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closing the launcher literally cancels the download.
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I take that back, you are right. I still does that. Just tried it and it still cancels.
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closing the launcher literally cancels the download.
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No, it doesn't. When was the last time you updated the Epic Client? They changed that a long time ago.
See edit above. I just tried it out of curiousity and it prompted about cancelling the install. I thought they'd fixed that problem..couple months ago to download Assassin's Creed Valhalla. there are still people bitching about this on other forums too when I investigated at the time, again, months ago now. when I close the launcher, if I am downloading, I get a pop up warning from the launcher
Can you not do that on an iPhone too (Developer Tools or w/e it's called)?... have you ever used a phone that isn't an iPhone? Android allows you to sideload apps or install third-party app stores. Phones are general-purpose computers precisely because they are made for general purpose use - their elevator pitch is "communication, internet access + various apps and services in your pocket". There is no way to formulate the concept of "smartphone" without accepting that it's a general purpose device. Contrary to game consoles, for example, which are made, sold, and used overwhelmingly to play games (a specific purpose, not a general one), even if they also allow for some other functions ((voice) chat, streaming, some web access, etc.).
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there are some conflicting forums posts around about this (I think they have the same confusion like what just happened here, mixing up pause/resume works OK as long as the Epic Game Launcher is kept open, but if it is closes/exits you get a pop up warning saying the download progress will be lost). but thanks for double checking, we're on the same page now lol! we're talking about standard features here, these aren't even bells and whistles anymore. there are workarounds, but you gotta be the type of user who is ok with getting your hands dirty. us techpowerup nerds are ok with that for the most part but the avg gamer who doesn't really know about PCs is going to be frustrated I bet....hell I'm frustrated about it and I know how to do the workarounds even lolSee edit above. I just tried it out of curiousity and it prompted about cancelling the install. I thought they'd fixed that problem..
For many games on this list you don't need to re-download anything after installing Windows (assuming as you said they were stored on a separate game partition / drive that wasn't deleted after reinstalling Windows) because you don't even need the launcher to start the games in the first place. Just start them directly / create a shortcut link to its .exe. Same for most pre-installed GOG games that also continue to just work post Windows reinstall without needing to install Galaxy to find them.This will all consider game libraries are kept on separate disks from the main OS disk! Ever reinstall Windows and then reload your Steam library? That takes like what, couple mins to go to settings and link up the drives you have your games on. You can be playing games again in minutes! Now, ever reinstall Windows and then try to reload your Epic Games library? Despite literally every other launcher of the like having this option of "locate installed games" as a standard feature, Epic has for whatever reason not implemented this. What this means is each time you setup a new OS you have to redownload the entire game.
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That's an excellent list, thanksFor many games on this list you don't need to re-download anything after installing Windows (assuming as you said they were stored on a separate game partition / drive that wasn't deleted after reinstalling Windows) because you don't even need the launcher to start the games in the first place. Just start them directly / create a shortcut link to its .exe. Same for most pre-installed GOG games that also continue to just work post Windows reinstall without needing to install Galaxy to find them.
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I like the epic line , free stuff. I even make some money from epic.Uplay has the best optimized launcher/smoothness/library/points RPG system for in-game rewards you can't buy with real money, makes me WANT TO DO ACHIEVEMENTS (unlike Steam which I just ignore achievements there)
Steam has best social/UI (I love Small Mode)
Origin is a resource hog and a shame on the industry
Epic Games gives me free games so I'm cool with that
GoG let's me snuggle at night in comfort in-case there is an apocalypse, as long as I have solar panels and DRM free I will still be ok. Thanks for the snuggles GoG.
Bethesda Launcher was initially required for Gwent card game, so I said **** Gwent card game and went back to
Magic the Gathering Arena launcher is ok, sure is a cash machine of a game though, makes Gaben look like he works for the Red Cross
Battle Net launcher is just a mess, news thrown in your face whether you want it or not, not friendly to end user at all, shame almost as bad as Origin, but only almost.
@lexluthermiester you in particular will like the GoG line
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That's weird. I have done so on several systems in the past couple of years, and the procedure has been the same every time. No force closes, no issues beyond the ever so slightly annoying and time consuming one-game-at-a-time start-pause-rename-resume cycle. As I said above, Steam's method is clearly better (though I really wish they allowed for moving or removing the default install folder), but EGS is still perfectly fine.Speaking from experience, yes, that is exactly how I had to do it. I absolutely had to do the force close. I tried it several ways, ie, just "X"ing the window, or as Epic documented, to right click the tray icon and select quit....even that didn't work. Found some forum post saying do force close and that worked for me. It's a mess as this suggests the same methods may not even work for all
Nope. To use developer tools on an iPhone you need to be a registered developer, which is non-trivial. On Android, you can download an .apk file for a competing app store from the web, and will be prompted to disable the relevant security features when trying to install it if you haven't already done so (and can then re-enable them with no issues). That's a world of difference. Also, kind of weird of you to speak as if you're an authority on the nature of smartphones (i.e. declaring that they aren't general-purpose computers) when you freely admit to refuse any association with them and haven't used one for years? Doesn't that speak to a certain lack of familiarity with the topic at hand?Can you not do that on an iPhone too (Developer Tools or w/e it's called)?
In any case, the last phone I (actually) used was an old Nokia running Symbian. I have no desire to deal with these contemporary tracking devices. I still have some of them unfortunately because for some occasions not having any phone at all is far more suspicious than having one bereft of any personal data. Anyways, last time I tried Android felt just as shit as iOS; I wasn't even able to update an app without fucking signing in to Google. That's when I decided to put it away again since I don't care, in any case.
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Steam was the first online store / game launcher that made a real impact on gaming. There was no exclusivity - they were simply the first. If you open a new store, you won't sell literally everything from day one. You have to build your supplier list to grow. Just because GOG was small enough to be unnoticed by game publishers for a while doesn't mean games were Steam-exclusive. Nobody forbade publishers to look for alternatives - alternatives simply didn't exist.You're still buying into exclusivity deals being "shady"? I just don't see that. They're common. Ubiquitous. Just because Steam has been a monopolist and never had to actually call their exclusivity by name doesn't mean they haven't had exclusive distribution rights to a vast array of games. Pre-EGS, how many games were only on Steam, and not GOG or the other previous general storefronts? Just because Epic went and made it explicit doesn't make it meaningfully different. As for EGS being another "generic online storefront" - isn't that precisely what we'd want? Stores that sell games, compete in pricing and the like, with real competition?
There's no competition if games are exclusive to one store or another - only more bloatware on your PC to be able to play them.As for your list, here's the continuation:
You want more storefronts because competition has the potential to breed innovation and lower prices, providing benefits to customers, while monopolism does the opposite.
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Exactly. Why should I have to install something I don't need? If Epic made their launcher attractive, there wouldn't be any fuss over it.the way i see it majority of consumer simply like monopoly. when there is new competitor try to bring in more competition they are being hated. sometimes for a very simple matter like needing to install another launcher.
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Nope. To use developer tools on an iPhone you need to be a registered developer, which is non-trivial. On Android, you can download an .apk file for a competing app store from the web, and will be prompted to disable the relevant security features when trying to install it if you haven't already done so (and can then re-enable them with no issues). That's a world of difference. Also, kind of weird of you to speak as if you're an authority on the nature of smartphones (i.e. declaring that they aren't general-purpose computers) when you freely admit to refuse any association with them and haven't used one for years? Doesn't that speak to a certain lack of familiarity with the topic at hand?
Also, not being able to update an app without signing in to Google is ... kind of obvious when the default app store (i.e. package manager) is Google's. They require an account to use the app store. If that's a problem, find an alternative app store that provides the same apps, and use that.
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The suit isn't about Apple's 30% App Store cut, but their monopoly on in-app purchases (and in part their unequal treatment of various types of apps in this regard - there are significant exemptions) and their further 30% cut of these. IMO, that monopoly can't possibly be legally defensible, seeing how smartphones are general-purpose computers (unlike, say, consoles). Even locking them down to a single source of applications is deeply problematic.
Of course it’s about the 30% cut. Epic want to run their own app store within their apps specifically to cut out Apple, which goes against their contract.
I think you’ll find that Apple’s contract is defensible too, as often what’s legally possible isn’t morally right. And is this immoral? That’s debatable.
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Yes, and they probably never know why except to follow the crowd.. I for one asked the question many times why the hate for EPIC but never got a straight answer.. I like it and will keep using it for free and non free games..Funny how some people prefer Steam monopoly.
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I'm not talking about the early years of Steam. I'm talking about how literally zero viable alternatives to Steam have arrived before GOG managed to claw a space for themselves (partially through preferential access to CDPR titles, partially through their DRM-free schtick), and then Epic actually trying to present a mainstream alternative. But there have absolutely been alternatives - they've just all failed. Every single one has either shut down or morphed into a Steam key storefront. Until GOG and EGS, that is.Steam was the first online store / game launcher that made a real impact on gaming. There was no exclusivity - they were simply the first. If you open a new store, you won't sell literally everything from day one. You have to build your supplier list to grow. Just because GOG was small enough to be unnoticed by game publishers for a while doesn't mean games were Steam-exclusive. Nobody forbade publishers to look for alternatives - alternatives simply didn't exist.
There's no competition if games are exclusive to one store or another - only more bloatware on your PC to be able to play them.
Well, sure, you're entirely welcome and entitled to your opinions. But when those opinions are factually wrong, and you are corrected on that, it stands to reason to maybe take a step back from that stance? Smartphones are general-purpose computers, and the only instance in which they aren't is if their OS vendors go to great lengths to lock them down in order to force business through their portals.Yeah, about that.
I have tried some before, and they were all kinda lacking (either completely missing apps or providing versions out of date). And good luck trying to download .apks by themselves.
Anyways, just because I don't use phones doesn't mean that I am completely ignorant as to what's happening over there, and imho it's not pretty.
As for the developer tools, I can definitely recall the incident in which fuckbook was (ab)using them to sniff on people's data - but wasn't that them abusing their developer license? There was something about it, as it was definitely circumvening the AppStore as their 'app' would never have cleared the oversight.
In any case, I disagree with the notion of shit like app stores in general (one of the reasons amongst many why I disagree with the entire phone ecosystem) - even the last bastion of freedom, the PC seems to be falling at long last - see Windows 10, or more on point here - Steam and the EGS.
One of the reasons why I haven't bought a game from anywhere but GOG in a good while now, they do not force a shitty launcher or anything on me. But I digress.