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Charoplet 13.11.2020
Charoplet 13.11.2020
Redditor Thehugeblob found a temporary solution to fix a problem with the Steam launcher (for those players that have this problem of course) and it seems this option actually could help some players! Here are the instructions:
Hello everyone, I did a little debugging and found how to get the launcher to start.
1. In Steam verify the integrity of game files - DO NOT START THE GAME AFTER
1. In Steam verify the integrity of game files - DO NOT START THE GAME AFTER
2. Go to the install directory SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/PlanetSide 2/LaunchPad.libs
3. Copy these 3 files to a separate directory - you will be pasting them back into this one fast:
- d3dcompiler_46.dll
- ffmpegsumo.dll
- icudt.dll
IF YOU CAN'T FIND FILES ABOVE DO STEP 1 AGAIN
4. Now, go back one directory to SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/PlanetSide 2/ and double click LaunchPad - do step 5 now fast!
4. Now, go back one directory to SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/PlanetSide 2/ and double click LaunchPad - do step 5 now fast!
5. Immediately go back to the LaunchPad.libs and paste those 3 files you copied back in (you will notice they are missing)
You can actually repeat 4 & 5 skipping all else once you have those 3 files :)
If you do steps 4 & 5 within about 10 seconds the launcher will pop up and you're good to go. You will need to repeat these steps in order to play until they patch.
You can write about the effectiveness of this solution in this Reddit thread. Also, you can comment if this solution works for you as author tested multiple times for himself and it worked well.
If you do steps 4 & 5 within about 10 seconds the launcher will pop up and you're good to go. You will need to repeat these steps in order to play until they patch.
You can write about the effectiveness of this solution in this Reddit thread. Also, you can comment if this solution works for you as author tested multiple times for himself and it worked well.
P.S. Another possible fix is this one - when you launch the PlanetSide 2 client through Steam, open Task Manager. The client should launch only one or two subprocesses with the same name, but it instead launches three of them. Try ending one of these subprocesses until it lets you actually kill one and the client will fix itself. More info about this method is written here - https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/launcher-will-not-connect-4-503-finally-a-workaround-that-twerks.245197/
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