How do I "update" downloaded games?

[LucaNerlich]

Hi Community,

assuming the following workflow:

1. gogrepoc login
2. gogrepoc update -full
3. gogrepoc download

Ive now successfully downloaded all 2TB of my gog library as an offline backup.

Question: How do I now "update" the downloaded games - as in, Games regularly recieve new versions, which Id like to download as well.
So, how do I now download this delta? Ive just reran gogrepoc update -full && gogrepoc download assuming it would 'see' the manifest and compare it to the downloaded files, downloading only the updated binaries now. However, gogrepoc now proceeds to fully re-download my whole library of 2tb.

If i am not complelty blind, gogrepoc download now also deleted my old, already downloaded installers?

What am I doing wrong or misunderstanding? Thanks!

[Kalanyr]

Assuming your system uses the OS/Lang you want:

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-full should only be used rarely ( no more than monthly). The default behaviour is to update only new & updated games, full forces it to check every game in your library. Are you specifying a folder when you run Download ? Download works by building a list of everything that needs downloading then skipping ( "pass" ) that already exists.

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[LucaNerlich]

python3 ./gogrepoc.py download . -lang en de -os windows mac linux

This is the command im running.

And this did trigger a full redownload of my whole library - and additionally the previously downloaded installer seem to be gone.

All game folders now only contain an images folder and an info txt. file.

!downloading only contains the installer which have so far now been re-downloaded.

[Kalanyr]

Check for a folder called !orphaned , your old installers may be in there. I strongly recommend against using . as the download directory, especially if it's a drive / partition / share root , use a folder called GOGDownloads or something.

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On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, 17:52 Luca Nerlich, ***@***.***> wrote: python3 ./gogrepoc.py download . -lang en de -os windows mac linux This is the command im running. And this did trigger a full redownload of my whole library - and additionally the previously downloaded installer seem to be gone. All game folders now only contain an images folder and an info txt. file. image.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8a7e706a-d973-4cae-b5b4-144f6ea0f8c0> !downloading only contains the installer which have so far now been re-downloaded. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#116 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABKZ33726VTHS4TS7QEWK4T2BGMENAVCNFSM6AAAAABR6HYHSOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTCMRYHA3TGOI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[LucaNerlich]

!orphaned is empty.

im executing the script directly on my backup external harddrive in a folder called gog-games. . as a download target should be fine. Thanks though 👍

[Kalanyr]

I don't know what's going on then, GOGrepoc should never delete files unless you specify flags to do so ( orphaning is the default behaviour), there is an exception where if a file with the same name exists it can be moved to ! downloading as the base to do a partial download but thats a fairly rare circumstance. If you have the log files you could try uploading those and I'll see if they tell me anything useful ?

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On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, 18:30 Luca Nerlich, ***@***.***> wrote: !orphaned is empty. im executing the script directly on my backup external harddrive in a folger called gog-games. . as a download target should be fine. Thanks though 👍 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#116 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABKZ332O4QT3LRXDDACKU7D2BGQT7AVCNFSM6AAAAABR6HYHSOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTCMRYHEYTENI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[LucaNerlich]

I do not have any logs, sorry. For now, ill just mark your response as the answer. If I ever find out more, ill re-reply here. Thanks!