Add a Epic Games Launcher Channel | Unreal Source | Page 1

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 5:43 PM

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This Discord could use an Epic Games Launcher channel as it is used by and pertains to the Unreal Engine

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:48 PM

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I don't think a dedicated channel would get much traffic, but I can see perhaps adding some launcher-related help to the #unreal-faq at some point.

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Most Unreal creators are probably using the launcher, but it's a whole separate beast of an application. A slow one at that. 😞

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 5:50 PM

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The issue is... when you reinstall the launcher say after a windows reinstall, having your marketplace/plugin/project vaults on other hard drives, the new launcher does not see any of that, and altho there is a setting for changing the vault location, it is still unaware of any other UE installations or project locations. There is a way to add paths to a config file somewhere to make it discover those as well, but I cannot remember where the config is located

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the only way to "fix" it, is to install the engine on top of pre-existing engine versions and create new projects in folders where old projects exist

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but it doesn't always work

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:52 PM

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Yeah the launcher is weird about that. You have to open a project from your old project directory for the launcher to "see" it and start displaying all your projects again.

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These sound like great ideas for FAQs.

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It'd be good for people to be able to reference this, as I'm sure it comes up multiple times.

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 5:53 PM

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there is a way around that by adding the directory to the config where it keeps track of all that, but I cannot remember which file it is or where it's located

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it's been years

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was hoping someone else knew off the top of their head

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:54 PM

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Yeah. I have the same problem. I don't do it often, so I never remember exactly how it goes so it's a bit of trial and error.

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Would be great if I could save people that wasted time.

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I'll make sure we get an FAQ up that explains how to fix this and similar issues soon.

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 5:55 PM

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if Epic really wants to get people to use their launcher over Steam, they need to improve it

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for games anyways

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:55 PM

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I know the Unreal tab of the launcher is getting a much-needed upgrade at some point, but the timeline is unknown.

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:55 PM

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oddly enough there was a lounge discussion about that exact thing

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:55 PM

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light saffron I know the Unreal tab of the launcher is getting a much-needed upgrade at some p...

thank god

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clunkiest piece of garbage i've used :P

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:55 PM

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It's terrible.

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I was so bummed when UE5 launched without the upgrade.

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It's been shelved for years.

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:56 PM

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its UE experience is awful, and it isnt much better for games

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:56 PM

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I think with Fab on the way, they'll finally get to it.

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 5:56 PM

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even EA launcher lets you find existing games

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and thats EA

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:56 PM

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honest creek even EA launcher lets you find existing games

and that by no means is great

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in fact i hate it

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:56 PM

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The UE tab in the launcher is an entirely separate app that loads inside the launcher window, and you can tell.

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:57 PM

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it really just needs a standalone UE hub

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another thing i hate is whenever i close my ue project i get ads for games on sale popping up

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it pisses me off

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:58 PM

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If you open your projects directly from the .uproject file, the launcher never opens.

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At least for UE5. I think it did for UE4 projects.

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:59 PM

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yeah still on ue4 personally 😔

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 5:59 PM

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You can also turn off those game notifications, and even hide the game section entirely if you want.

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 5:59 PM

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might have to do that, didnt know you can disable the notifications though

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that's neat

light saffron Apr 19, 2023, 6:00 PM

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It's toward the bottom of Settings.

willow current Apr 19, 2023, 6:06 PM

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my guess is that with the introduction of FAB they will overhaul the whole system

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as of about finding existing engines/plugins, i'm kinda sure that this was discussed in #ue5-general before and the information might be found there. So adding those to a FAQ which is easy to lookup sounds like a good idea

honest creek Apr 19, 2023, 6:07 PM

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Found the solution:
`#1 - Navigate to
C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\EpicGamesLauncher\Saved\Config\Windows

#2 - Open
GameUserSettings.ini
If it doesn't exist, create it.

#3 - and add lines to the end under [Launcher] like the following:

[Launcher]
VaultCacheDirectories=D:/Epic Games/VaultCache/
VaultCacheDirectories=E:/Epic Games/VaultCache/
CreatedProjectPaths=D:/ParentFolderOfYourProject
CreatedProjectPaths=E:/DifferentParentFolderOfYourOtherProject`

A new launcher will have a blank GameUserSettings.ini so these have to be added manually

You can also just create a blank project in the old projects installation directory

willow current Apr 19, 2023, 6:07 PM

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additional you could add information about sym linking to the FAQ, which allows to move the vault on another hard disk without cluttering up your C:\ drive

terse loom Apr 19, 2023, 6:08 PM

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honest creek Found the solution: `#1 - Navigate to C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\EpicGames...

sounds like a perfect entry for the faq

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