Does it matter if you start the Classic version of the game, or the Definitive Edition?
Did you check your firewall settings, to make sure the game has internet access?
Try doing a clean boot and then test the game, starting it from the executable. Click Start, or hit WinKey-R, type in msconfig and hit enter; in the General tab, click Selective Startup, uncheck Load startup items (if required) and leave Load system services and Use original boot configuration options checked. Next, click on the Services tab, check the box to Hide all Microsoft services, then click the Disable All button (maybe make a note of which are currently enabled/disabled), then click OK and reboot the computer.
Run msconfig again to switch back to the normal boot configuration.
Try creating a new Windows administrator user account, switch to that account and try starting the game from there, directly from the executable.
Ok, So i fixed it thanks for the helpw when i went to try your fix of a clean boot in the MSCONFIG i found under services GOG Communication was not ticked (i must have changed it at some point?) so galaxy worked fine with updates and everything but turns out this is the service that must be used for DOS2 to communicate with community servers.
Thanks again Raze for the prompt response and i hope for any users in the future this may help them out also
