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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 10, 2015
For me, the biggest problem is inviting friends. Finding them is almost impossible. I'll have direct them to this post on the forum just to let them find me.
Posted May 10, 2015
Hello

I was wondering if anyone knew how was DLC downloaded. Im cant find the Outlast DLC even in the extras section.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by vole_echo
Posted May 10, 2015
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Kwad_rat: For me, the biggest problem is inviting friends. Finding them is almost impossible. I'll have direct them to this post on the forum just to let them find me.
A better solution to this is in the works.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_friends_via_username_or_email_address
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vole_echo: Hello

I was wondering if anyone knew how was DLC downloaded. Im cant find the Outlast DLC even in the extras section.
In my experience if you download the game completely in Galaxy (ie not import it), the DLC is added into the download. DLC options should be under MORE -> Configure I believe.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted May 10, 2015
Hello! How do I add friends?

EDIT: I figured it out
Post edited May 10, 2015 by dcd94
Posted May 10, 2015
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dcd94: Hello! How do I add friends?
For now, find someones forum avatar and point your mouse over it and you will see an option to invite.
Posted May 10, 2015
GOG Galaxy needs a Screen shot key, before THe Witcher 3 I hope.
Posted May 10, 2015
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Kwad_rat: For me, the biggest problem is inviting friends. Finding them is almost impossible. I'll have direct them to this post on the forum just to let them find me.
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BKGaming: A better solution to this is in the works.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_friends_via_username_or_email_address
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vole_echo: Hello

I was wondering if anyone knew how was DLC downloaded. Im cant find the Outlast DLC even in the extras section.
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BKGaming: In my experience if you download the game completely in Galaxy (ie not import it), the DLC is added into the download. DLC options should be under MORE -> Configure I believe.
You were right. It just downloads both the base game and dlc. Thanks.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by vole_echo
Posted May 10, 2015
Wow, this is the first time I've realized since the beta that it no longer by default adds desktop shortcuts... it's an option now. Glad to see that was finally implemented. :)

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BKGaming: A better solution to this is in the works.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_friends_via_username_or_email_address

In my experience if you download the game completely in Galaxy (ie not import it), the DLC is added into the download. DLC options should be under MORE -> Configure I believe.
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vole_echo: You were right. It just downloads both the base game and dlc. Thanks.
Glad you got it figured out, you might be able to change that though by clicking on the game in library and going to MORE -> configure before download if you didn't want the DLC for some reason. Not sure though, haven't tried it yet.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted May 10, 2015
Is there any schedule on when the client will be updated (daily, weekly)?
Posted May 10, 2015
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Spartan: Is there any schedule on when the client will be updated (daily, weekly)?
Not really, normally it's been about every week or two. Unless it was a significant update, then it might have been a little longer.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted May 10, 2015
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Spartan: Is there any schedule on when the client will be updated (daily, weekly)?
No, but I believe I saw a blue mention we'd be getting another update this upcoming week. I speculate we'll get 1-3 updates though because it's pretty clear they are ramping things up towards the release of The Witcher 3 and they're no doubt doing a lot of code churn and they're going to want to get that tested as soon as possible so they can maximize the likelihood of fixing any ultra glaring bugs that pop up in order to try to make the release of The Witcher 3 as smooth as possible with or without Galaxy being used to download/install. Just speculation on my part, but it would make a lot of sense to be pushing out more frequent updates as May 18th comes along (the game officially is announced to be released on May 19, but that's in Poland timezone and it actually comes out on the 18th in North America).

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping they put another build out on Monday or Tuesday though. :)
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Tallart: GOG Galaxy needs a Screen shot key, before THe Witcher 3 I hope.
Yeah that'll be a nice feature to have too. They'll probably include that as part of the overlay work as I think that's probably where it'd be integrated. Mind you, most if not all modern games have a screenshot feature built into them anyway and they tend to use the same key (F12) so people should likely be able to take screenshots of TW3 either way.
Post edited May 10, 2015 by skeletonbow
Posted May 10, 2015
An idea just occurred to me for a relatively minor feature that would be kind of useful in the client, which is a dialogue box popup window that pops up on first-run after a Galaxy client update that gives a brief changelog of the new changes and a version history of prior releases. This would make the version number more prominent to people wondering what version they have currently (yes it is prominent in the title bar, but it appears many people don't notice), as well as a general idea about what all has changed since the last build. That seems to be something most people want to know and go searching in the forums for, often asking the same question that's already been asked and answered a dozen or more times. By putting the info directly into the client in a standard way, it brings the info to everyone and is likely to make the overall experience a bit more polished while cutting down on unnecessary noise in the forums a bit.

Just an idea anyway, I put it on the wishlist so others can vote for it as well if desired:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_a_popup_dialogue_with_changelog_and_version_info_after_a_client_update
Posted May 10, 2015
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JackStillAlive: How can I get into the BETA? Signed hours ago, but no mail :(
Please!
it takes a while, i guess it took 1 or 2 days (i think it was less) before i got the mail
and guess what i found right after i got the mail for beta test?

exactly the pdf i created from my mail with the alpha key.... so win7 has issues with no showing files while they are on the drives.
Posted May 10, 2015
Hello GOG team. You are doing a great job with Galaxy, its already proving to be a very useful program to mange the GOG games. Just wanted to give you a heads up, that when i install the program to the F drive it still makes a folder in the C drive. I dont know if this on purpose or just a glitch.
Posted May 10, 2015
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vole_echo: Hello GOG team. You are doing a great job with Galaxy, its already proving to be a very useful program to mange the GOG games. Just wanted to give you a heads up, that when i install the program to the F drive it still makes a folder in the C drive. I dont know if this on purpose or just a glitch.
hi, ...
what folder exaccly
some times even with installing games, some content needs to be written to the c drive (usually for windows)
some info also need the roaming or othrr folders on drive C (or wherever the windows has been installed)
usually windows is in folder c:\

i have many partitions but windows always seem to be needing c

my xp is on c: and my win7 aswell
i have a boot menu both win xp and win7 are on same big HD, when logged in xp , XP is on c and the win7 drive is on partion G
on win7 xp is on partition D and win7 is the C
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