No such screens for me.
The important part is to log into the launcher with the email and password of your Frontier account, and NOT with the credentials of your Steam linked account.
This happened exactly the same with the old launcher, btw...
Elite Dangerous 'New Launcher' live today!
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No such screens for me.
The important part is to log into the launcher with the email and password of your Frontier account, and NOT with the credentials of your Steam linked account.
This happened exactly the same with the old launcher, btw...
promting to reinstall os doesnt sound like launcher issue on fdev side. could we get some pictures?
Yup, I'm experiencing that - no content below the Odyssey image. What's supposed to be down there?
Also one other question ... I see there's no longer a link to the manual anywhere in the launcher that I can find. Is that deliberate? (has the manual been phased out?).
What happens if you put your game key in? You can view it by right clicking on Elite in your library in Steam, choosing manage, then CD keys.
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Settings->Frontier Links->Tutorials?
In November 2016 iirc, and once I had figured out that it was totally unnecessary to launch the game from Steam since I could just run the launcher directly, I only used Steam to download the occasional updates.
Thanks, gonna try to figure it out how to do that.
Good idea, thank you!
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?
EDIT: Alec's "Best of Forum" thread delivers!
I'm afraid, it's kind of is: the system requirements here say, ED: Odissey should run on Win7 and newer.
Elite Dangerous - Frontier Store
Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic, bringing gaming’s original open world adventure to the modern generation with a connected galaxy, evolving narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic p
From today's morning without any notice it is in fact requiring Win10 or newer.
People say this still works:
GitHub - rfvgyhn/min-ed-launcher: Minimal Elite Dangerous Launcher
Minimal Elite Dangerous Launcher. Contribute to rfvgyhn/min-ed-launcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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.
Here are my impressions and thoughts about the new launcher:
- It seems like not everything is polished - I ran file validation, and it couldn't utilize multithreading; it was processing something for a while, and I thought it had hung up... for a long time, it showed 0.0MB/s.
- I feel like it launches and closes faster.
- The reduction of the first and last name is a positive change.
- On the downside, there's no option to hide the first and last names. This is troublesome for streamers because not everyone wants to share their personal data (please read GDPR or change your lawyer; displaying first and last names serves no purpose and could cause trouble for someone). A useful option for streamers in the game itself could be a mode that mutes copyrighted sounds; maybe add this streamer mode to the launcher to hide personal data?
- The browser on the first screen seems more modern (the old launcher was based on IE from the 90s
... probably why it sometimes worked poorly - images wouldn't display). - I can't wait for the browser window to be filled with more interesting content - for now, it's only promotional graphics for Odyssey.
- If you have a Steam account - after launching, you have to click "log in with Steam" - who designs such nonsense? An entire window for just one button. There's no option for automatic login (like on the Frontier account with the option to remember the login and password). When you log in with a Frontier account, there's no such problem. A tip for the designer - you can always log out and log in again with a different account - that's what the "Login with a different..." is for.
- The button colors are a downside - they would look better in Frontier's orange - perhaps add customization options in the settings.
- The version selection screen is a downside - all the tiles couldn't fit on one screen, so we get a cut-off orphan?
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The /autorun and /autoquit option do not appear to be working properly from Steam. I run from Steam with the options "/AUTORUN /AUTOQUIT /NOVR". The game auto runs, but the launcher does not show the full launcher page and when you exit from the game the launcher does not auto quit. If you then click on the "Login in with Steam" button, the launcher quits.
The /autorun and /autoquit option do not appear to be working properly from Steam. I run from Steam with the options "/AUTORUN /AUTOQUIT /NOVR". The game auto runs, but the launcher does not show the full launcher page and when you exit from the game the launcher does not auto quit. If you then click on the "Login in with Steam" button, the launcher quits.
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.
Flossy
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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.
Flossy
Volunteer Moderator
Just click on More Info then Download Anyway
no disrespect to the people who worked on the launcher but i've written a suggestion to stop forcing it on the users for a bunch of reasons that i explain in that thread ( https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...er-barrier-to-put-people-off-the-game.618652/ ). If you agree that the game would be better without it please consider giving the suggestion a thumbs up, maybe they'll notice if enough people do
Hi Sally updated the Launcher and not seeing any news beneath the Odyssey image and also seeing that there is a new launcher available but can't find a way to update from within the launcher and it is not showing up in "My Downloadable Products"
