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Posted April 25, 2017
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Hi,

welcome to the official GOG Galaxy forum thread. Please read the below info first:

== GOG GALAXY FEATURES IN GAMES ==

List of games supporting various GOG Galaxy features:
Achievements: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=achievements&sort=bestselling&page=1
Cloud Saves: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=cloud_saves&sort=bestselling&page=1
Overlay: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=overlay&sort=bestselling&page=1

== 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 (location described on mantis report page)

== 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 ==
- Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer

== CHANGELOG ==

1.2.49 (November 29, 2018)
- [Windows] Updater now requires administrator privileges to perform update of GOG Galaxy
- [Windows] Security of directories containing GOG Galaxy files has been improved
- [Windows] Updated Code Signing Certificate
- [Windows] Crash reporter has been added to Galaxy Communication Service
Bugfixes:
- Prevented several potential causes of "broken" games, where only way out was reinstalling
- [MacOS] Fixed a crash on shutdown when fatal error was shown

1.2.50 (December 13, 2018)
Changes & Improvements:
- Speed up startup time
- [MacOS] Strengthen up connection security with ClientService
Bugfixes:
- Fixed "disk access problem" when installing games, occuring mostly on fresh installation of GOG Galaxy
- Fixed a rare occurrence of a game update resulting in displaying "unknown game version"

1.2.51 (December 20, 2018)
- Improved Korean translations
- Fixed connection to notifications pusher in GOG Galaxy SDK

1.2.54 (March 14, 2019)
Changes and Improvements:
- Updated Chromium version to 71:
- Better performance
- Fixes playing Twitch videos on profiles
- Fixes playing Wistia videos
- Security fixes in the game installation process
- Security fixes in GOG Galaxy update process
- GOG Galaxy Updater should perform better under poor network conditions
Bugfixes:
- [macOS] Fixed passing multiple commandline arguments to games
- [macOS] Multiple "friend online" notifications will no longer appear when system wakes up
- Dates are now properly displayed in cloud saves conflict window

1.2.55 (April 17, 2019)
- Hotfix for unintentional opening of Facebook link after entering Forum

1.2.56 (May 06, 2019)
Bugfixes:
- [Windows] GOG Galaxy will fix the path to its internal services, if it finds it is wrong
- Updating of games' local dependencies (e.g. Dosbox) will be handled correctly
- Unexpected files in games' directories will no longer cause failure of games’ update

1.2.57 (June 12, 2019)
Changes and Improvements:
- Minor download speed optimizations
- Changes in PayPal payment flow
Bugfixes:
- Fixed rare crash occurence when reordering games' updates and installations
- GOG Galaxy will correctly reconnect to GOG services after long time of no internet connection

1.2.58 (September 13, 2019)
macOS:
- Enabled hardened runtime, making our application more secure
- Implemented Apple's notarization

1.2.59 (September 23, 2019)
Overlay:
- [Windows] Fixed crash in Overlay affecting some games (including Fallout 3 (Radeon only) and Dragon Age: Origins)
Achievements:
- [Windows] Fixed issue with achievements sometimes not being saved while playing offline

1.2.60 Beta (07 October, 2019)
General:
- Updated CEF version to 3729 (Chromium to 74)
- Security fixes
Updater:
- Will no longer download updates at startup, they will be downloaded in the background, while the application is running
- [Windows] No additional UAC prompt during update

1.2.61 Beta (October 23, 2019)
Updater:
- Fixed an issue where non-admin users would not be able to update to newer versions of GOG Galaxy

1.2.62 Beta (October 30, 2019)
Overlay:
- Fixed crashes for various games

1.2.63 (December 02, 2019)
General:
- Updated CEF version to 3729 (Chromium to 74)
- Security fixes
Updater:
- Will no longer download updates at startup, they will be downloaded in the background, while the application is running
- [Windows] No additional UAC prompt during update
Overlay [Windows]:
- Now supports games which use Vulkan API (e.g. Jupiter Hell, X4: Foundations)
- Fixes crashes for various games

1.2.64 (December 04, 2019)
- Hotfix for launching games

1.2.66 (January 23, 2020)
- Added information about GOG Galaxy 2.0 Open Beta
- Optimization related to showing download progress
- Fixed an issue where Overlay did not launch for some games that use Vulkan
- [Windows] Updated code signing certificate
- [MacOS] Crash fixes

1.2.67 (February 24, 2020)
General:
- [Windows] GOG Galaxy will now show a warning when trying to run on non-NTFS file systems
- Improved security of the application
- Updated POCO library
GOG GALAXY Update:
- Fixes for bugs in the GOG Galaxy update process
Post edited February 24, 2020 by TheTomasz
Posted January 14, 2018
Sacred 1 Gold still doesn't work running though Galaxy's latest version in Win 10. Clicking on the play button just gives a black screen and endless loading while still being able to see the Galaxy window and the taskbar. I have to use task manager to kill Sacred.exe to exit the process. Running the game the ususal way without using Galaxy works fine however.
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: Sacred 1 Gold still doesn't work running though Galaxy's latest version in Win 10. Clicking on the play button just gives a black screen and endless loading while still being able to see the Galaxy window and the taskbar. I have to use task manager to kill Sacred.exe to exit the process. Running the game the ususal way without using Galaxy works fine however.
That sounds to me like the overlay is causing issues. Does the game launch with your overlay disabled in the settings for the game? globally disabled in the GOG Galaxy settings? I don't own the game to test, so I hope this is something you have yet to try and it turns out to be the case.
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: Sacred 1 Gold still doesn't work running though Galaxy's latest version in Win 10. Clicking on the play button just gives a black screen and endless loading while still being able to see the Galaxy window and the taskbar. I have to use task manager to kill Sacred.exe to exit the process. Running the game the ususal way without using Galaxy works fine however.
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kittehoverlord: That sounds to me like the overlay is causing issues. Does the game launch with your overlay disabled in the settings for the game? globally disabled in the GOG Galaxy settings? I don't own the game to test, so I hope this is something you have yet to try and it turns out to be the case.
Tried disabling the overlay, but it still doesn't work.
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: Tried disabling the overlay, but it still doesn't work.
Sorry to hear that. I don't think there is much else GOG Galaxy does to games other than launching them and injecting the overlay. Perhaps there is a library file missing or corrupted. Some dll shenanigans taking place is usually the next check on the list. Perhaps the GOG Galaxy launching process neglects to load the proper file.

When you launch the game outside GOG Galaxy, is it a separate installation or is it the GOG Galaxy installation and you are simply going into the directory to launch the game manually? If it is a separate installation, perhaps compare the directories to see if there is a file missing.

At the least, I am sure GOG would appreciate you placing your issue on the mantis bug emporium website incase others more timid are experiencing it.

Good luck and I am sorry for bothering you and not being much help.

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Well, I am downloading and installing it right now, so we will see if it is a Windows 10 feature. I know how often Windows 10 likes to break people's systems because progress is messy and stuff. Perhaps we can narrow it down this way. I am using Windows 7 64bit Home Premium and if I can launch the game no issue then we have made progress I think.
Post edited January 14, 2018 by kittehoverlord
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: Tried disabling the overlay, but it still doesn't work.
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kittehoverlord: Sorry to hear that. I don't think there is much else GOG Galaxy does to games other than launching them and injecting the overlay. Perhaps there is a library file missing or corrupted. Some dll shenanigans taking place is usually the next check on the list. Perhaps the GOG Galaxy launching process neglects to load the proper file.

When you launch the game outside GOG Galaxy, is it a separate installation or is it the GOG Galaxy installation and you are simply going into the directory to launch the game manually? If it is a separate installation, perhaps compare the directories to see if there is a file missing.

At the least, I am sure GOG would appreciate you placing your issue on the mantis bug emporium website incase others more timid are experiencing it.

Good luck and I am sorry for bothering you and not being much help.
No prob, thanks for trying to help anyways.

It's the same installation, the default C:/gog games like i've been using for years. Using the game's regular Windows icon or anything else to launch works fine. It's just trying to lauch through Galaxy that doesn't work and i've only had this problem with this one game.

I reported the issue and they said they were able to reproduce it in Win 10 32 bit, but not 64 bit which is what I use. Said they'd look into it and fix it, but that was months ago.
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: No prob, thanks for trying to help anyways.

It's the same installation, the default C:/gog games like i've been using for years. Using the game's regular Windows icon or anything else to launch works fine. It's just trying to lauch through Galaxy that doesn't work and i've only had this problem with this one game.

I reported the issue and they said they were able to reproduce it in Win 10 32 bit, but not 64 bit which is what I use. Said they'd look into it and fix it, but that was months ago.
You are absolutely welcome. I just launched through GOG Galaxy without issue using Windows 7 64bit Home Premium. I see there is no option for the overlay, so I was totally off my first comment. :D Hopefully they figure it out for you. I know they had some internal turmoil lately so that might be delaying the fix on it.

Perhaps if you downloaded the game from the website and installed it outside GOG Galaxy, and then tried to import the game into your library. That might change the way some things are handled. Regardless what you do from here on out, I hope you get it fixed.
Posted January 14, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: No prob, thanks for trying to help anyways.

It's the same installation, the default C:/gog games like i've been using for years. Using the game's regular Windows icon or anything else to launch works fine. It's just trying to lauch through Galaxy that doesn't work and i've only had this problem with this one game.

I reported the issue and they said they were able to reproduce it in Win 10 32 bit, but not 64 bit which is what I use. Said they'd look into it and fix it, but that was months ago.
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kittehoverlord: You are absolutely welcome. I just launched through GOG Galaxy without issue using Windows 7 64bit Home Premium. I see there is no option for the overlay, so I was totally off my first comment. :D Hopefully they figure it out for you. I know they had some internal turmoil lately so that might be delaying the fix on it.

Perhaps if you downloaded the game from the website and installed it outside GOG Galaxy, and then tried to import the game into your library. That might change the way some things are handled. Regardless what you do from here on out, I hope you get it fixed.
I've tried both installing via Galaxy and via offline installer. Still no dice.

No big deal and in no rush to play it at the moment, I just wanted to install a bunch of stuff ahead of time so I don't have to do it later lol.
Posted January 14, 2018
Since the fall creators update I am having an issue that whenever I quit a game, GOG galaxy stops working. I can click on it and bring up my library but whenever I click on something it just clicks on whatever was behind the window like the GOG galaxy window does not exist. I have to exit GOG galaxy from the tray icon and re-launch to use again.
Posted January 15, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: I've tried both installing via Galaxy and via offline installer. Still no dice.

No big deal and in no rush to play it at the moment, I just wanted to install a bunch of stuff ahead of time so I don't have to do it later lol.
I ran into a little annoyance when playing that lead me to visit the Sacred 1 forums. I found this discussion :Sacred Gold. Higher resolution or HD version that had a link to a piece of software that might offer you a solution. It is a simple copy&paste installation and requires no administrative rights to run. I hope this is of help to you.
Post edited January 15, 2018 by kittehoverlord
Posted January 15, 2018
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Lucian_Galca: I've tried both installing via Galaxy and via offline installer. Still no dice.

No big deal and in no rush to play it at the moment, I just wanted to install a bunch of stuff ahead of time so I don't have to do it later lol.
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kittehoverlord: I ran into a little annoyance when playing that lead me to visit the Sacred 1 forums. I found this discussion :Sacred Gold. Higher resolution or HD version that had a link to a piece of software than might offer you a solution. It is a simple copy&paste installation and requires no administrative rights to run. I hope this is of help to you.
A good idea as i've gotten Interstate 76 to work at the proper speed using dgvoodoo, but it didn't work for Sacred. This seems like something gog will have to fix in Galaxy.
Posted January 15, 2018
There is some problem with Grim Dawn. There is already thread about it over in GD subforum, but I figured there is better chance someone responsible will see it here. In short, when trying to launch multiplayer game, it thinks I'm not logged into Galaxy when I am, and refuses to launch MP.

This wouldn't bother me as much, I wouldn't even try if I didn't see the mentioned thread. But another problem which might be connected is that achievements stopped working. I'm playing HC character to get the few remaining ones. Last one I have is "reached level 85" 7 days ago. Since then I finished the regular campain in HC Ultimate which also grants achievement - but galaxy ignored that one (in-game achivement popup appeared, it just didn't update in Galaxy).

Third problem, after last Galaxy update, all my in-game achivements did reset. I had spam of reacquiring most of them after logging in my char, but not all - some are connected to mob deaths under certain conditions (kill warden with char below level 11 comes to mind).

Only thing that still works is game time tracking, otherwise GD behaves like it cannot talk to Galaxy at all.
Posted January 15, 2018
Hey, quick question: how many people use the "launch at computer startup" option for GOG Galaxy? Does it start up quickly or slowly?
Posted January 15, 2018
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MadDemon64: Hey, quick question: how many people use the "launch at computer startup" option for GOG Galaxy? Does it start up quickly or slowly?
Depends on number of games you have installed and your hardware. It starts quickly for me - now that I moved system to SSD. Before that the boot was painfully slow, but most of it looked like the OS doing it's own things, unrelated to Galaxy. Best is to experiment a bit it on your system instead of relying random strangers on the internet. Since my PC is dedicated to gaming and the first thing I would do is start Galaxy anyway, I decided to leave the autostart on even on rotating disk, I just had enough time to go make coffe before everything loaded.
Posted January 15, 2018
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MadDemon64: Hey, quick question: how many people use the "launch at computer startup" option for GOG Galaxy? Does it start up quickly or slowly?
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huan: Depends on number of games you have installed and your hardware. It starts quickly for me - now that I moved system to SSD. Before that the boot was painfully slow, but most of it looked like the OS doing it's own things, unrelated to Galaxy. Best is to experiment a bit it on your system instead of relying random strangers on the internet. Since my PC is dedicated to gaming and the first thing I would do is start Galaxy anyway, I decided to leave the autostart on even on rotating disk, I just had enough time to go make coffe before everything loaded.
Autostart is so slow I get timeout errors for some reason. I'm trying to figure out why but so far I'm at a loss. It didn't start until a few months ago, so I'm thinking maybe an update caused it, which given that the timeout errors go away if I uninstall and reinstall a new version of GOG Galaxy but come back when Galaxy updates itself seems kinda likely. Plus, it started the day after update 1.2.26 landed.
Post edited January 16, 2018 by MadDemon64
Posted January 16, 2018
Would it be possible to add play time to the library screen for each game? It feels clunky to click each individual game to see how much play time I have on them.
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