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Hi,

welcome to the official GOG Galaxy forum thread. Please read the below info first:

== GOG GALAXY FEATURES IN GAMES ==

List of games supporting various GOG Galaxy features:
Achievements: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=achievements&sort=bestselling&page=1
Cloud Saves: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=cloud_saves&sort=bestselling&page=1
Overlay: https://www.gog.com/games?feature=overlay&sort=bestselling&page=1

== 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 (location described on mantis report page)

== 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 ==
- Galaxy cannot be launched by other users on the same computer

== CHANGELOG ==

1.2.49 (November 29, 2018)
- [Windows] Updater now requires administrator privileges to perform update of GOG Galaxy
- [Windows] Security of directories containing GOG Galaxy files has been improved
- [Windows] Updated Code Signing Certificate
- [Windows] Crash reporter has been added to Galaxy Communication Service
Bugfixes:
- Prevented several potential causes of "broken" games, where only way out was reinstalling
- [MacOS] Fixed a crash on shutdown when fatal error was shown

1.2.50 (December 13, 2018)
Changes & Improvements:
- Speed up startup time
- [MacOS] Strengthen up connection security with ClientService
Bugfixes:
- Fixed "disk access problem" when installing games, occuring mostly on fresh installation of GOG Galaxy
- Fixed a rare occurrence of a game update resulting in displaying "unknown game version"

1.2.51 (December 20, 2018)
- Improved Korean translations
- Fixed connection to notifications pusher in GOG Galaxy SDK

1.2.54 (March 14, 2019)
Changes and Improvements:
- Updated Chromium version to 71:
- Better performance
- Fixes playing Twitch videos on profiles
- Fixes playing Wistia videos
- Security fixes in the game installation process
- Security fixes in GOG Galaxy update process
- GOG Galaxy Updater should perform better under poor network conditions
Bugfixes:
- [macOS] Fixed passing multiple commandline arguments to games
- [macOS] Multiple "friend online" notifications will no longer appear when system wakes up
- Dates are now properly displayed in cloud saves conflict window

1.2.55 (April 17, 2019)
- Hotfix for unintentional opening of Facebook link after entering Forum

1.2.56 (May 06, 2019)
Bugfixes:
- [Windows] GOG Galaxy will fix the path to its internal services, if it finds it is wrong
- Updating of games' local dependencies (e.g. Dosbox) will be handled correctly
- Unexpected files in games' directories will no longer cause failure of games’ update

1.2.57 (June 12, 2019)
Changes and Improvements:
- Minor download speed optimizations
- Changes in PayPal payment flow
Bugfixes:
- Fixed rare crash occurence when reordering games' updates and installations
- GOG Galaxy will correctly reconnect to GOG services after long time of no internet connection

1.2.58 (September 13, 2019)
macOS:
- Enabled hardened runtime, making our application more secure
- Implemented Apple's notarization

1.2.59 (September 23, 2019)
Overlay:
- [Windows] Fixed crash in Overlay affecting some games (including Fallout 3 (Radeon only) and Dragon Age: Origins)
Achievements:
- [Windows] Fixed issue with achievements sometimes not being saved while playing offline

1.2.60 Beta (07 October, 2019)
General:
- Updated CEF version to 3729 (Chromium to 74)
- Security fixes
Updater:
- Will no longer download updates at startup, they will be downloaded in the background, while the application is running
- [Windows] No additional UAC prompt during update

1.2.61 Beta (October 23, 2019)
Updater:
- Fixed an issue where non-admin users would not be able to update to newer versions of GOG Galaxy

1.2.62 Beta (October 30, 2019)
Overlay:
- Fixed crashes for various games

1.2.63 (December 02, 2019)
General:
- Updated CEF version to 3729 (Chromium to 74)
- Security fixes
Updater:
- Will no longer download updates at startup, they will be downloaded in the background, while the application is running
- [Windows] No additional UAC prompt during update
Overlay [Windows]:
- Now supports games which use Vulkan API (e.g. Jupiter Hell, X4: Foundations)
- Fixes crashes for various games

1.2.64 (December 04, 2019)
- Hotfix for launching games

1.2.66 (January 23, 2020)
- Added information about GOG Galaxy 2.0 Open Beta
- Optimization related to showing download progress
- Fixed an issue where Overlay did not launch for some games that use Vulkan
- [Windows] Updated code signing certificate
- [MacOS] Crash fixes

1.2.67 (February 24, 2020)
General:
- [Windows] GOG Galaxy will now show a warning when trying to run on non-NTFS file systems
- Improved security of the application
- Updated POCO library
GOG GALAXY Update:
- Fixes for bugs in the GOG Galaxy update process
Post edited February 24, 2020 by TheTomasz
This thing sucks, it takes a ton of time to update, it's completly pointless. it takes one hour for me to play diablo 1 wtf! this is not a good idea nor a good piece of software.
Hi,

Just wanted to launch GOG Galaxy, but seems there's an update today and it's stuck (50.1 %).

My version (when rejecting update) is : 1.2.51
I checked gog galaxy website to try to install on top of mine, but your file is : 1.2.51.30.exe ...so it's the same I installed previously !

I don't understand !

you wrote on this board latest version as of today is : 1.2.54 ?!?

Something's not right here...

If anyone can help...

thanks
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Fede_Guzman: This thing sucks, it takes a ton of time to update, it's completly pointless. it takes one hour for me to play diablo 1 wtf! this is not a good idea nor a good piece of software.
I assume you are unaware that you don't need Galaxy to play games on GOG, just launch the exe directly and you won't have to wait at all. Having said that, I have never had an update take more than a few min.
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dagonslair: My version (when rejecting update) is : 1.2.51
I checked gog galaxy website to try to install on top of mine, but your file is : 1.2.51.30.exe ...so it's the same I installed previously !
They haven't updated the link yet, however, this should be the correct download:

https://content-system.gog.com/open_link/download?path=/open/galaxy/client/setup_galaxy_1.2.54.23.exe
Post edited March 15, 2019 by BKGaming
The 2019 March 14 Galaxy update (1.2.54) doesn't list, in the update dialog, any changes for the update ('No new changes'). As such, I've declined the update.

Searching here, I'm glad to see there are improvements made to Galaxy; I would've liked this update log to be written in the Galaxy update dialog, too. (Previous versions of Gog Galaxy do properly show a changelog)
How long must I still wait for the full screen option in the gog client trailers...?
i think they should change it from gog galaxy to gog. steam for example is called steam, same with the battle.net app being called either blizzard app or battle.net app. not some fancy name.
What the heck are Wistia videos?

Love Galaxy, BTW. It's 90% how I interact with GOG.
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Igraine: The 2019 March 14 Galaxy update (1.2.54) doesn't list, in the update dialog, any changes for the update ('No new changes'). As such, I've declined the update.

Searching here, I'm glad to see there are improvements made to Galaxy; I would've liked this update log to be written in the Galaxy update dialog, too. (Previous versions of Gog Galaxy do properly show a changelog)
You have beta updates enabled which is why the changelog was empty since there was no new update for beta users.

Another thing the window title is "GOG Galaxy x.x.xx BETA" no matter what version you have installed when beta updates are enabled. Version 1.2.54 is obviously non beta now so why do i have BETA in my window title? This should be changed to something like "GOG Galaxy x.x.xx - public BETA enabled" or there shouldn't be any mention of beta at all if the currently installed version is not a beta version even when beta updates are enabled.
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echosa: What the heck are Wistia videos?

Love Galaxy, BTW. It's 90% how I interact with GOG.
I don't think you can use YouTube in China, so I believe it's for China users so they can see trailers and stuff.
well done.
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echosa: What the heck are Wistia videos?

Love Galaxy, BTW. It's 90% how I interact with GOG.
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BKGaming: I don't think you can use YouTube in China, so I believe it's for China users so they can see trailers and stuff.
Oh, cool. Gotcha. Thanks.
I've noticed GOG seems to be hiding the installers and pushing users towards Galaxy which seems to be putting users off, and a lot of people are beginning to view GOG *as* Galaxy, i.e. a Steam clone.

I would strongly recommend reversing this decision and display the offline installers more prominently, it is the great strength of this storefront over all the others.
New here so be kind.
If I purchase a game from the store, how do I know it will be compatable with my PC?
Is there somewhere to view the requirements?
Kind regards.
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chelsea01: New here so be kind.
If I purchase a game from the store, how do I know it will be compatable with my PC?
Is there somewhere to view the requirements?
Kind regards.
The requirements are listed on the store page for whatever game you might want to buy.
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ataraxium: I've noticed GOG seems to be hiding the installers and pushing users towards Galaxy which seems to be putting users off, and a lot of people are beginning to view GOG *as* Galaxy, i.e. a Steam clone.

I would strongly recommend reversing this decision and display the offline installers more prominently, it is the great strength of this storefront over all the others.
I take it you a haven't been around in a long time? This method is vastly perfered to what they use to do which was bundling Galaxy with the installers.

The simple fact is most people use Galaxy, and most people want what Galaxy offers (ie cloud saves, achievements, etc.), and (according to GOG) support was getting a lot of extra tickets due to people downloading offline installers and not understanding they need Galaxy for those features. So GOG decided to make Galaxy front and center, and focus less on the offline installers because technical users who can figure out how to use and download them far better than your average PC gamer.

So no the current concept is fine and doesn't need to change at all.
Post edited March 20, 2019 by BKGaming