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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
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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
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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
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moonshineshadow: Yep, that happened to me too, that is why I posted it here when I found that comment :D
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Tarm: Well mine is kind of a bug report. In short if you don't notice that the installation of a game, say Legend of Grimrock have to open external installation windows you might think the installation have hanged.
I was half way through writing a bug report about Legend of Grimrock hanging during installation when I noticed a standard windows installation window in the background. I had forgotten to close/finalise that installation window so the Galaxy installation of the game had halted.
Same happened to me, just wanted to report it, when you had already done it :D
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Tarm: Well mine is kind of a bug report. In short if you don't notice that the installation of a game, say Legend of Grimrock have to open external installation windows you might think the installation have hanged.
I was half way through writing a bug report about Legend of Grimrock hanging during installation when I noticed a standard windows installation window in the background. I had forgotten to close/finalise that installation window so the Galaxy installation of the game had halted.
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moonshineshadow: Same happened to me, just wanted to report it, when you had already done it :D
Ha ha ha! Bug report ninja. That's a first one for me. :)

Edit: Give a option to stop Galaxy from "blinking" its window during installations. Driving me nuts when Galaxy blinks windows on my screen when it gets "on top" for a second.

Edit 2: Someone please post so I don't have to make edits. ;)
Do you edit Severity GOG? I don't think I put Major as severity but I might have miss clicked during reporting.

Edit 3. Forget about my Edit 2. I read the wrong line. That's what I get when trying to do things when I'm very tired on a friday evening.
Post edited December 05, 2014 by Tarm
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Venom: Features NOT included in this release (planned for subsequent releases):
-- an embedded GOG.com store
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lebowitz: Maybe I'm crazy, but I see a store here? Or maybe I can't complete transactions through the client? Anyways, I'm really excited to be in the beta. I haven't messed around with it much yet, but I downloaded a couple games and played them, and it's really cool. I can't wait to see what Galaxy becomes in the coming months!
I believe it means a store that is designed with Galaxy in mind. There is a store, but it's pretty much just this site displayed in a window. That it.

Eventually they will likely add a store that is designed to be used with Galaxy, and is designed around it. Not just this store in a window.
The best way to hide a thread: sticky it! XD

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BlackThorny: Hi all - if anybody wants to test the galaxy client during the weekend - I got a key but eventually won't have time to do so during the weekend...
So I will be happy to send it to you now and you send me yours once you get it :)
(If at this time everybody who signs gets an invite and the later batches are still due - feel free to disregard this post. cheers!)
You ought to run this by a blue first, but if it's OK, I'd be happy to take you up on it! I've been wanting to get in on the ground floor with Galaxy and get as many useful suggestions and reports in as I can.

Also, be warned: they've probably sent all they will for this weekend, and I'm très late, so you might have to wait until midweek and more :(
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JMich: No, bug already filed. No way to change queue order yet either.
And no way to cancel download... That's a pity.
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Tarm: snip!
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moonshineshadow: snip!
It pops-up a window asking you if you would like to install Direct X 9.0 if I am not mistaken
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moonshineshadow: snip!
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lukslo: It pops-up a window asking you if you would like to install Direct X 9.0 if I am not mistaken
Likely. I just clicked to make it go away without thinking much about it.

Question to GOG: Do the games played in multiplayer use the games port/s or Galaxys? Might be important if you have to port forward.

Edit: Also for some firewalls.
Post edited December 05, 2014 by Tarm
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JMich: No, bug already filed. No way to change queue order yet either.
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zeffyr: And no way to cancel download... That's a pity.
Yeah, I hope that gets fixed pretty quickly. I'd like to try installing other games than the ones I actually clicked on.
Galaxy servers down? Can't seem to connect after restarting Galaxy a couple times.

Edit: Got connected after a couple tries.
Post edited December 05, 2014 by Tarm
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Tarm: Galaxy servers down? Can't seem to connect after restarting Galaxy a couple times.

Edit: Got connected after a couple tries.
That's what I had as well........

Not sure, if this is a feature or a bug ;)

And dear GOG:

Is it normal that it is checking EVERY minute for an update? PeriodicProductCheckTask?

And at 22:12 MET I had this error:

2014-12-05 22:12:00:763 [galaxy_client][Error]: JsonSerializer Error: Syntax error: JSON syntax error.
2014-12-05 22:12:00:763 [galaxy_client][Warning]: CheckClientVersion: Could not deserialize galaxy config json file.
2014-12-05 22:12:00:763 [galaxy_client][Information]: ClientTask Finished: CheckClientVersionTask
2014-12-05 22:12:00:763 [galaxy_client][Information]: Starting ClientTask: CheckAPIStatusTask
2014-12-05 22:12:01:065 [galaxy_client][Information]: APIStatus: Using channel: production
2014-12-05 22:12:01:065 [galaxy_client][Information]: API status is: online
2014-12-05 22:12:01:065 [galaxy_client][Information]: ClientTask Finished: CheckAPIStatusTask
2014-12-05 22:12:02:000 [galaxy_client][Information]: Assuming that current access token has expired: now=1417813922, expires=0
2014-12-05 22:12:02:269 [galaxy_client][Information]: Scheduling a request for sending later
2014-12-05 22:12:02:555 [galaxy_client][Information]: Sending 1 scheduled requests

little bit later:

2014-12-05 22:20:24:126 [galaxy_client][Warning]: SyncRequest: timeout 20s exceeded (remaining attempts 99) while fetching [url=https://products.gog.com:443/games/1207660163/os/windows/rootManifests?_gog_request_id=15FE67995565]https://products.gog.com:443/games/1207660163/os/windows/rootManifests?_gog_request_id=15FE67995565[/url]. RequestId: 15FE67995565.
2014-12-05 22:20:24:529 [galaxy_client][Information]: ClientTask Finished: PeriodicProductCheckTask
2014-12-05 22:21:00:463 [galaxy_client][Information]: Scheduling PeriodicProductCheckTask...
2014-12-05 22:21:00:463 [galaxy_client][Information]: Starting ClientTask: PeriodicProductCheckTask
2014-12-05 22:21:04:068 [galaxy_client][Error]: Error occurred during PerformRequest (requestId: 15FE67995565) for url [url=https://products.gog.com:443/games/1207660163/os/windows/rootManifests?_gog_request_id=15FE67995565]https://products.gog.com:443/games/1207660163/os/windows/rootManifests?_gog_request_id=15FE67995565[/url]: Timeout after 60090ms
2014-12-05 22:21:04:380 [galaxy_client][Information]: ClientTask Finished: PeriodicProductCheckTask
2014-12-05 22:22:00:463 [galaxy_client][Information]: Scheduling PeriodicProductCheckTask...
2014-12-05 22:22:00:463 [galaxy_client][Information]: Starting ClientTask: CheckAPIStatusTask
2014-12-05 22:22:00:463 [galaxy_client][Information]: Starting ClientTask: PeriodicProductCheckTask
2014-12-05 22:22:00:864 [galaxy_client][Information]: APIStatus: Using channel: production
2014-12-05 22:22:00:864 [galaxy_client][Information]: API status is: online
2014-12-05 22:22:00:864 [galaxy_client][Information]: ClientTask Finished: CheckAPIStatusTask
2014-12-05 22:22:00:864 [galaxy_client][Information]: Starting ClientTask: CheckClientVersionTask
2014-12-05 22:22:01:165 [galaxy_client][Error]: JsonSerializer Error: Syntax error: JSON syntax error.
2014-12-05 22:22:01:165 [galaxy_client][Warning]: CheckClientVersion: Could not deserialize galaxy config json file.

Ticket to be opened or not?
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vicklemos: edit: thanks, bro. Sorry GOG, I was in a hurry. Don't ban me or something :P
Don't worry, we don't ban people for being excited and helping us out with tests ;) It's just that this is an early version, and we still have many changes coming!
The worst thing is I don't want to get into the alpha since I won't be able to properly contribute, but I do want to take a look at how it is right now.

Oh, well...
Actually singed myself signing up. Grammatical irony perhaps.
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Venom: ...
When can we expect the next significant update (like one that lets us remove items in the queue ;) ? Next week or the week after?
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Venom: ...
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tfishell: When can we expect the next significant update (like one that lets us remove items in the queue ;) ? Next week or the week after?
You might be able to fix this by looking in the ProgramData folder (hidden by default) and removing the games from the download folder that are queued.