Steam Login SNAFU

GreySix

GreySix
Usually I have no problem logging into ED through Steam, but today every effort I attempted extended me a middle finger.
So when I attempt to launch Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, I am greeted with this:

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When I type in the code, I am greeted with a red message informing me I must purchase a product I've already purchased. So, I tried linking accounts.

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... and yes, the launcher was still open, and clicking the link account button again simply generated another email to continue the loop of death. I restarted my computer several times, and Steam was running properly. Looked online and attempted all work-arounds - none worked. I was able to launch other games through Steam - just not Elite.

So ... is there a way I can permanently divorce my account from Steam? Money isn't an issue here - I don't care. My time is worth far more than my money. What I don't want is to start from scratch with a new Commander.

Recommendations?
 

Fnord Velkor

Fnord Velkor
Might this have something to do with FDEV telling Steam that the default version should be Live not Legacy? Has that happened yet? (Just guessing.)
 

Northpin

Northpin
Fnord Velkor said:
Might this have something to do with FDEV telling Steam that the default version should be Live not Legacy? Has that happened yet? (Just guessing.)
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Yea, no idea if that happens, but according to the CM Team, when that will happen the Legacy players will have to redownload the game from steam
 

Morbad

Morbad
I get that Steam has a large catalog of exclusive games that justifies many people's patronization of the platform, but if a game is not Steam exclusive, and the non-Steam option is the exact same experience, just without Steam, why get the game through Steam in the first place?

Anyway, the only way I could see to separate your account from Steam after the fact would be to contact support and see if the contents of your current account can be moved to a new non-Steam license.
 

Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
Morbad said:
Anyway, the only way I could see to separate your account from Steam after the fact would be to contact support and see if the contents of your current account can be moved to a new non-Steam license.
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I have thought of doing that. I got ED from Steam for whatever reason when I started (either I didn't know I could get it from Frontier directly, or maybe it was on sale, I don't remember) and the game being tied to steam annoys the snot out of me, if only for the fact that I cannot uninstall Legacy without Steam reinstalling it. Hopefully that will change when Live will become the default.
 

Fnord Velkor

Fnord Velkor
If you bought it before April 2019 then you don't need to use it via Steam - just run the client installer and log in direct. (You might need to copy the CD Keys shown in Steam, don't know about that - if your Steam game has no CD Key{s} then you can't run direct, you have to use Steam Login.)
 

Northpin

Northpin
Morbad said:
I get that Steam has a large catalog of exclusive games that justifies many people's patronization of the platform, but if a game is not Steam exclusive, and the non-Steam option is the exact same experience, just without Steam, why get the game through Steam in the first place?
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Steam makes it a bit easier to to keep the games library always updated.
Easy to install/uninstall games
It's also easier to move to a new gaming rig.
However your games library depending on an online service, yea it can be worrisome

I do have a gog account too and i do get games from them too, but i have to maintain my library manually as in manually download and install games and manually keep them updated (actually my gog library has much more titles than my Steam library and i have all of them dowloaded on my system so always available even when i'm offline from the internet)
 
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Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
Northpin said:
You can get rid of the steam auth, but it does require you to buy the game again from Frontier store and unlink your existing frontier account from the steam
But at least you get to keep using the same cmdr save - so no starting over.
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I would be willing to do that. How does it work, unlink steam and then what?
 

Northpin

Northpin
Helmut Grokenberger said:
I would be willing to do that. How does it work, unlink steam and then what?
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GreySix said:
Agree. I'd pay for an extra game to divorce it from Steam, so long as I don't lose my current Commander
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The safest way would be to go through support and ask them to help with this / provide instructions.

Else you can login into the frontier store with the frontier account you have created/linked when you got the game from Steam, purchase ED on that account and then download the launcher, dl the game and go on.

Unlinking from Steam can be done using the portal below, but i'm not sure it's mandatory
https://user.frontierstore.net/
 

Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
Northpin said:
The safest way would be to go through support and ask them to help with this / provide instructions.
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Thanks. I think I will contact the support and see what happens.

Northpin said:
Else you can login into the frontier store with the frontier account you have created/linked when you got the game from Steam, purchase ED on that account and then download the launcher, dl the game and go on.
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You don't even need to redownload the game. I use the same install for my Steam, Epic and Frontier CMDRs. The launcher is all the same and just behaves differently depending on how you launch the game.
 

Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
I reached out to Frontier support. All you need to to is purchase a new copy, unlink the Steam account via the link @Northpin already provided and then log into the launcher with the current account credentials. Sounds easy enough, I will try that tonight. Fingers crossed I don't lose my CMDR :)
 

Fnord Velkor

Fnord Velkor
Of course now you have the issue that Frontierstore doesn't "do" sales (except once every 6 blue moons) so one is stuck paying full-price for future expansions.

BTW - not complaining, I have Frontierstore accounts and don't mind paying full price (I do have a Steam account that was a gift and that only gets sale-price purchases).
 

Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
Fnord Velkor said:
Of course now you have the issue that Frontierstore doesn't "do" sales (except once every 6 blue moons) so one is stuck paying full-price for future expansions.

BTW - not complaining, I have Frontierstore accounts and don't mind paying full price (I do have a Steam account that was a gift and that only gets sale-price purchases).
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Honestly, I don't really care. Not to sound decadent or something, but I have spent much more money on much more useless things than supplying the hobby that is ED. Buying another copy of the game pales against what I have spent on hardware to be able to play in VR, and I don't use VR for anything else.
 
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