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Hello,
So I recently moved house and sold my PC before I moved. I mainly game on my PC and haven't played anything on this laptop since probably March of this year.
Anyway, I opened up my laptop in the new home to play EU4 and it keeps forcing me to install Paradox Launcher v2? It's doing this for Stellaris as well, despite the fact that I had played these titles with the Paradox launcher at the beginning of this year, and the installation never ever completes because of an unspecified error.
I've attached a log file found in the default folder where the launcher was meant to install into which is C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\
I don't understand "the 'launcherpath' file does not exist"?
I've even deleted the .msi files in the EU or Stellaris game folders and redownloaded a new .msi file after doing an integrity check via Steam, yet the new .msi files yield the same failed installation result and the same error.
My games work fine if I just start them via their .exe files but I have no control of mods at the moment and this really irks me.
Laptop Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.30GHz CPU
8GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M
Old school HDD rather than SSD but have plenty of spare storage space
Windows is up to date.
Help please?
So I recently moved house and sold my PC before I moved. I mainly game on my PC and haven't played anything on this laptop since probably March of this year.
Anyway, I opened up my laptop in the new home to play EU4 and it keeps forcing me to install Paradox Launcher v2? It's doing this for Stellaris as well, despite the fact that I had played these titles with the Paradox launcher at the beginning of this year, and the installation never ever completes because of an unspecified error.
I've attached a log file found in the default folder where the launcher was meant to install into which is C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\
I don't understand "the 'launcherpath' file does not exist"?
I've even deleted the .msi files in the EU or Stellaris game folders and redownloaded a new .msi file after doing an integrity check via Steam, yet the new .msi files yield the same failed installation result and the same error.
My games work fine if I just start them via their .exe files but I have no control of mods at the moment and this really irks me.
Laptop Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.30GHz CPU
8GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M
Old school HDD rather than SSD but have plenty of spare storage space
Windows is up to date.
Help please?
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Is there any realistic chance for a Mac release?
Steam is absolutely dreadful on macOS, has been since the beginning and right now I'm bootcamping just for PDS games, which is not gonna last too long (space constraints).
I really wish there was some info on this because I've been checking out the Launcher landing page for the past few years hoping for at least a beta.
Steam is absolutely dreadful on macOS, has been since the beginning and right now I'm bootcamping just for PDS games, which is not gonna last too long (space constraints).
I really wish there was some info on this because I've been checking out the Launcher landing page for the past few years hoping for at least a beta.
Cannot install launcher
Hello!
When I try to install the Paradox Launcher, I get the following error:
I'm using Void Linux x86_64. I realize that the launcher is officially supported only on Ubuntu, however, given that the error seems to be very minor (failing to install the desktop menu item, as I don't use any desktop menu), I'd like to know if there is any way to bypass it; at the moment, the installer just reverses all changes at the end. The only folder created by the installer seems to be ~/paradoxlauncher and I couldn't find any logs there either.
I contacted PDX support about this issue as well and got referred to this thread and told @Deuterium Oxide may be able to help.
Hello!
When I try to install the Paradox Launcher, I get the following error:
Fatal error: Failed to install desktop menu item
I'm using Void Linux x86_64. I realize that the launcher is officially supported only on Ubuntu, however, given that the error seems to be very minor (failing to install the desktop menu item, as I don't use any desktop menu), I'd like to know if there is any way to bypass it; at the moment, the installer just reverses all changes at the end. The only folder created by the installer seems to be ~/paradoxlauncher and I couldn't find any logs there either.
I contacted PDX support about this issue as well and got referred to this thread and told @Deuterium Oxide may be able to help.
@Deuterium Oxide
AndrewT suggested I post my (now resolved) issues with the launcher here.
I was unable to play any games that required the new launcher (Prison Architect and Stellaris). The first issue was that the game was unable to locate the "launcherlocation" file in "\paradoxinteractive\launcherlocation". A quick search indicated the file was in "C:\paradoxinteractive" instead. The computer's registry also said it was in "C:\paradoxinteractive"
I copied this file across to where the game thought it should be and received a long string of javascript errors (see attached image).
I tried a few different things. Full uninstall of both Prison Architect and Stellaris (including deleting every mention of them in my registry as well as save data). Full uninstall of the launcher. Uninstalled Java, restarted, reinstalled java, restarted, reinstalled Prison Architect (it's smaller). Exact same errors. Tried downloading the launcher from the website, still crashed. Launching it from where it was installed, still crashed.
Finally tried it on my wife's computer, it worked. Went as far as copying the installations of both the launcher and the game from her computer to mine, changing registry files to match up, still didn't work.
The only difference was my computer's somewhat unique layout. I have an SSD for windows and a few programs I want to run quickly. I was running out of space on this SSD (even after moving a lot of things off it) and so the only other thing I could feasibly move became game data which was stored in appdata/local. I changed the location of appdata/local from "C:\Users\[username]\appdata\local" to: "C:\Storm(this is a different hard drive)\[username]\appdata\local". This has only ever been a problem for google chrome and one or two other programs, and as it happens.. the Paradox Launcher.
Once I changed the appdata/local location back to its default and uninstalled the launcher, the game worked fine. I checked the registry and it had put its launcherlocation file in the right place and the game was actually paying attention to the registry as well.
Note: It's not like "users\[username]\appdata\local" didn't exist. This was the problem with chrome, despite me moving where it was supposed to be, chrome ignored this and just stored all its data there anyway. The paradox launcher did NOT do this, it stored everything in "storm\username\appdata\local" like it's supposed to, and then had a heart attack. After I changed the location of appdata back to default, the launcher was still located in "storm\username\appdata\local\programs\paradox interactive" and it recognised this and was fine with it (I've since changed this so it's not confusing me).
Also: https://support.paradoxplaza.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003166953-Paradox-Launcher-FAQ does not report Prison Architect as being a game that currently uses the paradox launcher, as well as a couple others. This was a touch problematic since I was trying to do all this reinstalling stuff on Stellaris which is a notably larger game, unaware that Prison Architect (which was also installed) also used the launcher. I only found out because I downloaded the version from the website and found a list of assets for various games it supported.
Sorry for the long post, I just like to be thorough.
AndrewT suggested I post my (now resolved) issues with the launcher here.
I was unable to play any games that required the new launcher (Prison Architect and Stellaris). The first issue was that the game was unable to locate the "launcherlocation" file in "\paradoxinteractive\launcherlocation". A quick search indicated the file was in "C:\paradoxinteractive" instead. The computer's registry also said it was in "C:\paradoxinteractive"
I copied this file across to where the game thought it should be and received a long string of javascript errors (see attached image).
I tried a few different things. Full uninstall of both Prison Architect and Stellaris (including deleting every mention of them in my registry as well as save data). Full uninstall of the launcher. Uninstalled Java, restarted, reinstalled java, restarted, reinstalled Prison Architect (it's smaller). Exact same errors. Tried downloading the launcher from the website, still crashed. Launching it from where it was installed, still crashed.
Finally tried it on my wife's computer, it worked. Went as far as copying the installations of both the launcher and the game from her computer to mine, changing registry files to match up, still didn't work.
The only difference was my computer's somewhat unique layout. I have an SSD for windows and a few programs I want to run quickly. I was running out of space on this SSD (even after moving a lot of things off it) and so the only other thing I could feasibly move became game data which was stored in appdata/local. I changed the location of appdata/local from "C:\Users\[username]\appdata\local" to: "C:\Storm(this is a different hard drive)\[username]\appdata\local". This has only ever been a problem for google chrome and one or two other programs, and as it happens.. the Paradox Launcher.
Once I changed the appdata/local location back to its default and uninstalled the launcher, the game worked fine. I checked the registry and it had put its launcherlocation file in the right place and the game was actually paying attention to the registry as well.
Note: It's not like "users\[username]\appdata\local" didn't exist. This was the problem with chrome, despite me moving where it was supposed to be, chrome ignored this and just stored all its data there anyway. The paradox launcher did NOT do this, it stored everything in "storm\username\appdata\local" like it's supposed to, and then had a heart attack. After I changed the location of appdata back to default, the launcher was still located in "storm\username\appdata\local\programs\paradox interactive" and it recognised this and was fine with it (I've since changed this so it's not confusing me).
Also: https://support.paradoxplaza.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003166953-Paradox-Launcher-FAQ does not report Prison Architect as being a game that currently uses the paradox launcher, as well as a couple others. This was a touch problematic since I was trying to do all this reinstalling stuff on Stellaris which is a notably larger game, unaware that Prison Architect (which was also installed) also used the launcher. I only found out because I downloaded the version from the website and found a list of assets for various games it supported.
Sorry for the long post, I just like to be thorough.
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Is the Store down at the moment ?
I'm trying to buy some stuff but get an errror messege when trying to process the payment.
I'm trying to buy some stuff but get an errror messege when trying to process the payment.
Are there any plans to enable mod support in the launcher?
It's been about half a year now and the launcher still utterly fails to recognise mods.
It's been about half a year now and the launcher still utterly fails to recognise mods.
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Our distribution client, a.k.a Launcher v1, that this thread concerns itself with has only rudimentary support for mods and is not going to see that support expanded. Our current efforts are centred around mod support in the "unified game splash screen", a.k.a Launcher v2.
I suspect, though, that your complaint concerns Launcher v2 - For what game in unclear from your post, the launcher is in use with eight games at the time of this writing. For the games that are intended to have mod tooling enabled, there are no open bugs and as far as the launcher team is aware mod support is largely working as intended. If you have problems you should contact our support - Most of these problems are eminently solvable.
As en end-note: Further discussion is better had in relevant Launcher v2 threads.
So.... are you unaware that the only way many Stellaris modders can update their mod to a new patch is by deleting or editing mods_registry.json, and that users are simply unable to get an update to a mod with a higher patch number, that they need to unsubscribe and resubscribe to the mod?
Please submit a bug report with as much information as you can through support.paradoxplaza.com for further investigation. It is possible it's a known issue of sorts, and maybe it's unknown. It's important to remember that Deuterium Oxide is working with the launcher exclusively, and does not possess any game specific insights. There are issues tied to specific games which may not by in the scope of what he's working on, or it is. The best way of getting to the bottom of it and finding the quickest resolution is to submit a ticket with the bug description.
Thank you!
That sure sounds like a bug - alas, it seems that modders have not contacted support about it, and hence we are unaware of the issue and also of how common it is. I do monitor the Stellaris modding subforum where I have seen no discourse concerning this.
If you wouldn't mind, could you send a report off to support detailing expected behaviour, actual behaviour and steps you need to take to work around the problem?
Done.
Well I don't know what to tell you. These issues have been present since the launcher was first launched. I and several other people have posted about them with the release of Stellaris patches 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6. I myself see posts about them in the About the Paradox launcher thread and monthly launcher release threads, and have seen individual threads in this forum and the Stellaris tech support and modding forum. If you see fewer posts about them now, it's because people have learned that it's pointless to try and report problems to Paradox.
The new launcher version 2020.4 has some explicit fixes for uploading mods. Whether they will help the problem you mention I cannot say, please let us know either way.
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-launcher-version-2020-4.1364644/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-launcher-version-2020-4.1364644/
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The problem with the launcher not recognizing a change in supported_version of local mods has in fact been fixed.
The Paradox Launcher just updated and my system security warned me it wanted access to my desktop files. As always with this launcher, I denied access and it usually works without issue. This time, however, when the game loads, it doesn't load any of the mods, so it throws countless errors when it finally reaches the main menu. The only way I could play was if I granted access to my desktop files.
Why? Paradox has no need to have access to anything on my desktop. Nothing.
Why? Paradox has no need to have access to anything on my desktop. Nothing.
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https://play.paradoxplaza.com/ says correctly that i own Surviving Mars . But my linux 1.0-beta-61 Paradox launcher wont display it in my game list.
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I'm afraid the Linux build of that game was never ported to the standalone Paradox client platform. Sorry about that!
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Thanks @AndrewT is there a clear list of which products are available in the Linux Standalone Launcher?