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Posted May 06, 2015
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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
Posted July 03, 2015
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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
Posted March 26, 2016
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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
Posted May 08, 2015
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gringlas: I just downloaded the GOG Galaxy Beta client yesterday. I downloaded some of my games through it and there weren't any problems. After playing some of the games I recognized that the game-time tracker for all titles I played hasn't changed and still lists 0 minutes. Is this feature not implemented, yet? I tried out playing Little Big Adventure, Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter.
I slightly have the same problem. My games show only 5 min or 3 min played no matter how long I actually play them. Should I report this to Mantis?
Posted May 08, 2015
Adding friends isn't really user friendly at the moment. Well, at least the chat is working in this version.
Posted May 08, 2015
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atvaark: Adding friends isn't really user friendly at the moment. Well, at least the chat is working in this version.
I guess you removed me after writing. So now I have "3" unread messages and I cant see them :)
Posted May 08, 2015
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atvaark: Adding friends isn't really user friendly at the moment. Well, at least the chat is working in this version.
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Engerek01: I guess you removed me after writing. So now I have "3" unread messages and I cant see them :)
Try adding me as a friend again. (Move your mouse over my account name/avatar)
Posted May 08, 2015
Is there a way to minimize that large blank gray area on the left of the client opening screen?

If not, I would like that option as it takes up too much screen landscape for me, when all i want to see is the Gog page that i selected. When needed I would then open up that area to access the functions.

thanks, so far liking it
Posted May 08, 2015
Well, the client has lots of problems:

1) Importing the folder with my installed GoG games failed to recognize half of the games

2)Friend notifications: I received a friend notification and I had no way to get any info about the person that requested to be my friend in any way whatsoever. Request denied.

3)Browsing Games: No option to see the forums.

4)Browsing Games: After a while of inactivity(because I have to go to the browser to check reviews, forums etc), the client reverts to the main page for the site??!! Really? Losing my page order, my filters and all? And, no, the "back" arrow, does not get me back.

That last one was the last drop, for now, as it renders the client useless for even the most important of things with a client: Finding games and information about them before you buy them. To me, this is the *no 1* thing to be implemented in a client of this type.

Until I hear about improvement in functionality, there is no point in using the client over the browser. I'll stick with the browser.

Cheers!
Post edited May 08, 2015 by ThunderGr
Posted May 08, 2015
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gringlas: I just downloaded the GOG Galaxy Beta client yesterday. I downloaded some of my games through it and there weren't any problems. After playing some of the games I recognized that the game-time tracker for all titles I played hasn't changed and still lists 0 minutes. Is this feature not implemented, yet? I tried out playing Little Big Adventure, Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter.
It's possible there is a bug you're hitting or that it isn't fully implemented yet.. not sure. Up until recently the client did not track game time at all but did track whether or not you've played a game yet. Starting with the beta I now notice that it does track game play time for the games I have tried it with so far, but that's only um...

<checking....>

3 games...
- Aliens vs Predator Classic 2000
- Mount and Blade
- Stacking

I'd test with more games but my gaming volume is full at the moment (too many Steam games installed <grin>). Once I free up a whacktonne of space I'll be doing a lot more Galaxy installations and prodding here and there. So far each game I did try has game tracking working though. I own 2 of the 3 games you mentioned (Little Big Adventure, TIE Fighter) and can test them here soon though just to see if I can reproduce the problem for additional data points for GOG. Which version of TIE Fighter did you test, 1994, 1995 or 1998?

Going to install Little Big Adventure now as I think that's super small...
Posted May 08, 2015
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mintee: Is there a way to minimize that large blank gray area on the left of the client opening screen?

If not, I would like that option as it takes up too much screen landscape for me, when all i want to see is the Gog page that i selected. When needed I would then open up that area to access the functions.

thanks, so far liking it
Hi I was thinking the same thing and opened a wish in the Galaxy wishlist. You can vote for it.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/removing_the_left_bar_while_viewing_store_and_library
Posted May 08, 2015
thanks! will do
Posted May 08, 2015
waiting for linux client to test beta of gog galaxy :)
thanks a lot for your work ;)
Posted May 08, 2015
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ThunderGr: ...

3)Browsing Games: No option to see the forums.
pretty sure you can go into any forum while using the galaxy browser. if you mean having a link to the related forum in the game's info page, that has been removed for years now? you have to go into the forums/community and search for the game-related forum yourself.
Posted May 08, 2015
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ThunderGr: ...

3)Browsing Games: No option to see the forums.
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dick1982: pretty sure you can go into any forum while using the galaxy browser. if you mean having a link to the related forum in the game's info page, that has been removed for years now? you have to go into the forums/community and search for the game-related forum yourself.
Yeap. This works from the browser, because you can right-click->open link in new tab, and keep your games page open. It does not work with the client, because it does not have the capability for opening multiple windows.
Posted May 08, 2015
Win 8.1 x64
Massive Assault (the first one)
. Work by direct launch (admin obligatory)
. Click on "play" button, change in grey for less a second, green again. no game launch. no log in game folder and no process seen in task manager.
Posted May 08, 2015
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gringlas: I just downloaded the GOG Galaxy Beta client yesterday. I downloaded some of my games through it and there weren't any problems. After playing some of the games I recognized that the game-time tracker for all titles I played hasn't changed and still lists 0 minutes. Is this feature not implemented, yet? I tried out playing Little Big Adventure, Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter.
Ok, I installed Little Big Adventure and played it for a bit. After exiting Galaxy showed 31 minutes of play time, I exited Galaxy client and then restarted it and it still shows 31m of play time for the game for me. It didn't feel like it was a half hour of gameplay but I didn't monitor the wall clock time either so it might have been a half hour. I'll have to remember next time to check the clock. :)

Still, there could be transient bugs or bugs that trigger depending on how one has the client installed or games etc.
Posted May 08, 2015
Am I right assuming the client's game library will eventually evolve into a Calibre-like interface?
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