Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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TheMechanist
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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Well price ist always subjective. However this seems to be mainly Bethesda/Zenimax price strategy. Steam hasn't been cheaper and the price is stable since years.
However there are some sales from time to time ;)
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GameEnder
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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darkbasic wrote:That sounds good, I think I'm going to re-buy Morrowind from gog, I'm tired of using CDs.
Edit: 20€? Too much, they are crazy.
You could always rip all the CD's in to a folder and create a script to run the installers one after another. Makes re-installs easier.
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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GamesPlanet are an entirely legitimate licenced key retailer, and occasionally they sell Steam versions of Morrowind for as little as €3.50 on their German site. It's never dipped below £7.00 on their UK site, and I don't know if they operate in the US, though.
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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GameEnder wrote:
darkbasic wrote:That sounds good, I think I'm going to re-buy Morrowind from gog, I'm tired of using CDs.
Edit: 20€? Too much, they are crazy.
You could always rip all the CD's in to a folder and create a script to run the installers one after another. Makes re-installs easier.
That's what I will do, since I already own a phisical copy and a steam one which I bought for very cheap.
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Pherim
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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darkbasic wrote:
GameEnder wrote:
darkbasic wrote:That sounds good, I think I'm going to re-buy Morrowind from gog, I'm tired of using CDs.
Edit: 20€? Too much, they are crazy.
You could always rip all the CD's in to a folder and create a script to run the installers one after another. Makes re-installs easier.
That's what I will do, since I already own a phisical copy and a steam one which I bought for very cheap.
As you have a retail version, I'd recommend installing the game once with both add-ons and backup the entire installation folder immediately (e.g. as a zipped archive). Then you can just extract it wherever you want and have a completely fresh, standalone installation without having to run the setup any more. You only have to run it with admin rights once if it was not yet installed on the computer, after that it will be fully functional.

$20 really is a bit much, but that's Bethesda's price, not GoG's. It costs the same on Steam.
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

Post by MetaCthulhu »

1. Good to know I don't have to install Morrowind in Wine anymore (I don't have anything against Wine, but one less step is always nice :))

2. Morrowind is on sale on GOG right now for 12$ dollars. (10$ if you buy the complete series)
thekeywork2
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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I followed this advice, but when I try to extract it innoextract says :Not a supported Inno Setup installer!

any advice?
ezze
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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You probably need a newer version of innoextract, check if it has the --gog option.
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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Hey there, got a macbook pro and a GOG exe installation file. Can anyone tell me the babysteps version of how to install this executable and where to put it before launching omw?

do i have to have the exe in the same place as all the other games, in my applications file?

any help generously welcomed :)
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Re: Get data files from GOG setup without wine

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i decided to try to install my gog file via homebrew and innoextract can anyone tell me what i did wrong?

Lots of code below sorry, just changed the name of my mac and username to keep it anonymous

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==> Summary

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/sphinx-doc/1.6.4: 3,383 files, 48.1MB, built in 28 seconds

==> Installing innoextract dependency: cmake

==> Downloading https://cmake.org/files/v3.9/cmake-3.9.4.tar.gz

######################################################################## 100.0%

==> ./bootstrap --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.9.4_1 --no-system-libs --para

==> make

innoextract setup_tes_morrowind_goty_2.0.0.7.exe

==> make install

==> Caveats

Emacs Lisp files have been installed to:

  /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/cmake

==> Summary

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.9.4_1: 2,267 files, 30.4MB, built in 6 minutes

==> Installing innoextract dependency: boost

==> Downloading https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.1/source/boost_1_65

==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/98/9807a5d16566c57fd74fb522764e0

######################################################################## 100.0%

==> ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/boost/1.65.1 --libdir=/usr/local/C

==> ./b2 headers

==> ./b2 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/boost/1.65.1 --libdir=/usr/local/Cellar/boos

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/boost/1.65.1: 12,679 files, 402MB, built in 17 minutes 17 seconds

==> Installing innoextract dependency: xz

==> Downloading https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lzmautils/xz-5.2.3.tar

==> Downloading from https://10gbps-io.dl.sourceforge.net/project/lzmautils/xz-5

######################################################################## 100.0%

==> ./configure --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/xz/5.2.3

==> make check

==> make install

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/xz/5.2.3: 92 files, 1.5MB, built in 53 seconds

==> Installing innoextract

==> Downloading https://constexpr.org/innoextract/files/innoextract-1.6.tar.gz

==> Downloading from https://constexpr.org/innoextract/files/innoextract-1.6/inn

######################################################################## 100.0%

==> cmake . -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=-DNDEBUG -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=-DNDEBUG 

==> make install

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/innoextract/1.6_2: 7 files, 668.9KB, built in 33 seconds

slartt-MacBook-Pro:~ slarrts$ innoextract setup_tes_morrowind_goty_2.0.0.7.exe

Could not open file "setup_tes_morrowind_goty_2.0.0.7.exe"

Done with 1 error.

slartt-MacBook-Pro:~ slarrts$
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