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Posted May 06, 2015
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!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

== BUG REPORTING ==

Please use: http://mantis.gog.com and include
1. steps to reproduce the bug (if possible)
2. screenshot or movie showing the bug (if possible)
3. Galaxy Client logs (see below)

Where can I find Galaxy logs on my computer?
On Windows 7 or later: C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs

== FEATURE SUGGESTIONS ==

Please use: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy. For feature suggestions and votes on them please try do explain how Galaxy and its users will really benefit from it.

== IMPORT ALREADY INSTALLED GAMES TO GALAXY ==

1. For GOG games installed using installers from the last few months (so called Galaxy-compatible installers)
Click the Galaxy logo button on top of the sidebar and select "scan and import folders" - it will find all compatible games within that folder and add them to the Client.

2. For remaining GOG game INSTALLATIONS
Find the game in the Library (click on the image of the game), then click the More button and select "Manage Installation" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.

== KNOWN ISSUES ==
- throttling max download speed is not yet possible
- notifications related to incoming chat messages and friend requests does not always disappear instantly when consumed and may require reloading Store page
- games imported from existing installations will auto-update once, even if updating is disabled
- Moving Galaxy from /Applications on Mac OS X will stop the app from working
- Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer
Post edited October 03, 2016 by Liosan
Posted July 03, 2015
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Hi Everyone,

Below you can find the changelog of GOG Galaxy.

Changelog 1.1.15 (September 7th, 2016):
Changes / Improvements:
• Added Wallet button in dropdown menu under user's avatar
• Performance improvements on UI speed and a little on CPU usage
• Enabled copying text in Galaxy forums
• History will now remember only the 100 most recent pages in history
Bugfixes:
• Fix for "Disk access problem" bug, which broke installation and updates of games. (Bug happened on Windows only, but general mechanism is better on OS X as well)
• Fix for Verify/Repair, which did not work in some scenarios (The above bug for example)
• Fix for "Server problem" while downloading backup installers or other goodies. They will now work, even if temporary download folder is same as destination folder
• Fixed situations in which Store page sometimes did not load properly after waking up computer

Changelog 1.1.16 (September 19th, 2016):
Improvements:
• Galaxy now supports H.264 codecs
• Much better handling of paying using third party processors (PayPal, paysafecard etc.)
• Friends and chat window now scale with the system scaling factor
• New and prettier GOG Eula will be used in games
• Better handling of loading timeouts

Bugfixes:
• "INSTALLED" label will appear all pages of the library now
• Fixed a bug with game time tracking for some games. Galaxy will now register more than one minute:)
• Fixed a bug in which Galaxy in rare cases could not be able to update the game (bug rather existed in rollbacks)
• Galaxy will no longer show a little bit of bare code upon launching
• Fixed blurred images in sidebar expanded list mode

Changelog 1.1.17(hotfix September 20th, 2016):
• Fixed crashes and 'Disk Access Problem' caused by updating Galaxy from 1.1.12 (and earlier versions) to 1.1.16

Changelog 1.1.18 (October 19th, 2016):
Improvements:
• More accurate game time tracking mechanism
• Improved mechanism showing current online status between friends

Bugfixes:
• Fixed a bug which caused Galaxy to stop tracking game time

Changelog 1.1.19 (October 25th, 2016):
Improvements:
• We have removed download size from Galaxy updater. It showed faulty data, as Galaxy Updater doesn't download > 100mb each time and only downloads differences. It will come back in nearest future, when it will show correct data:)
• The first check for game updates will be done 15s after Galaxy starts, instead of 5 minutes.
• OSX: Improved mechanism responsible for removing old files left by Galaxy updates
• OSX: Improved the way Galaxy handles installing games into protected locations like /Applications; you will receive a password prompt about a "Helper tool" installation

Bugfixes:
• Fixed "Essential components missing" error which sometimes appeared after fresh installation
• Fixed a situation where failure in Updater could lead to Galaxy not being able to launch
• Fixed self-update on OSX to properly delete leftover files
• Fixed friends window losing functionality after network loss and reconnect
• Fixed blurry Windows 10 Galaxy tray icon
• Galaxy will remember maximised window status

Changelog 1.1.20(November 2nd, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Fixed installing XNA4 and other msi-based dependencies.
• Store page won't be reloaded twice upon logging in

Changelog: 1.1.21 (November 17th, 2016)
Improvements / changes:
• Added "with preview updates" suffix to Galaxy window title
• Small optimizations with memory and Galaxy loading time
• Small improvements with updater, it should fail less

Bugfixes:
• Fixed a bug with Galaxy refreshing pages
• Fixed occasional crashes

Changelog 1.1.22 (November 22nd, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Galaxy will no longer freeze when downloading a game update and checking another game in library
• Galaxy should crash even less now:)

Changelog 1.1.23 (November 28th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Galaxy will be now able to reconnect to internet correctly, if computer was put to sleep and then woken up without (initially) Internet connection
• Downloading of games/updates should have less impact on starting other installations

Changelog 1.1.24(December 6th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Downloading an installer with Galaxy and using it to install the game should not result in redownloading the whole game again
• Updater should no longer report over 100% progress on download

Adjustments:
• Increased timeout for failures during sign in
• Increased timeout for "Loading Timeout"

Changelog 1.1.25 (December 20th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Fixed a crash when trying to install certain games (Game affected was 1979 Revolution: Black Friday).

Changelog 1.1.26 (December 23rd, 2016, Preview only)
Changes:
• Introduced new downloading mechanism

Changelog 1.1.27 (January 26th, 2017, Preview)
Bugfixes:
• Aborting or pausing downloads will be smoother (They will stop faster)
• Pausing downloads will no longer cause memory usage to go super high

Changelog 1.1.27 (January 31th, 2017)
Changes:
• Introduced new downloading mechanism
Bugfixes:
• Aborting or pausing downloads will be smoother (They will stop faster)
• Pausing downloads will no longer cause memory usage to go super high

Changelog 1.1.28 (March 10th, 2017)
Changes / Improvements:
- Better support for differential patches. They are now seperate depending on game's language and system bitness
- Italian & Japanese partial support + more Spanish translations
- Improved checking for new available updates of the games
- We'll sort available DLCs alphabetically
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when Galaxy doesn't have permissions to the logs directory
- Fixed showing empty grey page after a while of inactivity
- Fixed infinite spinner after going to support page
- Fixed displaying of prices in cart when they were over 999 (Bug caused by a comma in the price)
- MacOS: Popup windows (for example chat) will no longer open as a tab but as a separate window instead
- MacOS: Fixed memory leak (~30MB upon GOG Galaxy launch)
- MacOS: Fixed memory leak while playing a game

Changelog 1.1.29 (March 14nd, 2017)
Changes:
- Changes in downloading mechanism, which allows for better control over download's flow
Bugfixes:
- Fixed displaying progress of differential patches (It did not display the "Extracting" status)

Changelog 1.1.30 (March 16th, 2017)
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash within games downloading mechanism

== PREVIEW UPDATES* ===

HOW TO ENABLE PREVIEWS?
Go to your Galaxy settings and check the option to receive preview updates.

HOW TO DISABLE PREVIEW?
- Uninstall Galaxy
- Download current installer from gog.com/galaxy
- Install Galaxy
- Import your games

Changelog 1.2.0 (March 22nd, 2017)
Changes and improvements:
- Cloud saves backup and syncing (supported games only)
- Screenshot capture with F12 (supported games only)
- In-game overlay with FPS counter and notifications (supported games only)
- Greatly improved chat, also in overlay
- Ability to enable or disable achievements, game time tracking, auto-updating games and more
- Desktop and in-game notifications system
- Ability to set bandwidth limit and scheduler
- New settings window
- Rarity information in achievements
- Abort button next to installation status
- Only one Galaxy Updater window will be shown in most cases
- GOG Galaxy updates will be downloaded in the background
- Games are now downloaded directly to their install directory, instead of a temporary location
- Galaxy changelog is displayed in Galaxy

Bugfixes:
- Fixed game time tracking issues
- Initial size of Galaxy Client window will respect Windows scaling
- Improved Windows 10 Galaxy tray icon
- Fixed a bug which caused Galaxy to redownload whole data in case of a failure of installation/update
- Thumbnail highlighting in media gallery now works properly
- Decreased client's network and CPU usage (especially for a lot of games)
- MacOS: Fixed situation when Galaxy Client could downloading due to App Nap
- MacOS: Fixed crash when logging out with "New post" popup open
- MacOS: Fixed game processes not being properly cleaned up after exiting
Post edited March 22, 2017 by TheTomasz
Posted March 26, 2016
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For everyone who has a problem with missing api-ms-crt dlls in Client's versions post 1.1.5:
Please install one of those windows update: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118401
You may need to update Windows to meet the requirements for these:
For Windows 8.1 and for Windows Server 2012: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2919355
For Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/976932

You can also try reinstalling Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables 2015 (x86) if you meet above requirements.
Available here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

If above instructions doesn't work for you, create a separate issue on mantis.gog.com and we'll try to help you individually.

Please note that this solution only helps with the missing api-ms-crt dlls.


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Answering this question: Why 1.1 doesn't work after updating to 1.2?

This is happening probably due to incompatible database from version 1.2, please delete this folder:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\storage
usually
C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\storage\

Then you'll have to use scan&import (menu under the top Galaxy logo) function to see your games back in Galaxy Client.
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Post edited March 27, 2017 by TheTomasz
Posted May 07, 2015
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Redfoxe: Is there any game that have achivements?
Sorry for asking :P
:)
Posted May 07, 2015
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Redfoxe: Is there any game that have achivements?
Sorry for asking :P
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moonshineshadow: The only game I know of at the moment that has achievements is Witcher 2. But it seems it does not display it correctly if you get the achievements.
Witcher Adventure Game has them too.
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DieRuhe: What does "installation broken" mean? Just tried to download Mount & Blade Warband. Uninstalled it specifically so I could install it through Galaxy, and no love. I tried "verify/repair" with same results. Guess I'll go back to the old way for now.

edit: trying it again, just for the heck of it. The first time I tried downloading the client it didn't work. The next day it did. Sure seems like a slow game installation, though. If I did it the old way I'd be playing already. Good thing I didn't start drinking yet...
I always seem to have trouble with that game and Galaxy. But normally I've only seen installation broken if you have the game or DLC installed before trying to install or import the game in Galaxy.

That game and DLC needs a complete fresh install...
Post edited May 07, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted May 07, 2015
Seems to be working fine, could you add the ability to sort my game alphabetically, and also by game rating.

Keep up the good work

{edit] Just noticed the Galaxyclient helper.exe is using 300MB of memory, memory leak?

I killed the process, it restarted at 15MB then went upto 147MB where it is steady

I also noticed when I kill the Galaxyclient helper. exe it refreshes Galaxy to the store page.
Post edited May 07, 2015 by Cavenagh
Posted May 07, 2015
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Venom: !!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

== BUG REPORTING ==

Please use: http://mantis.gog.com and include
1. steps to reproduce the bug (if possible)
2. screenshot or movie showing the bug (if possible)
3. Galaxy Client logs (see below)

Where can I find Galaxy logs on my computer?
On Windows Vista or later: C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs

== FEATURE SUGGESTIONS ==

Please use: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy. For feature suggestions and votes on them please try do explain how Galaxy and its users will really benefit from it.

== IMPORT ALREADY INSTALLED GAMES TO GALAXY ==

1. For GOG games installed using installers from the last few months (so called Galaxy-compatible installers)
Click the "+" button on top of the sidebar and select "scan and import folders" - it will find all compatible games within that folder and add them to the Client.

2. For remaining GOG game INSTALLATIONS
Find the game in the Library (click on the image of the game), then click the More button and select "Manage" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.
Please be aware that Client will accept any folder pointed to and will overwrite files inside it (this can for example wipe some mods or damage other apps in case of pointing to a wrong folder) and will update the game to the newest version (current default language English).

== KNOWN ISSUES ==

- few games are not yet compatible with Galaxy and are marked accordingly on Library page
- games not compatible with your current operating system cannot be accessed from the Library page
- when starting with the OS, Client doesn’t start minimised
- back / forward navigation is only available in Store section and requires further work
- pausing downloads or throttling max download speed is not yet possible
- notifications related to incoming chat messages and friend requests does not always disappear instantly when consumed and may require reloading Store page
- games imported from existing installations will auto-update once, even if updating is disabled
- games installed in Galaxy alpha 0.6 that included DLC may require a full game reinstall in the beta
- reinstalling Galaxy (Windows) to a different folder than the initial install will cause an error
- Moving Galaxy from /Applications on Mac OS X will stop the app from working
- Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer
- UI is currently available in English only but occasional quirks may happen where “download extras” list is displayed in another language
- option to change currency and some other settings aren’t yet accessible in the Galaxy
- PayPal payment window sometimes does not show properly on Windows
Anway to Add ppl outside of finding them in the forums?
Posted May 07, 2015
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moonshineshadow: The only game I know of at the moment that has achievements is Witcher 2. But it seems it does not display it correctly if you get the achievements.
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BKGaming: Witcher Adventure Game has them too.
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DieRuhe: What does "installation broken" mean? Just tried to download Mount & Blade Warband. Uninstalled it specifically so I could install it through Galaxy, and no love. I tried "verify/repair" with same results. Guess I'll go back to the old way for now.

edit: trying it again, just for the heck of it. The first time I tried downloading the client it didn't work. The next day it did. Sure seems like a slow game installation, though. If I did it the old way I'd be playing already. Good thing I didn't start drinking yet...
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BKGaming: I always seem to have trouble with that game and Galaxy. But normally I've only seen installation broken if you have the game or DLC installed before trying to install or import the game in Galaxy.

That game and DLC needs a complete fresh install...
I guess it'll have to be one of those things I wait on, where Galaxy is concerned. Warband was the only game I had installed (the old way), and I uninstalled it before trying Galaxy, but two tries = two fails. Back to the downloader so I can play!
Posted May 07, 2015
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FiatLux: I understood what you meant "that you wanted a "take back" opportunity when sending a friends invite (a take back before anyone had accepted) .
My point were and is that the "standard" way of implementing that on Steam , as you well know , is that if you send an invitation and regrets it , then what's the big problem ? just delete the person from your friends list afterwards *if they accept* your invite , it's called managing your friends list or correcting mistakes - as you please ;)
Why on earth have GOG use lots of resources on giving people "take back opportunity" when / if (?) already implemented in remove person from list afterwards ?

Anyway , I might be in err here , with spending the resources to implement feature I mean , if this is something that you really thinks ought to be implemented then I think that you ought to put up a wish for it at the wishlist :
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy

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HypersomniacLive: As I well know? How would you know what I know? I don't use Steam; I don't even have a Seam account, never will have one. My question was genuine, as I have no idea what the "standard" or any other way of implementation is.
IMO, it'd probably be best if you didn't make assumptions about people you've never interacted with.
Let's see , in my first response I wrote :
"if GOG use the same concept that Steam do then the cancellation is called "remove person from your friends list" , and I would be very surprised if they don't implement that as a standard feature ;)"

To that you didn't profess any "ignorance" as to how Steam works so "excuse me" if I thought that you knew anything at all about Steam basics.
But I still do not see why you have to start acting offended and telling me what I should assume and not assume.
I generally do quite well..
Yes this is the "GOG scene" so one might expect that some people are totally ignorant about how Steam works, but I honestly don't think tat I am "guilty of any crime here" , I only see you as unnecessarily harsh and I *never* wrote that your question were not genuine , on the contrary I told you were to place your wish and NOT where to stick / put your question if you read my post as if it were the other way around then there is nothing that I can do about that.
Relax please , I were only trying to give an opinion based on "how stuff works" and I did point you to where you can place wishes - what more do you want ?

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Venom: !!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

SNIP
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Cain_Kousei: Anway to Add ppl outside of finding them in the forums?
Wishlist says that that is in progress , Reference :
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_friends_via_username_or_email_address

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Cavenagh: Seems to be working fine, could you add the ability to sort my game alphabetically, and also by game rating.

Keep up the good work

{edit] Just noticed the Galaxyclient helper.exe is using 300MB of memory, memory leak?

I killed the process, it restarted at 15MB then went upto 147MB where it is steady

I also noticed when I kill the Galaxyclient helper. exe it refreshes Galaxy to the store page.
If you think that you got a bug please report it here :
http://mantis.gog.com
Post edited May 07, 2015 by FiatLux
Posted May 07, 2015
mount and warband failed to install, I used the import option [was alreay installed]

Two worlds II which I have installed, once again I used the import function, but the client started to download the whole game again 5GB, I had to kill the client.

I aborted the download of Two worlds 2, but everytime I start up the client it starts downloading 5GB again, I renamed the game folder. so it won't get over rwritten.

The game I have installed is 'two worlds 2 epic edition' the one the client is downloading is called 'Two Worlds II Velvet Edition' ??
Post edited May 07, 2015 by Cavenagh
Posted May 07, 2015
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Cain_Kousei: Anway to Add ppl outside of finding them in the forums?
I just linked my friends to a post I made and got them to add me as a friend.
Posted May 07, 2015
Having a problem installing Witcher 2 via galaxy. It downloads all the files just fine, it then says moving 0.0% then gives me the error shown in the attachment. The drive it is installing to has over 100gb free and I have also tried launching Galaxy in admin mode, specs:

Win 8.1
i5 2500k@4.6ghz
8 gb ram
gtx 980
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Posted May 07, 2015
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FiatLux: you can buy games on DVD that needs Steam to install)
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Pheace: And you can buy games on DVD that require a GOG account for updates/dlc, what's your point? :)

As for beta, the client seems to randomly flash in the taskbar sometimes with no clear reason why.
I don't see where you are going with this (?)
You take something completely out of context and then asks a silly question ! .
What I wrote were in response to another users remark : HERE IT IS :

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Tospaa: sa gençler

when will the steam integration feature come? does anyone know?
Hopefully never , GOG sells DRM FREE stuff where as Steam is DRM in itself (you can buy games on DVD that needs Steam to install)
For CORE users of GOG then the DRM FREE is a PARAMOUNT concept / feature of GOG and their games !

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AT Pheace , so I honestly don't understand your behaving . The guy asks for Steam integration and I tell him hopefully never and tell him why (that Steam is DRM even to the point where you can buy games on DVD that you think is non-Steam but actually requires Steam client to install as they needs Steam to even install , where as GOG IS ABOUT DRM FREE GAMES.
So Pheace , I find your behavior and question quite odd to say the least !!!
Post edited May 07, 2015 by FiatLux
Posted May 07, 2015
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Swabbers: Im in the same boat I got an email but it just redirects me to the GOG website, this was yesterday btw.
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moonshineshadow: The email you got was just a news email. It is normally taking you to the galaxy website where you can sign up for the beta:
www.gog.com/galaxy
It seems like quite a few are having the same problem, signing up, but no download/invite e-mail....
Posted May 07, 2015
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moonshineshadow: The email you got was just a news email. It is normally taking you to the galaxy website where you can sign up for the beta:
www.gog.com/galaxy
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Swabbers: It seems like quite a few are having the same problem, signing up, but no download/invite e-mail....
Because the invites are sent out in batches. Many people are still waiting for their invite. So only thing you can do is wait :-)

[edit] Just so that you know what to look for: The invite email will contain a code that you can redeem here on the website to get the client added to your account
Post edited May 07, 2015 by moonshineshadow
Posted May 07, 2015
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Swabbers: It seems like quite a few are having the same problem, signing up, but no download/invite e-mail....
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moonshineshadow: Because the invites are sent out in batches. Many people are still waiting for their invite. So only thing you can do is wait :-)

[edit] Just so that you know what to look for: The invite email will contain a code that you can redeem here on the website to get the client added to your account
NM, I just got mine today, I just had to wait, wow I fell into the impatient customer category this time.... thanks for the feed back though...
Posted May 07, 2015
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moonshineshadow: Because the invites are sent out in batches. Many people are still waiting for their invite. So only thing you can do is wait :-)

[edit] Just so that you know what to look for: The invite email will contain a code that you can redeem here on the website to get the client added to your account
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Swabbers: NM, I just got mine today, I just had to wait, wow I fell into the impatient customer category this time.... thanks for the feed back though...
No problem. I hope you have fun testing the beta client :-)
Posted May 07, 2015
hi just installed the client... but theres tons of below viewing thresholds on load and loads of replies and or posts
this makes replying and giving/reading feedback impossible


i made some screenhots from seevral pages, and made a compilation of it on 1 big image, i have send the image with a question to support cause i think a setting is wrong on the forum cause laods of the posts need to be unfold ...


so until this is fixed i cant reply cause all will be folded anyways
so i will experiment with galaxy abit for now.
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