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General discussionHelp, Gog Galaxy keeps re-downloading all extras every time I launch it(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted August 06, 2015
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Post edited March 03, 2016 by Hathur
Posted August 06, 2015
Since when does Galaxy automatically download anything from the extras and backup section? AFAIK, that stuff only downloads if you specifically start downloading them manually. Are you sure it isn't actually downloading the Galaxy update files for your games?
Posted August 06, 2015
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Post edited March 03, 2016 by Hathur
Posted August 06, 2015
Close Galaxy. Go to your temp folder which is in !Downloads folder, which is in your folder were your games are installed by default. Try to delete all of that and relaunch. This is the stuff your downloading and this is were Galaxy temporarily stores it. Also report this on the Galaxy mantis and include your logs. This appears to be a pretty rare bug.

Where can I find Galaxy logs on my computer?
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 Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs
If it keeps happening perhaps try contacting Destro, Venom or MC... one of them would be the best to talk too.

Outside of that, not sure what else you can do other than deleting everything Galaxy related (expect games) and maybe trying to re-install Galaxy. There may be a cache file you could delete to reset Galaxy, but I don't want to tell you the wrong file.
Post edited August 06, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted August 06, 2015
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Hathur: In steam I can disable auto-updates / downloads and manually trigger downloads.
Off topic, but I'm curious, as I was under the impression this was changed and you can no longer disable updates on Steam. I just checked a couple games and haven't found the option. So, if you know a way, I'd love to hear it.
Posted August 06, 2015
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BKGaming: Close Galaxy. Go to your temp folder which is in !Downloads folder, which is in your folder were your games are installed by default. Try to delete all of that and relaunch. This is the stuff your downloading and this is were Galaxy temporarily stores it. Also report this on the Galaxy mantis and include your logs. This appears to be a pretty rare bug.

Where can I find Galaxy logs on my computer?
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 Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/GOG.com/Galaxy/Logs
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BKGaming: If it keeps happening perhaps try contacting Destro, Venom or MC... one of them would be the best to talk too.

Outside of that, not sure what else you can do other than deleting everything Galaxy related (expect games) and maybe trying to re-install Galaxy. There may be a cache file you could delete to reset Galaxy, but I don't want to tell you the wrong file.
I tried that, didn't seem to help. I decided to uninstall galaxy and reinstall it. That seems to have fixed it.
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Hathur: In steam I can disable auto-updates / downloads and manually trigger downloads.
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GR00T: Off topic, but I'm curious, as I was under the impression this was changed and you can no longer disable updates on Steam. I just checked a couple games and haven't found the option. So, if you know a way, I'd love to hear it.
Yeah they made that stupid change awhile ago. However, you can choose to "only update game when I launch game". This will cause the game only to download the patch when you start the game. Then put steam offline mode and play the game, it can't patch since you're in offline mode and launches normally.
Post edited August 06, 2015 by Hathur
Posted August 06, 2015
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Hathur: Yeah they made that stupid change awhile ago. However, you can choose to "only update game when I launch game". This will cause the game only to download the patch when you start the game. Then put steam offline mode and play the game, it can't patch since you're in offline mode and launches normally.
Ah. I was aware of that. Just wish there were a way to actually disable it completely. Thanks for the reply though. :)
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