This is one of the reason I play the game less recently.
If you have a slightly slower Internet, the launcher for Elite Dangerous (Steam version at least) can become very slow and could even get itself freeze on loading. And if you got unlucky, missed the short 1~2 second click window and the launcher freezes, you then have to wait for minutes until all the "game news" got loaded before you can launch the game (which also takes a few minutes).
All of that and Steam itself needs time to load and login too.
This is a really bad experience. Can't it be done better? Like "opening up Steam then one click I'm in the game" better?
I mean, why all of those HTTP requests to api.zaonce.net and api.orerve.net etc? The login and server status check can all theoretically be done with just one HTTP request. And web content can be loaded asynchronously without freezing user interface, right?
Take look other games, like Left 2 Dead etc, you click Run then you are in the action. That's how you earn player's will to play.
I hope FDev consider improve it. Maybe not even show the launcher if not must.
P.S. https://github.com/rfvgyhn/min-ed-launcher maybe an good alternative, but sometime an update may break it.
If you have a slightly slower Internet, the launcher for Elite Dangerous (Steam version at least) can become very slow and could even get itself freeze on loading. And if you got unlucky, missed the short 1~2 second click window and the launcher freezes, you then have to wait for minutes until all the "game news" got loaded before you can launch the game (which also takes a few minutes).
All of that and Steam itself needs time to load and login too.
This is a really bad experience. Can't it be done better? Like "opening up Steam then one click I'm in the game" better?
I mean, why all of those HTTP requests to api.zaonce.net and api.orerve.net etc? The login and server status check can all theoretically be done with just one HTTP request. And web content can be loaded asynchronously without freezing user interface, right?
Take look other games, like Left 2 Dead etc, you click Run then you are in the action. That's how you earn player's will to play.
I hope FDev consider improve it. Maybe not even show the launcher if not must.
P.S. https://github.com/rfvgyhn/min-ed-launcher maybe an good alternative, but sometime an update may break it.
