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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 February 13, 2016
I paid $40 for Divinity OS Enhanced Edition. I have messed around with various ways to get it to run on my computer. Installing using GoG Galaxy. Using the old downloader for Windows. None of it works. I've Googled posts from people with the same problems. I'm sick of this. I want my money back. I've never had a problem with you guys before. I'm tired of dealing with it.
Posted February 13, 2016
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wiz8again: snip
Wrong thread for that. Go here https://www.gog.com/support/contact and they'll try to fix it for you, refunding if all else fails.
Posted February 13, 2016
Feature request: I know it's early to ask this of a software that's "in beta", but it'd be useful if you could enter your system specs into the client (or better, it could scan your system itself) and it could then advise you on how over/under your are for each game's recommended and minimum specs. That way you cut down on dissatisfied customers that inadvertently bought games they can't play, your client has a unique feature that sets it apart from the crowd, and consumers benefit from the information being made easier to understand since otherwise they have to check their specs every time (not the PCMR types, of course, but there are a lot of more casual users that would appreciate knowing what they can run quickly and easily),
Posted February 13, 2016
Is it me, of did some games just added archievements?

Ys: Origins, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Tesla Effect just had does added. Was there any announcement?

I'm wondering if this is a change in Galaxy, or the games themselves.
Posted February 13, 2016
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POLE7645: Is it me, of did some games just added archievements?

Ys: Origins, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Tesla Effect just had does added. Was there any announcement?

I'm wondering if this is a change in Galaxy, or the games themselves.
Very strange. None of these games are listed under Features: Achievements in either my library or the GOG store, and yet if I go to their page, it says "No achievements unlocked yet" and hitting "Show All" causes the entire prompt to vanish. Maybe the devs are testing achievements right now, leading to this strange situation?

I'd love to see achievements for all of them, of course, but especially the Ys games, since I've been wanting to get around to them for a while now and achievements might just bump me into getting the rest.

For what it's worth, I don't think there will be an announcement of them getting achievements at this stage, since I don't believe it's ever happened before (when I was looking at Features: Achievements, I was honestly quite surprised by some of the titles!). The achievement system is still so very rough, I don't think we'll see "New Games with Achievements!" on the forums or site until Galaxy is more refined - and especially not until it provides the options to turn achievements off.
Post edited February 13, 2016 by Blackdrazon
Posted February 14, 2016
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POLE7645: Is it me, of did some games just added archievements?

Ys: Origins, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Tesla Effect just had does added. Was there any announcement?

I'm wondering if this is a change in Galaxy, or the games themselves.
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Blackdrazon: Very strange. None of these games are listed under Features: Achievements in either my library or the GOG store, and yet if I go to their page, it says "No achievements unlocked yet" and hitting "Show All" causes the entire prompt to vanish. Maybe the devs are testing achievements right now, leading to this strange situation?

I'd love to see achievements for all of them, of course, but especially the Ys games, since I've been wanting to get around to them for a while now and achievements might just bump me into getting the rest.

For what it's worth, I don't think there will be an announcement of them getting achievements at this stage, since I don't believe it's ever happened before (when I was looking at Features: Achievements, I was honestly quite surprised by some of the titles!). The achievement system is still so very rough, I don't think we'll see "New Games with Achievements!" on the forums or site until Galaxy is more refined - and especially not until it provides the options to turn achievements off.
Even stranger. the archievements in both Ys games appear fine. Those in Tesla Effect do disappear when I click on "Show all".
Posted February 14, 2016
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POLE7645: Even stranger. the archievements in both Ys games appear fine. Those in Tesla Effect do disappear when I click on "Show all".
That is odd, I'm glad you checked! I did indeed only check out Tesla Effect.
Posted February 14, 2016
Hey guys I've been away from GOG for a while... just loaded it up, it asked to update, I did. Now the app doesn't at all work. It crashes everytime I try to load it. Is there issues with Windows 10?
Posted February 14, 2016
I have a slight issue where I'm trying to get Galaxy to use a different shortcuts for a couple of games. I've tried editing the goggame info files to redirect Galaxy to the shortcuts I want it to use. This worked for Quake to use Quakespasm, but it does not work for Freespace 2 to use Freespace 2 Open. Any ideas why?
Posted February 14, 2016
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steviez: Hey guys I've been away from GOG for a while... just loaded it up, it asked to update, I did. Now the app doesn't at all work. It crashes everytime I try to load it. Is there issues with Windows 10?
If you updated a previous Windows installation to WIndows 10 then your best bet would be to uninstall Galaxy completely, download the latest version from the Galaxy site, and reinstall.

Even if you didn't update to Windows 10 you still might have better results just uninstalling, redownloading the latest version of Galaxy, and reinstalling :)
Posted February 15, 2016
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skonvolt: Please include in the game description if there is a native support for controller and which kind
Well games now include "Controller Support:" under features on the store page. Doesn't specify which kind, but I would assume 360 controller is the target controller since it's arguably the most used controller on PC.
Posted February 15, 2016
Interesting, because I did just this the other day (uninstall, then reinstall). Still doesn't work. Crashes repeatedly. Anyone?

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steviez: Hey guys I've been away from GOG for a while... just loaded it up, it asked to update, I did. Now the app doesn't at all work. It crashes everytime I try to load it. Is there issues with Windows 10?
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JudasIscariot: If you updated a previous Windows installation to WIndows 10 then your best bet would be to uninstall Galaxy completely, download the latest version from the Galaxy site, and reinstall.

Even if you didn't update to Windows 10 you still might have better results just uninstalling, redownloading the latest version of Galaxy, and reinstalling :)
Posted February 15, 2016
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steviez: Interesting, because I did just this the other day (uninstall, then reinstall). Still doesn't work. Crashes repeatedly. Anyone?

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JudasIscariot: If you updated a previous Windows installation to WIndows 10 then your best bet would be to uninstall Galaxy completely, download the latest version from the Galaxy site, and reinstall.

Even if you didn't update to Windows 10 you still might have better results just uninstalling, redownloading the latest version of Galaxy, and reinstalling :)
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steviez:
No error pop-up, I suppose? A lot of people had trouble with a version of Galaxy from a few months ago where they needed to install Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 in both x32 and x64 bit versions, maybe try that even if you're not getting a pop-up?
Posted February 16, 2016
It would be really nice if we could change the target executable, or add command lines, to the game shortcuts in Galaxy.
Posted February 16, 2016
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Liosan: Sorry for that folks - I guess this needs more than a single word of explanation.

As to the delay in releasing a new version of Galaxy Client - for now I can only say that we needed to revisit a crucial piece of our codebase to allow for better user experience and more games on GOG in the future. It means no Galaxy Client releases for at least a couple of weeks, but the end effect should be worth it. We'll get back to regular bug-fixing and feature-adding after that.

As for not posting any changelogs about the updates you noticed - well, Galaxy is more than the Galaxy Client. It's also the multiplayer components, achievements, in-game overlay etc - those parts are being updated regularly. We usually release everything at the same time - the client components, the multiplayer ones, the whole thing. Since Galaxy Client is not being released, some releases of the other components where not properly announced, no changelog entry was added, the version number was not increased etc. We'll try to improve on that. For now - I'm updating the changelog in the first post.

Liosan
A few weeks seems to have turned into a few months now... can we possibly get another update on the progress or what going on now. I'm all for taking whatever time is needed to get a good client update, but it wouldn't kill GOG to keep us little more informed.

Thanks.
Post edited February 16, 2016 by BKGaming
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