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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
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falloutttt: Please add the sound back for achievements.

Or better yet, make it possible to turn it on/off. Since not everyone like it as it seems.

Thanks!
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falloutttt:
Hey,

we have released GOG Galaxy 1.2.53 Beta.
It brings back notification sounds to the Overlay as well as fixes installation of the games - as described in the changelog :)
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falloutttt: Please add the sound back for achievements.

Or better yet, make it possible to turn it on/off. Since not everyone like it as it seems.

Thanks!
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TheTomasz:
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TheTomasz:
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TheTomasz: Hey,

we have released GOG Galaxy 1.2.53 Beta.
It brings back notification sounds to the Overlay as well as fixes installation of the games - as described in the changelog :)
YES! Thanks so much for a quick fix! <3
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TheTomasz: fixes installation of the games - as described in the changelog :)
Indeed. Did some testing, seems to be fixed.
Good day,

Over the past weeks the Galaxy client (GC) has become increasingly chatty, so much so it affects my use of my internet. This isn't while I am downloading a game or cloud syncing, but randomly during the time i am on my system. I only have currently (on my desktop I am referring to) Oblivion and Kingmaker installed.

I play EverQuest (MMO) and this is where I noticed it. Suddenly I would see latency jump from 80-100ms to 600ms+ even reaching 900ms+ for extended periods, long enough I woudl give up and end my play. I have slowly been traciong the issue, even to the extent of testing a new modem (mine was old anyway).

From VS to firewall, to Steam client, to windows updates it all seems to end or never appear when I shut down my GC. So it now doesnt get loaded on startup, a first since its release. So far, and a few more days will confirm, that it appears if the GC is not loaded i have zero issue. When its running, good bye bandwidth. As an aside i have less issues with netflix quality now too.

What concerns me most is who, what, where, Why?
What Data is being sent, so much of it it affects other things on my connection.
Where is this data going?
Who is using it?
And most importantly why?

Side note, I started my GC to post this, and guess what? Yep you bet, I have latency issues. It has been hammering my internet for a while now, and I am darn sure it isnt Oblivion updates and Kingmaker, no matter how much it needs it, not released a patch recently, and its not cloud syncing saves.

So i guess my question is.....what is going on behind the curtain?
Post edited February 27, 2019 by Exmortis
Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
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RyaReisender: Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
You can't and that's considered a feature not a bug.
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RyaReisender: Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can't and that's considered a feature not a bug.
That's horrible and I feel it's a breach of my privacy. Is that even legal?
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can't and that's considered a feature not a bug.
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RyaReisender: That's horrible and I feel it's a breach of my privacy. Is that even legal?
I'm pretty sure this is legal since you agree to it via terms of use/privacy policy when you sign up to GOG. Your only option is to uninstall Galaxy which I did years ago for the very same reason.
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RyaReisender: Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
Block them using you Antivirus/Security software.
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RyaReisender: However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
Actually not running Galaxy in the background should be enough. Or logging out in Galaxy (no account connected then).

Galaxy can be set to not automatically start with Windows. Sadly closing it, only moves it to the tray - where you have to explicitly "Quit". I want the option back that [x] is "real quit"...

Also make sure your links to the games are really to the games, and not Galaxy. Often links end up as "start Galaxy with a parameter to start the game". When in doubt, launch from the game's exe-File.
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RyaReisender: However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
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toxicTom: Actually not running Galaxy in the background should be enough. Or logging out in Galaxy (no account connected then).

Galaxy can be set to not automatically start with Windows. Sadly closing it, only moves it to the tray - where you have to explicitly "Quit". I want the option back that [x] is "real quit"...

Also make sure your links to the games are really to the games, and not Galaxy. Often links end up as "start Galaxy with a parameter to start the game". When in doubt, launch from the game's exe-File.
Unfortunately not running it does not work. Galaxy is in fact not running on my system, I already removed it from autostart. However, if I run a standalone game, it still starts the "GoG Galaxy Communication Service" process which I assume is the one who then transmits my gaming data. Killing it doesn't work either, it seems to immediately restart.

But I guess I could try with logging out before closing it.
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RyaReisender: But I guess I could try with logging out before closing it.
You can also disable the services involved before starting the game, and reactivate them after quitting it:

(use these commands in a CMD console with elevated privileges)

== BEFORE LAUNCHING THE GAME to disable them ==

sc stop GalaxyCommunication
sc config GalaxyCommunication start=disabled

sc stop GalaxyClientService
sc config GalaxyClientService start=disabled


== AFTER QUITTING THE GAME to reenable them ==

sc config GalaxyClientService start=demand
sc config GalaxyCommunication start=demand
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RyaReisender: Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
You can start gog galaxy in offline mode. And you can set the two services easy to manuel.
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RyaReisender: Hi guys, I have a question.

I installed GoG Galaxy only to play some games online that require it.

All my other games I keep installing via the offline installer.

However, I noticed when I run these standalone games, they will still communicate to the GoG website what I'm currently playing. How can I prevent this connection other than plugging out my ethernet cable when I launch the game?
is it cloud saves?
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can't and that's considered a feature not a bug.
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RyaReisender: That's horrible and I feel it's a breach of my privacy. Is that even legal?
Go into the files where you installed it and cut and patse only the game files to another folder. Then just start the game from that folder. You should be able to scrub any trace of gog off your machine and still run the game
Post edited March 03, 2019 by ramsey84c
Is friend suggestions new? I dont think ive sen that before.