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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 October 23, 2017
Somehow, Galaxy Client moved to a different folder. Couldn't move it because galaxy is always open. Next day, when I tried to launch Galaxy, got a message that crtical components were missing so I reinstalled Galaxy and deleted the old stuff from the wrong folder. Everything seemed back to normal. But all my games were gone (of course :) ) so I tried installing the one I am currently playing, Gothic I, and ----- nothing happened. It says checking local files then returns to the page with the install button without installing. Any ideas of what I should do (other then installing the old way, sans Galaxy)?

EDIT: Tried installing another game from my library - same result.
Post edited October 23, 2017 by lordhoff
Posted October 23, 2017
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lordhoff: The risk is entirely on the owner's system, not the host system.
Not always, but as long as GOG stays on top of blocking versions from connecting when certain risk are found then more than likely.
Posted October 23, 2017
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lordhoff: The risk is entirely on the owner's system, not the host system.
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BKGaming: Not always, but as long as GOG stays on top of blocking versions from connecting when certain risk are found then more than likely.
Good enough :)
Posted October 23, 2017
Greetings GOG masters. Two Simple yet major quality of life improvement for Galaxy (in my humble opinion).

1. The option to mark a game for "Never Update" (no pop ups, no notify, no blue highlights, nothing!)

2. This is major one (but easy peasy to fix). Please fix the search button on Galaxy forums. The search works fine in an individual thread. But for instance when I go to "The Witcher" forum, I should be able to pull up the search box and type "Vsync" and get results for all the threads in The Witcher forum!

Great work on the platform, I appreciate you all. Keep up the good work ; )
Posted October 23, 2017
I would like to report one little bug:

When I'm on the "Backup and Goodies" page of a game and change the language, then it sometimes switches back quickly to the old setting before I can click on the download link. It has happened repeatedly that I downloaded the wrong language version and only realizing it afterwards. (for reference: my standard game language in the settings is set to "German", on the "Backup and Goodies" page usually English is selected (sometime Russian), so I change it to German manually but it switches back, sometimes within a fraction of a second)

This happened on my old computer and now also on my new one (both Windows 10, but different brand, different GPU etc.)
Posted October 23, 2017
So I just noticed something about GOG Galaxy that has litterally cost me about $50 (thanks for that extra bill btw), I had a download set to paused last night, today, when I booted the computer up to check something unrelated to gaming I didn't think to check to see if the pause was still in effect - when I use Steam if I pause a DL it stays that way till I say otherwise.

Just now I check GOG to look for a game and notice that its downloading, I look and OH joy, Witcher 3 was nearly 75% downloaded - yet I had it paused last night. Your system REALLY can't be doing that, as of right now I actually can't afford ANY games because of that major flaw in your system.

Yes I may sound bitter but at least Steam (which I do hate) hasn't cost me $50 in surprise data charges because they have a functioning pause button.
Posted October 24, 2017
We've released GOG Galaxy Client 1.2.27 Beta (it means you have to enable preview updates to get it).

Most visible change is a dialog that will be shown if the cloud save sync fails due to not enough space in the cloud (very common Cloud Sync fail reason).
There were also some bugfixes, and some internal code changes that shouldn't affect you in any way.

For changelog, go to GOG Galaxy or pinned post above.
Posted October 24, 2017
This might have already been discussed before and I apologize if it already has but is there any news on Linux Version Galaxy?

Thanks
Posted October 25, 2017
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Johny.: We've released GOG Galaxy Client 1.2.27 Beta (it means you have to enable preview updates to get it).

Most visible change is a dialog that will be shown if the cloud save sync fails due to not enough space in the cloud (very common Cloud Sync fail reason).
There were also some bugfixes, and some internal code changes that shouldn't affect you in any way.

For changelog, go to GOG Galaxy or pinned post above.
"- GOG Galaxy will no longer fail to update itself in some instances due to insufficient permissions "

Still having issues in that regard, sadly.
*that turned out to be caused by my AV software, so that's no longer an issue*
Post edited October 25, 2017 by ChaosBahamut
Posted October 25, 2017
Galaxy won't update to 1.2.27. It starts but then i get a window saying it failed to update and that i could download it from the scratch.
Posted October 25, 2017
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PainOfSalvation: Galaxy won't update to 1.2.27. It starts but then i get a window saying it failed to update and that i could download it from the scratch.
Thank you for the information.
Could you report this issue on http://mantis.gog.com and include Galaxy Client logs?
Posted October 25, 2017
So now GOG Galaxy is launched anytime I launch a GOG game. This uses up resources and such with zero benefit to me - the user. TBH, this is why I ditched Steam. I don't like apps running on my systems that add no value to me at the time.

Yes, GOG Galaxy is an easy way to manage my GOG games, but it is not needed to play games - unless it is actually being used as a DRM check. I doubt that is the case, as it would be a violation of all things GOG.

So, if this is a new requirement, could GOG explain what Galaxy is doing when it launches and why this is now a requirement? I am cool with it, if there is something critical happening here. But otherwise, it feels shady.

Thanks,
S
Posted October 25, 2017
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ScottGW: So now GOG Galaxy is launched anytime I launch a GOG game. This uses up resources and such with zero benefit to me - the user. TBH, this is why I ditched Steam. I don't like apps running on my systems that add no value to me at the time.

Yes, GOG Galaxy is an easy way to manage my GOG games, but it is not needed to play games - unless it is actually being used as a DRM check. I doubt that is the case, as it would be a violation of all things GOG.

So, if this is a new requirement, could GOG explain what Galaxy is doing when it launches and why this is now a requirement? I am cool with it, if there is something critical happening here. But otherwise, it feels shady.

Thanks,
S
Just create a new shortcut for the game.exe or change the actual shortcut. You dont need Galaxy in the background if you dont want to.
Posted October 25, 2017
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PainOfSalvation: Galaxy won't update to 1.2.27. It starts but then i get a window saying it failed to update and that i could download it from the scratch.
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psikorski: Thank you for the information.
Could you report this issue on http://mantis.gog.com and include Galaxy Client logs?
Just turned on pc and the version is 1.2.27. Looks like its fixed by itself. :p
Posted October 25, 2017
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ScottGW: So, if this is a new requirement, could GOG explain what Galaxy is doing when it launches and why this is now a requirement? I am cool with it, if there is something critical happening here. But otherwise, it feels shady.
It's not a requirement of course. :)

Feel free to change the shortcuts at any time. To find the game executable, you can use MORE -> Manage installation -> Show folder

Some users have Galaxy Client running in background - and when you run the game through Galaxy (via "Galaxyfied" :P shortcut) - it allows you to have the game overlay, game time tracking, achievements etc. If it's just a single-player game and you don't care about game time tracking, or achievements - you can omit Galaxy.
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