Hmm!, an exercise in keeping up with avoidance of answering the question ..
as a side issue, running the game from BG3.exe instead of letting Galaxy fire up the Larian launcher makes the game more unstable... at the very least you should set the exe to run as admin by default when it fires [that will help]
My bold above .. plus
Surprised to find out just running the exe can be more problematic, logically I would have thought running GOG Galaxy itself, and then through that launching the Larian Launcher, which in turn launches the game exe, would be adding more scope for problems rather than less.
I run the game just by the exe because the individual chained launchers dont offer anything I want, and just present more things to turn off (overlays etcetera), form communications with the internet I dont need (for market research and advertising more games / friends / chat / multiplayer features) = rubbish I dont want.
I do already run the game exe as administrator, and I also disabled full screen optimisations which Microsoft periodically mess up with tweaks
( Read more about full screen optimisations here
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/demystifying-full-screen-optimizations/ )
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Plus I think some of us should be testing the game as it is launched just from the exe. Personally I cant attribute any bugs I have found so far to have this method of launching the game to be the root cause.
Can you name symptoms / issues to watch out for that can be pointed out to Larian?
Your response ..
Galaxy fires the larian launcher which in turn loads the game exe
Galaxy tracks your time in game, your screenshots, and your network so thats F12 to place a screenshot in folder X, 100 hours played and the fact that two of your pals are currently online if you want to multiplay
The larian launcher is in charge of running video & feedback scripts so if your system doesn't have the current Gpu driver that info is stored and in the game locks up it can send [with your permission] a error report back to Larian witch is far more helpful than most of the bug reports they actually get in this forum from people just saying this or that is busted... Tracking info still needs to be read by someone that understands code but its a clue
Ehm, yes, I know this already
every single time you update the game the 'run as admin' needs to be reset... I personally do this at the Larian launcher and the main thing that goes wrong without that launcher running is the in game vids lock up
p.s, reports posted here are still helpful [mostly to other players] please say you run the game without this or that and if mods are included... if the 1st trader talk was a vid lock up then it could be because of the launcher but imo its much more likely a script error as patch 9 is riddled with these
I have never had the in game vid lock-up, and I do check after every game update that my preference for elevated privileges (Administration), plus disabling full screen optimisations are still set.
And posts here being helpful to other players is a standard thing for forums ..
please say you run the game without this or that and if mods are included
I already stated that in the first post (first sentence).
.. But you still do not explain anything to do with just running the game via the BG3.exe making the game unstable .. Do you have a link to any previous conversations which back this claim up?. I am new to this forum and would appreciate the info if other people have already discussed and imperically proven that is the case.
