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When I bring up No Man's Sky in GOG Galaxy, it says "Not Compatible".

Does this mean that GOG Galaxy thinks my laptop doesn't meet the system requirements?

My laptop is an ASUS Q551LN-BBI706 that comes with NVIDIA GeForce 840M for graphics. I've upgraded with the maximum 16 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD (putting the conventional hd in the slot where the optical drive used to go) using all the money I saved from not being ripped off by gaming console manufacturers. #PCMasterRace

This laptop can play Arkham Knight and should be able to handle just about anything (except FRACT OSC because nobody can play that game) I read online that the system requirements for No Man's Sky were really low. My laptop should be good to go, right?

I would post a link to a screenshot but this forum blocks people from posting links and limits the allowed attachments for images below the file size of an HD screenshot. What the hell, GOG? Fix your forums.
Post edited August 11, 2016 by BenMcLean
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Discussed here:

https://www.gog.com/forum/no_mans_sky/is_it_suppose_to_say_that
When GOG Galaxy says 'not compatible' that means that either:

1) The game is not compatible with Galaxy (there are some games that have to be installed manually), or:

2) There is no game installer for your current platform (you are using a Mac, but the game is Windows-only.)

Since there isn't a No Man's Sky installer at all yet, I'm willing to bet 2) is the reason here!

In fact, if I set Galaxy to show only Windows games, No Man's Sky doesn't appear on my list, so I'm sure 2 is the problem.
well the not compatible has gone but now i get a greyed out install..
what gives?

upated

the Not Compatible is back and install still greyed out...
Post edited August 12, 2016 by natedimaggio
Well, it's not out yet, so of course install is greyed out.

Also, a gtx 480 is the minimum GPU, and as that's about 3x as fast as your 840m I wouldn't expect miracles performance-wise.
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Gromuhl: Well, it's not out yet, so of course install is greyed out.

Also, a gtx 480 is the minimum GPU, and as that's about 3x as fast as your 840m I wouldn't expect miracles performance-wise.
thanx for info....
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Gromuhl: Well, it's not out yet, so of course install is greyed out.

Also, a gtx 480 is the minimum GPU, and as that's about 3x as fast as your 840m I wouldn't expect miracles performance-wise.
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natedimaggio: thanx for info....
yes but as i brought up in the post i started about this my system meets or beats the specs for this game and i have "not compatible" also. another guy said he has the same thing going on. i just sent a note on to GOG to ask them what the hell. last thing i want to run into come time its available is "not compatible".
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natedimaggio: the Not Compatible is back and install still greyed out...
This evening, 05.00 PM GMT, the magic button will be ungreyed :)
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natedimaggio: the Not Compatible is back and install still greyed out...
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Telgar: This evening, 05.00 PM GMT, the magic button will be ungreyed :)
Really Really, Not sure I can wait that long hahaha