amazing post, thank you very much!
do you think if I simply closed the launcher after starting the game, that would fix things?
You're most welcome.
I've no idea, but seeing how simply using the "--bypass -launcher" (or whatever the syntax for that command was) command in Steam did not really keep the launcher from...err... launching, I wouldn't be too sure that it actually shuts down when you let it open and then close it manually. It might still be running in the background.
Also: You might want to check your Reliability Report and see if you're also getting a ton of critical errors caused by the launcher.
Enter "view reliability history" (without the "") in your Windows search bar to find the app. Or look up Dell's instructions on how to find it.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...lity-monitor-to-identify-software-issuesOpen the app and check your timeline... crashes/critical errors will show up as red icons in the time-line. Click on the day with such a red icon and a list of events will pop up underneath the time-line. If it's like on my system, you will find critical errors for that launcher pretty much for every single day that has a critical error reported.
It'll look like this:
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^ Note that the entries you see here are just for the highlighted day... all the other red icons you see here for all the other days shown in my report all indicate at least one critical error involving "Larin Launcher".
Like I said: Using the "bypass" method resulted in the launcher not *visibly* opening when I launched the game - but it *was* still running in the background (otherwise it couldn't have crashed twice per day, right?).
What really seems to keep it from starting up is that command-line I posted further up (the one ending with %command%). No more crashes/PC freezes for me since I've done that. At least during the two days since I started using that launch-command.
I don't see why you wouldn't want to at least try that method. You don't really need that silly launcher anyway and you only have to put the command in there once.
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^ RMB on BG3 in Steam Library, click on "Properties", then this dialogue will pop up. Look for "Launch Options" at the bottom right. You need to adjust the path to reflect your installation's location of course ... unless you also have the game installed on your G:\-drive...
Use "bg3.exe" if you're running Vulkan, "bg3_dx11.exe" if you want to run the DX11-version.
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