EVE General Discussion

Not sure if this has been mentioned, or if anyone is even having trouble with this anymore... But I was having trouble getting it to work the way the OP had posted (although the exefile.exe method will always still work), but I eventually stumbled along a method that seemed to work perfectly.

1. Navigate to your install directory. As standard this will likely be:
- C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE

2. Once there, find the 'repair.exe' file, and run it.
3. This will take 5 minutes or so, so grab a cup of Joe, or whatever...
4. All done? Good. Now download the file from here, but don't run it just yet.
5. Navigate to your install directory again. As standard this will likely be:
- C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE\bin

6. In there, run the 'ExeFile.exe' file. Again, wait for it to load. It may or may not tell you that there's an update available. If there is, let it install. If there isn't, quit out of EVE and continue reading...
7. Now, you'll want to run that 'EVEOnlineLauncher_2_1_539169.exe' file you downloaded in step 4. You may need to select 'No' at the initial dialog box if you installed EVE somewhere other than the default directory.
8. Let it do its thing. If all goes well, BAM! You should see the shiny new launcher open and begin verifying.
9. Wait for it to verify for 5 minutes, login, accept the new EULA, and hit the play button.
10. Enjoy pewpew-ing some idiots into space dust.

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Fly safe! o7

So let me understand this correctly, by you saying that, "For the time being, if you want to feel nostalgic, you can start the underlying game client by starting the ExeFile.exe directly, located in the bin folder in your EVE client, but note that this won't be supported forever," you are telling us that we are wrong for actually wanting to login the same, PERFECTLY USABLE AND WORKING WAY, that we have for years?

I'm honestly having a hard time believing that you, including the rest of CCP who came up with this brilliant idea to randomly throw this onto the live servers, thought this was even remotely good ? You guys did not even bother to ask the players about how they would feel with a different approach to the launcher and the login?

I do not know if you actually have multiple accounts and play EVE with multiple monitors, or even play it at all, but this honestly ruined the way people like myself are able to play this game effectively. I currently have 8-9 accounts active right now, many of them cyno capable to help with my capital/freight logistics, and the new method of logging in via the launcher literally destroys my ability to efficiently switch between characters and accounts for when I need new cynos in different locations, or even just switch between my characters to play market games, PVP, etc etc.

In the end, I know I am not the only one who feels this way. The original way of logging in was completely perfect from a player prospective. I am all for changing things up if it means that the system will be better and may prevent botters/"hacking" programs(rumors on why they changed it), but when it comes at a cost like this, I have a hard time even understanding, let alone agreeing with the change.

Please, PLEASE, consider leaving ExeFile.exe or at least making a new system that requires the same, if not less, time to login and switch characters. Also, next time something as big as completely changing the login system is on the radar, let your players know.

About exactly this. Why change something that works perfectly?

I love your stuff but this is just sloppy and should have been picked up.

Too much time spent on getting 'bull dust' running for console noobs instead of testing for launcher bugs eh?

Will go and play Combat Mission Gustav Line I just bought, at least that runs....


PS: Remove Dust

Tried to use the super upgraded future awesomeness updater today and it told me I had to close the CCPbrowser process. I did, it updated and now my settings are gone. The way the OP says to get them back doesn't work for me and quite frankly I'm not searching through files to find settings...

I also found the first ever video of our new launcher in action up in Iceland.

go to eve.exe to launch today, a new update and a 6mb download, now that I did that it downloads and updates, go to login in and its stuck in a loop of forever updating,restarting and refuses to let me log in. WHY CCP, WHY

Running the following: Eve\launcher\cache\updater.exe brought up the launcher. Don't know why.

Also, how did we go from a login process that went from

- three clicks and a text entry

to

- four clicks and two text entries

From an interface design standpoint, this kind of stuff is important.

Bump.

Horrible. Simply horrible.

Went to launch EVE today to set skills training, logged in - Button Greyed out in new launcher, validating (1/4) at the bottom, progress bar does not shift.

14 hours left on training now and after trying everyone's solutions to no avail, I'm thinking I'm going to miss it which ends up costing me money, for a game I can't even play!

Running the ExeFile.exe just gets me stuck in an endless patching loop & re installing/ manually updating the launcher failed.

Plz Reimburse the training time or make it so I can simply set what i'm training via web interface (EVE Gate) as opposed to having to go in game to do it.

scoopex, are you using the .exe in the bin folder?, if not try it.