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General discussionGOG Galaxy - Biggest update yet marks the end of beta and is now live! (536 posts)(536 posts)
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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 23, 2017
Any chance we can get a borderless mode? The titlebar and border just mess with the aesthetic...
Posted March 23, 2017
Will you be able to disable cloud saves? Don't really care and want a (for me) useless feature. The regular saves are enough.
Posted March 23, 2017
Do we have to Un-install the current GoG Galaxy installation and then re-install it? I just did an update and it still says (top left corner) GOG Galaxy 1.1.30 (beta)?
Posted March 23, 2017
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Lucumo: Will you be able to disable cloud saves? Don't really care and want a (for me) useless feature. The regular saves are enough.
You can already, it's in the settings.
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Manestream: Do we have to Un-install the current GoG Galaxy installation and then re-install it? I just did an update and it still says (top left corner) GOG Galaxy 1.1.30 (beta)?
You have to enable the preview builds in settings if you haven't already done so.
Post edited March 23, 2017 by adaliabooks
Posted March 23, 2017
Ahhh, then i will pass on doing that as it does say - At your Own Risk.
That then sounds like an alpha stage test. I will stick with the officially released versions.
Posted March 23, 2017
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clarry: It's been asked about before and I'm pretty sure we had a blue statement that the client's source will not be released. Sucks.
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shmerl: I don't remember that (can you find a reference?), but I do know they said they'll document Galaxy (protocol / API), once it will become stable, to allow open implementations. So now is the time.
Although I also do not remember to have read such a statement I do not think there's much hope for an open-source client from GOG anymore, seeing where they have developed to today. The best chance for me to get open-source support for at least some of the Galaxy functions would be a published documentation of the Galaxy protocol. Unfortunately the wishlist entry to publish the Galaxy protocol does not have a lot of votes, which surprises me, when I see how many votes the wishlist entry to open source the Galaxy client has. So for everyone who wants an open-source Galaxy client and has not yet voted for publishing the Galaxy protocol it would be a good time to vote now. ;)

Publish Galaxy protocol specification
Post edited March 23, 2017 by eiii
Posted March 23, 2017
With cloud saves across all games, I can finally consider moving over Steam for good. :)
Posted March 23, 2017
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almabrds: And can you deactivate auto update outside of Galaxy client?
By editing some file with Notepad++ or something?
I hate that feature so much, I'd prefer not risking it messing up lightweight games like Terraria, by downloading and applying changes to it, before I could find the option in the client menu.
It's stupid that it's not deactivated by default! -_-
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adaliabooks: Here you go:

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Configuration

There's a config.json file with a property for "featureAutoUpdateGames" which should be set to false.
Thanks a lot! I'll have to wait until april, because I didn't choose to test upcoming updates ( and I had to uninstall it, to not break modded games ), but I'll write this down.
Have you tried the save data backup option in any game yet? What's your opinion about it?
Posted March 23, 2017
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Lucumo: Will you be able to disable cloud saves? Don't really care and want a (for me) useless feature. The regular saves are enough.
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adaliabooks: You can already, it's in the settings.
Ah, thanks, good to know (still have the old version, so there is nothing of the sort).
Posted March 23, 2017
What about the GOG Downloader? Will it be gone? I like it better than the Galaxy crap. Seems DRM-y to me.
Posted March 23, 2017
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almabrds: Have you tried the save data backup option in any game yet? What's your opinion about it?
I haven't tried it yet. Assuming it works it's a handy feature to have.

Might play around with it later this week if I have a chance and I'll let you know.
Posted March 23, 2017
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almabrds: Have you tried the save data backup option in any game yet? What's your opinion about it?
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adaliabooks: I haven't tried it yet. Assuming it works it's a handy feature to have.

Might play around with it later this week if I have a chance and I'll let you know.
Much obliged.
Posted March 23, 2017
Is there a list of games that support the overlay thingy?
Posted March 23, 2017
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Congrats for coming out of beta! :) The new stuff is really exciting, although I can't enjoy it with Wine. I hope now it's a good time to lay the foundation for a GNU/Linux GOG Galaxy release. Life is incomplete without it. :P

Thanks for your hard work, and I hope we'll have even greater news soon enough. ;)
Posted March 23, 2017
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Hey, GOG, if’ve got this GNU/Linux stuff under the counter. Do you want some? First try is free.
Post edited March 23, 2017 by tinysalamander
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