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How do I set new launcher to close automatically when I launch EVE?

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Kenneth Endashi
Kor-Azor Slave Holdings
#1 - 2016-04-01 01:02:55 UTC
I downloaded the new launcher on my laptop, but I can't find the setting to close the launcher automatically. Does this option still exist?

I don't want to download that launcher onto my desktop if this feature is not yet available.
Maxx Paine
Insensitive Pilot Society
#2 - 2016-05-08 11:14:03 UTC
I have been trying to get an answer to this very question for some time now. Even went as far as to submit a ticket days ago. Still nothing.

If they removed the option to auto-close, they need to put it back. The client can wait until next login to update. Nothing can be that critical it MUST update RIGHT NOW.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#3 - 2016-06-10 14:32:24 UTC
The new launcher has a "minimize to tray when I click the 'close' button" setting but it does not have an "auto-close" setting.

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Kenneth Endashi
Kor-Azor Slave Holdings
#4 - 2016-06-12 17:25:36 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
The new launcher has a "minimize to tray when I click the 'close' button" setting but it does not have an "auto-close" setting.


Thanks for the update, and thanks for making my favorite videogame. Why minimize it? It seems like once Eve is launched, I wouldn't need the launcher anymore. Is there a reason you don't want the launcher closed?
Koebmand
Silverflames
#5 - 2016-06-13 12:39:06 UTC
Many of us play with the launcher open (both old and new) in order to be able to quickly log in the same account again.

But I don't see why you would want to remove the the auto-close option, for the people that close it. Why make the new launcher worse than the old?
Velarra
#6 - 2016-06-14 13:56:36 UTC
Koebmand wrote:
But I don't see why you would want to remove the the auto-close option, for the people that close it. Why make the new launcher worse than the old?


A good reason to close it is Memory/Ram. If you run a tight system 140 or so mb can make a difference. But more, occasionally things like launchers develop memory leaks which require a day or three to fix/patch. Having a default option to completely close the launcher process is a great way to avoid memory leaks / run eve in systems with very tight memory constraints.
Kenneth Endashi
Kor-Azor Slave Holdings
#7 - 2016-06-18 03:55:26 UTC
Velarra wrote:
Koebmand wrote:
But I don't see why you would want to remove the the auto-close option, for the people that close it. Why make the new launcher worse than the old?


A good reason to close it is Memory/Ram. If you run a tight system 140 or so mb can make a difference. But more, occasionally things like launchers develop memory leaks which require a day or three to fix/patch. Having a default option to completely close the launcher process is a great way to avoid memory leaks / run eve in systems with very tight memory constraints.


That is one reason I asked about it. My laptop plays Eve, but I absolutely need every MB. I won't install the new launcher on desktop until they put that option back in.

The one thing that's strange is they added a minimize to tray upon close action, which suggests they've thought about the launcher UI experience, and made the conscious choice not to provide an auto-close option. I just wonder why they do it this way.