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Posted April 25, 2017
Update 1.2 brings Universal Cloud Saves, the option to fully customize the Client to your needs, and much more!



NOTICE: The update is now live for everyone. Make sure to check it out and tell us what you think!



GOG Galaxy, our gamer-friendly Client, is coming out of beta with a major new update that greatly improves and enriches the user experience by introducing many long-awaited features. Let's take a closer look at some of them:

The highlight of Update 1.2 is, of course, the Universal Cloud Saves. This new feature makes it possible to add cloud saving functionality not only to new games but also to titles that never offered cloud saving before. Thanks to this, excellent games like Planescape: Torment, Heroes of Might & Magic® III, or Vampire®: the Masquerade - Bloodlines gain the benefits of saves syncing and cloud backup for the first time ever. Of course, if you prefer to keep your precious saves close at hand, your data is still saved locally for you to use, while GOG Galaxy also lets you download a backup of your saves at any time.

This huge Update introduces the option to customize the Client to your needs by selecting which features you want to use. In addition, there is a brand new hibernate mode that cuts down on Client CPU usage while playing a game and saves resources as well as battery life when idling in the background. We also went through the GOG Galaxy community wishlist and packed Update 1.2 with some of the most-requested features, including bandwidth limiting and scheduling, FPS counter, screenshot capturing, a sleek in-game overlay, achievement rarity, desktop and in-game notifications system, a new chat, and more!


The GOG Galaxy Update 1.2 is now available for all users. To download GOG Galaxy or see what’s new and improved visit <span class="bold">GOG.com/Galaxy</span>.
If you run into any issues, feel free to submit them <span class="bold">here</span>.
Posted March 22, 2017
Very nice update, cloud saves will be really useful when I forget to make my own backups. I find the text in the settings window very hard to read, nearly transparent. It would be great if it was possible to customize the client, not just features but how it actually looks. Like light and dark colours, font size etc.

I can't seem to find where you enable the FPS counter, I guess it isn't implemented yet. Nice to see you got a changelog now, would be great to see a roadmap as well.
Posted March 22, 2017
just a big thank you to you for gog galaxy :)
Posted March 22, 2017
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First of all, a huge thank you to GOG for all their hard work. It's really appreciated a lot.

However...

Is it feasible for us Linux users to hope that Galaxy leaving beta means that we can expect a native Linux version of Galaxy any time soon, like maybe some time this year?
Post edited March 22, 2017 by notsofastmyboy
Posted March 22, 2017
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Wishbone: Why doesn't it simply do both? This sounds like if I start a game that uses cloud saves, and I want to continue it later at a time when I won't have an internet connection, I have to remember to manually download a backup of my save data beforehand. If this is the case, the cloud save functionality seems pretty useless.
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Johny.: If you'll play offline - Galaxy Client will sync your saves later when you're online.
You can just download your cloud saves as a backup to a single folder - as an additional feature.
Excellent :-)

That's a much better explanation than the one in the OP, which made it sound like games using cloud save only use cloud save.
Posted March 22, 2017
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Big update yada yada yada… Does it finally work on GNU/Linux???
Posted March 22, 2017
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No linux version :(
Oh well.

I will wait.
Posted March 22, 2017
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cyberkiller: Big update yada yada yada… Does it finally work on GNU/Linux???
I'm not bothered by it not working on Linux, but I'm pretty bothered by GOG not providing any updates and basically ignoring the subject.
Posted March 22, 2017
I must say, I had some misgivings about Galaxy, considered it unnecessary bloatware, but in the end I found it useful for tracking achievements and playtime. Cloud saves are just what it sorely needed, and as more games are added, it will become indispensable for those 20+ hour games.
Posted March 22, 2017
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cyberkiller: Big update yada yada yada… Does it finally work on GNU/Linux???
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shmerl: I'm not bothered by it not working on Linux, but I'm pretty bothered by GOG not providing any updates and basically ignoring the subject.
This gives me headache, too... Don't get me wrong, I am very grateful for these cool updates, even if I can't use them... However I think that I am not too demaning if I ask for an official statement regarding a Linux version.
Posted March 22, 2017
I hope most people will try and use Galaxy now. It really makes things easier.
Posted March 22, 2017
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GOG.com: Update 1.2 brings Universal Cloud Saves, the option to fully customize the Client to your needs, and much more!

GOG Galaxy, our gamer-friendly Client, is coming out of beta with a major new update that greatly improves and enriches the user experience with the introduction of many long-awaited features. Let's take a closer look at some of them:

The highlight of Update 1.2 is, of course, the Universal Cloud Saves. This new feature makes it possible to add cloud saving functionality not only to new games, but also to titles that never offered cloud saving before. Thanks to this, excellent games like Planescape: Torment, Heroes of Might & Magic® III, or Vampire®: the Masquerade - Bloodlines gain the benefits of saves syncing and cloud backup for the first time ever. Of course, if you prefer to keep your precious saves close at hand, GOG Galaxy also lets you download a backup of your saves data at any time and use it as you see fit.

This huge Update introduces the option to customize the Client to your needs by selecting which features you want to use. In addition, there is a brand new hibernate mode that cuts down on Client CPU usage while playing a game, and saves resources as well as battery life when idling in the background. We also went through the GOG Galaxy community wishlist and packed Update 1.2 with some of the most-requested features, including bandwidth limiting and scheduling, FPS counter, screenshot capturing, a sleek in-game overlay, achievement rarity, desktop and in-game notifications system, a new chat, and more!

The GOG Galaxy Update 1.2 is available today to users who opted to test upcoming updates, and will be rolling out to everyone in April. To download GOG Galaxy or see what’s new and improved visit <span class="bold">GOG.com/Galaxy</span>.
If you run into any issues, feel free to submit them <span class="bold">here</span>.
Nice you guys have come a long way since I started using this Client and I love it only one wish is for you guys to have a payment center in america so I could use visa giftcards
Posted March 22, 2017
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shmerl: I'm not bothered by it not working on Linux, but I'm pretty bothered by GOG not providing any updates and basically ignoring the subject.
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CharlyDelta: This gives me headache, too... Don't get me wrong, I am very grateful for these cool updates, even if I can't use them... However I think that I am not too demaning if I ask for an official statement regarding a Linux version.
Yeah, we really need an update on that one. It's been listed as "in progress" on the wishlist for a ridiculous amount of time. In that time, itch.io released a client and had it working on Linux from the beginning. Why are we still waiting? Especially with so much of the GOG userbase on Linux or moving to it.
Posted March 22, 2017
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Once you guys bring Galaxy to Linux I'll glady install in on my (and I quote) Linux "htpc". So many stunning games I'd love to see on the big screen, so many gems.
And Galaxy surely made GOG gaming experience a whole lot better. With these amazing features I can't even describe how greatly the whole experience will be improved.

I'm waiting for something more practical on the big screen so I can finally play my dearly loved Linux games I got in here and the only horizontal machine hooked to the tv is an htpc. Got me some wireless trackballs, lap keyboard and mouse, too. I'm excited and I'm waiting patiently.

I know GOG won't let us down in this matter ;)
Posted March 22, 2017
My one bugbear about galaxy has been the inability to throttle downloads so having that ability arrive with 1.2 is a good thing to see.

Now its leaving beta hopefully more devs will see it as a viable platform for crossplay on the PC and we won't face situations like with Necropolis where multiplayer was benched (dropped?) between gog and steam.
Posted March 22, 2017
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BrokenBull: I hope most people will try and use Galaxy now. It really makes things easier.
Not trying to be heretic in here but I've been testing 50+ GOG games with my (*gasp*) Steam Controller.
IT'S AWESOME. After some brief hiatus, World Rally Fever was one of my first purchases in here. Works out of the box perfectly, just like the vast majority of games I'm giving a go.

Six years later, this title + that controller + a big tv = endless fun. It gave my GOG library a whole new perspective!
Post edited March 22, 2017 by vicklemos
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