Precautions before I download 2nd ED copy? (got it real cheap, link in thread)

dognosh

dognosh
Humble bundle are doing a bundle that caught my eye, as I don't go for them normally. It has PC building sim and ED, the rest I don't want, for less than £12.
www.humblebundle.com

Humble Super Simulation Bundle

Pay what you want for awesome simulator games worth over $140, and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com www.humblebundle.com
EDIT : ED package as low as £7 !!!
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So, back to my thread. I have a standalone ED copy and now one on steam(just activated but NOT downloaded).
I have backup of my bindings. Any other precautions I should take ? Or steam installation advice that isn't obvious?
ty all :)
 
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Factabulous

Factabulous
I have steam & non-steam and it all worked fine sharing bindings. Activating the steam version will be very annoying probably (it was for me).
 

dognosh

dognosh
I still haven't downloaded my steam ED.
Q : My steam and non steam ED are both the same email address. Will I have a problem if I download a steam version ?
Or how do I run 2 ED accounts with same email address ?
ty :)
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Factabulous said:
I have steam & non-steam and it all worked fine sharing bindings. Activating the steam version will be very annoying probably (it was for me).
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Activiating the first Steam copy is normally a breeze... Further ones, with the 'new' launch from steam only method, require another steam login / email address...

Sadly, the 'new' launcher means Arx have to be purchased with Steams own currency, something I'm less than inclined to purchase 🤷‍♂️
 

Aewarin Jameson

Aewarin Jameson
ED for $7 is a bargain, if you don't already own it, as the game has quite a lot of content that should keep you entertained for a while.

Was a shame about multiple commanders not being introduced for the game - it was hinted at, by Brooks, a long time ago, but never materialised. Shame.
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
dognosh said:
I still haven't downloaded my steam ED.
Q : My steam and non steam ED are both the same email address. Will I have a problem if I download a steam version ?
Or how do I run 2 ED accounts with same email address ?
ty :)
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Oh my god, I don't know how it's handled on Fdev's end, but it might be that it will be the same Frontier account. In which case you just paid to access your current ED account on Steam 😱
 

Susanna

Susanna
dognosh said:
Humble bundle are doing a bundle that caught my eye, as I don't go for them normally. It has PC building sim and ED, the rest I don't want, for less than £12.
www.humblebundle.com

Humble Super Simulation Bundle

Pay what you want for awesome simulator games worth over $140, and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com www.humblebundle.com
EDIT : ED package as low as £7 !!!
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So, back to my thread. I have a standalone ED copy and now one on steam(just activated but NOT downloaded).
I have backup of my bindings. Any other precautions I should take ? Or steam installation advice that isn't obvious?
ty all :)
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Caviat :Assuming you are on PC:

The launchers for the two ED account work nicely in separate folders so that you can have two launcher icons on your desktop/bar for each account (to save having to log in when you switch accounts). I installed the two launchers into separate folders on a non-C/ drive (drive F I think it is off the top of my head). Not every update requires you to update the launchers as well but this is a thing! So prepare for it.
Bindings can stay where the default install is. Same with the journals unless you prefer to move these too. Although both accounts use the same bindings and journal files anyway.

Thanks for the heads up on that game deal btw!
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
Why download a second copy?

Just use your new account details in the launcher.

You can also use two separate launchers, and just link them to the one install so you can click each separate launcher to run each account.

It'd be... a bit mad to install the entire game twice... you'd need to update twice too!
 

Ashnak

Ashnak
Drelthar said:
Why download a second copy?

Just use your new account details in the launcher.

You can also use two separate launchers, and just link them to the one install so you can click each separate launcher to run each account.

It'd be... a bit mad to install the entire game twice... you'd need to update twice too!
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Unfortunately, that only works with original FD accounts - it doesn't work any more with recent (ok, it's been half a year or so) Steam accounts since Steam has been decoupled from FD. You can't launch a Steam account copy through the FD launcher any more, so you need multiple Steam accounts for multiple Steam copies.

I'm just waiting for the solution to the chaos when Odyssey hits - and the current statement that Odyssey will only be available through Steam is correct...
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
Ashnak said:
Unfortunately, that only works with original FD accounts - it doesn't work any more with recent (ok, it's been half a year or so) Steam accounts since Steam has been decoupled from FD. You can't launch a Steam account copy through the FD launcher any more, so you need multiple Steam accounts for multiple Steam copies.

I'm just waiting for the solution to the chaos when Odyssey hits - and the current statement that Odyssey will only be available through Steam is correct...
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what... That's gonna be a total mess- I absolutely do not want to link my frontier stuff to steam, and I have a lifetime pass, so will just "get" odyssey.

Mmmm. fun times ahead. I guess they'll force you to use steam.
I guess they'd be removing the launcher at that point?
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
PS: before pitchforks start flying my way thrown by people who likely still use Windows 7 because "important reasonz", let me just mention one thing: Steam Download Speeds. They far, far outperform what FDev pays for on Amazon.
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
VR StarLightPL said:
PS: before pitchforks start flying my way thrown by people who likely still use Windows 7 because "important reasonz", let me just mention one thing: Steam Download Speeds. They far, far outperform what FDev pays for on Amazon.
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In essence, I actually agree with you.

I just have my stuff set up, and don't want to have to mess about moving stuff around on my hard drives...

It isn't broke, I don't want to fix it.
 

Bravo17

B
Ashnak said:
so you need multiple Steam accounts for multiple Steam copies.
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You need multiple Steam accounts, but they can all use the same install of ED, you just need t make sure that each Steam user has the install folder as a Steam Library folder. I set up a new Windows account so that the logs for each cmdr are kept separate, but I don't think that you have to.
 

Zed

Zed
Drelthar said:
what... That's gonna be a total mess- I absolutely do not want to link my frontier stuff to steam, and I have a lifetime pass, so will just "get" odyssey.

Mmmm. fun times ahead. I guess they'll force you to use steam.
I guess they'd be removing the launcher at that point?
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Likewise. I have 3 accounts, 1 is a LEP from the kick starter and if I have to tie any of them to steam I will not be happy.
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
Zed said:
Likewise. I have 3 accounts, 1 is a LEP from the kick starter and if I have to tie any of them to steam I will not be happy.
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Yep, you'd need to create more steam accounts, that will be a total ballache, one more reason (not that any are needed...) That you should have been allowed to have multiple characters on one account, like with almost everything else, instead of the konami level joke system they used. (Buy the entire game plus all expansions AND cosmetics for each character...)
 
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