An update to the launcher today resulted in the Play button not being visible.
The launcher team are looking into the issue but in the meantime a workaround is:
Open the Launcher Settings
Click on the Launch Groups tab
Create a new Launch Group with the accounts you would like to start.
Once the Launch Group is created you can select the group from the bottom of the account list and click the Launch button.
We hope to deploy a fix for the issue asap. Thanks for your patience.
Update 14:08 - The launcher team hope to be pushing out a fix soon.
Update 14:39 - A new version of the launcher has been deployed. It should automatically be detected by the launcher and an update applied within the next few minutes.
I want to like the ânewâ launcher, but this is death by 1000 cuts. Its a PITA to run under wine, just a few days ago someone in here found their installation directory was almost 4 times the normal size. Can we get a LTSC style âcompactâ version that just, well, launches EVE ?
Are there no check list in your company before releasing your builds ?
I really donât get how you release this update without being aware of the issue.
You canât test your build without login buttons, that means âŚ
@CCP_Arcade was this a patch meant to nerf the SP reward from daily opportunities (from 10k to 5k) 1 week before Equinox, or is this also a mistake? I donât see a patch note for this
I was following the development of the new launcher from the beginning, and all that I can say is - the development team behind it is fantastic!
As a professional programmer myself (and team lead), after 15 years of work, I can see development decisions and effort behind most of the applications. What the Launcher team is doing is great.
The design is clean, UX is intuitive and utilitarian, there are backup systems in place for the most important parts (like the launch group and the launch button, as shown in this example), effective notification system,⌠the list goes on. And not only that - they are actually listening to player feedback and actively working on optimizations, mainly the management of backup and installation files.
Things like the current problem can happen in development, but a proper communication, effective notification system and a backup or workaround are all there. Of course, it would have been better if the problem was detected before launch, but I know that there can be multiple reasons why it wasnât.
So, learn from the mistakes (itâs a big part of the job) and keep doing the good job.
A new version of the launcher has been deployed to resolve this issue. It should automatically be detected by the launcher and an update applied within the next few minutes.
