EVE Launcher

I feel for you.

What I do not understand is how this causes issues for some users and not for others. When I retyped in my user names and passwords. that was that. POOF! all done. All my previous setting were right on target. Just the way they were left before the update. I have several different profiles for my(more than 1) accounts. 1 screen profiles 2 screen profiles and 3 screen profiles. some for PvP some for mining, etc.

I don't get it. Isn't all the data stored the same on everyone's systems? Wouldn't the conversion offer the same results on everyone's systems? This whole launcher thing just completely blows my f'n mind.

I suspect it is due to WIndows user permissions. I have all EVE directories outside of Program Files (C:\EVE\) just so the OS gets less nervous about changes. I also do everything as administrator of course.

My suggestion for anyone with recurring launcher problems is installing outside of Program Files and using the built-in Administrator account to do it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/555910

I also suggest deactivating the built-in admin account after using it to install the launcher.

my system runs on the admin account. all my eve data is strictly default. my system doesn't get nervous, it is a machine.

All I know other than that, is my update could not have been smoother. THANK GOD (or who ever)

but I don't know why my last post doubled up during an edit...

OH! and Windows Vista sucks more than anything else on this planet that ever sucked even for a living.

Just a point of view that you may be overlooking:

Changes like this antagonise the autistic members of your playerbase.

Change causes agitation, anxiety and fatigue. If it is a necessary change and is implemented well, then the end may justify the means. If it is a conceptually unsound change or is implemented incompetently, then the means merely justifies the end.

Cluttering the game with unnecessary sensory information causes agitation, anxiety and fatigue. Camera shakes, tracking cameras, focus changes, jump animations and other intrusive effects and poorly conceived UI features all cause sensory overload. Sensory overload causes people to put down your game.

Allowing players to easily deactivate the features that cause sensory overload is essential. Reactivating those features arbitrarily, as you have done here, is unsound. Expecting autistic people, who you have just injured through inattention, to fix your mistakes for you leads to resentment. Resentment leads to unsubbing.

Dragging to resize - simplify that by just double clicking the title bar. One dbl click and poof the launcher is full screen.

Here is an idea. try opening the settings on the left side of the window. Select launch options and set the time you want it to take to launch the next instance. Mine is 5 seconds.

The function of the launcher is about as important as a widget, and if it wasn't for the advertisements and announcements piggybacked onto it, It could be the size of an instant messenger window while doing what I needed. It's already bloated and suggesting it as a fullscreen application is airheaded.

Same for me entering the user name and password was a copy/paste effort. All my settings just the way I left them.
I'm still using windows 7. Imported my settings from old launcher about two months ago. And have been enjoying the new launcher since.
For me this is the 1st time in the past year that CCP got something right. But I'm still thinking about quitting since I can't stand the new camera. The new launcher improves on what already worked the new camera destroyed it and took a step backwards. One right does not fix all the wrongs.

Hello, my name is Oxigun and I am an Eve multiboxer...

I am a fan of progress and process improvement. I see the new launcher as an attempt to help the game and while I have been bypassing it for several years now, it's time to start using it (or so it would appear).

I have several configurations, ranging from 3 to >10 Eve clients running at the same time. Each configuration uses a different client window size and different settings (e.g. low vs high graphics settings). While i have been able to move those settings to the new launcher, I have not found a way to multi-launch those clients I need with the settings I need for each one, other than to manually do it which is ofc a giant pain.

Please consider allowing us to create automated multi-launch setups that we can save with the launcher: e.g. "Launch the cyno chain toons" or "Launch the mining armada". This is essentially what isboxer does for us, along with arranging the windows in a nice layout.

Looking forward to the next iteration, happy to provide more information as needed.

PS: Is there a way for me to replicate the saved account information across computers? I would love to be able to do that rather than have to re-log each one of my accounts between computers...

Wow, just tried it myself. You're right. I get an incompatible version message.