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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 August 25, 2017
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klappis: So the Scan and import feature haven't really worked with any gog-installers until recently despite being there for ages? So the only option is to import them manually? Unfortunately the "import folder" doesn't work with games installed in the old galaxyclient folder.
No it's worked for a long while now though sometimes it has been buggy in the past.

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klappis: How can i see which gog-installers are goggalaxy compatible or not?
If the game was installed with a newer installer it's probably compatible (not to be confused with the Galaxy bundled installers, these are separate. But they should also be compatible without issue.). The best way to tell is to look into the games installation folder and look at the files. I believe if you see files like "goggame-galaxyFileList" and other galaxy related files then it should be a compatible Galaxy installation and Galaxy should be able to detect it using scan and import..

Otherwise yes you have to use the manual option for each game unfortunately. Those files are what allows scan and import to work and to be able to detect the game.

Not all of the installers have been made compatible yet.
Posted August 25, 2017
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TheTomasz: There’s also a new menu notification system and some improvements to desktop notifications.
Yikes I just re-installed Galaxy and updated to the latest beta after week or more of not getting on. Had 8+ desktop overlay notifications fire off at the same time because I had 8 notifications wafting for me. Hope there is a limit to these, next time they might fill my entire screen. :P

Anyway we can combine this into a single desktop notification? Like "Hey you have 8 notications waiting..." or something?


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On an unrelated note, I tried to buy Doom 3 BFG edition via Galaxy and every time I would add it to the cart it would disappear. I guess GOG doesn't want my money... :P
Post edited August 25, 2017 by BKGaming
Posted August 25, 2017
Hi folks,

we just did a double release - 1.2.20 on the main channel, and 1.2.21 for the BETA. 1.2.20 includes mostly accumulated bugfixes from the previous BETA releases, but we're still keeping the new menu on BETa. Here's the changelog:

# 1.2.20 (August 25, 2017)
## Changes and Improvements:
- [Windows] CPU usage improvements for GOG Galaxy Overlay
- [Windows] Overlay will now react to change of keyboard layout (eg. from EN to RU characters)
- Improved version detection of imported games. Galaxy will also not perform file adjustment if it's not needed. Supported only by newer games
- Importing and updating The Witcher 3: GOTY (DVD version) will properly use differential patch mechanism (greatly reduced download size)
- Galaxy update popup made more reliable

## Bugfixes:
- Game updates will no longer fail with disk access problem, after redeeming single DLC with a gift code
- Slightly optimised download process, Galaxy will no longer stop downloading for a while during unpacking small files
- Galaxy will not freeze after quitting during applying diff patches
- It is now possible to log out without internet
- [Windows] Fix for screenshots in Dragon Age: Origins and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
- [Windows] Mouse cursor should not duplicate when opening overlay and moving the mouse simultaneously

# 1.2.21 Beta (August 25, 2017)
## Changes and Improvements:
- Added desktop notification if there are unread notifications in the top menu

## Bugfixes:
- Top menu won't switch to mobile mode in Galaxy
- Fix for excessive memory usage in top menu

Liosan
Posted August 25, 2017
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klappis: Unfortunately the "import folder" doesn't work with games installed in the old galaxyclient folder.

How can i see which gog-installers are goggalaxy compatible or not?
Sorry, we're working a fix for the Import Folder bug right now.

A game can be imported using Scan&Import if there exists a file called goggame-<something>.info in the game folder.

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TheTomasz: There’s also a new menu notification system and some improvements to desktop notifications.
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BKGaming: Anyway we can combine this into a single desktop notification? Like "Hey you have 8 notications waiting..." or something?
We just did :)

Liosan
Post edited August 25, 2017 by Liosan
Posted August 25, 2017
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BKGaming: I used it like a week ago, imported 30 games and it worked fine. Just selected my games folder that had all my GOG games.
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klappis: Can it import games installed through the GOG-installers? I haven't been lucky importing them at all.
Same for me. I tried the "Manual Import" approach, though, which one starts from the game's own page in the library. Whatever I point it to, it does come up with a notification "No Game Found". I tried it with Aquanox, Aquanox Revelation, The Guild, Arcanum, Advent Rising, all the Wing Commanders, Strike Commander, and some more.

The other strange thing is the backup game function. I just tried it for fun and it took 10 minutes (or so) to backup a 850MB game, while my network was fully saturated (as it would have downloaded it). Oh, and I did not have that game installed in my Galaxy library (installed it years ago manually with the installer). It resulted in an installer file for that game in my GOG Galaxy download folder. When I hit "Install" in Galaxy it started to download the whole game again.
Posted August 25, 2017
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klappis: Can it import games installed through the GOG-installers? I haven't been lucky importing them at all.
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amix: Same for me. I tried the "Manual Import" approach, though, which one starts from the game's own page in the library. Whatever I point it to, it does come up with a notification "No Game Found". I tried it with Aquanox, Aquanox Revelation, The Guild, Arcanum, Advent Rising, all the Wing Commanders, Strike Commander, and some more.

The other strange thing is the backup game function. I just tried it for fun and it took 10 minutes (or so) to backup a 850MB game, while my network was fully saturated (as it would have downloaded it). Oh, and I did not have that game installed in my Galaxy library (installed it years ago manually with the installer). It resulted in an installer file for that game in my GOG Galaxy download folder. When I hit "Install" in Galaxy it started to download the whole game again.
Just start the installation within Galaxy when it starts the download pause it and close Galaxy. After that just copy the content of the installed game (which import doesn't find) into the folder Galaxy is downloading the game to. Now start Galaxy it should realize new files are in the folder and check them, after that it downloads only the files which need patching or are missing.
btw copying the already installed game files into the download folder shouldn't be a problem since Galaxy gives files another file extension if they are not fully downloaded.

Always worked for me when Galaxy came out and never had to download the whole game again. Maybe it stopped working now because of differential patching... haven't checked how Galaxy behaves now when doing stuff like that^^
Post edited August 25, 2017 by Loose_Control
Posted August 25, 2017
Can someone please help me out, this is like the third time this has happened. Like the 1.2.17 public update, this one refuses to install properly on my computer. I get it stating GOG is updating, I approve of it and GOG Galaxy exits. It restarts and installs it...and it says something is wrong and I should download the installer (which is still 1.2.17 NOT 1.2.20) and now everytime I exit GOG Galaxy and (even with Administration allowed) it still refuses to fully install 1.2.20. What gives? What do I do? Why does this happen with each major public update?
Posted August 25, 2017
The most recent update, after it finished installing and restarting, rendered Galaxy unusable (maximised window that contained nothing). Closing Galaxy didn’t work — at first — but after manually killing all of Galaxy’s processes and restarting the client everything is working A‐O.K.
Posted August 25, 2017
Comodo contains scriptinterpreter.exe as trojan.
Possible false positive'?
Posted August 25, 2017
"Top menu won't switch to mobile mode in Galaxy"
Does this mean it will no longer switch to the mobile version or does this mean that it's now possible to switch to the mobile version? I own a Windows tablet and the client menu is impossible to use with touchscreen so I insist on an option to control the client over touchscreen. The top menu is also the only thing that doesn't work with touchscreen at the moment.
Posted August 25, 2017
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staredcraft: Can someone please help me out, this is like the third time this has happened. Like the 1.2.17 public update, this one refuses to install properly on my computer. I get it stating GOG is updating, I approve of it and GOG Galaxy exits. It restarts and installs it...and it says something is wrong and I should download the installer (which is still 1.2.17 NOT 1.2.20) and now everytime I exit GOG Galaxy and (even with Administration allowed) it still refuses to fully install 1.2.20. What gives? What do I do? Why does this happen with each major public update?
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boroncarbide: The most recent update, after it finished installing and restarting, rendered Galaxy unusable (maximised window that contained nothing). Closing Galaxy didn’t work — at first — but after manually killing all of Galaxy’s processes and restarting the client everything is working A‐O.K.
I don't recall any bug that could cause this problem. Could you post a new issue at http://mantis.gog.com, attach your logs, and we'll investigate.

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murkki: Comodo contains scriptinterpreter.exe as trojan.
Possible false positive'?
I would hope so :) That executable is part of GOG Galaxy, something developed internally at GOG. It should be perfectly safe.

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odisos: "Top menu won't switch to mobile mode in Galaxy"
Does this mean it will no longer switch to the mobile version or does this mean that it's now possible to switch to the mobile version? I own a Windows tablet and the client menu is impossible to use with touchscreen so I insist on an option to control the client over touchscreen. The top menu is also the only thing that doesn't work with touchscreen at the moment.
Hm. The bug was that it would switch to a version which would work in lower resolutions, not actual touch support. I'll file a bug report on that, but I'll be honest - tablet support is not high on our priority list...

Liosan
Post edited August 25, 2017 by Liosan
Posted August 25, 2017
still missing the option to have X close the client that was removed for some inexplicable reason :(
Posted August 26, 2017
After the last update Galaxy crash at startup showing a message about the database.
I use Windows 7 64bit. I was using the standard version of the client.

Following the instruction on the support site the things now works well.
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Post edited August 26, 2017 by ZX12
Posted August 26, 2017
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ZX12: After the last update Galaxy crash at startup showing a message about the database.
I use Windows 7 64bit.
See if this helps: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002280385--Failed-to-load-game-database-Error
Posted August 26, 2017
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ZX12: After the last update Galaxy crash at startup showing a message about the database.
I use Windows 7 64bit.
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BKGaming: See if this helps: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002280385--Failed-to-load-game-database-Error
Thank for the help, now the client is working again.
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