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Posted January 07, 2013
Space Rangers 2 disappeared from the catalog a few months ago due to licensing issues, but it remained on the shelves of those who already purchased it. Understandable. But, I've just noticed it was missing from my own shelf (replaced by a glaring empty spot) and therefore no longer available to download. This is shocking, as I've already paid for the game and I don't think my access to the install file should expire.

Does anyone have any insight into what's going on?

Hopefully this is a mistake that will be corrected.
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Posted January 07, 2013
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farlark: Space Rangers 2 disappeared from the catalog a few months ago due to licensing issues, but it
remained on the shelves of those who already purchased it. Understandable. But, I've just
noticed it was missing from my own shelf (replaced by a glaring empty spot) and therefore no
longer available to download. This is shocking, as I've already paid for the game and I don't
think my access to the install file should expire.
Does anyone have any insight into what's going on?
Hopefully this is a mistake that will be corrected.
See http://www.gog.com/forum/general/missing_games_1
Posted January 07, 2013
Apparently all games GOG lost the selling rights have disappeared from the shelves.

This is probably due to some site updates we are currently seeing. For the time being, it is best to calm down.

While this is somewhat disappointing, remember that is is currently midnight in Poland, so GOG will probably address this in the morning.
Posted January 07, 2013
Note that you can still manually download the absent games using the GOG.com Downloader by launching a URL through your browser containing the game's listed name (the same name used on the folder made by the Downloader), e.g.:

gogdownloader://toca_race_driver_3/win_installer

will add the TOCA Race Driver 3 installer to the Downloader as long as it is attached to your GOG.com account. I don't have Space Rangers 2 to test but looking at the wiki it looks like something like the following would work:

gogdownloader://space_rangers_2_reboot/win_installer

Note that gogdownloader links will only work if the GOG.com Downloader is installed and set up correctly in your browser.
Post edited January 07, 2013 by Arkose
Posted January 07, 2013
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Arkose: Note that you can still manually download the absent games using the
GOG.com Downloader by launching a URL
through your browser containing the game's listed name (the same name used on the folder made
by the Downloader), e.g.:
gogdownloader://toca_race_driver_3/win_installer
will add the TOCA Race Driver 3 installer to the Downloader as long as it is attached to your
GOG.com account.
I don't have Space Rangers 2 to test but looking at the wiki it looks like something like the
following would work:
gogdownloader://space_rangers_2_dominators/win_installer
Note that gogdownloader links will only work if the
GOG.com Downloader is installed and set
up correctly in your browser.
Nice catch ! ++
Posted January 07, 2013
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Arkose: I don't have Space Rangers 2 to test but looking at the wiki it looks like something
like the
following would work:
gogdownloader://space_rangers_2_dominators/win_installer
Note that gogdownloader links will only work if the
GOG.com Downloader is installed and set
up correctly in your browser.
I tried it but it didn't work, said something about unable to fetch data. I've the GOG downloader
in a non-default folder so that could be a problem. Is there anything that can be changed to fix
it? It certainly was a neat trick to start the download quickly.
Post edited January 07, 2013 by Nirth
Posted January 07, 2013
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Nirth: I tried it but it didn't work, said something about unable to fetch data. I've the GOG downloaded in a non-default folder so that could be a problem. Is there anything that can be changed to fix it? It certainly was a neat trick to start the download quickly.
Hmmm, that error means that isn't its internal name. Its internal name might be something simpler, space_rangers_2 or whatever. The name has to be exactly what it is expecting (and also be present in your account) otherwise it won't add it.
Posted January 07, 2013
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Nirth: I tried it but it didn't work, said something about unable to fetch data. I've the GOG downloaded
in a non-default folder so that could be a problem. Is there anything that can be changed to fix
it? It certainly was a neat trick to start the download quickly.
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Arkose: Hmmm, that error means that isn't its internal name. Its internal name might be something
simpler, space_rangers_2 or whatever. The name has to be exactly what it is expecting (and
also be present in your account) otherwise it won't add it.
space_rangers_2_reboot ?

EDIT: yeah, the same as the folder name the downloader creates.
Post edited January 07, 2013 by Miaghstir
Posted January 07, 2013
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Arkose: I don't have Space Rangers 2 to test but looking at the wiki it looks like something
like the
following would work:
gogdownloader://space_rangers_2_dominators/win_installer
Note that gogdownloader links will only work if the
GOG.com Downloader is installed and set
up correctly in your browser.
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Nirth: I tried it but it didn't work, said something about unable to fetch data. I've the GOG downloader
in a non-default folder so that could be a problem. Is there anything that can be changed to fix
it? It certainly was a neat trick to start the download quickly.
Note that a while back GOG upgraded Space Rangers 2 from Dominators to Revoot
Posted January 07, 2013
Odd, I still see Space Rangers 2 on my shelf, along with XIII and Obscure.
Posted January 07, 2013
Yeah, it's back now. *shrug*
Posted January 07, 2013
XIII and SR2 were missing. Then only SR2. Now XII is missing and SR2 is back. This all happened within 10 min. My guess it's still there, but its not always being shown to you.
Posted January 07, 2013
Its best to download all your games and backup on DVDR or external HD. Companies can lose licensing rights or go bankrupt very quickly these days, so best to play it safe. Im almost done downloading all my games from all the sites. Steam and Amazon will be around for a long time so save those downloads for last.
Posted January 07, 2013
And they are both gone again.

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Heretic777: Its best to download all your games and backup on DVDR or external HD. Companies can lose
licensing rights or go bankrupt very quickly these days, so best to play it safe. Im almost done
downloading all my games from all the sites. Steam and Amazon will be around for a long time so
save those downloads for last.
Not bad advice but this is something more along the lines of a bug in the system. I don't think anyone has anything to worry about today.
Posted January 07, 2013
GOG's general update policy seems to be add 1 thing, break 2 others. They did it to the downloader too relatively recently.
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