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Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE #79249612/10/21 05:17 AM | |
Joined: Dec 2017 F Firesong addict | |
OP Firesong addict F Joined: Dec 2017 | The launcher serves no purpose, it is just annoying and I hate it with a passion. It even prevents proper operation of NVIDIA Gamestream, because instead of just clicking on "start my game" one has to jump through another stupid, nonsensical hoop. And: not even starting the .exe file prevents this c***ware from starting. #JusticeForKarlach Petition to save Karlach: https:/ |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79252112/10/21 10:16 AM | |
Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec RagnarokCzD veteran | |
RagnarokCzD veteran Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec | Last hotfix: Quote Added a launch option to the LariLauncher so players can skip the launcher entirely. To use this: Its not exactly what you wanted i know ... I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE RagnarokCzD#79253912/10/21 01:06 PM | |
Joined: Dec 2017 F Firesong addict | |
| OP Firesong addict F Joined: Dec 2017 | Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD Last hotfix: Quote Added a launch option to the LariLauncher so players can skip the launcher entirely. To use this: Its not exactly what you wanted i know ... Wow, thank you! Is there also an option to launch DX11 directly from Steam? Edit: uses the last option that was selected apparently. I get HDR when launching the game this way (just tried it out) and this means that it is DX11. Last edited by Firesong; 12/10/21 01:08 PM. #JusticeForKarlach Petition to save Karlach: https:/ |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79254112/10/21 01:16 PM | |
Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec RagnarokCzD veteran | |
RagnarokCzD veteran Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec | Happy to help. I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79254812/10/21 01:56 PM | |
Joined: Feb 2021 Location: Northfield, NH, USA Don Bartenstein journeyman | |
Don Bartenstein journeyman Joined: Feb 2021 Location: Northfield, NH, USA | Just run one of the executables in \Baldurs Gate 3\bin...... |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Don Bartenstein#79255212/10/21 02:49 PM | |
Joined: Dec 2017 F Firesong addict | |
| OP Firesong addict F Joined: Dec 2017 | Originally Posted by Don Bartenstein Just run one of the executables in \Baldurs Gate 3\bin...... Still opens the launcher as soon as Steam is running. It's not that easy. #JusticeForKarlach Petition to save Karlach: https:/ |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79269213/10/21 08:42 PM | |
Joined: Jul 2014 Location: Italy Tuco veteran | |
Tuco veteran Joined: Jul 2014 Location: Italy | Yeah, I'm in team "f*ck the launcher" as well. Look, I already made my choice of what "launcher" I was the most comfortable with when I picked the store where I bought something. I do not want redundant bloatware and that's exactly what a "launcher inside the launcher" is. Originally Posted by Firesong Originally Posted by Don Bartenstein Just run one of the executables in \Baldurs Gate 3\bin...... Still opens the launcher as soon as Steam is running. It's not that easy. it's also worth noting that doing so just to avoid the Larian launcher basically forces you out of a multitude of Steam integrated features that someone may want to use (maybe even multiplayer support? But I didn't test it). Last edited by Tuco; 13/10/21 08:45 PM. Party control in Baldur's Gate 3 is a complete mess that begs to be addressed. SAY NO TO THE TOILET CHAIN |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79269813/10/21 10:17 PM | |
Joined: Feb 2020 Location: Belgium Maximuuus veteran | |
Maximuuus veteran Joined: Feb 2020 Location: Belgium | I'm not a fan of launcher too. If I clicked "launch" a game on steam (or gog, or origin, or uplay, or epic game, or...) or on a desktop icon, it's to play this game and not another one of the same studio... I don't understand why a lot of them are doing this now... Last edited by Maximuuus; 13/10/21 10:18 PM. French Speaking Youtube Channel with a lot of BG3 videos : https://www.youtube.com/c/maximuuus |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79271414/10/21 02:56 AM | |
Joined: Oct 2020 Black_Elk veteran | |
Black_Elk veteran Joined: Oct 2020 | The only thing I can think of that's included in that launcher is the direct feedback link, but it would be way better and probably more useful/user friendly if that feedback link was available from the in-game menus rather than from the initial Larian launcher. Ideally with a savestate or screencap attachment option there too, because I think I'd be much more likely to use it that way, rather than closing the game to get back to the launcher. I might feel slightly differently about it if the Launcher felt somehow more D&D themed, or even exclusively BG3 themed, rather than Larian/Divinity themed with BG3 added on top of it. I honeslty don't know what that would look like exactly, but say if the launcher provided a bunch of stuff specifically related to the BG3 Early Access experience. Character-savegame export/import or player matching specifically geared for MP. Some kind of native modding functionality perhaps. Integrating BG3 with online D&D5e source materials. Or if it somehow made loading the game faster rather slower, with that classic BG "level up" sound effect hehe. But as it stands the Launcher just seems like purely a marketing thing, that does next to nothing for me as an end user. I don't really care much about the merch, or job opportunities in cities a thousand miles away, or really want to be reminded of DOS2 every time I launch BG3. I miss the days of feeling like I actually owned a game, rather than just leasing it, which is what separate launchers make me think of for some reason. Anyhow, yeah, I could make do without it and wouldn't miss it if it suddenly disappeared overnight. Last edited by Black_Elk; 14/10/21 03:05 AM. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79273514/10/21 10:51 AM | |
Joined: Apr 2021 EvilVik member | |
EvilVik member Joined: Apr 2021 | The launcher is a minor nuisance, but it does give you the possibility to swap between Vulkan and DirectX which saved me plenty in patch 5 as I had major issues with Vulkan as the game crashed at the start screen. That's not something I would have been able to change in-game |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE EvilVik#79273714/10/21 11:10 AM | |
Joined: Jul 2014 Location: Italy Tuco veteran | |
Tuco veteran Joined: Jul 2014 Location: Italy | Originally Posted by EvilVik The launcher is a minor nuisance, but it does give you the possibility to swap between Vulkan and DirectX That's... Not a perk of the launcher at all? In fact the already suggested method of running directly the preferred executable (DX11 or VK) was a way to sidestep the problem. Last edited by Tuco; 14/10/21 11:12 AM. Party control in Baldur's Gate 3 is a complete mess that begs to be addressed. SAY NO TO THE TOILET CHAIN |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#79305715/10/21 02:13 PM | |
Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec RagnarokCzD veteran | |
RagnarokCzD veteran Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec | Question from the other side of barricade ... Its especialy tedious with every new patch, when game become especialy unstable ... I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Tuco#79311315/10/21 04:42 PM | |
Joined: Dec 2017 F Firesong addict | |
| OP Firesong addict F Joined: Dec 2017 | Originally Posted by Tuco Originally Posted by EvilVik The launcher is a minor nuisance, but it does give you the possibility to swap between Vulkan and DirectX That's... Not a perk of the launcher at all? In fact the already suggested method of running directly the preferred executable (DX11 or VK) was a way to sidestep the problem. Right. It could even be implemented in such a way that the client doesn't need to be restarted. When it comes to software engineering having to restart a program after setting change (or restart the PC after installation of something, but thats not the case here) is considered suboptimal anyway. #JusticeForKarlach Petition to save Karlach: https:/ |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#85390402/07/23 03:05 AM | |
Joined: Sep 2017 H hyperboreabb stranger | |
hyperboreabb stranger H Joined: Sep 2017 | 2 years later im having the same problem. please let geforce now launch the game without any interaction with the launcher, its causing problems for me. f |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE RagnarokCzD#85392402/07/23 07:41 AM | |
Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec RagnarokCzD veteran | |
RagnarokCzD veteran Joined: Oct 2020 Location: Liberec | And this dont help? Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD Last hotfix: Quote Added a launch option to the LariLauncher so players can skip the launcher entirely. To use this: Its not exactly what you wanted i know ... I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE RagnarokCzD#85392502/07/23 07:43 AM | |
Joined: Sep 2017 H hyperboreabb stranger | |
hyperboreabb stranger H Joined: Sep 2017 | that works if you launch through steam, but not with geforce now which is a cloudbased gaming thing. Last edited by hyperboreabb; 02/07/23 08:00 AM. f |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE EvilVik#88067714/08/23 04:28 PM | |
Joined: Aug 2023 D DIvineshammy stranger | |
DIvineshammy stranger D Joined: Aug 2023 | It's actually a huge nuisance. I tried booting up Divinity 2 and it didn't recognize I already owned the game through Steam (even after linking it to Steam) and tried to get me to buy it again lol. F this GD launcher BS. Last edited by DIvineshammy; 14/08/23 04:29 PM. |
Re: Get rid of the launcher, PLEASE Firesong#88068914/08/23 04:36 PM | |
Joined: Aug 2023 S Stonechat journeyman | |
Stonechat journeyman S Joined: Aug 2023 | I have a feeling it's partially for advertising purposes. A lot of people will probably buy DOS & DOS2 after seeing them. Using it to report bugs is handy too. |
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