Comments on: Downloadable and rental games now available

By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)

Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:04:03 +0000

We try but when you’re as busy as we are,its difficult {:-(

By: RK

RK — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:36:23 +0000

I reported the same bug a while back. IIRC the problem isn’t that there are no updates, it’s that the lgp_update tool reports this lack of updates to the user as an error.
lgp_update also can’t handle install directories with spaces in them (it can’t update my install of “Cold War”, for example)

LGP may be good at porting games, but you REALLY need to do some work on the end-user experience.

By: Iggi

Iggi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:19:53 +0000

True, but the updater should be told so, like for http://lokifiles.tuxgames.com/updates/rune/updates.txt ;-)

By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)

Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:27:53 +0000

Thats because there arent any updates yet!

By: Liam Dawe

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:19:07 +0000

While we are on the case of emails, i emailed LGP about sacred gold a while ago (19th may!), the updater doesn’t find the sacred gold updates file, i also checked via the lgp website and there is no sacred gold updates directory.

Pretty annoying.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:35:15 +0000

Thanks for listening to us :) Rental system sounds like a good idea too.

P.S. Still waiting for Sacred Gold demo.

By: Peter van Ginneken

Peter van Ginneken — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:55:43 +0000

Thanks for setting up the rental option.
I occasionally review games for a magazine and do not always need, or even want, to be able to play a game for ever.
This way I get the full game for as long as I need and my workspace doesn’t clutter up any more than necessary.

Thanks

By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)

Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:37:33 +0000

We have to charge a certain level for the games we sell based on contracts we have made, the 10% off for the download roughly equates to the cost of the physical media. When you take into account there is no shipping charge either, it is closer to 20% off. The resellers prices will reflect the prices that LGP sells to them at.

The Tux Games sale, I cant comment on, even with my Tux Games hat on, but we WILL be giving out the information later on, but. not yet, give it a couple of weeks I expect.

As for the crash bug, we are really backlogged on email handling, but we are working on clearing through it all. I expect yours is in the queue.

By: Eskild Hustvedt (Junior Developer / Community Manager)

Eskild Hustvedt (Junior Developer / Community Manager) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:25:05 +0000

You already had to pay extra for the download, so nothing has actually changed there.

By: qhartman

qhartman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:34:17 +0000

Thanks for adding these options! The less physical “stuff” have to accumulate while still enjoying my media, the happier I am!