Launcher is not launching the game

[CMDR_FelaKuti]

I'm on Steam, same issue.

 

[CMDR_FelaKuti]

Epic and Frontier too

 

[Frankymole]

what gets me is the server status is still showing as good :/

People are playing - they were logged in before....

 

[AndrewF]

Unfortunately, i get the same issue. Including the ”Incorrect manifest checksum” when I verified the files.

have voted for this issue in the issue tracker... https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/75391

 

[Alex Kudrya]

The launcher won't let me into the game. What's going on?

 

[Toche]

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

Checked on PTN discord:

this is working for me - https://github.com/rfvgyhn/min-ed-launcher/releases

Voted aaand working

 

[MartinGW]

Latest news from the discord

 

[Frankymole]

Can confirm this workaround works for now. And no files need to be deleted or anything, just follow the README if you wanna do it yaself.

Now what can i get up to while most players are offline? lol

The Readme clearly says Epic users have to change files:

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

 

[galahad2069]

MinEDLauncher is still capable of launching the game, so the game is not quite dead yet, only the frontier launcher, apparently.
Probably they tried to put a Panther Clipper on the launcher which crushed it to death.

 

[Tharrn]

Unfortunately I am too old and too stupid to get the Min Launcher running :/

 

[Cmdr Expultion]

Im with you on that Tharrn

 

[CMDR_FelaKuti]

 

[Cmdr BrinBrown]

Leave things alone it's FDev problem, they are working on it
Friday 7:12pm in UK.

BB

 

[MPL3D]

Don't tell me that server certificate expired

 

[CMDR_FelaKuti]

Leave things alone it's FDev problem, they are working on it
Friday 7:12pm in UK.

BB

I wonder if anyone works on the weekend? Maybe only on Monday

 

[Sellsword]

Also chiming in with this problem; cant launch and cant verify files. Bummer, I have a whole day free to play and I can't get in!

 

[Frankymole]

The Readme clearly says Epic users have to change files:

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

Even for the basic Windows launcher it's a nope:

 

[evanevery]

Just piling on here... Same issue

 

[Frankymole]

MinEDLauncher is still capable of launching the game

Seems not! Maybe for a lucky few.

 

[TommyOne]

I came back after 2 or 3 years and every time I have free time to play Elite I can't start the game because something doesn't work