The reason why I hate Epic so much

[A&P211]

The reason to get Epic is to download some games and play then, even in offline mode.

I downloaded Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Epic, tried to play it on offline mode and to my surprise it doesnt load. It only loads on online mode, it gives me the error message that it cant load the license. I have lots of games on Epic, I have only bought one of them, the rest have been free. The other reason is their game launcher takes up so much resources.

Why the F*ck is their a offline mode then stupid Epic doesnt allow it with Kingdom Come. As soon as I finish the game I'm going to delete it and not send any money on Epic ever again.

 

[64K]

The reason to get Epic is to download some games and play then, even in offline mode.

I downloaded Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Epic, tried to play it on offline mode and to my surprise it doesnt load. It only loads on online mode, it gives me the error message that it cant load the license. I have lots of games on Epic, I have only bought one of them, the rest have been free. The other reason is their game launcher takes up so much resources.

Why the F*ck is their a offline mode then stupid Epic doesnt allow it with Kingdom Come. As soon as I finish the game I'm going to delete it and not send any money on Epic ever again.

There is one thing that you can try. Don't run the Launcher. Go to the folder for the game. Click on the exe and it might launch offline and bypass the launcher altogether. I don't use the Launcher on any of the free games that I have on EGS by doing the above but it doesn't work on every game. Still it's worth a try.

 

[A&P211]

There is one thing that you can try. Don't run the Launcher. Go to the folder for the game. Click on the exe and it might launch offline and bypass the launcher altogether. I don't use the Launcher on any of the free games that I have on EGS by doing the above but it doesn't work on every game. Still it's worth a try.

How many games does that trick work on, if you can estimate. I really hate going into the launcher, takes up so much time, its so bloated. For me, with my laptop, about 30sec. Steam launches in less than 5.

 

[Kapone33]

Just wait until you have to reset Windows and then have to re-download all of your Games or have more than 1 drive to be able to move them but that can be a real pain.

 

[nomdeplume]

You can do a search here to turn up the majority of relevant info on what can launch without EGS app. Here is a link to get you started.

Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher

docs.google.com

 

[TumbleGeorge]

How many games does that trick work on, if you can estimate. I really hate going into the launcher, takes up so much time, its so bloated. For me, with my laptop, about 30sec. Steam launches in less than 5.

Make shortcuts to your games start buttons on desktop or in folder placed on desktop. This is very easy.

 

[oobymach]

I hate epic because it disables my screen saver, it won't display while egl is active, also if I leave my computer with egl active it won't wake up, the screen stays black until I manually restart my computer, but they give games away free.

 

[64K]

How many games does that trick work on, if you can estimate. I really hate going into the launcher, takes up so much time, its so bloated. For me, with my laptop, about 30sec. Steam launches in less than 5.

In a fraction of the time it takes to deal with the EGS Launcher you can click on the exe in the game folder and see if it works. It might not but it's worth a try.

 

[A&P211]

Just wait until you have to reset Windows and then have to re-download all of your Games or have more than 1 drive to be able to move them but that can be a real pain.

I've done that with steam which allows it but not Epic.

In a fraction of the time it takes to deal with the EGS Launcher you can click on the exe in the game folder and see if it works. It might not but it's worth a try.

Its already on my list.

 

[Kapone33]

I've done that with steam which allows it but not Epic.

That is by far the best feature abut Steam. Just point it to a drive and in seconds you are back. I have more than a few drives so it was really nice when I went to Win 11.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

From what little I've read on this, people who bought the Steam version can't play in offline mode either. So it appears Warhorse Studios who made the game, and/or Deep Silver who publishes it, are to blame, not Epic or Valve.

That said, if you can manage to refund the game to Epic, word is there's a GOG version you actually CAN play offline. You may want to fact check that first though, as it's merely chat I read. I searched the GOG forum and got no results on "Kingdom Come Deliverance".

 

[Lew Zealand]

From what little I've read on this, people who bought the Steam version can't play in offline mode either. So it appears Warhorse Studios whom made the game, and/or Deep Silver whom publishes it, are to blame, not Epic or Valve.

That said, if you can manage to refund the game to Epic, word is there's a GOG version you actually CAN play offline. You may want to fact check that first though, as it's merely chat I read.

I have KCD from GOG and can test this. By 'offline' are people referring to not needing a game launcher to run it (this works fine on the GOG version without Galaxy running as I never have that on) or running it with no internet connection at all? I haven't tried with no internet yet but I can.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

I have KCD from GOG and can test this. By 'offline' are people referring to not needing a game launcher to run it (this works fine on the GOG version without Galaxy running as I never have that on) or running it with no internet connection at all? I haven't tried with no internet yet but I can.

Pretty sure those wanting to play in offline mode are saying they just don't want the game refusing to launch if using it, eg trying to connect but can't. It makes sense the GOG version might actually work in offline mode because GOG goes out of their way to strip out anything but the actual game. That's also why the GOG versions of games can take a fair bit longer to be available. I don't know if that has anything to do with the Publishers not allowing it, similar to Denuvo being intact for a specified period while the game is still selling well, but it is what it is. It IS kind of weird though that they offer an offline mode that doesn't actually work, at least when you get it from the more popular online game distros anyway. Maybe they only put it in for when the GOG version eventually released, but they should have said so upfront.

 

[Vayra86]

This is weird, I remember playing KCD from EGS without their launcher...