VN Ren'Py Where It All Began [S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam] [Oceanlab]

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BobTheDuck

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SonsOfLiberty said:
GOG is a bit different, since they pride their releases on no matter what you OWN the game. So, with that, you can download an offline installer if GOG ever dies.

Steam and GOG are really no different in the way you get them from Patreon or SS or Itch (whever) besides them being a market release which can be ran on any OS in a single package.

Some games also use Steam DRM which is pretty easy to bypass but there is only a handful of Ren'Py Steam games that deploy DRM.

I think Summers Gone had a bunch of bonus things for Steam if I remember right.
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Yeah, the GOG installers seem to be the bare minimum - if WiaB has DLC's they'll likely be separate downloads, and you don't have to use their launcher to install, which is a big plus for me.
 
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Maviarab said:
100% this. I despise Steam, GoG always ftw.
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I like GOG okay, but Steam is about a decade ahead in terms of functionality and features. Yeah, the DRM sucks. Whatever. Most of my games work when I switch PCs just fine, saves and all, where that's a crapshoot with GOG.
 
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Maccabbee said:
I like GOG okay, but Steam is about a decade ahead in terms of functionality and features. Yeah, the DRM sucks. Whatever. Most of my games work when I switch PCs just fine, saves and all, where that's a crapshoot with GOG.
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I couldn't give two shits about functionality, achievements, friends or anything else. I just want to play a game...without being forced into doing other things/connecting to something/whatever whenever I like, wherever I like and be able to install it/uninstall/mod/etc how I like, locally, on my drive regardless of whether I have internet. Steam 'itself'...is DRM.

I don't want to have to install Steam and deal with it's almost daily fucking updates and have it running just to play a game (or start clicking shit to play 'offline'. Also, despite it's many circle-jerk fanboys, so many games do not actually work well on Steam compared to the original disc versions or GoG versions.

It's a hill I will die on and no amount of people telling me how fucking awesome it is and the best thing since sliced bread it is and wittering on about shit I really couldn't care less about is going to change my mind about Steam.
 
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Maviarab said:
I couldn;t give two shits about functionality, achievements, friends or anythijng else. I just want to play a game...without being forced into doing other things/connecting to something/whetever whenever I like, wherever I like and be able to install it/uninstall/mod/etc how I like, locally, on my drive.

I don't want to have to install Steam and deal with it's almost daily fucking updates and have it running just to play a game (or start clicking shit to play 'offline'. Also, despite it's many circle-jerk fanboys, so many games do not actually work well on Steam compared to the original disc versions or GoG versions.
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I had the opposite issues with GOG. Steam version of Cyberpunk ran better. Don't even get me started on the clusterfuck that's the MS Store/XBox app on PC. Ugh.

As for WIAB, we'll have to see, but I have no problems with the SG Steam version vs. the F95 version.
 
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Maccabbee said:
As for WIAB, we'll have to see, but I have no problems with the SG Steam version vs. the F95 version.
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99.9% of every single Ren'Py game via Steam is exactly the same way you get it from Patreon/SS except it is a market build and meant to be ran on ALL OS's. There is only DRM on some and that is DRM inside of Ren'Py and that same DRM is bundled with their Patreon/SS version.

Bonus on some is when they have Patreon login, since Steam doesn't allow that, there goes some games DRM that never get implemented back in :ROFLMAO:

So with "adult" games via Steam is is the "raw" game....
 
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SonsOfLiberty said:
99.9% of every single Ren'Py game via Steam is exactly the same way you get it from Patreon/SS except it is a market build and meant to be ran on ALL OS's. There is only DRM on some and that is DRM inside of Ren'Py and that same DRM is bundled with their Patreon/SS version.

Bonus on some is when they have Patreon login, since Steam doesn't allow that, there goes some games DRM that never get implemented back in :ROFLMAO:

So with "adult" games via Steam is is the "raw" game....
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...and I only go raw....
 
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The Steam image is only quoted to highlight the consequence of neglecting what should be a mostly copy-paste task

Im not making a statement about Steam's verification process, im commenting from a programmer's perspective
 
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