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We seem to be missing the log off button.
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KasparHauser
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-05-22 15:57:39 UTC
Idk about you guys but I used it a lot to switch between characters.
Adrenalinemax
Lap Dancers
Brothers of Tangra
#2 - 2013-05-22 16:01:32 UTC
welcome to 2013, now you quit client and select play on launcher and the client reopens to character selection screen, you don't have to re enter password.

Unless of course you have logged into another client between logging in/out on that client then you have to start over. The launcher doesn't keep track of ALL clients logged in, just your last one.
KasparHauser
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-05-22 16:07:32 UTC
What? The launcher closes after it launches the client. I've had to enter password every single time AND click away that silly eula. This crap is slowing me down.
Slutvana Khorkina
Bad Touches
#4 - 2013-05-22 16:15:18 UTC
KasparHauser wrote:
What? The launcher closes after it launches the client. I've had to enter password every single time AND click away that silly eula. This crap is slowing me down.


If your launcher is closing after it launches the client, it is probably because back in the before time you set the "Close the EVE Launcher after starting Eve Online" setting in the launcher. Before it was mostly pointless to have the launcher stay running so a lot of people set that option. To change it back, open launcher, click gear icon in upper right corner, click "Startup" and uncheck that box. Launcher will now stay running after you start the client.

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Din Chao
#5 - 2013-05-22 16:20:50 UTC
Oh good, they finally streamlined the character switching process like everyone's been asking for for years... Roll
KasparHauser
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-05-22 16:28:58 UTC
Ok, that is better. Thanks everyone!
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#7 - 2013-05-22 18:24:47 UTC
Well, yes and no.

If you leave the client open for a fair time (>30 minutes), I believe the token that the launcher has times out, so you have to log off, then back on to be able to use it.

I've had some trouble with it yesterday.

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Keiko Brasha
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2013-05-22 18:47:53 UTC
Or u could just create a shortcut from the ExeFile.exe in the bin folder from where you installed EvE, no launcher needed that way, and u get the logoff option in the client :)
Trendon Evenstar
Olympus Gods
#9 - 2013-05-22 18:59:08 UTC
LET ME LOG TO CHARACTER SELECT HOLY **** HOW HARD IS THAT
Bloody Wench
#10 - 2013-05-22 22:34:56 UTC
Keiko Brasha wrote:
Or u could just create a shortcut from the ExeFile.exe in the bin folder from where you installed EvE, no launcher needed that way, and u get the logoff option in the client :)



This needs to be spammed more.

People just aren't getting it.

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Nex Killer
Perkone
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-05-22 22:39:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Nex Killer
Din Chao wrote:
Oh good, they finally streamlined the character switching process like everyone's been asking for for years... Roll


I wouldn't call this a real character switching process. A real one would keep the client open and just go back tot eh character screen.

Keiko Brasha wrote:
Or u could just create a shortcut from the ExeFile.exe in the bin folder from where you installed EvE, no launcher needed that way, and u get the logoff option in the client :)

Bloody Wench wrote:

This needs to be spammed more.

People just aren't getting it.





This is only going to work till the June 4th when the expansion comes out. After it comes out they're removing the client login screen and the only way to login is going to be from the launcher.
LujTic
Green Visstick High
#12 - 2013-05-22 23:02:01 UTC  |  Edited by: LujTic
I don't care if they remove the log off button as long as we get a 'switch character' button that brings me straight to character selection. I don't want to have to quit my client, close the launcher, then restart the launcher, log back in and start the client. I run multiple accounts with multiple characters and this is just annoying.

BTW, that launcher really needs to have a single button that allows you to login and start.
In Spirit
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-05-22 23:13:32 UTC
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If your launcher is closing after it launches the client, it is probably because back in the before time you set the "Close the EVE Launcher after starting Eve Online" setting in the launcher. Before it was mostly pointless to have the launcher stay running so a lot of people set that option. To change it back, open launcher, click gear icon in upper right corner, click "Startup" and uncheck that box. Launcher will now stay running after you start the client.


Except that those of us who run multiple clients for different screens cannot leave the launcher open, so it's now it's a giant pain in the ass to do any sort of account/character switching.
Amber Solaire
COMA Holdings
Cosmic Maniacs
#14 - 2013-05-22 23:55:53 UTC
I have found that the eve launcher does not close properly: it hangs around in the background
(the only place you can find its presence is in the Windows Task Manager, under processes)

If you run the eve repair tool, it will download any repair, then you get an error message (caused by the hidden eve launcher.exe)

I would just like to have a reliable way to turn off the eve launcher completely, as it is seriously buggy
mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
#15 - 2013-05-23 00:55:23 UTC
The game needs a button to switch to character select.

Do any CCPers have multiple trading accounts? It was very bad before, now it's the most convoluted character switching process of any MMO I've ever played, honestly.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#16 - 2013-05-23 00:59:07 UTC
Hmm… I still have a log-off button. But then, ⌥⌘ ESC was always quicker anyway… P
EVEtest Thefirst
Umbrarum Paradisi
#17 - 2013-05-23 01:26:23 UTC
No log off button?? Wow, EVE turned into Sword Art Online! Big smile
Invisusira
Escalated.
OnlyFleets.
#18 - 2013-05-23 01:51:32 UTC
Adrenalinemax wrote:
welcome to 2013, now you quit client and select play on launcher and the client reopens to character selection screen, you don't have to re enter password.

Uh

Welcome to 2004, where you log out of WoW and choose an alt without completely rebooting your client?


This was one thing about EVE I never really understood.

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Mackie Avelli
Reckless Cowards
#19 - 2013-05-23 04:18:33 UTC
Down-trodden CCP pleb: "Sir, there are too many people complaining about not being able to switch character without logging off."

All hail our glorious leader: "Make it worse for them, then return it to how it was. That'll teach them to complain."
Akali Kuvakei
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2013-05-23 04:29:42 UTC
Can careless about the log off button but again I agree with a switch char button from the escape screen. As I have since I started posting this in 2005