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Epic Game Launcher is the devil
- Thread starter OverHeat
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
It’s probably a UPlay issue
also it’s gonna be in their big sale that starts tomorrow i would refund that bitch and rebuy it if i were you
also it’s gonna be in their big sale that starts tomorrow i would refund that bitch and rebuy it if i were you
AutumnLeaves
Member
It's slow as heck too, even on SSD. It takes forever to load.
FranXico
Member
Chinese servers have a large ping.
Your SSD might be broken.
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OverHeat
« generous god »
Just got a refund thx!
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
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Stuart360
Member
Yep thats true, didnt need Epic launcher for GR Breakpoint, just Uplay. Sadly i just downloaded SW Battlefront 2 today, and that does ned Epic as well.
On a side not, i counted my Epic games the other day, 126 games and only bought 1 of them lol. Fuck you Epic.
Chupanibre
Member
That one game you bought is all they needed
Stuart360
Member
Nah it was Breakpoint for £6.50 with a special promotianal code i had from elsewhere. The game was still quite new at the time so they probably lost money.
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Kuranghi
Member
Sometimes when click on the systray icon to go back to it (because it closes everytime you open a game? wtf...) it just loads a blank web interface and I have to close and reopen it and I get "tooltips" that pop up when I rest on buttons in the UI that is underlying code in the web interface that I shouldn't be seeing.
The problem you are having is probably to do with uPlay I think though, its the same with Origin, I was trying to play BF2 the other day and it took like 3 minutes to launch it. There is a lack of proper communication between the launchers but I don't know if any one is more to blame.
The problem you are having is probably to do with uPlay I think though, its the same with Origin, I was trying to play BF2 the other day and it took like 3 minutes to launch it. There is a lack of proper communication between the launchers but I don't know if any one is more to blame.
Fbh
Member
Might be Uplay.
Got South Park Fractured but Whole on Epic and that launched through Uplay which was 10 times worse than Epic. Slow, had random issues with cloud saves and would ask for my username + pass world + 2 step verification like every other day because for some reason it can't automatically log me in unlike Steam/Epic/Gog, etc
Got South Park Fractured but Whole on Epic and that launched through Uplay which was 10 times worse than Epic. Slow, had random issues with cloud saves and would ask for my username + pass world + 2 step verification like every other day because for some reason it can't automatically log me in unlike Steam/Epic/Gog, etc
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MMaRsu
Banned
Would you buy anything from this man if he approached you in the street?
Guilty_AI
Member
It'd be already too late when you notice him
funkygunther
Banned
pretty sure Ubisoft games bought from Epic can be launched directly from the exe or Uplay, ACV is AssCreed right?
if that fails then look up the “target” in the shortcut (it’ll be some string like :com:epic:4655655 and use that as the target from a Steam shortcut instead
if that fails then look up the “target” in the shortcut (it’ll be some string like :com:epic:4655655 and use that as the target from a Steam shortcut instead
GymWolf
Member
this guy has less chin than luke rockhold...
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Never had any issues with it. I use epic more than Steam now.
funkygunther
Banned
I got you here, this works for me launching from Big Picture but it was some effort
do the “non-Steam” setup, you can test this by running antimicro and your controller will control mouse cursor movement
then what you need to do is create a batch file so that when launching Disco Elysium you also launch antimicro
Code:
@echo off
start "Disco Elysium" "com.epicgameslauncher://PASTE THE TARGET HERE"
cd "F:\antimicro OR WHEREVER ANTIMICRO LIVES ON YOUR PC"
start antimicro.exesave this batch file somewhere
then finally go to Steam and use the location of the .bat batch file as the Target for your Steam shortcut
PC GAMING lol amirite, but it works....controller based Epic Disco Elysium from my comfy couch
there might be easier ways now, this was about a year ago, but if you want to go through with it send a PM if you get stuck I’ll try to help you out
also the above will work for any other stubborn non-controller non-Steam games as long as antimicro profiles exist for the games
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lukilladog
Member
For BF2 you can use EA desktop launcher or the old Origin build that is floating around (just rename OriginClientService, OriginThinSetupInternal, OriginER, and OriginWebHelperService exes so it wont force you to update). All of these launchers are like spam malware, the fewer the better.
x@3f*oo_e!
Member
I too have a large ping
Arun1910
Member
An easier way is at the bottom left of Steam, click "Add non steam game" (or something like that), find the EXE.
Enter Big Picture Mode, check the controller configs. Should all work automatically, launch game through Steam.
That's all there is to it. I just did this with Control that I bought through the Epic Games Store, but I wanted a lazy day and chose to do the above method to hook up a Controller and play in Bed.
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funkygunther
Banned
Control doesn’t have controller support on EGS?
Coconutt
Member
I got you here, this works for me launching from Big Picture but it was some effort
do the “non-Steam” setup, you can test this by running antimicro and your controller will control mouse cursor movement
then what you need to do is create a batch file so that when launching Disco Elysium you also launch antimicro
Code:@echo off start "Disco Elysium" "com.epicgameslauncher://PASTE THE TARGET HERE" cd "F:\antimicro OR WHEREVER ANTIMICRO LIVES ON YOUR PC" start antimicro.exe
save this batch file somewhere
then finally go to Steam and use the location of the .bat batch file as the Target for your Steam shortcut
PC GAMING lol amirite, but it works....controller based Epic Disco Elysium from my comfy couch
there might be easier ways now, this was about a year ago, but if you want to go through with it send a PM if you get stuck I’ll try to help you out
also the above will work for any other stubborn non-controller non-Steam games as long as antimicro profiles exist for the games
Yo thanks for the input, will try the easier method when I get home later, purchase not regretted now.
Arun1910
Member
I don't think so for PS5 controllers... could be wrong though.
Either way, for me to navigate my games using a Controller in Steam from bed was a plus. Can't use a controller for Epic Game Library navigation
michaelius
Banned
Buying game on EGS or Microsoft Store in 2021 and complaing about shop quality is like buying Fifa/NBA and complaining about microtransactions 
Knightime_X
Member
oh yeah!
Thanks for reminding me to see what's free next.
Thanks for reminding me to see what's free next.
Sevenfold
Member
System restore was the only was to get what working?!
LittleWing
Banned
Not that anyone ever should buy more than 1 item from the Epic Game store. My favorite feature is the inability to buy more than 1 item at a time. It's a streaming stinking pos.
If you add an item to cart you have to buy it, you can't place additional items in the cart and checkout.You buy them individually, how the fuck is that still a thing in 2021? The lingering smell remains even if you uninstall it.
Imagine buying an item at a store and having to checkout that single item and then go back and repeat that over and over for each item. I'm Not brand loyal to any digital distributors but that store is the jewel of stinking steaming trash.
/rant
If you add an item to cart you have to buy it, you can't place additional items in the cart and checkout.You buy them individually, how the fuck is that still a thing in 2021? The lingering smell remains even if you uninstall it.
Imagine buying an item at a store and having to checkout that single item and then go back and repeat that over and over for each item. I'm Not brand loyal to any digital distributors but that store is the jewel of stinking steaming trash.
/rant
OverHeat
« generous god »
Sevenfold
Member
Not had that one yet
alabtrosMyster
Banned
That doesn't sound like a storefront bug, but who am I to know. I only use it to get the free games, which I don't play anyway.
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