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Posted December 05, 2014
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BUG REPORTING: Please use http://mantis.gog.com

Always attach your logs when reporting bugs. You can find them at:
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 MacOSX: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs


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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.
Post edited May 02, 2015 by Destro
Posted April 30, 2015
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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
Post edited May 01, 2015 by Destro
Posted May 01, 2015
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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.
Post edited May 01, 2015 by Destro
Posted December 12, 2014
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anomaly: That's a good point. Where do I go to see which games are compatible? Or will that just show up through Galaxy itself?
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Gersen: Galaxy only display in the games list the ones that you own and that are compatible
Got that, cheers mrkgnao. So far everything is working swimmingly. Even bought a game to test the store page, and that worked flawlessly. Right now I have 12 games queued to install, and everything is working as intended.

Nice work thus far, GOG!
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konan: I received an invitation email but it is empty.
Can you see HTML emails or have you allowed images? Only thing I can think of. Otherwise you'll probably have to contact them through the support page.
Post edited December 12, 2014 by anomaly
Posted December 12, 2014
Question for the devs, where are the install files stored with the download process?
Posted December 12, 2014
Assuming you're using a simple web browser in the client, are we protected against any tracking? Like google analytics, like buttons, etc.
Posted December 12, 2014
Thanks for giving me an Alpha access, I appreciate it.
And immediately a noob question - I see less than half of the GOGs I own in my library over the client. I guess that is "normal"?
Posted December 12, 2014
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ZPavelZ: Thanks for giving me an Alpha access, I appreciate it.
And immediately a noob question - I see less than half of the GOGs I own in my library over the client. I guess that is "normal"?
Yep, not all games are supported yet.
Posted December 12, 2014
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USERNAME:ZPavelZ#Q&_^Q&Q#GROUP:4#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:259#Q&_^Q&Q#Thanks for giving me an Alpha access, I appreciate it.
And immediately a noob question - I see less than half of the GOGs I own in my library over the client. I guess that is "normal"?#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:259#Q&_^Q&Q#
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Thanks, thought so, but decided to make sure "just in case".
Posted December 12, 2014
A couple of nice to haves on the installation front:
1) When installing a game it would be nice to see the current throughput and estimated time to finish downloading / installing

2) Global time remaining for installations of more than one game. Currently you don't see the size of the game until it is preparing to download, so it is difficult to estimate how long the whole process will take.

Something a little more important:
3) What happened to signing the EULA? Is that assumed because you have said you want to download it, or the radio button be returned to the installation dialogue like we have with the stand alone installer?
Posted December 12, 2014
Did I miss something of is the option to filter/search the "My Library" games section gone in the latest version of Galaxy ? (you can only filter the installed/downloading games)

That's too bad it was extremely useful hope it will comeback soon.
Posted December 13, 2014
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clisair: Question for the devs, where are the install files stored with the download process?
Not a dev but I can answer that :)

By default the temporary download folder is "C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Download" and the final one is "C:\GOG Games". You can change it in the configuration screen, just be careful to change it before you start enqueuing games for download as the change is only taken into account for newly enqueued games and not for the ones already in the queue.
Posted December 13, 2014
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Fallen_Zen: Galaxy Client: Windows 626, OSX 589 List of changes:
+ Application should remember its window position and size between sessions
+ Client notifications should not appear with noticable lag anymore
+ Fixed problem with starting the client with no internet connection
Quick question to the gog team, is there a way in your mantis system to confirm it is working? Haven´t found one....
Post edited December 13, 2014 by Goodaltgamer
Posted December 13, 2014
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clisair: Question for the devs, where are the install files stored with the download process?
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Gersen: Not a dev but I can answer that :)

By default the temporary download folder is "C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Download" and the final one is "C:\GOG Games". You can change it in the configuration screen, just be careful to change it before you start enqueuing games for download as the change is only taken into account for newly enqueued games and not for the ones already in the queue.
So far what I am seeing is that the files are downloaded to the download folder and then, according to the logs, after the file is down it then is copied to the games destination folder. Looks like a standalone installer is not being used at all.

If that is indeed the case there needs to be an option for a standalone installer to be downloaded and the user told that.
Posted December 13, 2014
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clisair: So far what I am seeing is that the files are downloaded to the download folder and then, according to the logs, after the file is down it then is copied to the games destination folder.
Files should be moved, not copied, but yes.

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clisair: Looks like a standalone installer is not being used at all.

If that is indeed the case there needs to be an option for a standalone installer to be downloaded and the user told that.
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Venom: Features NOT included in this release (planned for subsequent releases):
-- downloading standalone installers and bonus content
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Fallen_Zen: Galaxy Client: Windows 626, OSX 589 List of changes:
+ Application should remember its window position and size between sessions
+ Client notifications should not appear with noticable lag anymore
+ Fixed problem with starting the client with no internet connection
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Goodaltgamer: Quick question to the gog team, is there a way in your mantis system to confirm it is working? Haven´t found one....
Which ones? What I've seen so far is that there is a minimum window width and height, and if the client size is lower than that, it will be adjusted to the minimum (and seeing as the minimum height is 768 without the title bar, it may cause troubles).
Post edited December 13, 2014 by JMich
Posted December 13, 2014
Thanks for the update and clarification. Haven't done an uninstall of a game yet. Will need to check and see which of the ones I own are the smallest size so that I can test it better. I only have a 3mb line.
Posted December 13, 2014
I can't install Galaxy because it keeps telling me that its missing the file MSVCP110.dll. It tells me to reinstall it but it keeps happening, I even redownloaded the whole thing from my GOG account again and it still happened. I'm running Windows 8.1 64-bit if that matters any.
Post edited December 13, 2014 by Zap_Rowsdower
Posted December 13, 2014
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Zap_Rowsdower: I can't install Galaxy because it keeps telling me that its missing the file MSVCP110.dll. It tells me to reinstall it but it keeps happening, I even redownloaded the whole thing from my GOG account again and it still happened. I'm running Windows 8.1 64-bit if that matters any.
See issue #992.
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