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Posted December 05, 2014
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BUG REPORTING: Please use http://mantis.gog.com

Always attach your logs when reporting bugs. You can find them at:
On Windows Vista or later: C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\GOG.com\Galaxy\Logs
On MacOSX: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs


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Hi, everyone!

The Galaxy team is hard at work to bring you the Client application that will let you manage your GOG.com games library more conveniently. We’d love for the initial release experience to be as smooth and streamlined as possible for everyone, but releasing an app of this scope is no easy feat.

But before we jump in and hand out the alpha Client, we’d like to set some ground rules.

1) The key word here is ‘alpha’, which means that this is not the final app and not all functionalities are present. The purpose of this test is to evaluate the core tech in the Client on a wider set of computer configurations than what we can locally test on, so only core features are included. Below I will post a detailed list of what is present and what we plan to add in future releases.

2) Alpha also means that you can encounter some unexpected issues. If you have a metered connection (a bandwidth cap or payments per bandwidth used) or you’re currently playing and can’t afford a loss of game time, this might not be for you. In other words, if you want to avoid potential problems with the alpha Client, simply wait for the final release.

3) Please, please, please refrain from posting screenshots, reviews or first impressions, both on our forums or elsewhere, as this is not the final product and many changes will still be made.

If you’ve read all of the above proceed to the signup page: http://www.gog.com/galaxy/alpha

We will be sending out invitations in batches (along with some more info on how to install the client and report bugs), so not everyone will receive one right away.
Post edited May 02, 2015 by Destro
Posted April 30, 2015
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Hi everyone,

we've released the 0.7 version a couple of minutes ago, here's the changelog:

- Back/Forward navigation in the Store section
- Import Folder - it is now possible to import a game which is not compatible with the client, by clicking the game in the Library section and choosing ‘Import Folder’ from the More dropdown
- Startup page option - it is now possible to decide if the client should start on LIBRARY page, STORE page, or continue previous session
- Search option - you can press enter in the search field to continue searching in the Store
- Option to Show Game Folder added to MORE menu
- New sidebar sorting options (sort by name)
- External links will now be forwarded to the system browser
- Wishlist option added to the LIBRARY menu
- Community option in the STORE menu
- Forum Replies option in the ACCOUNT menu
- Option to keep saves, when uninstalling a game
- Windows: starting the client when another instance is already running should now open the running instance (rather than displaying error message)
- Improved ‘Last Played’ information, which should now show the time of the user stopped playing the game, rather than started playing the game
- Fixed uninstallation issues on Windows
- Fixed an issue which prevented using Paypal, when buying a game
- Fixed an issue which prevented from displaying Terms and Agreements when registering new account
- Fixed some issues when installing and uninstalling DLCs
- Bugfix: client will now not allow dragging elements onto its window
- Fixed memory leaks, causing to crash the application when downloading lots of games
- Fixed a bug which was causing the client to crash on exit
- Fixed an issue, which sometimes caused the client to duplicate the news on game view
Post edited May 01, 2015 by Destro
Posted May 01, 2015
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HOW TO IMPORT EXISTING GAMES INSTALLATIONS INTO GALAXY

1. For GOG games installed using installers from the last few months (so called Galaxy-compatible installers)
Click the "+" 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, then click the More button and select "Manage" -> "Import folder" and point the folder selector into the folder where that game is installed.
Post edited May 01, 2015 by Destro
Posted March 21, 2015
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Neonshuffler: So I have a lot of gog games installed over 3 hard drives can I just copy and paste all the games into the galaxy games folder and it will find them or would I have to reinstall each one?
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a_lemming: I don't have the alpha, but if I recall correctly from earlier posts I think you have to reinstall the game through Galaxy? I don't think the alpha has autodetection yet. Also, you may find out that some of your games don't show up in Galaxy's list of games that you own. That's normal, not all games on GOG currently have Galaxy support.
Cheers.

I got a problem now. Whenever I try to Install a game in the client it greys out the play button and says "INSTALLATION POSTPONED: GAME IN SESSION" but I am not playing a game?
Posted March 21, 2015
Recently got access to the client, and haven't given it a good run for its money yet, but wanted to say:

It would really help if during this testing stage you added to the sidebar a link to Mantis for feedback or opened some sort of private forum for discussion, instead of packing it into this thread. I'm not entirely sure why this hasn't been done yet, but I ran into this as a similar issue with the AvP test and having mild trouble figuring out how to provide useful feedback.

By limiting it to Mantis/single threads (that rapidly get bloated), it makes it hard to pick up on what's redundant feedback or not. In the case of Mantis, I didn't know of it until I dug through this thread, in the case of the thread issue, I still don't know all of what's been mentioned in this one alone.

I suspect this has been mentioned before, but I thought I'd put it out there again as someone from this new wave of client invites.
Posted March 21, 2015
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Neonshuffler: I got a problem now. Whenever I try to Install a game in the client it greys out the play button and says "INSTALLATION POSTPONED: GAME IN SESSION" but I am not playing a game?
Hmm...Maybe you've got a hanging process still running from a game you ran previously? Open up task manager and make sure any gog or game processes have been stopped.

Also, head on over to mantis.gog.com, hit "view issues", and search for whether that's a bug other people have had, there may be solutions there. If not, you can make a new bug report and attach your log files.
Posted March 21, 2015
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Neonshuffler: I got a problem now. Whenever I try to Install a game in the client it greys out the play button and says "INSTALLATION POSTPONED: GAME IN SESSION" but I am not playing a game?
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a_lemming: Hmm...Maybe you've got a hanging process still running from a game you ran previously? Open up task manager and make sure any gog or game processes have been stopped.

Also, head on over to mantis.gog.com, hit "view issues", and search for whether that's a bug other people have had, there may be solutions there. If not, you can make a new bug report and attach your log files.
Thanks for the help. I got no game running restarted the computer. Will go check out mantis.gog again thanks for the help.
Posted March 21, 2015
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Neonshuffler: Thanks for the help. I got no game running restarted the computer. Will go check out mantis.gog again thanks for the help.
No problem :)
Posted March 22, 2015
Is there anything I should do about a bug if it has already been logged on mantis?
Posted March 22, 2015
my game collection on the gog site says 173 but when I use the galaxy client I only see 132, Is this due to some games not compatible with the alpha or a server thing? cause all my tomb raider and fall outs and commandos games don't pop up with many others to install.


any info on this would be great
Posted March 22, 2015
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staticblast: Is there anything I should do about a bug if it has already been logged on mantis?
I don't think there's anything you *need* to do, but if you'd like you can go to the "add note" section of the bug's page and provide any new information you may have about the bug.

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DreamedArtist: my game collection on the gog site says 173 but when I use the galaxy client I only see 132, Is this due to some games not compatible with the alpha or a server thing? cause all my tomb raider and fall outs and commandos games don't pop up with many others to install.

any info on this would be great
That's correct, it's due to some games not being compatible with the alpha just yet.
Posted March 22, 2015
Have you guys thought about just partnering with Evolve? (evolvehq.com)

They already have a working game overlay, party system etc. and it even works with old games.
Posted March 22, 2015
Achievements
Posted March 22, 2015
1. Not all my games show up (Dracula 4/5, Hotline Miami 2 Wrong Number Comics, Mount & Blade, Realms Of Arkania 1+2, Rise Of The Triad)
2. The client becomes unresponsive when minimizing/maximizing and resizing window.
3. I added 15 games to download on a number of 6 concurrent connections and I noticed it takes around 3 minutes for a game to start downloading after another one finished. No problems downloading the games so far. The speed is good as well.
4. The download list (the one that pops up when you press the button in the left bottom corner) starts popping up out of the blue.
5. Between downloads (and not only, but most between) you cannot scroll the list under my library using your cursor, only the wheel works.
6. On rarely occasions the client looses window focus when download starts or ends.
7. Trying to uninstall Warsow(first game I uninstalled) trigged the MS Visual Studio C++ 2012 Redistributable installation. Might be caused by the fact that I already have this version installed so I cancelled the installation when I installed the client.
8. It seams sometimes closing the client doesn't actually close it. It just hangs in task manager and prevents me from opening again. For the record, I use Norton 360 but I don't have this problem with any other program.
9. From time to time, closing and opening the client causes some weird behaviour (I'm not sure how to explain this so I guess a screenshot is better)

As for suggestions, there' s a huge list but I'll try to keep it simple.

1. Achievements
2. Chat/Friends list (I guess this will be added for multiplayer but still)
3. More view options (same for installed games section under My Library)
4. Classification system (categories)
5. Possibility to view and manage all DLCs (select what to install and the possibility to uninstall when the game is installed)
6. I guess this is already in works but...overlay and built-in browser(don't be Ubisoft on this pls)
7. Profile section/page
8. Maybe themes support??
9. The possibility to keep the setup files as well as the possibility to download but not install

I'll update this if something shows up.
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Post edited March 22, 2015 by daydr3am3r87
Posted March 22, 2015
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melacio: Achievements
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daydr3am3r87: 1. Not all my games show up (Dracula 4/5, Hotline Miami 2 Wrong Number Comics, Mount & Blade, Realms Of Arkania 1+2, Rise Of The Triad)
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Not all games showing up is a known error, not all GOG games are currently compatible with Galaxy.

And to both of you, bugs and feature requests are to be reported to mantis.gog.com. Simply double check that they have not already been reported/suggested using the search function under the "view issues" section first.

Thank you :)
Post edited March 22, 2015 by a_lemming
Posted March 22, 2015
ignore this post
Post edited March 22, 2015 by xenu
Posted March 22, 2015
Not sure if this is a bug or not. May be intended behavior I just hope it is not.

I used galaxy to install a game. I then checked the download directory and the install files are not there?
Posted March 22, 2015
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HeDanny: Not sure if this is a bug or not. May be intended behavior I just hope it is not.

I used galaxy to install a game. I then checked the download directory and the install files are not there?
If you install a game, the files don't stay in the download directory. They are moved to the game install directory.
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