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Hi, everyone!

The Galaxy team is hard at work to bring you the Client application that will let you manage your GOG.com games library more conveniently. We’d love for the initial release experience to be as smooth and streamlined as possible for everyone, but releasing an app of this scope is no easy feat.

But before we jump in and hand out the alpha Client, we’d like to set some ground rules.

1) The key word here is ‘alpha’, which means that this is not the final app and not all functionalities are present. The purpose of this test is to evaluate the core tech in the Client on a wider set of computer configurations than what we can locally test on, so only core features are included. Below I will post a detailed list of what is present and what we plan to add in future releases.

2) Alpha also means that you can encounter some unexpected issues. If you have a metered connection (a bandwidth cap or payments per bandwidth used) or you’re currently playing and can’t afford a loss of game time, this might not be for you. In other words, if you want to avoid potential problems with the alpha Client, simply wait for the final release.

3) Please, please, please refrain from posting screenshots, reviews or first impressions, both on our forums or elsewhere, as this is not the final product and many changes will still be made.

If you’ve read all of the above proceed to the signup page: http://www.gog.com/galaxy/alpha

We will be sending out invitations in batches (along with some more info on how to install the client and report bugs), so not everyone will receive one right away.

Hi everyone,

we've released the 0.7 version a couple of minutes ago, here's the changelog:

- Back/Forward navigation in the Store section
- Import Folder - it is now possible to import a game which is not compatible with the client, by clicking the game in the Library section and choosing ‘Import Folder’ from the More dropdown
- Startup page option - it is now possible to decide if the client should start on LIBRARY page, STORE page, or continue previous session
- Search option - you can press enter in the search field to continue searching in the Store
- Option to Show Game Folder added to MORE menu
- New sidebar sorting options (sort by name)
- External links will now be forwarded to the system browser
- Wishlist option added to the LIBRARY menu
- Community option in the STORE menu
- Forum Replies option in the ACCOUNT menu
- Option to keep saves, when uninstalling a game
- Windows: starting the client when another instance is already running should now open the running instance (rather than displaying error message)
- Improved ‘Last Played’ information, which should now show the time of the user stopped playing the game, rather than started playing the game
- Fixed uninstallation issues on Windows
- Fixed an issue which prevented using Paypal, when buying a game
- Fixed an issue which prevented from displaying Terms and Agreements when registering new account
- Fixed some issues when installing and uninstalling DLCs
- Bugfix: client will now not allow dragging elements onto its window
- Fixed memory leaks, causing to crash the application when downloading lots of games
- Fixed a bug which was causing the client to crash on exit
- Fixed an issue, which sometimes caused the client to duplicate the news on game view

HOW TO IMPORT EXISTING GAMES INSTALLATIONS INTO 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, then click the More button and select "Manage" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.

We're updating some games for compatibility with Client import function - if you already have these games installed, it can result in some update (game version installed with the installer must be identical with the version in Galaxy, meaning if we update one we have to update the other).

As for Shadow Warrior, I believe it had DX11 Version registered in Galaxy today.

I'm sorry LynetteC but we've looked into it but we cannot reproduce this issue on any computer or configuration and we haven't found it in logs / bug reports beyond the two you have linked to out of few thousands of active testers. The further information you've provided also couldn't help us find any lead, meaning that it is most likely some very specific networking / config issue than a widespread bug. I'm saying this, because we do have to prioritise things and if we cannot find a solution to an oddity, we do have to get back to it later.

There will be a new update in the next few days - please be patient, maybe it will improve things. If not, as we invite more testers, maybe we will be able to isolate some factor having more people onboard.
Right. Well, generally I wouldn't consider situations where games are getting updates in (Client) alpha / beta as anything weird as long as there was no update loop / the update happened only once. We're still in process of updating and polishing games in the Galaxy Content System, and every time we do it, an update will also trigger. Usually these are very small, except for some games built in a very specific way (I've mentioned a bit more about it in my second reply here: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_galaxy_client_closed_alpha/post1332)

Once we're happy with how things looks like in terms of games in Galaxy, updates will be happening pretty much only whenever a game is actually updated with some new content (= patch).

Please see my reply above :)