Launcher won't Launch!

starhawkprime

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I've comeback to elite after a long break to find that after updating the launcher the launcher keeps throwing an error that
says "Unhandled Exception: object reference not set to an instance of an object". Has anyone else have this problem?
 

Captain Squareyez

Captain Squareyez
Glad to see im not the only one with this issue lol.
I have tried disabling framework, and rebooting pc and then reinstalling framework, but seems, it just doesnt want to play ball with me.

Edit : Seems to load fine when not loading in VR, but crashes when i try to load in VR, (Rift).
When loading from Steam in a monitor to play, it loads fine, but when trying to load for VR on the Rift through Steam, it crashes and i get an error saying unhandled exception, object reference not set to an instance of an object.
I have tried disabling netframe and then reinstalling it to no effect, so i tried disabling it and then loading the game, i thought it was going to load, but it doesnt. But also does not recognize my account in the launcher and just refers to me as "Frontier User".
So, the "fix" for netframe, is not working for me :(
 
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Captain Squareyez

Captain Squareyez
FD replied to my ticket and thought i would post it here in case someone else has similar issues.
This helped me to get the game going again. BUT, after getting it going, i found the launcher wasnt saying Welcome "Mynamehere" anymore but instead saying "Welcome Frontier User". No biggy, but still, there it is.
The other issue i found was, when loading the game up, the monitor res output i had normally set to 1920x1080p when in VR, but had to revert back to 1280x768. For some reason, 1920x1080 crashes the game on me when in VR but is fine in monitor/tv play. So, when i finish a gaming session, i have to revert the video res back to 1280x768, otherwise it wont load up for me next time. And im thinking i may have to put this in as a separate thread?? Maybe this could be pinned as well??
Anyway, heres the fix that worked for me. No thanks to microsofts muk up :LOL:

Hi there CMDR

Thanks for getting in touch.

This is most definitely a .NET error, so let's try a slightly different approach :)

You should find a file named EDLaunch.exe.config. here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous

Firstly, make a backup of this file by copying it to another location, such as your desktop.

Open the EDLaunch.exe.config file with a text editor such as Notepad. You'll see something similar to:

<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >

Switch the lines, so they look like this:

<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >

Save the file and try to start the launcher. If it's still not working you can just replace the file with the backup you created.
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
have you tried using the small seismic charge launcher? does that work?

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leeG

leeG
Captain Squareyez said:
FD replied to my ticket and thought i would post it here in case someone else has similar issues.
This helped me to get the game going again. BUT, after getting it going, i found the launcher wasnt saying Welcome "Mynamehere" anymore but instead saying "Welcome Frontier User". No biggy, but still, there it is.
The other issue i found was, when loading the game up, the monitor res output i had normally set to 1920x1080p when in VR, but had to revert back to 1280x768. For some reason, 1920x1080 crashes the game on me when in VR but is fine in monitor/tv play. So, when i finish a gaming session, i have to revert the video res back to 1280x768, otherwise it wont load up for me next time. And im thinking i may have to put this in as a separate thread?? Maybe this could be pinned as well??
Anyway, heres the fix that worked for me. No thanks to microsofts muk up :LOL:

Hi there CMDR

Thanks for getting in touch.

This is most definitely a .NET error, so let's try a slightly different approach :)

You should find a file named EDLaunch.exe.config. here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous

Firstly, make a backup of this file by copying it to another location, such as your desktop.

Open the EDLaunch.exe.config file with a text editor such as Notepad. You'll see something similar to:

<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >

Switch the lines, so they look like this:

<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >

Save the file and try to start the launcher. If it's still not working you can just replace the file with the backup you created.
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I was having a similar problem when launching ED in desktop mode from Oculus Home, “unhandled exception: object reference not set to an instance of an object.” I would launch the game again and after a couple tries it would eventually start.

I edited the EDLaunch.exe.config file as above and the problem is solved.

For people who have the Oculus ED installation, here is the file location:

C:\Program Files\Oculus\Software\Software\frontier-developments-plc-elite-dangerous\EDLaunch.exe.config
 
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