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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 December 31, 2016
A big shoutout to GOG for this client!
Posted January 02, 2017
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MetalPlateMage: Of note the Play button is available either way, I don't remember that being available a year ago.
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JMich: It was. It was available since before the Elder Scroll games were released here. I should be able to dig up a picture if you wish.
Whoops, no need - I wrote that too literally and meant it as a positive note, as in "it's nice that detected games the client thinks are 'unowned' are still playable (possibly offline only?) through the client".
Posted January 02, 2017
I have 2 monitors and prefer to have the Galaxy window on my second monitor.
However, every time I launch GOG Galaxy it reverts back to the primary monitor.
Can you guys make it so that it remembers its position please?
Posted January 03, 2017
So there was a recent thread on Reddit about GOG as a store front, and it ended up getting close to 300 replies. While most people expressed how much they like and enjoy GOG, a lot of comments were about GOG (and by extension Galaxy's) lack of features and slow development.

My point is, GOG would do well to take in this feedback and hopefully improve. It's not just us in this thread who are complaining. I really hope 2017 is going to be different than 2016.
Posted January 03, 2017
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BKGaming: So there was a recent thread on Reddit about GOG as a store front, and it ended up getting close to 300 replies. While most people expressed how much they like and enjoy GOG, a lot of comments were about GOG (and by extension Galaxy's) lack of features and slow development.

My point is, GOG would do well to take in this feedback and hopefully improve. It's not just us in this thread who are complaining. I really hope 2017 is going to be different than 2016.
Lack of features: Are they talking about features like trading cards and a community market? Because, in my opinion, GOG (and Galaxy) is pretty much feature‐complete, with minor improvements to be brought. For me, the only downside to GOG is if you’re into multi‐player (I’m not)—not many games are cross‐play between platforms. But I think that’s more a problem on the game developers’ side than on GOG’s.

Slow development: Do they really want a quick mess instead of a long but polished product? Are they rushed or something? Besides, Steam also took its time to become what it is, and I’m pretty sure it had (and still has) way more resources than GOG.
Posted January 03, 2017
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Tyrrhia: Lack of features: Are they talking about features like trading cards and a community market? Because, in my opinion, GOG (and Galaxy) is pretty much feature‐complete, with minor improvements to be brought. For me, the only downside to GOG is if you’re into multi‐player (I’m not)—not many games are cross‐play between platforms. But I think that’s more a problem on the game developers’ side than on GOG’s.
Galaxy is far from feature complete, it's missing the most basic of features when compared to other clients and no were not talking about trading cards and community market. Galaxy as of now is nothing more than a very basic game manager and wrapper for GOG.com.

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Tyrrhia: Slow development: Do they really want a quick mess instead of a long but polished product? Are they rushed or something? Besides, Steam also took its time to become what it is, and I’m pretty sure it had (and still has) way more resources than GOG.
Galaxy has had one major update (v 1.1) since it released from alpha nearly a year and half ago. There is a big difference between a steady influx of improvements, and a quick mess. Some of the features GOG has marked as in progress has been that way for months and months, it does not take that long from a development stand point to integrate some of those requested features and then test them. Some of them are really rather basic. Furthermore we are not even asking GOG to release these features publicly, rather we have asked many times for GOG to make better use of the early preview feature and let us test what they have been working on. So far it's been used rather limited. We suspect the reason feature updates have been slow is because GOG would rather release huge major updates that can be used for PR purposes.

Also comparing this to Steam is un-realistic. Steam released in the early 2000's and at the time Valve was a simple game developer with barely any resources at all compared to today (If I remember correctly they actually approached MS first because they didn't want to undertake it themselves). Times were also way different then and technology has progressed rapidly since then. Development is a lot simpler today then it was back then. They also only stayed in public beta for about a year.

If we consider Steam the ocean and GOG the river... Even companies like itch.io which is the very small stream in this analogy is progressing faster with their own client. Itch.io has nowhere near the resources GOG has but has somehow outpaced them (probably because it's open source). Now I can't vouch for in reliability of the client as it's not a store I really use, but from an outside perspective they appear to be making good progress.
Posted January 03, 2017
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BKGaming: Galaxy is far from feature complete, it's missing the most basic of features when compared to other clients and no were not talking about trading cards and community market. Galaxy as of now is nothing more than a very basic game manager and wrapper for GOG.com.
Please tell me which features other clients have, then. (Not meant in a sarcastic way. I really have no idea what substantial else there could be, besides cloud saves that I’ve mentioned a few posts earlier.)

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BKGaming: Galaxy has had one major update (v 1.1) since it released from alpha nearly a year and half ago. There is a big difference between a steady influx of improvements, and a quick mess. Some of the features GOG has marked as in progress has been that way for months and months, it does not take that long from a development stand point to integrate some of those requested features and then test them. Some of them are really rather basic. Furthermore we are not even asking GOG to release these features publicly, rather we have asked many times for GOG to make better use of the early preview feature and let us test what they have been working on. So far it's been used rather limited. We suspect the reason feature updates have been slow is because GOG would rather release huge major updates that can be used for PR purposes.
And it’s very likely that the 1.2 update will hit the shores in 2017 (considering that we were told we would see it very soon . . . quite a few weeks ago :P ). So, launch in 2014, 1.1 in 2015, and 1.2 (probably) in 2017—not really that bad of a rate.

GOG wishing to release a major update instead of smaller ones may, indeed, be the reason. Personally, I think that’s a good idea. Sure, some people will leave the ship because of the lack of updates; but others will come on board when a new update is released.
Posted January 03, 2017
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Tyrrhia: Please tell me which features other clients have, then. (Not meant in a sarcastic way. I really have no idea what substantial else there could be, besides cloud saves that I’ve mentioned a few posts earlier.)
Cloud games saves are a big one of course... one only has to look the most requested features to see what is missing. Some others include bandwidth limiter, fps counter, improved offline mode (should be able to launch Galaxy in offline mode), ability to take screenshots from client, estimated time remaining while downloading, ability to change username/display name (not specifically a client issue). Just to name a few, also working check boxes in settings would be nice. GOG has really over used the word "soon" here.

Then there are the community features (which I know not everyone cares for, but every client has them and the vast majority prefer them). This includes things like account profiles, trading cards, etc. Gaining achievement and tracking time is nice and all, but these things are pointless without player profiles... the reason these features became popular was because of the basic human need to compete. Without that it feels really tacked on in Galaxy, an after thought if you will.

This is not a complete listing but just some basic missing features that can be found on most major clients.

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Tyrrhia: And it’s very likely that the 1.2 update will hit the shores in 2017 (considering that we were told we would see it very soon . . . quite a few weeks ago :P ). So, launch in 2014, 1.1 in 2015, and 1.2 (probably) in 2017—not really that bad of a rate.
Compared to the competition it is. Steam might not get major updates all the time, but they regularly release new features either directly for Steam or their Steam related projects. Hell even the Xbox App on Windows 10 gets a major update every few months.

One major update in a year that quite frankly didn't include anything really ground breaking isn't just slow, it makes one wonder just what GOG is doing with their time. Now granted GOG has expressed they are working hard on the back end, and I was more than willing to cut them some slack in that regard... but for your average joe, that is not going to matter... going more than 4 - 6 months with no feature additions means people lose interest. It's part of offering a service, consumers expect it to constantly improve.

If 1.2 releases in 2017, that is another matter... I expect it will, and it may even be soon. But GOG has been saying 1.2 was coming soon since about 5 or 6 months ago. At the time it was stated only one or two smaller updates before we would see 1.2... we have seen probably 10 or more small updates (largely bug fixes) since. So I won't hold my breath.

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Tyrrhia: GOG wishing to release a major update instead of smaller ones may, indeed, be the reason. Personally, I think that’s a good idea. Sure, some people will leave the ship because of the lack of updates; but others will come on board when a new update is released.
Possibly, possibly not. People may just move on to Steam or a number of other sources to get there games on clients are are much more robust than Galaxy. Galaxy is playing catch up, they don't have the luxury in being slow about it.
Post edited January 03, 2017 by user deleted
Posted January 03, 2017
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BKGaming: ~list of features snip~
Oh. There are a lot more features than I expected. Though you can do pretty much all of them with third‐party applications, and they’re not as necessary (but would be nice) as the basic things like downloading and launching.

About the community features: I’m really worried about how that’s be going to be approached. It’s one of the reasons I left Steam, and I don’t want to experience that again. I guess if there is no monetary element involved it, though, then it could be fine. We shall see . . .

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BKGaming: ~about number of updates snip~
You said they were working on back‐end stuff. Let’s hope that, by doing that, they’re laying out the groundwork for future updates so that they will come sooner and be richer of features.

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BKGaming: It's part of offering a service, consumers expect it to constantly improve.
I guess you’re right. I’m really not in the majority, here: I would rather get a stagnant but good product than a perpetually evolving one that may change or even completely destroy one of its features.

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BKGaming: People may just move on to Steam or a number of other sources to get there games on clients are are much more robust than Galaxy. Galaxy is playing catch up, they don't have the luxury in being slow about it.
Is it GOG’s goal to eventually catch up with Steam, anyway? I mean, I view catching up as becoming the same as what you’re trying up to catch up with. GOG and Steam can cohabit, with distinct missions and distinct features. And, as far as I’m concerned, in this gaming industry, getting the short end of the stick is still getting a really damn long stick. :P
Posted January 04, 2017
Game time tracking is not working.

Last time i used GOG about 6 months ago, but now, when i wanted to play my new (it's important) Witcher 3 GOTY, i was noticing that time tracking is not working. I played about 1-1.5 hours, but time was still 0 minutes.
Then I've tried: reinstall game, reinstall Galaxy, change game language, change Galaxy language, install another game (BIT.TRIP RUNNER, also new game, never played before) - NOTHING. Play time was still 0 minutes.
I even tried to check W3 non-GOTY edition play time to make sure that W3 GOTY play time didn't counted as non-GOTY play time. Still nothing ever changed.
I don't know if it's GOG servers bug or something else, I even don't know if achievements are working or not. But all i know, time tracking is not working at all, at least at my PC.
Posted January 04, 2017
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YouShallFollow: Game time tracking is not working.

Last time i used GOG about 6 months ago, but now, when i wanted to play my new (it's important) Witcher 3 GOTY, i was noticing that time tracking is not working. I played about 1-1.5 hours, but time was still 0 minutes.
Then I've tried: reinstall game, reinstall Galaxy, change game language, change Galaxy language, install another game (BIT.TRIP RUNNER, also new game, never played before) - NOTHING. Play time was still 0 minutes.
I even tried to check W3 non-GOTY edition play time to make sure that W3 GOTY play time didn't counted as non-GOTY play time. Still nothing ever changed.
I don't know if it's GOG servers bug or something else, I even don't know if achievements are working or not. But all i know, time tracking is not working at all, at least at my PC.
Could you please post a mantis issue about that?
(short instructions: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_galaxy_beta_2/post1)
We would like to see details about errors you are having to be able to pinpoint the issue and fix it.

Are you running your W3 through in-Galaxy "PLAY" button?
Post edited January 04, 2017 by Johny.
Posted January 04, 2017
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Tyrrhia: Lack of features: Are they talking about features like trading cards and a community market? Because, in my opinion, GOG (and Galaxy) is pretty much feature‐complete, with minor improvements to be brought. For me, the only downside to GOG is if you’re into multi‐player (I’m not)—not many games are cross‐play between platforms. But I think that’s more a problem on the game developers’ side than on GOG’s.

Slow development: Do they really want a quick mess instead of a long but polished product? Are they rushed or something? Besides, Steam also took its time to become what it is, and I’m pretty sure it had (and still has) way more resources than GOG.
This.

That's just it - people are used to various modern feature rich gaming clients and many want or even expect that experience. Nothing wrong with wanting that, I want it too however a company doesn't just decide they want to have their own gaming client today, and then have something on par with Steam in 6 or even 12 months. As you mention Valve took years to turn the Steam client and background services into what it is now. I think it's important too to recognize that what people see running on their own computer is only the smallest fraction of all of the code that has to be written - mostly of which lives on servers running on the Internet.

If you compare Galaxy client and its features and services with where Steam client was at roughly the same time in its own development cycle then IMHO Galaxy client is ahead of Steam's development trajectory in comparison despite being in beta and having bugs. The features that are "missing" are features that didn't even exist at all when Steam was as old as Galaxy client is. Such features did not materialize over night for Steam and they wont for Galaxy either.

We are all simply enthusiastically impatient and even demanding at times. I think that is something to be expected from human nature though and that GOG anticipated that as well.

Looking forward to what new releases of Galaxy have to offer us in 2017 however, should be a good year!
Posted January 04, 2017
Last version spoken of in the Changelog above: 1.1.25
Current Version of actual Galaxy client: 1.1.26

Holiday season is over, back to work! :)
Posted January 04, 2017
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skeletonbow: We are all simply enthusiastically impatient and even demanding at times. I think that is something to be expected from human nature though and that GOG anticipated that as well.
I feel like GOG is in the worst position, too—in a vale between two rival, towering mountains: one which belongs to the “No Galaxy!” camp, and the other one which belongs to the “Offer us more features!” camp.

(Not pointing to or judging anyone. I just found that this poetic analogy was pretty funny and sort of accurate. :P )
Posted January 04, 2017
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skeletonbow: That's just it - people are used to various modern feature rich gaming clients and many want or even expect that experience. Nothing wrong with wanting that, I want it too however a company doesn't just decide they want to have their own gaming client today, and then have something on par with Steam in 6 or even 12 months. As you mention Valve took years to turn the Steam client and background services into what it is now. I think it's important too to recognize that what people see running on their own computer is only the smallest of all of the code that has to be written - mostly of which lives on servers running on the Internet.
Nobody is saying otherwise... that's not what it's about. It's about having one major update in over a year and basic features still missing. If it took 10 years to get Galaxy to the same point of Steam that is fine... that doesn't mean we shouldn't be getting a steady influx of new additions, however large or small the additions are or whatever they contain at the very least every few months.

We have only gotten one significant new feature really in the last year, which is the ability to see friends game time and achievement progress. Two if you count the overlay, but that is not even officially released yet. I can't really think of anything else, other than some minor UI improvements.


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skeletonbow: If you compare Galaxy client and its features and services with where Steam client was at roughly the same time in its own development cycle then IMHO Galaxy client is ahead of Steam's development trajectory in comparison despite being in beta and having bugs. The features that are "missing" are features that didn't even exist at all when Steam was as old as Galaxy client is. Such features did not materialize over night for Steam and they wont for Galaxy either.
As I said before, comparing 2004 Steam to GOG today is unrealistic. GOG has way more resources now than Valve had back then when they started Steam. Technology has also progressed rapidly and development is faster/easier in today's world.

A more accurate comparison is comparing Galaxy to Origin/ uPlay / Xbox App/ itch.io client... all of which have progressed faster than Galaxy, and contain more features.

Looking at the itch.io app... it's only been out a year from what I can tell based on a quick Google search, and it appears to be in much better state than Galaxy (which has been out longer) currently is based on some news reports I've read about it. It even has delta patches already. This is a shame compared to Galaxy, as itch.io's resources are nothing compared to GOG's.

https://itch.io/app

I was originally against making Galaxy open source, but If it was, I can pretty much bet we would have a stable client that was significantly farther along right now.

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skeletonbow: We are all simply enthusiastically impatient and even demanding at times. I think that is something to be expected from human nature though and that GOG anticipated that as well.

Looking forward to what new releases of Galaxy have to offer us in 2017 however, should be a good year!
We are demanding yes... but being impatient not really. Over a year without a major update to any software under active development isn't being impatient. I can't think of any software I've used in the past 5-10 years that was under active development that that didn't get at-least two or more major updates in a year's time. Not even major, just some additional features.

Hell even some games have been built at a faster pace than what Galaxy is currently coming along.... this basically says "We bit off more than we can chew and Galaxy is a bigger project than we can actually support". Which is fine, but then communicate that. That's the biggest issue of all GOG's complete lack of actual real communication.

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skeletonbow: Last version spoken of in the Changelog above: 1.1.25
Current Version of actual Galaxy client: 1.1.26

Holiday season is over, back to work! :)
1.1.26 is a in preview update for the new download mechanic which can be tested with Witcher 3, Wither 2 and Gwent.
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