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It's shiny, it's cool, here's to hoping it's all it's cracked up to be.

Thanks guys, keep up the hard work!

Also, how will this handle launching into multiple instances of EVE? As in, for every instance of EVE opened, will the launcher be opened first for all of them even if they're updated? e.g. - If a person has 3 or 4 client folders currently, for each instance they open will they have to clicky clicky play 3 or 4 times to get all their clients up, or just once and you're in?

Also, what some other guy said about the CD autorun thing, I see all the awesome benefits of this, but is there anyway where we don't have to add in an extra click step for every single time we open a client? As opposed to now where we only get that extra clicking every couple of weeks or so...

Otherwise, still shiny and neato and hopefully less headaches for patch day.

But Macintosh users doesn't need that kind of help.

They'll get a window saying "you've messed up, want to restart?" and get presented with a box with the only alternative being 'yes' ;)

But as one who actually voted for you, you're out on a limb here Treb.

As a seasoned player, CSM and obviously a Machead, you should know that the Mac adoptation isn't an inhouse operation.

It's something they buy, to make wannabe artists, hippies and other random apple users happy ;)

Part of the 1%?

You actually want Treb to ask for you to be fired? ;)

This.
If we wanted all that web content account management stuff we'd launch our Firefox and do it.
The auto patching isn't going to happen because if I'm not online playing I won't be running these pathetic launchers that everyone seems to insist on using these days as a way to clutter up your PC with useless ads and crap.

Old patch day = do stuff while waiting for server, do patch, play
New patch day = sit watching launcher wait for server, do patch, play

The whole separate launcher concept is a bit flawed on recent Windows versions (Vista & 7) as it doesn't play nice with the taskbar. If you have EVE pinned to your taskbar, you will notice that after launching EVE a new EVE icon appears on your taskbar instead of the pinned icon remaining active.

To circumvent this problem, people make shortcuts that bypass the current launcher (which only shows a splash screen) and executes the EVE binary directly. I use this to launch 2 different EVE's (from different directories) for 2 different monitors for example. By pinning those shortcuts I always know which icon is which EVE. If they weren't pinned I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

If this problem can somehow be solved then this new launcher sounds like a nice thing I guess. And if it can't be solved then I hope this new launcher isn't the only way to patch EVE, and that the old way of launching the binary directly continues to work.

People here already mentioned that the same launcher could control the test servers installations.

I want to go a step further and suggest that those could be subfolders in the main Eve installation, keeping only the files that differ from the current TQ build.

I understand that not everyone will like this idea, because eve cannot manage multiple settings schemes, but thats another feature we would like to see.

Just make sure that this front end is capable of launching multiple clients. It would be pointless otherwise.

Also, how about letting us log off a character without having to restart the client. Just take us back to the character selection screen and choose a new char on the same account!



Odd. Most Windows users consider Apple products to be geared to the technologically challenged who need training wheels and a hand-holding.

Bah more rubbish that isnt needed in EvE

Why not complete the stuff that needs fixing instead of creating another button i have to click ...

Great use of resources when eve is dying, lets make a ****** box that people can stare at blankly ! /sarcasm

Im sorry im sure you guys work very hard at trying to sap as much money out of your player base as possible and all but this is just totally off base.

Meanwhile at CCP headquaters :

CCP Guard : Hey guys we got some great stuff to show you today on what the team is working on!

Dev Team : So this new feature will open a big ass pointless window on your screen , were you have to agree to play a game that you just double clicked on to run, yep designed specifically for fat kids with Cerebral Palsy

CCP Guard : Sounds great guys what else can it do!

Dev Team : There is this one semi useful feature but its just there to give people something to say " oh well it does this ", in all honesty we just need another way to shuv more advertisement in our already crippled player base's face!

CCP Guard : GREAT looks like its coming a long nicely, well thats all we have time for guys!

Well, the lack of Linux support is and will always be disturbing too.

Just another feature mac users don't get

**** you assclowns, then again, I would rather you fix the mac client first.....I can only assume you are working on that instead.