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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 07, 2015
I still can not change the instal location, because of the "essential components missing." error that is already known about in the ALPHA.
I was hoping that would be fixed in the BETA version.
Here is to hoping that will be fixed in the final version.
Post edited May 07, 2015 by Garrett24601
Posted May 07, 2015
Quick question my games the Witcher 2 and the Witcher are installed,but the play button is greyed out on my client do I have to install them again?

EDIT:Nvm I found out the problem
Post edited May 07, 2015 by coreyblueexclusive
Posted May 07, 2015
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coreyblueexclusive: EDIT:Nvm I found out the problem
For the sake of the sanity of the next person with this problem, could you explain what the solution was?

Relevant xkcd
Posted May 07, 2015
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Garrett24601: I still can not change the instal location, because of the "essential components missing." error that is already known about in the ALPHA.
I was hoping that would be fixed in the BETA version.
Here is to hoping that will be fixed in the final version.
Solution for this already posted several times today in the thread earlier if you go back and read through. Hope this helps.
Posted May 07, 2015
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Frozen: Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer now, but in the future - will save from the other user trigger his achievements on my account on the game launch? Some Steam games are doing this and I hate that. Will it be possible to remove unwanted achievement manually or even reset achievements completely?
It could be great :) it could improve replay in some games, specially games about collecting things...
Posted May 07, 2015
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coreyblueexclusive: EDIT:Nvm I found out the problem
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SignoVir: For the sake of the sanity of the next person with this problem, could you explain what the solution was?

Relevant xkcd
At first I was wondering why my games weren't working,then it turned out it was importing my game data from my GoG folders over to the GoG galaxy client so it could run. I hope that made sense Where it says Play,then more,then installed,it should be like a little download copying your files over.I just didn't see that at first.For the Witcher I had to go to my Library,click on My games,then the Witcher then where it says more click that and the drop down should have Import folder selection,and it should bring the game over to your game list to be imported over.Witcher 2 I believe was the same way,it's just being imported over right now,sorry if I wasn't any help.:(
Post edited May 07, 2015 by coreyblueexclusive
Posted May 07, 2015
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ohland: So I got an e-mail saying take it for a spin but got nothing? Is it supposed to be a tad misleading or am I doing something wrong?
Im in the same boat I got an email but it just redirects me to the GOG website, this was yesterday btw.
Posted May 07, 2015
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ohland: So I got an e-mail saying take it for a spin but got nothing? Is it supposed to be a tad misleading or am I doing something wrong?
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Swabbers: Im in the same boat I got an email but it just redirects me to the GOG website, this was yesterday btw.
The email you got was just a news email. It is normally taking you to the galaxy website where you can sign up for the beta:
www.gog.com/galaxy
Post edited May 07, 2015 by moonshineshadow
Posted May 07, 2015
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Posted May 07, 2015
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Swabbers: Im in the same boat I got an email but it just redirects me to the GOG website, this was yesterday btw.
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moonshineshadow: The email you got was just a news email. It is normally taking you to the galaxy website where you can sign up for the beta:
www.gog.com/galaxy
I truly admire your patience in explaining this to every single newcomer time and time again. +1.
Posted May 07, 2015
two things i want in gog galaxy, please:
appear offline.
and a proper way to "look into" someone who asks you to be their friend. i've already had one [spammy] request to be friends. i want to be able to click on a profile and find forum posts, so that i can tell whether or not the person is a spammer/scammer or not.
Posted May 07, 2015
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DubConqueror: Currently I have 4 GOG games installed (the old way, before the client). I tried to add them manually to Galaxy, but only managed to do so for Baldur's Gate EE and Baldur's Gate II EE.

Galaxy failed to find Jack Keane and Ghost Recon, even when pointing Galaxy to the game folder itself.
you got keaned again? ;)
Posted May 07, 2015
how about being able to add enemies through galaxy, not only friends?
Posted May 07, 2015
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lostwolfe: two things i want in gog galaxy, please:
appear offline.
and a proper way to "look into" someone who asks you to be their friend. i've already had one [spammy] request to be friends. i want to be able to click on a profile and find forum posts, so that i can tell whether or not the person is a spammer/scammer or not.
Yeah, it'll be a lot nicer if and when we have full blown social network style user profiles of some sort (Steam-like, Facebook-like, whatever - just something) and the ability to examine one's profile and info/details/behaviour/whatever.

I literally get between 2-5 friend requests on Steam every single day and it is incredibly annoying because I don't know a single one of them and 100% of them are all scammers hoping to rip you off with one or another Steam scams. That drives me nuts and Valve only has block-user and report-user, but you have to do this all day every day which is pretty annoying, there are no customization options other than to make your entire user profile completely private which breaks various functionality on and off site (ie: steamgifts.com, steamcompanion.com, multitudes of other sites that interface with your account for useful purposes).

I trust GOG to get that stuff right, but at the same time I expect developing such features robustly will happen both in phases and take its due time too. I'm patient but definitely hoping that they make it so if someone wants to add you as a friend, then whether their profile is marked public or not they automatically are granting you at least temporary access to view their profile in order to send a friend request, or they can't do it - or the option for you to decide with some settings.

I almost never just blindly click "accept" on social networks (of any sort) to random unsolicited friend requests. I don't ignore or block them either outright though, I usually leave them for a while and decide later on after I've had time to investigate each request much like you suggest wanting to do.

I've got a good buddy on Facebook who is a musician and meets tonnes of people at the bar, and they all add him on Facebook and he accepts them outright even though he doesn't know 99% of them, so he has like 2000 "friends" of which he doesn't really know 1800 of them and many of them randomly spam his profile with advertising, stupid links, and all sorts of other annoying crap that he never bothers to go block/filter out. I had to remove his profile from my newsfeed to get rid of all the crap. :) He should have a private profile for his close friends and family IMHO, and a public "I'm a musician" fan profile and keep them separate and moderated but to each their own I guess. :)

I keep things much more lean and trim, and most of the time I let inbound requests accumulate for a week or two then process them all at once for simplicity.

But Steam... ugh... that's one of the few mega-annoyances I have there right now is those endless scammer friend requests. Most people don't get them, but if you use sites like steamgifts/steamcompanion a lot and join Steam groups for giveaways you get inundated with endless scammers friend requests and most of them come from one country which I'll avoid mentioning just to be courteous to others from there that are not scammers. But having said that... I'm sure *EVERYONE* knows exactly where I mean too. :)
Posted May 07, 2015
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skeletonbow: Yeah, it'll be a lot nicer if and when we have full blown social network style user profiles of some sort (Steam-like, Facebook-like, whatever - just something) and the ability to examine one's profile and info/details/behaviour/whatever.
I just send you a friend request... accidently... Didn't expect the dropdown thing, so I hit a wrong button. Just ignore it.

I'm totaly against any kind of public exposure to what/when/why somebody is/was/or is about to do.
Or even who somebody is... read name, email whatever.

Unless we have a bing green button: Turn off "social" crap.
Don't want to accept people you don't know? Good, then just don't accept the requests... Unless you know the person just ignore it.

PS: and to conclude this:
Suggestion - add info to requests (one can tell who he is for instance)
Post edited May 07, 2015 by sbolokanov
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