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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 08, 2015
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KnThrak: Wow, what's with most posts in most threads being under the viewing threshold? :o
A glitch.
Posted May 08, 2015
I have a question about the beta - is it deleting mods? For example - if I download Planescape Torment via Galaxy and mod it, will the Galaxy check files without my say so and delete 'non-game' files?
Posted May 08, 2015
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Bethezer: I have a question about the beta - is it deleting mods? For example - if I download Planescape Torment via Galaxy and mod it, will the Galaxy check files without my say so and delete 'non-game' files?
I think as long as you do not auto-update you should be fine. Because when importing games to galaxy it deletes mods, but after you have it there, you should have no problem I think (except maybe for updates, not sure about that).
No guarantee ;-)
Posted May 08, 2015
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moonshineshadow: I think as long as you do not auto-update you should be fine. Because when importing games to galaxy it deletes mods, but after you have it there, you should have no problem I think (except maybe for updates, not sure about that).
No guarantee ;-)
I see... Well, I doub there will be many updates for them (especially because they are already Galaxy'd), but I'll try and see. Thanks for the answer. :)
Posted May 08, 2015
i let it scan my GOG folder i think i have 50 or 60 of the games installed, i have 344 or so and i dont think all these game could be installed on my HD
so i just install the best and after i finished them i uninstall them usually using a uninstall tool these have option to check for 'leftovers' to guarantee there are no redundant no longer needed fonts , icons, links, shortcuts, registry entries and more like that .


lots of the games that are installed were not recognized, i dont know how many game is 'some games' but i had 36 or 40 recognised from the 50 or 55 that i do have installed, but thats just a technicality i guess so i dont mind.

However for the time beiing and i guess for the future i will be using the website to order games /make transactions like i did before.

The client will be used as a handy librarry tool to manage all things except payments.
Posted May 08, 2015
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POLE7645: OK. I have two small questions.
2- I'm curious about the archievements. So far, only The Witcher 2 have them (that doesn't surprise me at all), but I wonder how you're going to add archievement to other games (and if so, which games are considered for adding archivements. I don't think you'd be able to add those with DOS games.) This one is purely for curiosity sake,
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skeletonbow: Most games in the catalogue are unlikely to ever have achievements because it isn't something you would add to a game outside of the game but something that has to be built directly into the game guts, so that when certain conditions are met inside the game that match an achievement, the game engine can signal the Galaxy libraries to activate a Galaxy achievement either on your local system offline, or to your online account depending on how they happen to have implemented that. Since GOG does not own or have access to the source code of the majority of the games they sell (they're just the distributor, not the developer or publisher), they wont have any trivial way to add achievements or any other special Galaxy oriented online or offline features to games which require editing the game's source code to implement. In order for a game to have Galaxy achievements implemented will require the developer of the game to want to add that feature to their game and give GOG an update, or for them to give GOG access to their source code for the game and GOG want to add the support themselves and have the manpower resources to do the work.

In reality, I don't expect many old games to get Galaxy achievements or other such features simply due to the technical reasons I mention above making it infeasible. We'll most likely see achievements for all of the CDPR games first, and then we might see them added to certain games here that have Steam achievements on Steam for which the developer/publisher still maintains/patches/updates the game or thinks that adding such a feature might stimulate more sales of their game here. We'll also likely see brand new games (indie or otherwise) that are coming out that normally would have Steam achievements possibly implementing GOG Galaxy equivalent when they release here too.

The majority if not all of older games that are no longer actively developed and updated with bugfixes/features/etc. are probably going to stay that way forever I imagine though. Might be the odd exception but I suspect that'll be rare.

I believe Running With Scissors mentioned before that they might consider adding Galaxy features to Postal 2, but I would imagine it would be some time before they would be able to do that with their small team and workload with the new Postal 2 expansion pack and whatnot.

Ultimately though it is up to developers/publishers whether or not to support special Galaxy features in their games and update them. The only features GOG can really do anything about are generic Galaxy-client side things such as implementing an overlay, the friend chat stuff, and other things that operate independently of the games.

Hope this helps.
Sony have patented an external stat tracker than can be used to apply achievements to any game without the source code, however I doubt GOG have the resources currently to put so much time into a similar system while avoiding Sony's patents
Posted May 08, 2015
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Venom: !!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

<SNIP>
This page : http://www.gog.com/galaxy
clearly says :
" Backup copy download
Want to backup your purchases? We get it. For all games, you can download a DRM-free backup installer that you can save to an external disk, drive or cloud. "
and feature is not marked with a (soon) as other still missing features is .

So my question is , where is the * download the "backup copy" button when in the games library in the Galaxy client ?
Not implemented yet ?
Personally I expect the Galaxy client to be able to do EVERYTHING that the old original GOG downloader can and in the same ROCK SOLID RELIABLE way ..
I find the original GOG downloader to be a *very* impressive tool / downloader , a piece of software that you can load just as many of your downloads onto as you wish and it's so reliable and it has never crashed or broken for me. So I expect nothing less from the Galaxy Client if that is to to succeed and supersede the original GOG dowload manager !

My idea for a GOG client clearly were a combined GOG download and install manager (rock solid thank you) and all the rest is merely features that is "to attract a wider , younger and more modern crowd" and / or "icing on the cake"....

It is coming and being implemented you say ? , oh! , well , I am really glad to hear that and I only write this post to make a point as to that it is poor psychology that it is not in place from the start ;) :P

My expectation to the Galaxy client is that it will be "the perfect tool" for managing , downloading and installing my DRM FREE games and that it will also ease accessibility for the less computer savvy. That you guys is trying to make a thing that will also implement a lot of community and shopping features *is* understandable since that is also part of why e.g. Steam is so popular...
Oh , well , I guess that I will just have to wait and see ;)
Post edited May 08, 2015 by FiatLux
Posted May 08, 2015
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Venom: !!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

<SNIP>
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FiatLux: This page : http://www.gog.com/galaxy
clearly says :
" Backup copy download
Want to backup your purchases? We get it. For all games, you can download a DRM-free backup installer that you can save to an external disk, drive or cloud. "
and feature is not marked with a (soon) as other still missing features is .

So my question is , where is the * download the "backup copy" button when in the games library in the Galaxy client ?
Choose any game from your sidebar or go to you Library, click on any games image to go to it's page. Then from the "More" dropdown choose "Download extras". You can download offline installers and all the extras for each game.
Posted May 08, 2015
One question, in beta galaxy, Installs the DLCs or you have to do it manually
Posted May 08, 2015
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isanvicente: One question, in beta galaxy, Installs the DLCs or you have to do it manually
It will download/install the DLCs unless told not too.
Posted May 08, 2015
thanks
Posted May 08, 2015
I'm currently unable to download GOG Galaxy - I'm redirected to a 403 - Forbidden page when I click on the download link in my library. Any help?
Posted May 08, 2015
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SpiralJacobs: I'm currently unable to download GOG Galaxy - I'm redirected to a 403 - Forbidden page when I click on the download link in my library. Any help?
Possibly server load, just wait for some time
Posted May 08, 2015
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Posted May 08, 2015
This has most likely been mentioned already but just wanted to mention it just in case.

The memory usage of "GalaxyClient Helper" is extremely high. 172MB just idle. the rest of the client is just using 67MB which is more what I was expecting.

I'm not 100% sure what the helper does but the fact it's using so much memory makes the software not something that you'd want to run in the background constantly.
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