Elite Dangerous 'New Launcher' live today!

Ezekiel Quinn

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I like the look and feel of the new launcher. At the same time, it does not look it will help me in particular. I have two accounts: one through Steam, the other through Epic. I do not have a standalone Frontier account. I can successfully launch it through Steam and it allows me to log in with my Steam-linked account. I can also successfully launch it through Epic and it allows me to log in with my Epic-linked account.

But it does not look like I can use this single launcher to select between my Steam and Epic accounts from the single launcher. It would be great if, when the new launcher comes up, I could select "Steam" or "Epic" and go from there.

Can it do that?
 

shockbait

shockbait
Well this has all been a nightmare for me.
Anyone else on Epic? It seems to be downloading the exact file size of Legacy(20.6gb) before it updates the Launcher. This wouldn't be that bad, if I didn't have satellite internet, making that download a three day ordeal.

I tried updating the Frontier Launcher I link to my Epic account with a python script(to avoid running EGS every time) and it just loops me around saying it needs to update again every time. Five times now.
 

radekcz

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Helmut Grokenberger said:
How is streamers showing their laucher a GDPR or even a Frontier issue? It is a PEBKAC issue. Every web service you log into displays your name at one point or another; people don't ask google to obfuscate their name because they might be irresponsible enough to show their account page on a stream.
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The difference between a Frontier account and any other website is that Frontier requires your real first and last name for payment processing. You cannot use a pseudonym like on Google or any other random service.
 

Codger

Codger
Alec Turner said:
Nope, that's not the manual, what used to be called the "living manual" ... a good old fashioned instruction manual you could read from cover to cover. Am I the only one who remembers it?
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I remember it. It's been outdated for years, though. I guess it's now abandoned entirely.
 

Jack Winter

Jack Winter
Flossy said:
Yes, that's how I do it - just log out by clicking on your name at the top and click on Logout. Then log in with another account's detail. First time with each will trigger the verification process but won't do it again after that.
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Yes that works, but I would prefer if it let me chose an account from a dropdown instead of prompting me with email / password every time I want to change account.

But I'll go with the time tested method of making a copy of the launcher and then start the two different accounts from the separate launchers.
 

Mapei

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New launcher won't log-in, just the busy spinning animation.
Previously I would have run Elite via "/EDH /steamid 441340 /novr", doing this now gives a "Elite not registered to this account" error, as reported here earlier by another user.
Running EDLaunch.exe always asks for login but it never progrsses get any further. Earlier today, it did send me 6digit passcode but not any longer.
 

Flossy

Volunteer Moderator
Flossy
Jack Winter said:
Yes that works, but I would prefer if it let me chose an account from a dropdown instead of prompting me with email / password every time I want to change account.

But I'll go with the time tested method of making a copy of the launcher and then start the two different accounts from the separate launchers.
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Yes that would be nice. :LOL: I used to have separate launchers for each of my accounts but lost them at some point and couldn't remember how I did them. Noticed someone post the method in this thread somewhere so will plough through the pages when I have a chance. :unsure:
 

duck0

duck0
I don't have any particular problem with the functionality of the launcher, but this kind of jank seems a bit off-putting for a thing released with any fanfare.

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oblivionmanman 2476

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GanYmeD said:
The Links are under Frontier links thats right. With the old client I have been able to click on this links for store, elite forum etc. when game has already been launched.
Now when Elite is startet the menu is frozen and I can not select the links until closing game.
Would be nice if links could be clicked when game has startet.
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when in game go to launcher close/reopen it will work
 

Laszlo Plasma

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sallymorganmoore said:
COMMANDERS USING THE FRONTIER STANDALONE LAUNCHER:

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Are any of you experiencing this currently please?
Missing content on scroll down.

Many thanks.
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Yes, currently experiencing this on the Frontier Launcher (only). I use two different launchers for two instances of the game, and the Steam Launcher is working just fine for me.

UPDATE (Aug 2) - When I updated to release 16 I was prompted to update the Frontier Launcher at the same time. The issue is now fixed and the content appears in the new launcher.

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shockbait

shockbait
shockbait said:
Well this has all been a nightmare for me.
Anyone else on Epic? It seems to be downloading the exact file size of Legacy(20.6gb) before it updates the Launcher. This wouldn't be that bad, if I didn't have satellite internet, making that download a three day ordeal.

I tried updating the Frontier Launcher I link to my Epic account with a python script(to avoid running EGS every time) and it just loops me around saying it needs to update again every time. Five times now.
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Okay so I finally made it work by taking the new Frontier Launcher files out of the "EDLaunch" folder it was installing to and jammed them in my ../Epic/EliteDangerous directory, and for some reason that made launching via my python script work.

Still annoying that Epic requires downloading(and keeping installed) Legacy files just to update a 144mb launcher update, but oh well, it's work-around-able.
 

DjVortex

DjVortex
Btw, how do you launch the game (I'm using the native launcher) without VR? It's annoying when it always tries to start the Oculus Rift app.

I had configured the previous launcher to not do that but I don't remember how.
 

Jack Winter

Jack Winter
Flossy said:
Yes that would be nice. :LOL: I used to have separate launchers for each of my accounts but lost them at some point and couldn't remember how I did them. Noticed someone post the method in this thread somewhere so will plough through the pages when I have a chance. :unsure:
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You copy C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Frontier\EDLaunch\EDLaunch.exe to another filename like EDLaunch-alt.exe (in the same directory). They will get different config files, so each will be able to remember a different login.
 

Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno
The new launcher is completely broken for me; I can not log in at all. It recognises the account linked with Steam, and after choosing to log in with Steam I see just the following for some 10–15 minutes:

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After which this occurs:

Launcher 2.png

Unless there is something very easily corrected here, this change needs to be reverted completely, then perhaps presented again alongside the option to continue using the previous, properly-working means of running Elite.
 

Mapei

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I've got a little further, But now I am greeted with this popup message right after sending the hardware report upon logging entering the 6 digit code:
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Failed to get stream for upload: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
You must write ContentLength bytes to the request stream before calling [Begin]GetResponse.
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OK
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This new launcher is broken for many many people.
 

Martind Forlon

Martind Forlon
Flossy said:
Yes that would be nice. :LOL: I used to have separate launchers for each of my accounts but lost them at some point and couldn't remember how I did them. Noticed someone post the method in this thread somewhere so will plough through the pages when I have a chance. :unsure:
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Just open Frontier/EDLaunch folder, locate EDLaunch application, use copy and paste into same directory. Windows will make copy of this file with "copy" text added into file name automatically. Then make desktop shortcut to that new copy, run it, and insert login details for desired account. Fast, easy and reliable solution which I use for years.
 
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