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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 14, 2015
Question in last two paragraphs.
Hi, currently I am having exams so I havent been able to check the new new client and its also the fact that I a maffraid of not being able to give any good critisicm and just wasting everybodys time. Still there is one thing I want to know regarding galaxy and achievments.
I am an achievment hunter its very important for me since it increases a games longelivety. Problem is in certain other game clients you sometimes need to buy a games dlc to maange to get 100% on achievs. Often I dont have this opportunity, beacuse of financial means or others.

My question is can I manage to get 100% on achievments without buying dlc in case the game has some dlc with achievments?
Or in other words will the main games and dlcs achievments be seperate?
Post edited May 14, 2015 by dwarfie24
Posted May 14, 2015
It wont start anymore. I installed it and it was working fine at first, I installed a few games and it was good.
Then I closed it and it won't open. An error message comes up saying "Essential components needed to start GOG Galaxy are missing. Please reinstall the application." I uninstall then reinstall and the same message comes up. I've tried this several times. I've also redownloaded the installer and tried again but it still has the same error. I install it in the initial install folder. What do I do?
Posted May 14, 2015
Well, i don't know if this problem has already been discussed or not, but i've redownloaded some of the stuffs i have, in particular my D&D collections. It seems weird that every odd numbered games i've downloaded would work just fine, but every even numbered ones does not run when you click the play. For example, i got a queue of Neverwinter Nights 2, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition, Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition, in that order. The Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition won't run when you click the play button, same with Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition. But if i queue (which i did btw) Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition after Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition, that game can run now. And yes, i've finished downloaded the game already, i can run the executionable file just fine and it will run the game, just not through GOG Galaxy.

The most problematic is Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition, it still doesn't run through GOG Galaxy no matter what numbered downloads i did for that game. I can click the play and it shows on my library that the game has been played a few seconds ago, but nothing popped up. If i run the execuionable directly, it'll run fine and dandy, but that kinda defeats the purpose of GOG Galaxy at least i think.

PS: Why the high memory usage for the helper program for GOG Galaxy? i've noticed it went to like ~170 MB on top of the GOG Galaxy process itself... which can go to ~60-70MB.
Posted May 14, 2015
I keep getting the "Unread Messages" notification under Chat with Friends despite not having any friend on the list. Clicking on it also doens't show me anything(Mac).
Posted May 14, 2015
Hmmm... I can't seem to find Alone In The Dark 2 and 3 after installing the game through Galaxy. Only the first one. The sequels aren't even in the extras folder. Have I missed something? :)
Posted May 14, 2015
Is this already available and how does this work? I just have the big blue "install"-button for each game. How can I backup my games and extras without the actual install-step or prevent the installation?

"Backup copy download
Want to backup your purchases? We get it. For all games, you can download a DRM-free backup installer that you can save to an external disk, drive or cloud."
Posted May 14, 2015
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DanielRuf: Is this already available and how does this work? I just have the big blue "install"-button for each game. How can I backup my games and extras without the actual install-step or prevent the installation?

"Backup copy download
Want to backup your purchases? We get it. For all games, you can download a DRM-free backup installer that you can save to an external disk, drive or cloud."
Click on the game or library page of the game, then MORE -> Download Extra's...
Posted May 14, 2015
Is anyone else not having updates for the games download in Galaxy?
Posted May 14, 2015
Sorry for this irrelavent post, just posting first time so friends can add me on Galaxy
Posted May 14, 2015
I can't install games with the galaxy 1.0.1.912 Mac OS. "Out of disk space" but I have 40 GB free and I want to install a 0.5 GB game...
Posted May 14, 2015
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DanielRuf: Is this already available and how does this work? I just have the big blue "install"-button for each game. How can I backup my games and extras without the actual install-step or prevent the installation?

"Backup copy download
Want to backup your purchases? We get it. For all games, you can download a DRM-free backup installer that you can save to an external disk, drive or cloud."
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BKGaming: Click on the game or library page of the game, then MORE -> Download Extra's...
Ah ok, so the installer on the left side is the backup installer what they mean? Was not so clear to me. So I can download this without install? =)
Post edited May 14, 2015 by DanielRuf
Posted May 14, 2015
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BKGaming: Click on the game or library page of the game, then MORE -> Download Extra's...
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DanielRuf: Ah ok, so the installer on the left side is the backup installer what they mean? Was not so clear to me. So I can download this without install? =)
Yea on the download extra's page under the title game... that is the standard installer like you get from GOG (can be installed at anytime or just kept as a backup), which are in the process of being set up for Galaxy, but as always you don't need Galaxy at all. If you install it with the standalone installer it may or may not automatically show up in Galaxy.

In which case follow step 1 or 2:

== 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 "+" 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" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.
Please be aware that Client will accept any folder pointed to and will overwrite files inside it (this can for example wipe some mods or damage other apps in case of pointing to a wrong folder) and will update the game to the newest version (current default language English).
Posted May 14, 2015
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DanielRuf: Ah ok, so the installer on the left side is the backup installer what they mean? Was not so clear to me. So I can download this without install? =)
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BKGaming: Yea on the download extra's page under the title game... that is the standard installer like you get from GOG (can be installed at anytime or just kept as a backup), which are in the process of being set up for Galaxy, but as always you don't need Galaxy at all. If you install it with the standalone installer it may or may not automatically show up in Galaxy.

In which case follow step 1 or 2:

== 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 "+" 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" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.
Please be aware that Client will accept any folder pointed to and will overwrite files inside it (this can for example wipe some mods or damage other apps in case of pointing to a wrong folder) and will update the game to the newest version (current default language English).
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BKGaming:
Many thanks =)
Posted May 14, 2015
I'm having fun messing around with the client! It's nice and clean, not clunky. Smoothly loads games. Only minor issue I've really come across is that it's not logging any of the time spent playing my games. I've only tried four games (Bad Mojo, Witcher Adventure Game, Sam & Max Hit The Road, Saints Row 2) so it could be that they're not adjusted for this, either. Keep up the great work. I've really only come around to the forums a handful of times, especially during last year's insane spring insomnia sale, where somebody tried to bite my head off for allowing friends to play copies of a game until they or I could buy them a copy. It was fun!

Reading through some of these posts, I agree that if you click on someone's name on here, you should be able to see a sort of "user history on gog.com," so you don't just approve of some weirdo who's just going to pester you for game codes or wants to inflate their friends list for no reason, or for bad reasons. Steam has had an uptick of obvious Russian bot accounts that end up destroying people who add them occasionally, and they generally are level 1 or 2 users. If you're a regular Steam user, that would likely not be the case just based on time spent and games purchased.

Holy shit I rambled. Long day at work. Finishing this, more work, then off to see Mad Max Fury Road. Thanks again gog.com for years of fun that I've had on a low budget, I look forward to being more involved on here!
Posted May 14, 2015
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Venom: !!! 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 Vista or later: C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\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 "+" 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" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.
Please be aware that Client will accept any folder pointed to and will overwrite files inside it (this can for example wipe some mods or damage other apps in case of pointing to a wrong folder) and will update the game to the newest version (current default language English).

== KNOWN ISSUES ==
- placing game installation folders inside Galaxy Client installation folder can cause loss of data on update or uninstall
- few games are not yet compatible with Galaxy and are marked accordingly on Library page
- games not compatible with your current operating system cannot be accessed from the Library page
- when starting with the OS, Client doesn’t start minimised
- back / forward navigation is only available in Store section and requires further work
- pausing downloads or 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
- games installed in Galaxy alpha 0.6 that included DLC may require a full game reinstall in the beta
- reinstalling Galaxy (Windows) to a different folder than the initial install will cause an error
- 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
- UI is currently available in English only but occasional quirks may happen where “download extras” list is displayed in another language
- option to change currency and some other settings aren’t yet accessible in the Galaxy
- PayPal payment window sometimes does not show properly on Windows
- DPI scaling beyond 100% is nor respected on Windows (Client UI will be very small or 4k screens)
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