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Posted December 03, 2010
Time for the next surprise in the GOG.com's Holiday Celebrations. We're still working on adding Windows 7 compatibility to some of the games which have some issues with the newest operating system from big M. We're happy to let you know that [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura]Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and Myst: Masterpiece Edition are now fully compatible with both 32 and 64-bit Windows 7. To get the latest, Windows 7 compatible versions of the games, you have to re-download and install them again.

The is our third surprise in GOG.com's Holiday Celebrations. Don't know what we're talking about? For the next two weeks, we're going to reveal a little something for you once a day, until December 14 when we reveal the BIG surprise!

Want more? Check back tomorrow for another GOG holiday surprise!
Posted December 03, 2010
I'm going to download again myst , thank you gog this is a good news !
Posted December 03, 2010
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Anamon: I'd go with the first one, considering how many people are reporting that the versions they got earlier already worked fine on Windows 7. The announcement doesn't really state that the files have been replaced today, it's only the official announcement that they are now officially supported on Windows 7. Most likely they updated the files a while ago and waited for some more testing and experiences to come in (and for the holiday season so the announcement can fill one of the 14 slots :)).
If it is true it's an extremely weak xmas surprise.
Just saving work you've done during the year and announcing it when you've got no real news to announce. So I really hope it's just them being sloppy again and that the new version is still coming.
Posted December 03, 2010
So far I think these announcements really just show this site's willingness to improve itself. By permanently lowering prices and continuously striving to improve current products all the while maintaining the status quo of keeping releases per week and weekend promos. These are all great ways to show newer members the level of dedication and support this site has to making itself better.

Many of us here have come to expect this standard already and therefore may not be as easily excited.
Posted December 03, 2010
Hi

To summary our changes in Myst and Arcanum.

First of all, Windows 7 versions of Myst Masterpiece is 1.0.0.20 (previous one was 1.0.0.13), Arcanum is 1.0.0.10 (was 1.0.0.9). If your downloaded games are previous versions it means it might stuck somewhere on proxy servers and try to redownload it again.

Myst additionally gets bigger about 30mb due to QuictTime 7 installer bundled with the installer (not required to install if you already got one).

And last thing - if the game works fine on your machine there is absolutely no reason to redownload it. We didn't add any content to the game, didn't change the game in anyway, it's still the same game, but works better on Windows 7 machines (and other systems where we previously stepped into some bugs). All mods compatible with previous version works here, as well as additional content.

Best
Grah
Posted December 03, 2010
I bought Arcanum half a year ago. Never had any problems with it (Although I admit, I haven't finished it) and I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. Is there any reason to download new files? And if so, will my save-games still work?

--- Edit: I see it's already been answered by Grah. Looks like we posted at the same time...
Post edited December 03, 2010 by MikeFE
Posted December 03, 2010
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Grah: First of all, Windows 7 versions of Myst Masterpiece is 1.0.0.20 (previous one was 1.0.0.13), Arcanum is 1.0.0.10 (was 1.0.0.9). If your downloaded games are previous versions it means it might stuck somewhere on proxy servers and try to redownload it again.
Big thank you for posting the file versions. It seems I've downloaded the old files, so I will try to redownload them tomorrow or on sunday again. Thanks again.
Posted December 03, 2010
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foxtrix: Same here. I just downloaded the Arcanum installer and it is bit-exact the same one I downloaded a few months ago.
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DukeNukemForever: I posted this already a few months ago in the Win7 thread, but maybe here it gets more official attention: It would be really nice to have a list with all actual file versions, so everyone can check if he needs to download the games again. This would save many bandwith and time for us and GOG.
Second that. Or to at least have a special page with information about all updates (games and extras) (+ RSS feed).
Posted December 03, 2010
Service idea: Maybe users who own these games and have downloaded them before can be notified (like the notification when someone replies to a forum post) of this?
Posted December 03, 2010
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Trilarion: Service idea: Maybe users who own these games and have downloaded them before can be notified (like the notification when someone replies to a forum post) of this?
I've been asking for this for many months now! Would be quite handy. It'd work best as a pop-down box like the forum replies/games in cart/support ticket ones.
Posted December 03, 2010
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GOG.com: Time for the next surprise in the GOG.com's Holiday Celebrations. We're still working on adding Windows 7 compatibility to some of the games which have some issues with the newest operating system from big M. We're happy to let you know that [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura]Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and Myst: Masterpiece Edition are now fully compatible with both 32 and 64-bit Windows 7. To get the latest, Windows 7 compatible versions of the games, you have to re-download and install them again.

The is our third surprise in GOG.com's Holiday Celebrations. Don't know what we're talking about? For the next two weeks, we're going to reveal a little something for you once a day, until December 14 when we reveal the BIG surprise!

Want more? Check back tomorrow for another GOG holiday surprise!
Awesome! I own both of those and did have some problems with Myst in W7.
Posted December 03, 2010
Great, well done GOG. More of this sort of thing please!

Can TLJ be updated for Win7 next? I had a problem with that (I had to run it in a window for some reason I can't fathom).
Posted December 03, 2010
Ahh, good to hear. The only problem I've had with Arcanum (using Windows 7 64-bit) is the backgrounds melding with the pointer. Not a big deal but it was kind of annoying.
Posted December 03, 2010
For anyone interested, using a program like F-CRC Calculator I've checked the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) of both files and they are as follows:

Old Arcanum: F94B4C21
New Arcanum: EB9D0445
Posted December 03, 2010
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LiuBei: Ahh, good to hear. The only problem I've had with Arcanum (using Windows 7 64-bit) is the backgrounds melding with the pointer. Not a big deal but it was kind of annoying.
BAM!

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura/black_box_distorted_picture_around_the_mouse_pointer/post2
Posted December 03, 2010
Nice -- Thanks, GOG! It's not easy reaching into older back catalogs, getting the license to distribute them as well as extra goodies usually not found in the original releases and then get them to officially work on the most modern OS's. The effort is appreciated :)

Downloading the new build of Arcanum now...
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