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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
How will this work for DOS. I'm so ready to play this game but I don't want to play it alone.
Posted May 08, 2015
Maybe I just don't see it, but can someone explain how you back up games now? Previously I kept a copy of the game installers on my media center machine (I have bandwidth caps and would rather not re-download things if I don't have to), and would just copy them over to my gaming rig as needed.
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: Maybe I just don't see it, but can someone explain how you back up games now? Previously I kept a copy of the game installers on my media center machine (I have bandwidth caps and would rather not re-download things if I don't have to), and would just copy them over to my gaming rig as needed.
Select the game in your library, click "More", then "Download Extras", and both the installers and the extras of a game should now be available for download.
Posted May 08, 2015
-There are no points in the achievements

-It is not translated into Spanish
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: Maybe I just don't see it, but can someone explain how you back up games now? Previously I kept a copy of the game installers on my media center machine (I have bandwidth caps and would rather not re-download things if I don't have to), and would just copy them over to my gaming rig as needed.
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Grargar: Select the game in your library, click "More", then "Download Extras", and both the installers and the extras of a game should now be available for download.
OK I tried that, but it's not working as I expect. If I do that, it does download the installer like GOG Downloader would. However, if I then click "Install" from Galaxy, it then downloads it again and installs,rather than using the installer that's already downloaded.

If I don't already have a game installer downloaded and just click "Install", it will download and install, but it won't leave me with the installer to use as a backup either, it just downloads straight into the GoG Games folder where the installations reside.

Finally, if I download the installer separately, and manually launch that from within Windows, the game will install, but Galaxy won't recognize it as being installed, even though it was installed in the correct folder and everything. I tried completely exiting and restarting Galaxy too, it just doesn't show up.

Anyone know if this is intended behavior? I'd like to make use of the benefits of Galaxy without losing the ability to backup up those installers, but it seems that as of now I'd have to download each game twice essentially, which as I said originally would waste my limited bandwidth.
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: OK I tried that, but it's not working as I expect. If I do that, it does download the installer like GOG Downloader would. However, if I then click "Install" from Galaxy, it then downloads it again and installs,rather than using the installer that's already downloaded.

If I don't already have a game installer downloaded and just click "Install", it will download and install, but it won't leave me with the installer to use as a backup either, it just downloads straight into the GoG Games folder where the installations reside.

Finally, if I download the installer separately, and manually launch that from within Windows, the game will install, but Galaxy won't recognize it as being installed, even though it was installed in the correct folder and everything. I tried completely exiting and restarting Galaxy too, it just doesn't show up.

Anyone know if this is intended behavior? I'd like to make use of the benefits of Galaxy without losing the ability to backup up those installers, but it seems that as of now I'd have to download each game twice essentially, which as I said originally would waste my limited bandwidth.
"Install" is exclusively for installing games right away. If you want to backup, then you have to do it as I mentioned above. Now, if you want to both backup your game and import it to the Galaxy, you'll have to install it from windows, then click the "+" icon on the top-left of the client, select "Scan and Import Folders", direct it to where the game is installed, and it should import it to the client.
Post edited May 08, 2015 by Grargar
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: OK I tried that, but it's not working as I expect. If I do that, it does download the installer like GOG Downloader would. However, if I then click "Install" from Galaxy, it then downloads it again and installs,rather than using the installer that's already downloaded.

If I don't already have a game installer downloaded and just click "Install", it will download and install, but it won't leave me with the installer to use as a backup either, it just downloads straight into the GoG Games folder where the installations reside.

Finally, if I download the installer separately, and manually launch that from within Windows, the game will install, but Galaxy won't recognize it as being installed, even though it was installed in the correct folder and everything. I tried completely exiting and restarting Galaxy too, it just doesn't show up.

Anyone know if this is intended behavior? I'd like to make use of the benefits of Galaxy without losing the ability to backup up those installers, but it seems that as of now I'd have to download each game twice essentially, which as I said originally would waste my limited bandwidth.
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Grargar: "Install" is exclusively for installing games right away. If you want to backup, then you have to do it as I mentioned above. Now, if you want to both backup your game and import it to the Galaxy, you'll have to install it from windows, then click the "+" icon on the top-left of the client, select "Scan and Import Folders", direct it to where the game is installed, and it should import it to the client.
Oh OK, I see. The scan and import doesn't seem to work for the game I tried though (Duke Nukem 3D). Maybe that part doesn't work yet?
Posted May 08, 2015
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Grargar: Select the game in your library, click "More", then "Download Extras", and both the installers and the extras of a game should now be available for download.
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pyrotek85: Finally, if I download the installer separately, and manually launch that from within Windows, the game will install, but Galaxy won't recognize it as being installed, even though it was installed in the correct folder and everything. I tried completely exiting and restarting Galaxy too, it just doesn't show up.
If the installer is newer and has been updated for Galaxy it should show up in Galaxy, now if that is true if Galaxy is open when you install it I do not know, but I believe it will.

Eventually all installers will be Galaxy compatible...
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: Oh OK, I see. The scan and import doesn't seem to work for the game I tried though (Duke Nukem 3D). Maybe that part doesn't work yet?
Did you download/install it recently? If not, then you should download/install the latest version. If you did, however, you could also go to the library, select Duke Nukem 3D, "More", "Manage", "Import Folder", select the folder that the game has been installed to, and see if that works for you. If not, then you are advised to report this to GOG, as per the instructions on the first post of the thread.

Edit: Looking at it now, it doesn't seem that Duke Nukem 3D has been updated to become compatible with Galaxy, so you'll have to wait till GOG updates the game.
Post edited May 08, 2015 by Grargar
Posted May 08, 2015
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pyrotek85: Oh OK, I see. The scan and import doesn't seem to work for the game I tried though (Duke Nukem 3D). Maybe that part doesn't work yet?
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Grargar: Did you download/install it recently? If not, then you should download/install the latest version. If you did, however, you could also go to the library, select Duke Nukem 3D, "More", "Manage", "Import Folder", select the folder that the game has been installed to, and see if that works for you. If not, then you are advised to report this to GOG, as per the instructions on the first post of the thread.

Edit: Looking at it now, it doesn't seem that Duke Nukem 3D has been updated to become compatible with Galaxy, so you'll have to wait till GOG updates the game.
Got it now. The "+ menu > scan and import" didn't work, but doing so from the More>Manage>Import did. I'm going to assume that's a bug then. I think I got this figured out then, so for my purposes I'll be ignoring the Install button within Galaxy and just importing after manually installing as I have up until now, so that Galaxy then recognizes them. Thanks for the help.
Posted May 08, 2015
im having problems with scanning and importing games myself
tried the computer wide one, nothing works despite having several games already installed from gog
Posted May 08, 2015
So I have 2 drives, my C drive is a SSD and my E is a standard harddrive. When I set to install on my E drive, the install will say it failed, saying it ran out of disk space, but I have plenty of space. It installs fine on C but I don't want to fill up my C drive with the games. Is this a bug in Galaxy or is something else wrong? My version is 1.0.0.871 and I'm running Windows 8.1. Galaxy is also installed to my E drive.
Post edited May 08, 2015 by REKiller
Posted May 08, 2015
just scanned my gog folder directly, didnt work either
Posted May 08, 2015
Wrong thread.
Post edited May 08, 2015 by hertki
Posted May 08, 2015
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johnnyd2: just scanned my gog folder directly, didnt work either
Go to the game that you have installed in the library view, then click on More, I believe, and then do import from folder and choose the folder that the game is installed in. Did that on a few and it did a few file updates and then they were showing as installed in Galaxy.
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