Launcher is not launching the game

[Frankymole]

+1

So, do we have to add this to the bug tracker, get confirming / "can reproduce" remarks, then vote on it before it gets any attention from FDev?

 

[Chioz]

Same

 

[LightningEffect]

Yup same issue here, seems like the login servers has bit the dust

 

[Gorrilaviking]

Not a server issue. You clearly don't understand that text.

Same as others. Launcher client not working.

Its quite possibly a server issue, something that is affecting the launchers verification checks with the server. I have it on good authority that the mini-ed launcher has no issues launching the game.

 

[m4kthu5]

Same here through GeForce Now

 

[singhuh]

same stuff in Japan

 

[Walter2]

Just discovered that my wife is still talking to me.

 

[Alone Wulff]

I wonder what the launcher communicates with? I wonder how all our launchers broke last night while powered off?

Not last night, about a couple hours ago. I've been playing for six hours without an issue. Kicked me off about two hours ago, I did some e-mails and grabbed some food, then couldn't play.

 

[Novaseta]

Same trouble here.

 

[Alone Wulff]

VOTE the issue here:

HERE

 

[alexzk]

Same

 

[Frankymole]

Add your vote to this issue someone has started on the Issue Tracker: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/75391

They might look at it next week, or in a month...
Everyone knows the "bug tracker" is a way of drastically reducing the reported bugs / work required to look at them all.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

I was getting orange sidewinder error on loading in with the spinning ship.
I uninstalled from my steamdeck , reinstalled and now am getting the same. on menu press play it waits a few seconds then nothing.

I checked the files and it came back with "incorrect manifest checksum"

 

[Kal Meckhar]

Damn I was in only 20 minutes ago. Thought I would restart PC for a fresh gaming session and bam cant log in

 

[Frankymole]

Its quite possibly a server issue, something that is affecting the launchers verification checks with the server. I have it on good authority that the mini-ed launcher has no issues launching the game.

Where's that, then?

Edit: too bloody complicated:

##### Windows

Either configure the Epic client and use the provided Bootstrap exe or use [legendary] to launch the game



* Epic Client

1. Delete or rename EDLaunch.exe (e.g. EDLaunch.exe.bak)

2. Copy and rename MinEdLauncher.Bootstrap.exe to EDLaunch.exe. This step is required because

Epic doesn't allow changing the game's startup application. If someone knows how to modify the

game's manifest file (EliteDangerous/.egstore/*.manifest), this could be avoided. Please open

a [new issue] if you can help with this. This also means any time the game updates or you verify

your game files, you'll have to replace EDLaunch.exe with MinEdLauncher.Bootstrap.exe.

3. Update your launch options to auto start your preferred product

1. Click Settings in the Epic Games Launcher

2. Scroll down to the Manage Games section and click Elite Dangerous

3. Check Additional Command Line Arguments

4. Set the value to /autorun /autoquit /edo

4. Launch your game as you normally would in Epic

* Legendary



Use legendary's override-exe argument via windows terminal



legendary.exe launch 9c203b6ed35846e8a4a9ff1e314f6593 --override-exe MinEdLauncher.exe /autorun /edo /autoquit

 

[Cmdr Expultion]

mini-ed launcher is also experiencing the issues

 

[Taneth]

mini-ed launcher is also experiencing the issues

I was able to get in after installing MiniEDLauncher. /shrug
Never felt a need to use it until now... heh.

 

[Mooon]

me to also

 

[overdark999]

VOTE the issue here:

HERE

voted.

 

[ebbrell]

same here, clicking play, it goes grey then returns to preclicked colour