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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 January 07, 2017
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You have plastered the threads with the (iam a girl) thing.Are you an undercover internet cop?
Post edited January 07, 2017 by Tauto
Posted January 07, 2017
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skeletonbow: ah, I'd like to pick up a Steam controller some time. I'm mostly a keyboard+mouse player but certain games I do play with a gamepad such as old arcade games, the odd platformer the rare times I play them, and other games where it feels like it might be a more natural fit, but that's rare. I see the Steam controller as being something in the middle that can transition other games that would be uncomfortable or unplayable or poorly playable on a regular gamepad and are meant for keyboard and mouse to be potentially able to work with the Steam controller due to its different design goals, so it's more of a curiousity to me to see how it works with certain games and other stuff to see if it is worthwhile. Not until they drop the price or put them on sale though, and by sale I mean "in Canada" which doesn't seem to happen. :)
I have one and I honestly couldn't get use to it... it didn't feel natural to me. Not a big fan of track pads. However, some people take to it fast after they get use to it. But if your someone who has spent most of your time using regular controllers it's a completely different feeling. This is why I am glad Steam has expanded this feature to support PS4/Xbox controllers. Much better for me.
Post edited January 07, 2017 by user deleted
Posted January 08, 2017
hey guys, is it possible to add some sort of "remember login and password" while changing between acounts? it's quite annoying to type that stuff and reciving email with pin code every time after my girlfriend is using my computer ;)
Posted January 08, 2017
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Posted January 10, 2017
I've recently noticed severe FPS drop when playing Neverwinter Nights via Galaxy. The game runs very smoothly when launched from an exe, but performs pretty horribly otherwise.

Is it a known issue and will it be fixed anytime soon?
Posted January 10, 2017
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olexinski: hey guys, is it possible to add some sort of "remember login and password" while changing between acounts? it's quite annoying to type that stuff and reciving email with pin code every time after my girlfriend is using my computer ;)
Anything is possible of course. I would deem it rather unlikely though as none of the gaming clients allow saving multiple account username+password combinations presumably due to it being a bad practice as far as security is concerned. As such I wouldn't expect GOG to do it either.

Having said that, the Galaxy protocols are being reverse engineered by someone who posts in the forums and there might be others contributing to that effort now or in the future as well so it is only a matter of time until community based clients start to spring up, and hopefully they are all open sourced under OSI approved style licenses. In that case, if any OSS community clients don't have this feature it would be extremely trivial for someone to implement it themselves and either contribute it back to the given codebase, or to release their own customized version of the given client.

At this point in time it's just a lot of speculation over what might be possible in the future though, however nobody can know for sure and only time will tell.
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Taro94: I've recently noticed severe FPS drop when playing Neverwinter Nights via Galaxy. The game runs very smoothly when launched from an exe, but performs pretty horribly otherwise.
I would speculate that such a problem might be some kind of interference caused by the Galaxy overlay beta. Try disabling the overlay for this game and see if that resolves the issue. If so, it might be a good idea to file a bug report in Mantis to share the observed details with GOG for future updates to the overlay code.

If it isn't a problem with overlay interaction however then I've got nothing.
Post edited January 10, 2017 by skeletonbow
Posted January 10, 2017
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skeletonbow: I would speculate that such a problem might be some kind of interference caused by the Galaxy overlay beta. Try disabling the overlay for this game and see if that resolves the issue. If so, it might be a good idea to file a bug report in Mantis to share the observed details with GOG for future updates to the overlay code.

If it isn't a problem with overlay interaction however then I've got nothing.
I don't think it's possible to turn off the overlay at the moment on preview version. Whether the checkbox is checked or not, the overlay works in all titles it is functional in at the moment. While the overlay itself does not work with Neverwinter Nights yet, when I try to call it with SHIFT + TAB, the cursor changes from NWN's regular one to a standard Windows arrow (which also makes clicks not work in the game). Pressing the key combination again returns it to normal (as if the overlay was closed) and, what's interesting, it works only once per launch - if I try to "launch" the overlay again after I "close" it once, nothing will happen.

So yeah, there's that, but pretty clearly the overlay in NWN at least attempts to work, no matter the overlay checkbox in Galaxy settings.
Posted January 10, 2017
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Taro94: I don't think it's possible to turn off the overlay at the moment on preview version. Whether the checkbox is checked or not, the overlay works in all titles it is functional in at the moment. While the overlay itself does not work with Neverwinter Nights yet, when I try to call it with SHIFT + TAB, the cursor changes from NWN's regular one to a standard Windows arrow (which also makes clicks not work in the game). Pressing the key combination again returns it to normal (as if the overlay was closed) and, what's interesting, it works only once per launch - if I try to "launch" the overlay again after I "close" it once, nothing will happen.

So yeah, there's that, but pretty clearly the overlay in NWN at least attempts to work, no matter the overlay checkbox in Galaxy settings.
Try editing the game's goggame*.info file and adding to the global section:

"overlaySupported": "false"

You'll need to put a comma at the end of the line before that also, and then exit and restart the Galaxy client which forces it to re-parse all of the .info files. It's a good idea to test the .info file first with jslint.com to make sure it is in proper syntax and reduce the likelihood of errors, as Galaxy will reject the file if one character is bad, and redownload it and overwrite any customizations.

Let us know if that works for you.
Posted January 11, 2017
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skeletonbow: Try editing the game's goggame*.info file and adding to the global section:

"overlaySupported": "false"

You'll need to put a comma at the end of the line before that also, and then exit and restart the Galaxy client which forces it to re-parse all of the .info files. It's a good idea to test the .info file first with jslint.com to make sure it is in proper syntax and reduce the likelihood of errors, as Galaxy will reject the file if one character is bad, and redownload it and overwrite any customizations.

Let us know if that works for you.
Didn't work, apparently. A cursor still changes upon holding down SHIFT and TAB. Obviously, it doesn't happen when I launch the game without Galaxy.
Posted January 11, 2017
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Taro94: Didn't work, apparently. A cursor still changes upon holding down SHIFT and TAB. Obviously, it doesn't happen when I launch the game without Galaxy.
I made a mistake, "false" should not be in quote marks, it should be like this:

"overlaySupported": false
Posted January 11, 2017
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BKGaming: Basically it allows regular controllers (PS4/Xbox) to work like a Steam controller. This means you can map keyboard/mouse controls to the controllers allowing games that don't typically support a controller to be played with a controller. He is saying this would be beneficial to GOG since GOG is mostly made up of old games that lack default controller support.

However, I think GOG has a little more important things to get done before something like this is worked on...
I agree that GOG still has much else to focus on. However, I just tried this function in Steam and it's fantastic. I can take a game that had no gamepad support on PC, like Sid Meier's Pirates! (the new one), and add support for an Xbox 360 controller quite easily. Now my config is available for anyone else to use as they please.

Not only this, the Steam controller (and, by inheritance, Xbox 360 controller) has software support for very advanced features, such as turning one of the joysticks into a radial menu, mode shifting for near-infinite functions, or even region-limiting, which is great for moving around a mini-map in an RTS.

My point is, they're falling further and further behind. At this point, I'd like a Steam-plugin to manage my GOG games.
Posted January 11, 2017
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Taro94: Didn't work, apparently. A cursor still changes upon holding down SHIFT and TAB. Obviously, it doesn't happen when I launch the game without Galaxy.
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skeletonbow: I made a mistake, "false" should not be in quote marks, it should be like this:

"overlaySupported": false
No worries, I know how to edit an info file. Besides, there already was a line for the overlay there, I just had to change the value to false. Still nothing.
Posted January 11, 2017
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Bluddy: I agree that GOG still has much else to focus on. However, I just tried this function in Steam and it's fantastic. I can take a game that had no gamepad support on PC, like Sid Meier's Pirates! (the new one), and add support for an Xbox 360 controller quite easily. Now my config is available for anyone else to use as they please.

Not only this, the Steam controller (and, by inheritance, Xbox 360 controller) has software support for very advanced features, such as turning one of the joysticks into a radial menu, mode shifting for near-infinite functions, or even region-limiting, which is great for moving around a mini-map in an RTS.

My point is, they're falling further and further behind. At this point, I'd like a Steam-plugin to manage my GOG games.
Steam client has a "Add non-steam game to Steam" that works, and allows many Steam client features to be used with GOG games and other games. Not sure if this feature is one of them but it's worth giving it a shot.
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Taro94: No worries, I know how to edit an info file. Besides, there already was a line for the overlay there, I just had to change the value to false. Still nothing.
Was it in the global section? The syntax has changed not too long ago and older .info files might not have it in the right place.

Incidentally I had NWN installed and the overlay doesn't work on it for me at all. A pending GOG game update that I let apply caused the game to no longer launch from Galaxy at all so I can't test further for the time being though.
Post edited January 11, 2017 by skeletonbow
Posted January 13, 2017
I've noticed two more things regarding this stuttering in NWN when launched via Galaxy.

1. The game runs smoothly just after launch and slowly becomes more and more stuttering. After about 10 minutes of playing, the stutter becomes annoyingly noticable and after 20 minutes it becomes REALLY bad. When I quit and start the game again, it runs smoothly again.

2. Even if the game has just been launched (and therefore runs smoothly), pressing SHIFT + TAB creates the stutter immediately and again, the only way to get rid of it is to restart the game.
Posted January 14, 2017
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Taro94: I've noticed two more things regarding this stuttering in NWN when launched via Galaxy.

1. The game runs smoothly just after launch and slowly becomes more and more stuttering. After about 10 minutes of playing, the stutter becomes annoyingly noticable and after 20 minutes it becomes REALLY bad. When I quit and start the game again, it runs smoothly again.

2. Even if the game has just been launched (and therefore runs smoothly), pressing SHIFT + TAB creates the stutter immediately and again, the only way to get rid of it is to restart the game.
Hmm. Have you looked in the Task Manager for anything suspicious during the stuttering? Might be a memory leak or something.
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