Trying to run Payday2 on Epic, but Steam won't let me

[remote anvil]

So I got the game on Epic and when I'm trying to run the game, Steam launches, and Steam tells me "Failure (No license)"

I'm not running mods or anything, just a fresh install of the game

Pls help

[median anvil]

Do you have 2 copies of the game installed at the same time?
Verify the game files?

[novel vault]

...something here smells fishy

[remote anvil]

No, I only have the game on Epic
I tried to verify files and reinstall the game, but it didn't worked

[median anvil]

Well pd2 on egs has problems with recognizing base game content as pirated content.
So i wouldn't be suprised if it recognized the entire game as pirated.

[novel vault]

it still shouldnt launch steam in the first place

[median anvil]

@remote anvil win + r %localappdata%\PAYDAY 2 go into saves folder and how many files do you have there?

also have you tried killing steam with task manager so it's not running in the background?

[remote anvil]

I don't have payday 2 folder here

[remote anvil]

Yes, I tried it

[median anvil]

What's the path to you pd2 install folder?

[remote anvil]

D:\games

[median anvil]

You changed it?