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General discussionIs anyone not using Galaxy?(368 posts)(368 posts)
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Posted May 23, 2015
Well, I tried again, and I give up. Galaxy refuses to DL or install anything on any drive I designate. I've reinstalled, I've deleted the services GalaxyCommunication and GalaxyClientService every time. I've rebooted before and after uninstalling and reinstalling. I've grabbed the latest build of the client. I've tried installing the client on a different drive and having it DL and install games on that same drive. Nada. It tries to update as soon as it fires up and that fails. Every time (although why it would need to update when I have the latest build available from GOG's own site is beyond me). It will not DL anything to anywhere I designate (I don't have enough room on my C: drive, so it has to be on one of the other two, but it gives me an error and access violation every time).

So I'm done with Galaxy until it's out of beta (and I'm not even sure I'll try it then). Sorry GOG, but this is an epic fail in my eyes. Just keep links active for the old DLer and it's all good though.
Posted May 23, 2015
So I just uninstalled Galaxy and thought it was awesome that it automatically fixed my Witcher 3 desktop shortcut to a direct path to the executable, rather than calling on a dependency that no longer exists! Galaxy wasn't that useful to me, but I appreciate the little things that separate GOG from basically everyone else...
Posted May 23, 2015
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Matruchus: That is a very bad bug. Galaxy.dll has no place in the standalone galaxy independent gog installer.
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Tarnicus: It's not just The Witcher 3. I downloaded Galaxy, installed Age of Wonders, removed Galaxy (as it is rubbish) and Galaxy.dll is still in my Age of Wonders folder. I would not have known to check if it was not for this thread. Am going to test out a standalone installer and see if it is there.

Edit: So I don't have Galaxy on my computer. I re-downloaded Age of Wonders and installed it, and lo and behold Galaxy.dll is in the folder. Date of file modified shows as 6/9/2010. I see GOG has invented time travel as well as installing a potential form of DRM on standalone installers. GG GOG :(

Edit 2: and after searching my registry after uninstalling Galaxy, "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\GalaxyClient.exe" still exists.

Edit 3: 63.8mb of files under ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy remained after uninstalling. The Galaxy.dll is hopefully confined to Age of Wonders. Strangely the Galaxy.dll is also on my Steam version of the game. Even more strangely is the Steam_api.dll file being on my GOG Aarklash installation, especially given I don't have the game on Steam.
This is for Crossplay nothing nefarious, use a dll watcher or program monitor there is zero outside connection.
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Coelocanth: Well, I tried again, and I give up. Galaxy refuses to DL or install anything on any drive I designate. I've reinstalled, I've deleted the services GalaxyCommunication and GalaxyClientService every time. I've rebooted before and after uninstalling and reinstalling. I've grabbed the latest build of the client. I've tried installing the client on a different drive and having it DL and install games on that same drive. Nada. It tries to update as soon as it fires up and that fails. Every time (although why it would need to update when I have the latest build available from GOG's own site is beyond me). It will not DL anything to anywhere I designate (I don't have enough room on my C: drive, so it has to be on one of the other two, but it gives me an error and access violation every time).

So I'm done with Galaxy until it's out of beta (and I'm not even sure I'll try it then). Sorry GOG, but this is an epic fail in my eyes. Just keep links active for the old DLer and it's all good though.
i added a screenshot to show this works and there is a settingto modify install location for all games i have tested it with my NAS and can successfully install there if i like.

make sure to check that manual box
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Post edited May 23, 2015 by Starkrun
Posted May 23, 2015
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Starkrun: i added a screenshot to show this works and there is a settingto modify install location for all games i have tested it with my NAS and can successfully install there if i like.

make sure to check that manual box
Thanks, but I'm aware of the settings and changing it to manual. I changed that every time. Seriously, I don't know why it refuses to work but it just won't.
Posted May 23, 2015
I'm not using it and I'm not planning to. I don't need any of the services it offers. I'm happy with just downloading my games and playing them. It's fine that Galaxy exists, but I'm very happy that it isn't mandatory and the moment it becomes mandatory I am out of here.
Posted May 24, 2015
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Lifthrasil: I'm not using it and I'm not planning to. I don't need any of the services it offers. I'm happy with just downloading my games and playing them. It's fine that Galaxy exists, but I'm very happy that it isn't mandatory and the moment it becomes mandatory I am out of here.
Same here. It is the same exact reason why I left other companies. Why should I be forced to use a client to play a game?
Posted May 26, 2015
For those not using Galaxy, check your library, especially if you have Witcher 3. Some patches have been released and not everyone is getting notified.
Posted June 30, 2015
As long as Galaxy insists on caching shit on my SSD I won't be using it.
Posted June 30, 2015
I tried it for a few weeks but it's too 'beta' for me at the moment so I've uninstalled, and now I download my GOGs through a browser.

I do believe that Galaxy will be useful and fun in the future and I'm looking forward to it, but I don't expect it to reach that state before Xmas, or maybe early next year.
Posted July 01, 2015
I used it for a short while and then went back to the old GOG downloader together with the direct downloader links in my library. It's basically all I need but with less overhead and I can pause and resume. If it stops working at some point in the future I might go back using Galaxy in downloader mode or use an alternative downloader.
Posted July 01, 2015
I don't see myself using it at all... I was willing to give it a try, but i never got my Alien vs Predator 2000 key from GoG, so *shrugs*
Posted July 01, 2015
I might use it at some point if it makes sense (multiplayer games? or if I ever buy some early access game that needs daily patching, but probably not), but for now still no. I tried it out for some time ago, worked ok for my purposes, but uninstalled it for now.

I tried to re-install it a couple of weeks ago on this PC, but I got the "important components are missing blaa blaa blaa" error, and removing the old Galaxy registry entries (which were pointing to the earlier, wrong, Galaxy installation folder) and re-installing Galaxy didn't fix it, so phuck it for now.

Still waiting for the real reason to use it. As a downloader client, maybe, but then even for that I am currently looking for alternatives which let me download lots of GOG games in one swoop, without having to click thousands of times. Like gogrepo.py or lgogdownloader or whatsitsname.

I am not inherently against the client (in fact I think it is important GOG made it, for people who consider a client a necessity), but just don't see personal reason to use it for now.
Posted July 01, 2015
awaiting something that runs on linux natively too..
Posted July 01, 2015
Installed out of curiousity but not using because the client uses the website, which has trackers (GA, FB icons, etc.)
Posted July 01, 2015
The only feature which will change my mind to try Galaxy would be cloud saving. It is one of the best features Steam offers to me. I have a PC and a Laptop and I can play the games switching between boths without transfering the savegames on my own. (I have to travel a lot between two places in the moment.)
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