Can't launch Odyssey in VR

thirdeye333

thirdeye333
Complicated story. Effectively I can no longer play Elite Dangerous in VR unless I use my original Horizons install.

Since I upgraded Elite Dangerous: Horizons to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey I now have 3 instances of Elite Dangerous showing in my Oculus app Library.

The first is my original Horizons install which works fine in both VR and desktop, but the other two don't load.

When launching the second instance, it shows on the desktop the Odyssey launch screen and in my Rift it shows a fuzzy ED logo with the words "Elite Dangerous64 loading....". This loading screen stays on in the headset indefinitely. Meanwhile on the desktop I get a message "LOGIN FAILURE The game failed to communicate with the authentication server. Please check your internet connection and try again in a few minutes." and down the bottom left of the window is the words "Connection Status: Token too old".

When launching the third instance the desktop appears to show the beginnings of the Horizons loading screens but quickly drops to the same login failure message as above but without the token bit in the corner. In the headset, again is stuck on "Elite Dangerous64 loading..." When I click OK on the desktop to dismiss the message I get a second message which says "LOGIN LOST We have logged you out of the game because your account is not currently available. Please try again shortly."

My internet connection is fine and I can play Elite Dangerous: Odyssey fine from the desktop launcher in 2D (NoVR).

What's up with the other two instances and why can't I play ED: Odyssey in the Rift. I know the on-foot action doesn't give you VR anyway, but the in ship action does work in VR.

I also have a NOVR desktop icon for ED: Odyssey and I have been playing for a few months in 2D on the desktop using the ED launcher while I get up to speed on the on-foot action. But now the only way I can play in VR is not in Odyssey. When I try a desktop launcher shortcut (with VR enabled) I get an "Unhandled Exception Error" and cannot launch the game if I have the Oculus App running. If I don't have the Oculus App running I don't get the "Unhandled Exception Error" but I have no VR because the headset is effectively off.

Help!!! It's all too confusing. What do I need to do? It sounds almost like Oculus isn't connecting my Odyssey install to my Frontier account but I can't see how to do that.
 

Dent

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I also had this problem.
The two new instances in the Oculus Library point to the non-VR installs of Horizons and Odyssey, that's why they don't work. Just delete them.

You need to manually run the EDLauncher.exe from the Oculus software folder. On my system the path is;

C:\Program FIles\Oculus\Software\Software\frontier-developments-plc-elite-dangerous\EDLauncher.exe

You will get an error message when the launcher starts up, just ignore it.
The launcher will then give you the option to install Odyssey.
The install was very slow for me, about 2 hours. Once the install is finished, just run the game from the Oculus Library.

I presume that if I wanted to change back to Horizons I would have to manually run the launcher and select Horizons before starting the game from the Oculus Library.
 

thirdeye333

thirdeye333
Thanks for the reply Dent (Arthur I presume).

Good instructions...I'm waiting for the install now. Strangely, I thought I'd done this when I first bought Odyssey but the install option was there so....obviously not.

I'll let it download and install overnight and let you know how it went.

Thanks...and I'll never be rude to a gin and tonic again
 

thirdeye333

thirdeye333
Dent said:
I also had this problem.
The two new instances in the Oculus Library point to the non-VR installs of Horizons and Odyssey, that's why they don't work. Just delete them.

You need to manually run the EDLauncher.exe from the Oculus software folder. On my system the path is;

C:\Program FIles\Oculus\Software\Software\frontier-developments-plc-elite-dangerous\EDLauncher.exe

You will get an error message when the launcher starts up, just ignore it.
The launcher will then give you the option to install Odyssey.
The install was very slow for me, about 2 hours. Once the install is finished, just run the game from the Oculus Library.

I presume that if I wanted to change back to Horizons I would have to manually run the launcher and select Horizons before starting the game from the Oculus Library.
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Thanks Dent,

That worked. Although after doing the Odyssey upgrade I then had to "upgrade" Horizons again before I could play it. I'm back on track and it seems to be working fine again.

Thanks for your help.
 

Wade_Watts

W
Dent said:
I also had this problem.
The two new instances in the Oculus Library point to the non-VR installs of Horizons and Odyssey, that's why they don't work. Just delete them.

You need to manually run the EDLauncher.exe from the Oculus software folder. On my system the path is;

C:\Program FIles\Oculus\Software\Software\frontier-developments-plc-elite-dangerous\EDLauncher.exe

You will get an error message when the launcher starts up, just ignore it.
The launcher will then give you the option to install Odyssey.
The install was very slow for me, about 2 hours. Once the install is finished, just run the game from the Oculus Library.

I presume that if I wanted to change back to Horizons I would have to manually run the launcher and select Horizons before starting the game from the Oculus Library.
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You saved my day! I was trying to find a solution and this makes sense. I will try this out tomorrow. Thanks
 
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