Trying to run the game without the launcher executes game twice.

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Hi. 

If I try to run the game directly from the executable, as I do my other Epic games, the game runs fine even if bit sluggish performance wise. (Epic Launcher is closed)

When existing the game, the game is loading again this time through the Epic Launcher, without performance issues. 

Seems the Epic launcher is activated during the splash screen and as you see on the attached image below, if try to run the game from the executable directly the run twice (hence the perf issue). One "native" the other through the launcher. (see attached image, look at the icon on the taskbar) 

https://i.imgur.com/55enp4O.png

If I close the version running from the launcher, the native version crashes, and relaunched through Epic again. 

 

Is this bug maybe the reason cannot also play the game on the laptop (Linux) through the Heroic Game Launcher and keeps crashing on start? Is the only game from the Epic store that I have doing this. The rest run as normal. 

 

Thank you :) 

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Not sure I follow what you're saying here. Are you trying to run the game on Linux? We don't support Linux.

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

The actual bug reported is on Windows not Linux. (the attached image is from Windows 10) 

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I have this problem too. I added it to Steam as a non-steam game which basically just clicks on the GalCiv4.exe file. When I do this 2 instances of the game start. Same thing happens if I click on the executable in File Explorer.

I am using Windows 11.