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NAME
LGOGDownloader - manual page for LGOGDownloader 3.17
SYNOPSIS
lgogdownloader [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
An open-source GOG.com downloader for Linux users which uses the same API as GOG Galaxy.
LGOGDownloader can download purchased games, query GOG.com to see if game files have changed, as well as
downloading extras such as artwork and manuals. It is capable of downloading language-specific installers
for games where they exist.
LGOGDownloader Options:
-h [ --help ]
Print help message
--version
Print version information
--login
Login
--gui-login
Login (force GUI login)
Implies --enable-login-gui
--browser-login
Login (force browser login)
--check-login-status
Check login status
--list [=arg(=games)]
List games/tags
Games = g|games
Details = d|details
JSON = j|json
Tags = t|tags
Transformations = tr|transform|transformations
User data = ud|userdata
Wishlist = w|wishlist
--download
Download
--repair
Repair downloaded files Use --repair --download to redownload files when filesizes don't match
(possibly different version). Redownload will rename the old file (appends .old to filename)
--game arg
Set regular expression filter for download/list/repair (Perl syntax)
--create-xml [=arg(=automatic)]
Create GOG XML for file
"automatic" to enable automatic XML creation
--notifications
Check notifications
--updated
List/download only games with update flag set
--new List/download only games with new flag set
--clear-update-flags
Clear update notification flags
--check-orphans arg
Check for orphaned files (files found on local filesystem that are not found on GOG servers).
Sets regular expression filter (Perl syntax) for files to check. If no argument is given then the
regex defaults to '.*\.(zip|exe|bin|dmg|old|deb|tar\.gz|pkg|sh|mp4)$'
--delete-orphans
Delete orphaned files during --check-orphans and --galaxy-install
--status
Show status of files
Output format:
statuscode gamename filename filesize filehash
Status codes:
OK - File is OK
ND - File is not downloaded
MD5 - MD5 mismatch, different version
FS - File size mismatch, incomplete download
See also --no-fast-status-check option
--save-config
Create config file with current settings
--reset-config
Reset config settings to default
--report [=arg(=lgogdownloader-report.log)]
Save report of downloaded/repaired files to specified file
Default filename: lgogdownloader-report.log
--update-cache
Update game details cache
--no-platform-detection
Don't try to detect supported platforms from game shelf.
Skips the initial fast platform detection and detects the supported platforms
from game details which is slower but more accurate.
Useful in case platform identifier is missing for some games in the game shelf.
Using --platform with --list doesn't work with this option.
--download-file arg
Download files using fileid
Format:
"gamename/fileid"
"gamename/dlc_gamename/fileid"
"gogdownloader://gamename/fileid"
"gogdownloader://gamename/dlc_name/fileid"
Multiple files:
"gamename1/fileid1,gamename2/fileid2,gamename2/dlcname/fileid1"
This option ignores all subdir options.
The files are downloaded to directory specified with --directory option.
-o [ --output-file ] arg
Set filename of file downloaded with --download-file.
--cacert arg
Path to CA certificate bundle in PEM format
--respect-umask
Do not adjust permissions of sensitive files
--user-agent arg (=LGOGDownloader/3.17 (Linux x86_64))
Set user agent
--wine-prefix arg (=.)
Set wineprefix directory
--cloud-whitelist arg
Include this list of cloud saves, by default all cloud saves are included
Example: --cloud-whitelist saves/AutoSave-0 saves/AutoSave-1/screenshot.png
--cloud-blacklist arg
Exclude this list of cloud saves
Example: --cloud-blacklist saves/AutoSave-0 saves/AutoSave-1/screenshot.png
--cloud-force
Download or Upload cloud saves even if they're up-to-date
Delete remote cloud saves even if no saves are whitelisted
--enable-login-gui
Enable login GUI when encountering reCAPTCHA on login form
--tag arg
Filter using tags. Separate with "," to use multiple values
--blacklist arg (=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/blacklist.txt)
Filepath to blacklist
--ignorelist arg (=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/ignorelist.txt)
Filepath to ignorelist
--directory arg (=.)
Set download directory
--limit-rate arg (=0)
Limit download rate to value in kB
0 = unlimited
--xml-directory arg
Set directory for GOG XML files
--chunk-size arg (=10)
Chunk size (in MB) when creating XML
--platform arg (=w+l)
Select which installers are downloaded
Windows = w|win|windows
Mac = m|mac|osx
Linux = l|lin|linux
All = all
Set priority by separating values with ","
Combine values by separating with "+"
Example: Linux if available otherwise Windows and Mac: l,w+m
--language arg (=en)
Select which language installers are downloaded
See LANGUAGES section for available values
All languages = all
Set priority by separating values with ","
Combine values by separating with "+"
Example: German if available otherwise English and French:
--language de,en+fr
--no-remote-xml
Don't use remote XML for repair
--no-unicode
Don't use Unicode in the progress bar
--no-color
Don't use coloring in the progress bar or status messages
--no-duplicate-handling
Don't use duplicate handler for installers
Duplicate installers from different languages are handled separately
--no-subdirectories
Don't create subdirectories for extras, patches and language packs
--curl-verbose
Set libcurl to verbose mode
--insecure
Don't verify authenticity of SSL certificates
--timeout arg (=10)
Set timeout for connection
Maximum time in seconds that connection phase is allowed to take
--retries arg (=3)
Set maximum number of retries on failed download
--wait arg (=0)
Time to wait between requests (milliseconds)
--subdir-installers arg
Set subdirectory for installers
Templates:
- %platform%
- %gamename%
- %gamename_firstletter%
- %dlcname%
- %gamename_transformed%
- %gamename_transformed_firstletter%
- %title%
- %title_stripped%
- %dlc_title%
- %dlc_title_stripped%
--subdir-extras arg (=extras)
Set subdirectory for extras
See --subdir-installers for template values
--subdir-patches arg (=patches)
Set subdirectory for patches
See --subdir-installers for template values
--subdir-language-packs arg (=languagepacks)
Set subdirectory for language packs
See --subdir-installers for template values
--subdir-dlc arg (=dlc/%dlcname%)
Set subdirectory for dlc
See --subdir-installers for template values
--subdir-game arg (=%gamename%)
Set subdirectory for game
See --subdir-installers for template values
--use-cache
Use game details cache
--cache-valid arg (=2880)
Set how long cached game details are valid (in minutes)
Default: 2880 minutes (48 hours)
--save-serials
Save serial numbers when downloading
--save-game-details-json
Save game details JSON data as-is to "game-details.json"
--save-product-json
Save product info JSON data from the API as-is to "product.json"
--save-logo
Save logo when downloading
--save-icon
Save icon when downloading
--ignore-dlc-count [=arg(=.*)]
Set regular expression filter for games to ignore DLC count information
Ignoring DLC count information helps in situations where the account page
doesn't provide accurate information about DLCs
--include arg (=all)
Select what to download/list/repair
Base game installers = bi|basegame_installers
Base game extras = be|basegame_extras
Base game patches = bp|basegame_patches
Base game language packs = bl|basegame_languagepacks|basegame_langpacks
DLC installers = di|dlc_installers
DLC extras = de|dlc_extras
DLC patches = dp|dlc_patches
DLC language packs = dl|dlc_languagepacks|dlc_langpacks
DLCs = d|dlc|dlcs
Basegame = b|bg|basegame
All installers = i|installers
All extras = e|extras
All patches = p|patches
All language packs = l|languagepacks|langpacks
All = all
Separate with "," to use multiple values
--exclude arg
Select what not to download/list/repair
See --include for option values
--automatic-xml-creation
Automatically create XML data after download has completed
--save-changelogs
Save changelogs when downloading
--threads arg (=4)
Number of download threads
--info-threads arg (=4)
Number of threads for getting product info
--progress-interval arg (=100)
Set interval for progress bar update (milliseconds)
Value must be between 1 and 10000
--lowspeed-timeout arg (=30)
Set time in number seconds that the transfer speed should be below the rate
Set with --lowspeed-rate for it to considered too slow and aborted
--lowspeed-rate arg (=200)
Set average transfer speed in bytes per second that the transfer should be
below during time specified with --lowspeed-timeout for it to be
considered too slow and aborted
--include-hidden-products
Include games that have been set hidden in account page
--size-only
Don't check the hashes of the files whose size matches that on the server
--verbosity arg (=0)
Set message verbosity level
-1 = Less verbose
0 = Default
1 = Verbose
2 = Debug
--check-free-space
Check for available free space before starting download
--no-fast-status-check
Don't use fast status check.
Makes --status much slower but able to catch corrupted files by calculating
local file hash for all files.
--trust-api-for-extras
Trust API responses for extras to be correct.
--interface arg
Perform operations using a specified network interface
Experimental:
--galaxy-install arg
Install game using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-show-builds arg
Show game builds using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build.
Lists available builds if build is not specified
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-download-cloud-saves arg
Download cloud saves using product-id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-upload-cloud-saves arg
Upload cloud saves using product-id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-show-cloud-saves arg
Show game cloud-saves using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-show-local-cloud-saves arg
Show local cloud-saves using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-delete-cloud-saves arg
Delete cloud-saves using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex [gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-platform arg (=w)
Select platform
Windows = w|win|windows
Mac = m|mac|osx
Linux = l|lin|linux
--galaxy-language arg (=en)
Select language
See LANGUAGES section for available values
--galaxy-arch arg (=x64)
Select architecture
32-bit = 32|x86|32bit|32-bit
64-bit = 64|x64|64bit|64-bit
--galaxy-no-dependencies
Don't download dependencies during --galaxy-install
--subdir-galaxy-install arg (=%install_dir%)
Set subdirectory for galaxy install
Templates:
- %install_dir% = Installation directory from Galaxy API response
- %gamename% = Game name
- %title% = Title of the game
- %product_id% = Product id of the game
- %install_dir_stripped% = %install_dir% with some characters stripped
- %title_stripped% = %title% with some characters stripped
"stripped" means that every character that doesn't match the following list is removed:
> alphanumeric
> space
> - _ . ( ) [ ] { }
--galaxy-cdn-priority arg (=edgecast,akamai_edgecast_proxy,fastly)
Set priority for used CDNs
Use --galaxy-list-cdns to list available CDNs
Set priority by separating values with ","
--galaxy-list-cdns arg
List available CDNs for a game using product id [product_id/build] or gamename regex
[gamename/build]
Build (build index or build id) is used to select a build and defaults to 0 if not specified.
Example: 12345/2 selects build 2 for product 12345
--galaxy-lowercase-path arg
Make filepath lowercase for Windows game files
LANGUAGES
Languages available to select with --language and --galaxy-language options
English = en|eng|english|en[_-]US
German = de|deu|ger|german|de[_-]DE
French = fr|fra|fre|french|fr[_-]FR
Polish = pl|pol|polish|pl[_-]PL
Russian = ru|rus|russian|ru[_-]RU
Chinese = cn|zh|zho|chi|chinese|zh[_-](CN|Hans)
Czech = cz|cs|ces|cze|czech|cs[_-]CZ
Spanish = es|spa|spanish|es[_-]ES
Hungarian = hu|hun|hungarian|hu[_-]HU
Italian = it|ita|italian|it[_-]IT
Japanese = jp|ja|jpn|japanese|ja[_-]JP
Turkish = tr|tur|turkish|tr[_-]TR
Portuguese = pt|por|portuguese|pt[_-]PT
Korean = ko|kor|korean|ko[_-]KR
Dutch = nl|nld|dut|dutch|nl[_-]NL
Swedish = sv|swe|swedish|sv[_-]SE
Norwegian = no|nor|norwegian|nb[_-]no|nn[_-]NO
Danish = da|dan|danish|da[_-]DK
Finnish = fi|fin|finnish|fi[_-]FI
Brazilian Portuguese = br|pt_br|pt-br|ptbr|brazilian_portuguese
Slovak = sk|slk|slo|slovak|sk[_-]SK
Bulgarian = bl|bg|bul|bulgarian|bg[_-]BG
Ukrainian = uk|ukr|ukrainian|uk[_-]UA
Spanish (Latin American) = es_mx|es-mx|esmx|es-419|spanish_latin_american
Arabic = ar|ara|arabic|ar[_-][A-Z]{2}
Romanian = ro|ron|rum|romanian|ro[_-][RM]O
Hebrew = he|heb|hebrew|he[_-]IL
Thai = th|tha|thai|th[_-]TH
BLACKLIST
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/blacklist.txt
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be downloaded or mentioned as orphans. See also
IGNORELIST for ignoring files during orphan check.
Each line in the file specifies one blacklist expression, except for empty lines and lines starting with
#.
First few characters specify blacklist item type and flags. So far, only regular expression (perl
variant) are supported, so each line must start with "Rp" characters. After a space comes the expression
itself. Expressions are matched against file path relative to what was specified as --directory.
Example black list
# used to store manually downloaded mods/patches/maps/, don't mention it as orphans
Rp ^[^/]*/manual/.*
# included with every *divinity game, once is enough
Rp beyond_divinity/extras/bd_ladymageknight.zip
Rp divinity_2_developers_cut/extras/divinity_2_ladymageknight.zip
# extra 6GB is A LOT of space if you don't actually plan to mod your game
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/the_witcher_2_redkit.zip
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/extras_pack_3_hu_pl_ru_tr_zh_.zip
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/extras_pack_2_fr_it_jp_.zip
IGNORELIST
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/ignorelist.txt
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be mentioned as orphans.
Basically the same as blacklist but is used only when checking for orphaned files.
See BLACKLIST for details about formatting.
PRIORITIES
Separating values with "," when using language and platform switches enables a priority-based mode: only
the first matching one will be downloaded.
For example, setting language to fr+en means both French and English will be downloaded (if available)
for all games. Setting language to fr,en means that the French version (and only that one) will be
downloaded if available, and if not, the English version will be downloaded.
You're allowed to "stack" codes in the priority string if needed. If you set language to es+fr,en it
means it'll download both Spanish (es) and French (fr) versions if they are available, and the English
(en) one only if none of French and Spanish are available.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this distribution is available from https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader
FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/
Storage for configuration files and cookies
If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, it will use $HOME/.config/lgogdownloader/.
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/lgogdownloader/xml/
Storage for XML files
If $XDG_CACHE_HOME is not set, it will use $HOME/.cache/lgogdownloader/xml/.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/blacklist.txt
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be downloaded.
It doesn't have to exist, but if it does exist, it must be readable to lgogdownloader.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/ignorelist.txt
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be mentioned as orphans. The file has the
same format and interpretation as a blacklist.
It doesn't have to exist, but if it does exist, it must be readable to lgogdownloader.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/gamespecific/gamename.conf
JSON formatted file. Sets game specific settings for gamename.
Allowed settings are language, platform, include, ignore-dlc-count, subdirectories, directory,
subdir-game, subdir-installers, subdir-extras, subdir-patches, subdir-language-packs and subdir-
dlc.
Must be in the following format:
{
"language" : <string>,
"platform" : <string>,
"include" : <string>,
"ignore-dlc-count" : <bool>,
"subdirectories" : <bool>,
"directory" : <string>,
"subdir-game" : <string>,
"subdir-installers" : <string>,
"subdir-extras" : <string>,
"subdir-patches" : <string>,
"subdir-language-packs" : <string>,
"subdir-dlc" : <string>
}
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/transformations.json
JSON formatted file. Used to transform gamenames.
Must be in the following format:
{
<string> :
{
"regex" : <string>,
"replacement" : <string>,
"exceptions" : [
<string>,
<string>,
],
},
<string> :
{
"regex" : <string>,
"replacement" : <string>,
},
}
Member names are used to match the gamename (regex). Member names must be unique.
For example if the file contains 2 rules with "^x" then only the last one is applied. However if
user really wants multiple different rules for everything starting with "x" then adding wild
wildcard matches makes them unique ("^x", "^x.*", "^x.*.*")
If it matches then regex is used for the actual replacement using the value in replacement.
"exceptions" is an optional array of gamenames excluded from the rule. These are matched exactly,
no regex.
Example:
match all games beginning with "b" and if they end with "_the" then remove "_the" at the end and
prefix it with "the_" with exception of "blackwell_epiphany_the"
{
"^b" :
{
"regex" : "(.*)_the$",
"replacement" : "the_\\1",
"exceptions" : [
"blackwell_epiphany_the",
],
},
}
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