Launcher Multi-Account Support

[Nihila Vex]

Many players, myself included, have multiple accounts.

This is because FDev made the decision not to include character slots in the game, presumably intending that players would buy multiple accounts.

Having done our bit in that regard, would FDev consider adding multi-account login support, enabling us to store login credentials for multiple accounts in the launcher? As it stands, to switch between characters I have to log out of the launcher and manually log back in. That's not difficult, before anyone starts, but it is a minor annoyance I think could be fixed quite easily.

And it'd be a nice gesture of appreciation for us for being obedient consumers.

And I'm sure I could've asked this less snarkily but sadly the smiley mood isn't on me today. Still, have a nice day everyone and so forth. Snark aside I think the point stands: it's a fairly simple feature that would save many players (I guess) a little time and hassle.

 

[Factabulous]

There are very simple ways to avoid needing to log in each time, but having it built into the launcher would be better. So I approve of this message

 

[Siobhan]

Should have multiple character slots, like them console jockeys do.

 

[Nihila Vex]

There are very simple ways to avoid needing to log in each time, but having it built into the launcher would be better. So I approve of this message

I appreciate it. I'll go and research the workarounds. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Factabulous]

I copy the launcher directory - log each copy into a different Cmdr and each will stay logged in. Others say you can just copy the launcher exe. And add shortcuts on the taskbar / desktop and voila!

Needs updating when there are new releases of the launcher, 'luckily' that is rare

 

[Nihila Vex]

I copy the launcher directory - log each copy into a different Cmdr and each will stay logged in. Others say you can just copy the launcher exe. And add shortcuts on the taskbar / desktop and voila!

Needs updating when there are new releases of the launcher, 'luckily' that is rare

That's great. Thank you very much.

 

[Nihila Vex]

I initially copied the EDLaunch.exe file into a separate folder, first without, then with, a copy of EDLaunch.exe.config. The file wouldn't run.

In the end, I copy-pasted EDLaunch.exe into the original game folder, which caused Windows to automatically create a copy named EDLaunch - Copy.exe. I then renamed both the original and the copy of the .exe file to names reflecting my characters (I added their initials to the end of the filenames), and ran each one in turn. Both worked, though I had to log into them both individually for the first run. And each sent a confirmation email to the respective email address, presumably to account for the launcher filenames being changed.

Both now seem to run happily, with the respective accounts logged in on launch. I've created desktop shortcuts for each one which, obviously, can then be renamed freely.

 

[Factabulous]

Still be nice if we didn't have to mess with files - so having the CMDRS in the launcher (or even better on the initial screen) would be an improvement.

 

[Nihila Vex]

Still be nice if we didn't have to mess with files - so having the CMDRS in the launcher (or even better on the initial screen) would be an improvement.

I mean to be honest having multiple character slots would be best, but...

 

[Crimson Echo]

This would be nice so long as accounts can be used at the same time. If accounts are linked and could not be used at the same time then the cosmetics had better be on all linked account slots.

Currently it is easy to do two accounts (steam and not steam) but more than that is a pain under windows. With linux it already works well (seperate wine prefix for each account)

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

This would be nice so long as accounts can be used at the same time. If accounts are linked and could not be used at the same time then the cosmetics had better be on all linked account slots.

Currently it is easy to do two accounts (steam and not steam) but more than that is a pain under windows. With linux it already works well (seperate wine prefix for each account)

I’m on PC Win10 and it was easy under the previous game version. As Nihila said above just original plus a copy of the launcher.exe with separate email details and two shortcuts on the desktop worked fine. In todays update this seems to have stopped working- the .exe copy just fails.

 

[Lestat]

I don't mind buying multiple accounts an option to merge them all would be nice. As long as they don't interact with each other.