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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 October 12, 2016
Can i game while downloading another game on the galaxy ?
Posted October 12, 2016
See here for an error.
Posted October 12, 2016
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DrakoPensulo: See here for an error.
A recent update to Galaxy uses features unsupported by Vista and older operating systems. Operating systems pre-Windows 7 were not *officially* supported by Galaxy to begin with, so this problem isn't going to be fixed for your system. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Posted October 12, 2016
Are you guys aware of the issues on The Witcher Adventure Game achievements, more specifically, those on Galaxy but not in game? If they aren't ever going to be added into the game, kindly remove them on Galaxy so we can tell which achievements are actually working and which aren't.
Posted October 12, 2016
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Alabamatick: Well if the Gog downloader hadn't stopped working last year and manual downloads weren't such a pain sometimes, i wouldn't be so p*ssed off about the os support
Except GOG downloader still works... kind of sort of. But for a limited time only. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em folks, this plane's goin' down! :)

Minus a few glitches though, the downloader works fine. It will however cease to work in the extremely near feature from the vibe I am getting from GOG support at the moment though, so anyone who uses it should either be planning to move to Galaxy on a supported platform, or to just use the browser links with or without a browser download addon to juice it up a notch.

The downloader works but it's days are ticking off. Just be quite for a sec...

... hear that folks? It's the sound of GOG downloader links gasping their last dying breaths. Tick... tock... tick... tock... <add reverb here>

Yeah, the proverbial shit will hit the fan when the day comes one would presume, but it's extremely close. The writing is on the wall. I wont get angry about it personally. Disappointed yes, but not angry. I wont stop shopping here, that'd be more harmful to me than to GOG. But honestly, I had hoped that GOG's promise to publish the GOG API for 3rd party downloaders and clients would occur long long before the downloader was eliminated with extreme prejudice. It still works now, but it is crystal clear this blue light special is about to end.

Smoke'm if ya got'em folks. :)
Posted October 12, 2016
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hohiro: Wonder where you got your infos from, GOG Downloader still works flawless. Just tested it and no problem at all.

Edit: For those who don`t believe:
Yes, it does still work, but they're in the process of working towards eliminating it. There are some broken game links that are ultra low priority to fix and if you contact support about them they're making it crystal clear that people should prepare to switch to Galaxy or download via web browser because GOG downloader is going bye bye soon. How soon isn't clear yet (waiting for a reply about that), but it's going to be pretty soon from what I am seeing. Hopefully the community can reverse engineer the protocol and build a simple client that uses Galaxy API to download soon so there's no "off' time.

If not, what will happen I predict, is that they'll shitcan GOG downloader sometime within 1-6 months and remove the links completely and the following will happen (mark my words and bookmark this for future reference):

- a big nasty flamewar will erupt from people pissed off about it (no judgment, rightfully so, they just want convenience that works for their situation)

- it will provide increased motivation for someone to reverse engineer Galaxy protocol as it seems unlikely GOG is going to provide information about it anytime soon (with reasonable technical reasons despite the inconvenience).

- Some people will curse and swear "blah blah blah, I'm not shopping here again F you!"

- Someone will succeed at making a client that can talk Galaxy juju.

- Equilibrium will be re-established

- No Man's Sky will still suck rocks.

- The world will enter a dark age (unrelated to Galaxy, but more to current geopolitical events), in which people will care more about what the future holds than how they download video games.

- GOG will surprise release No One Lives Forever 1&2 and everyone will be happy again.

- We'll all shit bricks of excitement.
Posted October 12, 2016
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skeletonbow: [...]
- it will provide increased motivation for someone to reverse engineer Galaxy protocol as it seems unlikely GOG is going to provide information about it anytime soon (with reasonable technical reasons despite the inconvenience).

- Some people will curse and swear "blah blah blah, I'm not shopping here again F you!"

- Someone will succeed at making a client that can talk Galaxy juju.

- Equilibrium will be re-established
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Well I think this is partly achievable right now. There is gogrepo.py script, which can download everything, but lacks chunk downloads and resuming. As it is on github, I believe with enough incentive these features would be added pretty quickly. The rest of the Galaxy is different matter but I have faith. It only takes one annoyed guy with slightly better coding kung-fu than mine, and I believe taking down GOG Downloader would annoy quite a few people. And some are bound to have way more skill in coding than me, especially taking into account that I'm only a physicist who just needs to code every now and then, when there are no ready tools to do what I want, not a full-time programmer.
Posted October 12, 2016
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eldav80: Can i game while downloading another game on the galaxy ?
Yes.
Posted October 12, 2016
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spektroskopista: Well I think this is partly achievable right now. There is gogrepo.py script, which can download everything, but lacks chunk downloads and resuming. As it is on github, I believe with enough incentive these features would be added pretty quickly. The rest of the Galaxy is different matter but I have faith. It only takes one annoyed guy with slightly better coding kung-fu than mine, and I believe taking down GOG Downloader would annoy quite a few people. And some are bound to have way more skill in coding than me, especially taking into account that I'm only a physicist who just needs to code every now and then, when there are no ready tools to do what I want, not a full-time programmer.
Yeah, it's probably not very difficult to code for once the protocol is reverse engineered other than tracking changes to the API over time.
Posted October 13, 2016
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TomaszGOG: We're very sorry, but unfortunately we've encountered troubles with keeping Windows XP and Vista support for Galaxy and with this release, we must announce that Galaxy will no longer work on these systems. We want to keep moving forward and to offer you guys modern and best solutions available.
Since many games offered on GOG actually run on windows XP/Vista it will be reasonable to have a "legacy" version of the GOG Galaxy. That version may miss more advanced features present in the standard version. That is just an ides..
Posted October 13, 2016
It would be nice, as I used it for NWN2 & BGEE as my 1st purchases here. However, the gog down loader worked fine for me at least for BG2EE. So if you are like me and using an olderPC that Galaxy does not support, the gog down loader works easy & fine for getting the games on your platform. I'm a bit older and only really about the ability to access & play the older CPRGs of my youth and thus it works fine for my needs. And if i want, I can also use Galaxy on my laptop.

Thanks GOG for providing me access to all these amazing old games (and new ones like PoE)!
Posted October 14, 2016
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jeditobe: The upcoming version 0.4.3 of ReactOS will support GOG Galaxy
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_upcoming_version_043_of_reactos_will_support_gog_galaxy
Hello from ReactOS!

This comment was written from ReactOS and GoG Galaxy!
Posted October 14, 2016
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jeditobe: The upcoming version 0.4.3 of ReactOS will support GOG Galaxy
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_upcoming_version_043_of_reactos_will_support_gog_galaxy
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ReactOS2: Hello from ReactOS!

This comment was written from ReactOS and GoG Galaxy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ0WlZ13npo - video
Posted October 14, 2016
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ReactOS2: Hello from ReactOS!

This comment was written from ReactOS and GoG Galaxy!
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jeditobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ0WlZ13npo - video
Nice. I see you use Galaxy version 1.1.13. Can you share this version with me somehow ? Galaxy from version 1.1.16 does not run on vista (my system) and XP anymore. I suppose newest galaxy also does not run on ReactOS... [The last Galaxy version which runs on Vista/XP is 1.1.15.13]
Post edited October 14, 2016 by DrakoPensulo
Posted October 14, 2016
Oh NO I had to upgrade to windows Anniverasary edition and now my GOG games WON'T cross over in to GOG I trying to import them so as to not download them again on australia's Fucktastic arse slow internet but they are all coming up as FAILED they are FAILING to IMPORT!
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