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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 June 07, 2015
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Lobstercore: I have been having an extremely frustrating problem, ever since galaxy has come out, I've been unable to access any of my gog games. As far as I know, there are three ways to download our games, and since galaxy has come out, none of them work. I've contacted support several times, but their suggestions don't help, are redundant information from the FAQs, or in the case of the last couple messages I've sent, they have simply gone unanswered. So, in desperation I'm coming here to see if anyone can help.

I'm running windows 7, my browser is firefox, if that's relevant. My antivirus is MSE.

The first problem is with the the galaxy client. It is currently version 1.0.2.958. When I start it up, it tries to update itself, but hangs at 2.3 out of 3.0MB, and then says there was an error, but the latest version can be downloaded from gog, but the link offered is the same version I have, 1.0.2.958. When I try to install Witcher 3, (or any other game) a window pops up to accept the EULA, I accept, then is says "getting file list" and after that a quick window pops up simply saying "game not supported, and I'm sent back to my library screen. I have tried uninstalling reinstalling as administrator, nothing works.

The second problem is gog downloader. When I click on a dowloader link, the client pops up, says its initializing, then a few seconds later says "download complete" with a full progress bar, but the dowload folder is empty.

The third method is the one which always used to work for me, even when downloader started having that problem. That is downloading directly from my account page on the gog website. When I try to do so, I simply get a 404, file not found.

I pre-ordered this game months ago, it's been out for weeks now, and I have no way to access it at all. In fact, I can't access any of the hundreds of games in my gog library. I'm trying to stay patient, but it's very frustrating. Is there anyone out there who knows what's happening?
Some users from China have reported the great firewall of China is blocking some of GOG's servers so your only option might be to use a proxy or VPN of some sort to bypass government firewalling. Not much GOG can do about that.

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shadow1980jpv: I just started GOG Galaxy. Interesting text showed up, to inform me that "Wasteland 2 files corrupted." The game has completely disappeared from my hard disk. I installed the game yesterday and played little without problems.

What heck is happening with galaxy? Does anyone else have problems like this?
Where do you have Galaxy installed, and where did you have the game installed?
Post edited June 07, 2015 by skeletonbow
Posted June 07, 2015
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atrot: Hello, still waiting for real PC release here!
How much more politically correct do you want the release to be?
Posted June 07, 2015
Please add child / family member sub accounts - of course for members of the same household. My husband has no interest in some of my games (girlie stuff), and I don't "want to see" his... (WWII stuff)

Other games however we both like to play (Grim Fandango, Myst, Dark Fall etc) and it would be nice if our progress could be monitored separately.

Netflix offers this option, please add it to Galaxy as well!
Posted June 07, 2015
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Lobstercore: I have been having an extremely frustrating problem, ever since galaxy has come out, I've been unable to access any of my gog games. As far as I know, there are three ways to download our games, and since galaxy has come out, none of them work. I've contacted support several times, but their suggestions don't help, are redundant information from the FAQs, or in the case of the last couple messages I've sent, they have simply gone unanswered. So, in desperation I'm coming here to see if anyone can help.

I'm running windows 7, my browser is firefox, if that's relevant. My antivirus is MSE.

The first problem is with the the galaxy client. It is currently version 1.0.2.958. When I start it up, it tries to update itself, but hangs at 2.3 out of 3.0MB, and then says there was an error, but the latest version can be downloaded from gog, but the link offered is the same version I have, 1.0.2.958. When I try to install Witcher 3, (or any other game) a window pops up to accept the EULA, I accept, then is says "getting file list" and after that a quick window pops up simply saying "game not supported, and I'm sent back to my library screen. I have tried uninstalling reinstalling as administrator, nothing works.

The second problem is gog downloader. When I click on a dowloader link, the client pops up, says its initializing, then a few seconds later says "download complete" with a full progress bar, but the dowload folder is empty.

The third method is the one which always used to work for me, even when downloader started having that problem. That is downloading directly from my account page on the gog website. When I try to do so, I simply get a 404, file not found.

I pre-ordered this game months ago, it's been out for weeks now, and I have no way to access it at all. In fact, I can't access any of the hundreds of games in my gog library. I'm trying to stay patient, but it's very frustrating. Is there anyone out there who knows what's happening?
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skeletonbow: Some users from China have reported the great firewall of China is blocking some of GOG's servers so your only option might be to use a proxy or VPN of some sort to bypass government firewalling. Not much GOG can do about that.

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shadow1980jpv: I just started GOG Galaxy. Interesting text showed up, to inform me that "Wasteland 2 files corrupted." The game has completely disappeared from my hard disk. I installed the game yesterday and played little without problems.

What heck is happening with galaxy? Does anyone else have problems like this?
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skeletonbow: Where do you have Galaxy installed, and where did you have the game installed?
Galaxy is installed:
c:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\

Wasteland 2 was installed:

D:\games\Wasteland 2

D:\games is my official game installation folder. I never install games C:\program files folder. I have installed 10 games using Galaxy and wasteland 2 is a first game, which i had corruption file problem.
Post edited June 07, 2015 by shadow1980jpv
Posted June 07, 2015
MAC USERS: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THE GALAXY BETA

I cannot see how anyone can or would even want to use this on the Macintosh. It is so much worse than nothing that it can be accurately described as the worst piece of software currently on my computer.

I re-downloaded and updated the Galaxy beta app yesterday. The version is the same as the one installed previously.

Every game shown in the Galaxy app library had to be 'reinstalled', even ones I downloaded a few weeks ago. Galaxy couldn't find even one installation, even though all of them are in the Applications folder. Fine, I point the Galaxy app at the individual game folders one by one and 50GB later the library is 'up to date'.

But wait. There's two dozen games missing from my Galaxy library that are visible in my library shown on GoG.com. I use the magic plus sign to Scan and Import Folders. All 24 games fail, all with the same error: 'Did not find any games to import.' This happens when I point at the exact folder the game executable is in.

Oh, right, it might be the 'old install' problem. So I re-download a game (through GoG downloader, obviously) and install it in Applications. Then I select Scan and Import Folders. Any guesses the result? 'Did not find any games to import'.

So 24 games are missing from Galaxy because the Galaxy app is hopelessly broken, the games cannot be added to Galaxy because the client is hopelessly app, and some games cannot be updated even within the client, because, well, the Galaxy app is broken.

I have already filed a report about this, and my recommendation to Mac users is: Don't bother with the Galaxy app until it is out of beta for a few months at least. It is so much worse than nothing that the developers should apologize and remove the Mac Galaxy app from distribution until it is fixed.

And for those who are already responding with 'What do you expect from a Beta?', my answer is "I should see the exact same items in my library through the Galaxy app that I do through GoG online. If not, I should be able to add the missing items to my library with a trivial amount of effort.'

That's the minimum I expect from a Beta.
Posted June 08, 2015
For the Mac client, what is the best way to use it in a multi-user environment, I.e. I'd like to be able to share my game library with my children who all have their own user account on the Mac.

If this is possible will they share the game saves as well?

Also I did install all my games in the Application folder. Can I move them afterwards through the Galaxy client?

Thanks
Posted June 08, 2015
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esieens: For the Mac client, what is the best way to use it in a multi-user environment, I.e. I'd like to be able to share my game library with my children who all have their own user account on the Mac.

If this is possible will they share the game saves as well?

Also I did install all my games in the Application folder. Can I move them afterwards through the Galaxy client?

Thanks
Hello,

Currently multi-user environment is not really supported, of course it will be in the future.

As a workaround you can run it by multiple users by logging out everyone from the system except the one that'll be using the client (so you can't use fast user switching). That user will be able to run the client, log in with his own account to Galaxy and play games that were installed by you. Of course he/she won't be able to install games you own, just those that are tied to his/hers account on GOG.

If the game stores saves in the same folder for every user, then of course it will share them. But some of the games may store them in user's home directory, in this situation you'll need to copy them.

As for moving games, you can move it to a different folder manually through Finder, the client will see that as uninstallation but you can use the "Scan & Import" functionality to pull it back to the Galaxy.

Hope that helps!

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sdlotu: MAC USERS: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THE GALAXY BETA

I cannot see how anyone can or would even want to use this on the Macintosh. It is so much worse than nothing that it can be accurately described as the worst piece of software currently on my computer.

I re-downloaded and updated the Galaxy beta app yesterday. The version is the same as the one installed previously.

Every game shown in the Galaxy app library had to be 'reinstalled', even ones I downloaded a few weeks ago. Galaxy couldn't find even one installation, even though all of them are in the Applications folder. Fine, I point the Galaxy app at the individual game folders one by one and 50GB later the library is 'up to date'.

But wait. There's two dozen games missing from my Galaxy library that are visible in my library shown on GoG.com. I use the magic plus sign to Scan and Import Folders. All 24 games fail, all with the same error: 'Did not find any games to import.' This happens when I point at the exact folder the game executable is in.

Oh, right, it might be the 'old install' problem. So I re-download a game (through GoG downloader, obviously) and install it in Applications. Then I select Scan and Import Folders. Any guesses the result? 'Did not find any games to import'.

So 24 games are missing from Galaxy because the Galaxy app is hopelessly broken, the games cannot be added to Galaxy because the client is hopelessly app, and some games cannot be updated even within the client, because, well, the Galaxy app is broken.

I have already filed a report about this, and my recommendation to Mac users is: Don't bother with the Galaxy app until it is out of beta for a few months at least. It is so much worse than nothing that the developers should apologize and remove the Mac Galaxy app from distribution until it is fixed.

And for those who are already responding with 'What do you expect from a Beta?', my answer is "I should see the exact same items in my library through the Galaxy app that I do through GoG online. If not, I should be able to add the missing items to my library with a trivial amount of effort.'

That's the minimum I expect from a Beta.
Please remember that for the Mac around 50% of the games downloaded from the browser are compatible with the Galaxy, we're in the Beta after all. That's why you're getting the "Did not find any games to import" when scanning for games. I know this is not the perfect scenario but it's not an easy task to make everything compatible on day one.

We're working hard on this one, believe me!

Please install the games from the Galaxy for the time being.
Post edited June 08, 2015 by Fallen_Zen
Posted June 08, 2015
hi. what multiplayer games curently work with gog galaxy? thx
Posted June 08, 2015
I scan for games and it doesn't find a single one.

Civ 5
Eve
Guild Wars 2
StarCraft
WOW
ESO
Posted June 08, 2015
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DirectAim: I scan for games and it doesn't find a single one.

Civ 5
Eve
Guild Wars 2
StarCraft
WOW
ESO
Not surprising, as those aren't available (yet!) on gog..
If you really want to add external games to Galaxy, follow this
Posted June 08, 2015
I find Galaxy & GOG forums less than intuitive to use, so forgive me if I've missed this but....
Is there some form of GOG &/or Galaxy newsletter?
It seems to me that GOG are a relatively small company attempting quite a large task, and as such, I'm prepared to allow for that, but I like to think that the team are working hard on getting Galaxy up to speed. It would be good, I think, if there was a newsletter to let us all know what the team are working on & when they hope to release updates to Galaxy. You know, just generally keep us up to speed on progress. I feel it would lessen gripes & maybe concentrate the community's attention/feedback on most relevant matters.
Just a thought. :)
Posted June 08, 2015
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skeletonbow: Some users from China have reported the great firewall of China is blocking some of GOG's servers so your only option might be to use a proxy or VPN of some sort to bypass government firewalling. Not much GOG can do about that.
Note that Lobstercore is from the Republic Of China, which is also known as Taiwan. It is not Peoples Republic of China (or mainland China), which we in the west usally tend to call "China". Iirc, the Great Firewall does not extend to Taiwan.

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Lobstercore: I have been having an extremely frustrating problem, ever since galaxy has come out, I've been unable to access any of my gog games. As far as I know, there are three ways to download our games, and since galaxy has come out, none of them work. I've contacted support several times, but their suggestions don't help, are redundant information from the FAQs, or in the case of the last couple messages I've sent, they have simply gone unanswered. So, in desperation I'm coming here to see if anyone can help.

[...snip...]
While i share the intuition of the other commenters that your issue is network-related, there is still a possibility that the problem is caused by your current system configuration (proxy/VPN settings, malware infection, broken stuff, etc...).

Galaxy client is a Beta version (some say it is still more an Alpha version), so funky things can and do happen with Galaxy client at the time of writing this. Its issues might be related to your other issues with GOG downloader and/or the web download, but it could also merely be due to it being in Beta stage...

Anyway, first and foremost you should try figuring out whether the problem is also occurring with another system which is not comparable to your system configuration and which is in a so-called "known good" state. For most people not being IT experts dealing with non-trivial problems, this generally should always be the first step to eliminate a big chunk of possible causes. Knowing where to look at (in your case either your system configuration or your internet connection) will hopefully help you (as well as other people willing to help) to identify and resolve your issues quicker...

You can use a fresh vanilla Windows installation for testing whether the problem is with your system configuration or with your internet connection. While you might have another computer available for doing this test, it is not recommended, because it is unknown what the system configuration and system condition of that other computer is (unless you are an IT expert and you have set up that other computer by yourself - but then you would not need to seek advice here in the forum...). A fresh vanilla Windows installation is in a "known good" state - it is in a working condition, all relevant system settings are having the default values, and those settings and values are known to or can be looked up by anybody. Additionally, on a vanilla installation you do not install any kind of other 3rd-party software to eliminate the risk of 3rd-party software components interfering and messing with network traffic...

You can create yourself a vanilla Windows installation easily on a USB stick (or SD card) with which you can try downloading from your GOG library. Booting from USB flash media should not be problem unless your motherboard is rather ancient. If you don't know how to create a bootable Windows installation on a USB stick, tools like "Universal USB Installer", "WinToUSB" or "Rufus" will help you. Google for them to obtain more information... (FYI: i run Windows 7 Pro x64, and use Universal USB Installer to create my bootable media. For other Windows versions other tools might perhaps be easier - i don't know - hence my advice to google for information...)

Boot the vanilla OS from the USB stick, use its web browser and try downloading Wasteland 2 from the GOG servers. If it still does not work, the problem is certainly related to your internet connection. It might be an issue with the ISPs involved or with the GOG servers (such as wonky or saturated network routes, overzealous anti-DDoS measures, etc...), but it might also be some defective/misconfigured network hardware (like routers/modems/your network adapter). To find out more, you would need to test and observe whether trying to download other things (both from GOG and from other servers) will lead to errors or file corruption as well.

If the vanilla Windows booted from USB stick does not exhibit the download problems, you know that the issue is with your system configuration and you can focus on that. But just to make sure, as a first step do a download again with your real system again to see if the download still doesn''t work (there is a chance that the problem was caused externally, but disappeared while you were testing - you don't want to chase ghosts, right?).
Post edited June 08, 2015 by elgonzo
Posted June 08, 2015
I had Grimrock installed in a folder via manual download methods and I decided to try out this GoG Galaxy - thing by selecting Grimrock in my library, then choosing "Import folder." Galaxy found the game fine, downloaded redists and stuff and installed something. Then, without any warning whatsoever, it just decided to reboot my PC.

Is it supposed to reboot the PC after installing redists or whatnot without any questions or anything asked, or is it a bug? I mean, just rebooting the system without asking first or anything could mean hours and hours of lost work and all and definitely should not happen.
Posted June 08, 2015
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WereCatf: I had Grimrock installed in a folder via manual download methods and I decided to try out this GoG Galaxy - thing by selecting Grimrock in my library, then choosing "Import folder." Galaxy found the game fine, downloaded redists and stuff and installed something. Then, without any warning whatsoever, it just decided to reboot my PC.

Is it supposed to reboot the PC after installing redists or whatnot without any questions or anything asked, or is it a bug? I mean, just rebooting the system without asking first or anything could mean hours and hours of lost work and all and definitely should not happen.
Probably some of the prerequisites installed required a reboot. But rebooting without asking for confirmation is pretty bad...

However, just to be certain: Did it really reboot, or did it just crash and resetting the computer? A reboot involves a shutdown, which takes some time and shows some shutdown message (i guess) before the computer starts anew. If the computer just restarted instantaneously without a proper shutdown, then a problem happened in one of the core components of the OS from which the system could not recover. Could you specify more precisely whether you witnessed a proper reboot, or a system crash followed by an (automatic) system restart?
Post edited June 08, 2015 by elgonzo
Posted June 08, 2015
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elgonzo: Probably some of the prerequisites installed required a reboot.
Considering that the game ran fine already before I imported it and all those redists have been installed by the bajillion Steam - games I have already a bajillion different times: no, I cannot see any reason why they would all of a sudden require a reboot.

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elgonzo: However, just to be certain: Did it really reboot, or did it just crash and resetting the computer?
I do know the difference between a crash and a reboot; yes, it rebooted normally. There was the Windows 8 screen saying "System restarting" and all.
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