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!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING !!!

== 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 (see below)

Where can I find Galaxy logs on my computer?
On Windows 7 or later: C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs

== 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 ==
- throttling max download speed is not yet possible
- notifications related to incoming chat messages and friend requests does not always disappear instantly when consumed and may require reloading Store page
- games imported from existing installations will auto-update once, even if updating is disabled
- Moving Galaxy from /Applications on Mac OS X will stop the app from working
- Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer
Post edited October 03, 2016 by Liosan
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Hi Everyone,

Below you can find the changelog of GOG Galaxy.

Changelog 1.1.15 (September 7th, 2016):
Changes / Improvements:
• Added Wallet button in dropdown menu under user's avatar
• Performance improvements on UI speed and a little on CPU usage
• Enabled copying text in Galaxy forums
• History will now remember only the 100 most recent pages in history
Bugfixes:
• Fix for "Disk access problem" bug, which broke installation and updates of games. (Bug happened on Windows only, but general mechanism is better on OS X as well)
• Fix for Verify/Repair, which did not work in some scenarios (The above bug for example)
• Fix for "Server problem" while downloading backup installers or other goodies. They will now work, even if temporary download folder is same as destination folder
• Fixed situations in which Store page sometimes did not load properly after waking up computer

Changelog 1.1.16 (September 19th, 2016):
Improvements:
• Galaxy now supports H.264 codecs
• Much better handling of paying using third party processors (PayPal, paysafecard etc.)
• Friends and chat window now scale with the system scaling factor
• New and prettier GOG Eula will be used in games
• Better handling of loading timeouts

Bugfixes:
• "INSTALLED" label will appear all pages of the library now
• Fixed a bug with game time tracking for some games. Galaxy will now register more than one minute:)
• Fixed a bug in which Galaxy in rare cases could not be able to update the game (bug rather existed in rollbacks)
• Galaxy will no longer show a little bit of bare code upon launching
• Fixed blurred images in sidebar expanded list mode

Changelog 1.1.17(hotfix September 20th, 2016):
• Fixed crashes and 'Disk Access Problem' caused by updating Galaxy from 1.1.12 (and earlier versions) to 1.1.16

Changelog 1.1.18 (October 19th, 2016):
Improvements:
• More accurate game time tracking mechanism
• Improved mechanism showing current online status between friends

Bugfixes:
• Fixed a bug which caused Galaxy to stop tracking game time

Changelog 1.1.19 (October 25th, 2016):
Improvements:
• We have removed download size from Galaxy updater. It showed faulty data, as Galaxy Updater doesn't download > 100mb each time and only downloads differences. It will come back in nearest future, when it will show correct data:)
• The first check for game updates will be done 15s after Galaxy starts, instead of 5 minutes.
• OSX: Improved mechanism responsible for removing old files left by Galaxy updates
• OSX: Improved the way Galaxy handles installing games into protected locations like /Applications; you will receive a password prompt about a "Helper tool" installation

Bugfixes:
• Fixed "Essential components missing" error which sometimes appeared after fresh installation
• Fixed a situation where failure in Updater could lead to Galaxy not being able to launch
• Fixed self-update on OSX to properly delete leftover files
• Fixed friends window losing functionality after network loss and reconnect
• Fixed blurry Windows 10 Galaxy tray icon
• Galaxy will remember maximised window status

Changelog 1.1.20(November 2nd, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Fixed installing XNA4 and other msi-based dependencies.
• Store page won't be reloaded twice upon logging in

Changelog: 1.1.21 (November 17th, 2016)
Improvements / changes:
• Added "with preview updates" suffix to Galaxy window title
• Small optimizations with memory and Galaxy loading time
• Small improvements with updater, it should fail less

Bugfixes:
• Fixed a bug with Galaxy refreshing pages
• Fixed occasional crashes

Changelog 1.1.22 (November 22nd, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Galaxy will no longer freeze when downloading a game update and checking another game in library
• Galaxy should crash even less now:)

Changelog 1.1.23 (November 28th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Galaxy will be now able to reconnect to internet correctly, if computer was put to sleep and then woken up without (initially) Internet connection
• Downloading of games/updates should have less impact on starting other installations

Changelog 1.1.24(December 6th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Downloading an installer with Galaxy and using it to install the game should not result in redownloading the whole game again
• Updater should no longer report over 100% progress on download

Adjustments:
• Increased timeout for failures during sign in
• Increased timeout for "Loading Timeout"

Changelog 1.1.25 (December 20th, 2016)
Bugfixes:
• Fixed a crash when trying to install certain games (Game affected was 1979 Revolution: Black Friday).

Changelog 1.1.26 (December 23rd, 2016, Preview only)
Changes:
• Introduced new downloading mechanism

Changelog 1.1.27 (January 26th, 2017, Preview)
Bugfixes:
• Aborting or pausing downloads will be smoother (They will stop faster)
• Pausing downloads will no longer cause memory usage to go super high

Changelog 1.1.27 (January 31th, 2017)
Changes:
• Introduced new downloading mechanism
Bugfixes:
• Aborting or pausing downloads will be smoother (They will stop faster)
• Pausing downloads will no longer cause memory usage to go super high

Changelog 1.1.28 (March 10th, 2017)
Changes / Improvements:
- Better support for differential patches. They are now seperate depending on game's language and system bitness
- Italian & Japanese partial support + more Spanish translations
- Improved checking for new available updates of the games
- We'll sort available DLCs alphabetically
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when Galaxy doesn't have permissions to the logs directory
- Fixed showing empty grey page after a while of inactivity
- Fixed infinite spinner after going to support page
- Fixed displaying of prices in cart when they were over 999 (Bug caused by a comma in the price)
- MacOS: Popup windows (for example chat) will no longer open as a tab but as a separate window instead
- MacOS: Fixed memory leak (~30MB upon GOG Galaxy launch)
- MacOS: Fixed memory leak while playing a game

Changelog 1.1.29 (March 14nd, 2017)
Changes:
- Changes in downloading mechanism, which allows for better control over download's flow
Bugfixes:
- Fixed displaying progress of differential patches (It did not display the "Extracting" status)

Changelog 1.1.30 (March 16th, 2017)
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash within games downloading mechanism

== PREVIEW UPDATES* ===

HOW TO ENABLE PREVIEWS?
Go to your Galaxy settings and check the option to receive preview updates.

HOW TO DISABLE PREVIEW?
- Uninstall Galaxy
- Download current installer from gog.com/galaxy
- Install Galaxy
- Import your games

Changelog 1.2.0 (March 22nd, 2017)
Changes and improvements:
- Cloud saves backup and syncing (supported games only)
- Screenshot capture with F12 (supported games only)
- In-game overlay with FPS counter and notifications (supported games only)
- Greatly improved chat, also in overlay
- Ability to enable or disable achievements, game time tracking, auto-updating games and more
- Desktop and in-game notifications system
- Ability to set bandwidth limit and scheduler
- New settings window
- Rarity information in achievements
- Abort button next to installation status
- Only one Galaxy Updater window will be shown in most cases
- GOG Galaxy updates will be downloaded in the background
- Games are now downloaded directly to their install directory, instead of a temporary location
- Galaxy changelog is displayed in Galaxy

Bugfixes:
- Fixed game time tracking issues
- Initial size of Galaxy Client window will respect Windows scaling
- Improved Windows 10 Galaxy tray icon
- Fixed a bug which caused Galaxy to redownload whole data in case of a failure of installation/update
- Thumbnail highlighting in media gallery now works properly
- Decreased client's network and CPU usage (especially for a lot of games)
- MacOS: Fixed situation when Galaxy Client could downloading due to App Nap
- MacOS: Fixed crash when logging out with "New post" popup open
- MacOS: Fixed game processes not being properly cleaned up after exiting
Post edited March 22, 2017 by TheTomasz
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For everyone who has a problem with missing api-ms-crt dlls in Client's versions post 1.1.5:
Please install one of those windows update: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118401
You may need to update Windows to meet the requirements for these:
For Windows 8.1 and for Windows Server 2012: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2919355
For Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/976932

You can also try reinstalling Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables 2015 (x86) if you meet above requirements.
Available here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

If above instructions doesn't work for you, create a separate issue on mantis.gog.com and we'll try to help you individually.

Please note that this solution only helps with the missing api-ms-crt dlls.


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Answering this question: Why 1.1 doesn't work after updating to 1.2?

This is happening probably due to incompatible database from version 1.2, please delete this folder:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\storage
usually
C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\storage\

Then you'll have to use scan&import (menu under the top Galaxy logo) function to see your games back in Galaxy Client.
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Post edited March 27, 2017 by TheTomasz
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Hi Everyone,

we've just released an update to Galaxy on both Windows and Mac. Below you can find the changelog.

GOG Galaxy 1.0.7.2023:
- Added an option to participate in early updates to Galaxy
- Added an option to disable "minimise to tray" behaviour
- Fixed an issue with Galaxy uninstaller, that would also remove game files
- Various Galaxy self update improvements
- Various Galaxy network communication improvements
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songoqu: GOG Galaxy 1.0.7.2023:
- Added an option to participate in early updates to Galaxy
So we can test a beta within a beta? Very meta. ;)

Thanks for the update!
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apparition: So we can test a beta within a beta? Very meta. ;)
The "Beta" moniker for Galaxy is temporary, it will last until we feel confident, we can remove it. The early/preview updates will continue as a constant setting that allows to receive selected updates earlier then everyone else.

First early update will be available soon, and will bring a bunch of nice features. If you'd like to try it out once it's out, you can check this option right now. We will of course post info here (with a changelog) once the early preview of Galaxy 1.1 (that's the upcoming update) is available.
Post edited August 10, 2015 by Venom
The check boxes on the client look messed up on Windows 10. This is the case with The Witcher 3. Go to More > Configure > Available Content. Instead of a check mark there is a weird symbol inside the boxes.
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songoqu: Hi Everyone,

we've just released an update to Galaxy on both Windows and Mac. Below you can find the changelog.

GOG Galaxy 1.0.7.2023:
- Added an option to participate in early updates to Galaxy
- Added an option to disable "minimise to tray" behaviour
- Fixed an issue with Galaxy uninstaller, that would also remove game files
- Various Galaxy self update improvements
- Various Galaxy network communication improvements
Very nice, the option to disable minimize to tray is a welcomed change. Thank you. Already opted into the Galaxy early updates... can't wait.

Are we still posting issues with the early updates to Mantis or are you guys going to set up a separate place to report issues for those? Just wondering as I know mantis is a bit overrun with issues and any issues with the early updates should probably be fixed before they are pushed live to everyone.
Post edited August 10, 2015 by user deleted
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Venom: The "Beta" moniker for Galaxy is temporary
I figured. I was just being snarky. :) (Also, I knew someone was going to point it out eventually.) I've already turned the option on and am excited to see what comes down the pike.

I've been enjoying Galaxy quite well and haven't had any real problems so far aside from the STALKER series not tracking hours. (Well, Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky. I haven't made it to Call of Pripyat.) Should I file a bug report for that?
Post edited August 10, 2015 by apparition
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apparition: I figured. I was just being snarky. :) (Also, I knew someone was going to point it out eventually.) I've already turned the option on and am excited to see what comes down the pike.
We've added this option with the next Galaxy update in mind... which, if everything goes according to plan, will be the first major 1.1 update that packs quite a lot of new features and improvements. For that reason we'd like to do a bit slower rollout, offering our power users an early preview of all the new and improved things and a chance to give us their feedback (hopefully a lot) and bug reports (hopefully not so much ;) before we release this update to the public.

If this goes well, we plan on keeping the "early preview" model for all the bigger updates to Galaxy Client. And maybe for some smaller ones too.

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apparition: I've been enjoying Galaxy quite well and haven't had any real problems so far aside from the STALKER series not tracking hours. (Well, Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky. I haven't made it to Call of Pripyat.) Should I file a bug report for that?
I believe this was already reported at http://mantis.gog.com/view.php?id=3270 although it mentions Call of Pripyat only. Feel free to add your comment that the issue to mention other Stalker titles as being affected.
Post edited August 10, 2015 by Destro
New update and no pause/resume downloads yet.
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Ghildrean: New update and no pause/resume downloads yet.
That will likely be in 1.1 which will be coming very soon. Next few weeks at the most. I suggest opting in the early updates via Galaxy settings which was added with this update so you can test it and get it early before everyone else who waits for the live version of the patch. That might come really soon, this week or next hopefully.
Post edited August 11, 2015 by user deleted
Very exciting stuff! As soon as I saw I could opt in to test updates early I did just that! Can't wait to see what the GOG team has in store for the new and improved Galaxy :)
Still no option to create a Galaxy Shortcut for games after installing? Not a huge deal, but still
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paladin181: Still no option to create a Galaxy Shortcut for games after installing? Not a huge deal, but still
Sounds like an idea for the Galaxy Wishlist (if it's not there already) :)
Post edited August 11, 2015 by Fallen_Zen
I just noticed something in the changelog post that I thought was humourous to share... :)

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_galaxy_beta_2/post1903

It says at the bottom of the post:

"There will also be an ongoing changelog available in the top post."

What's funny is that:

- The changelog is in the second post, not the top one.
- The comment telling you where the changelog will be is in the changelog itself and tells you the wrong place where it will appear.
- If they corrected the statement to say "The changelog is in the second post" it would still be self referential and not useful because someone would be already reading the changelog in order to see the post that tells them where the changelog is.

That's comedy gold right there. :)
When I click the link to get to gog twitch channel from galaxy nothing happens. Not sure if this has been reported ( i did a search but did not see it mentioned). The link works fine from the gog web page however.
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Byeohazard: When I click the link to get to gog twitch channel from galaxy nothing happens. Not sure if this has been reported ( i did a search but did not see it mentioned). The link works fine from the gog web page however.
For me it opens browser window but any embed stream leaves empty space without even displaying it.
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