of version & platform.- If the version string contains forbids chars
\/:*?"<>|
, replace them with_
. - If the version displays as
N/A
in GOGDB website (which means anull
in json data), leave the version string as_
.
- If the version string contains forbids chars
- Keep bonus contents under
`bonus
folder, gogrepochk doesn't check for any bonus content updates, for these contents usually remain untouched since release. - Keep DLCs under
`dlc
folder, each DLC should be treated same as a title under its own[Slug]`[Product ID]
-named folder, with its own installer related files and/or bonus contents. - Keep other things under
`misc
folder, no matter it is an official patch, a mod file, or a cheatsheet.
- Keep installer related files under
- Keep no empty folders, e.g. leave no
`dlc
folder for titles without DLCs owned. - Bundles and Game packs are not supported, the repo only serves for games and DLCs
- Adding a
`
before the title/DLC folder to manually skip checking for update, useful when the title is already confirmed out-dated, or a DLC is undocumented in GOGDB.