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[Windom Earle]

I start GOG to play Cyberpunk on my new 5090. GOG IS a launcher. In fact it is CDPR's own LAUNCHER with its own account system. Launching the game from this launcher launches another launcher that might actually allow me to finally launch the fucking game??? And the new launcher asks me to create a new account to log in? So we put a launcher into your launcher and an account into your account????!!!!!

CDPR is cooked, this is Ubisoft tier of idiocy.

 

[lmimmfn]

Yeah, i noticed this recently, its BS, its launcherception

 

[Spiral1407]

PC moment

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[notjeffgoldblum]

Yo dawg! We heard you like launchers!

 

[Skifi28]

I can tolerate launchers from companies that have their own stores and bring games over like Ubisoft or EA, but having launchers for the sake of having them is something I cannot comrehend. We need less, not more.

 

[StereoVsn]

GoG doesn’t actually require Galaxy to install or launch anything. It is a launcher and storefront, but GoG titles aren’t as tied into that as with other launchers like Steam or EGS, because vast majority of GoG games are DRM free (minus some MP exceptions).

I think CDPR launcher within Cyberpunk allows cross save which is why it’s built in so it can work on multiple storefronts.

 

[simpatico]

The launcher you're talking about isn't much different than the PC games that launch the little menu screen first that let you change graphical settings ie: Tomb Raider reboot trilogy.

Would you have preferred they mandated GOG launcher on Steam copies?

 

[V1LÆM]

you don't need to use GOG or even Steam. Cyberpunk is DRM free.

you can download it standalone from GOG but yeah it'll have that new launcher they added. you don't need to sign in though.

it's not as bad as you're trying to make it out to be.

also FYI. it is not CD Projekt Red's launcher. It's their parent companies launcher. CD Projekt owns GOG, CD Projekt Red studios (yes there is more than one), and The Molasses Flood. Red is a subsidiary of CD Projekt and so is GOG.

 

[Windom Earle]

GoG doesn’t actually require Galaxy to install or launch anything. It is a launcher and storefront, but GoG titles aren’t as tied into that as with other launchers like Steam or EGS, because vast majority of GoG games are DRM free (minus some MP exceptions).

I think CDPR launcher within Cyberpunk allows cross save which is why it’s built in so it can work on multiple storefronts.

Yeah downloading CP2077 without any online functionality and updates sure seems like a great idea. Why couldn't they include this "cross save" stuff in the original GOG launcher? This is just stupid but I am not surprised to see someone defend it.

 

[Hudo]

I start GOG to play Cyberpunk on my new 5090

Stealth brag thread.

 

[Gaiff]

Was done a maybe 2 years ago to allow cross-saves. Thankfully, it’s optional, but yeah, I get annoyed with it launching another launcher. It’s made worse when GOG free cloud saves are what, 200MB/game now? Not enough for a full playthrough of Cyberpunk.

 

[V1LÆM]

on steam i use this launch shortcut "--launcher-skip"

problem solved.

 

[ANoa]

Have you tried taking out your 5090 and selling it for 6k on ebay?

 

[Topher]

I agree.....it is annoying. Not required, thankfully.

Was done a maybe 2 years ago to allow cross-saves. Thankfully, it’s optional, but yeah, I get annoyed it it launching another launcher. It’s made worse when GOG free cloud saves are what, 200MB/game now? Not enough for a full playthrough of Cyberpunk.

Pretty much why I'm not using GOG any more.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

A launcher within a launcher. Nolan approves.

 

[Windom Earle]

Have you tried taking out your 5090 and selling it for 6k on ebay?

Nope, it is worth more than gold to me.

 

[lmimmfn]

If its the GOG version of CP 2077, you can launch the game directly from the executable skipping any launcher

 

[noob smokes]

U bought a 5090

 

[winjer]

Yes, it's really annoying and makes me not want to buy more games from CDPR.

I wish companies would stop adding launchers for their games.

 

[V1LÆM]

Yes, it's really annoying and makes me not want to buy more games from CDPR.

I wish companies would stop adding launchers for their games.

they only did it so you can get cross save. it's not like they are doing it to try lock the game down or sell you their other games. you can bypass the launcher easily. it's not required.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yeah downloading CP2077 without any online functionality and updates sure seems like a great idea. Why couldn't they include this "cross save" stuff in the original GOG launcher? This is just stupid but I am not surprised to see someone defend it.

Again, Cyberpunk is DRM free. So it’s built not to require GoG Galaxy. The launcher also has built in cross save and other functionality and comes from CDPR itself. You can also bypass it.

 

[Buggy Loop]

--launcher-skip

One time only

 

[winjer]

they only did it so you can get cross save. it's not like they are doing it to try lock the game down or sell you their other games. you can bypass the launcher easily. it's not required.

I don't care about cross saves. I don't care about launchers. I don't care about having to put commands to bypass a launcher that should not be there.
I just want to play the game I paid for. Nothing more.

 

[Windom Earle]

Again, Cyberpunk is DRM free. So it’s built not to require GoG Galaxy. The launcher also has built in cross save and other functionality and comes from CDPR itself. You can also bypass it.

Just using GOG is easily the most convenient way of playing their games on PC. Why make me jump through hoops instead of just including the functionality into GOG?
If they waste my time and annoy me with bs I might as well just pirate their games.

 

[StereoVsn]

Just using GOG is easily the most convenient way of playing their games on PC. Why make me jump through hoops instead of just including the functionality into GOG?
If they waste my time and annoy me with bs I might as well just pirate their games.

It’s DRM free games. If they tied the functionality into the launcher it wouldn’t be DRM free as it would require Galaxy.

Again, Game is DRM free. The whole point of GoG is NOT to require anything else for the games. Galaxy is optional due to that.

 

[Soodanim]

Yeah downloading CP2077 without any online functionality and updates sure seems like a great idea. Why couldn't they include this "cross save" stuff in the original GOG launcher? This is just stupid but I am not surprised to see someone defend it.

Because just like you're doing, people will bitch and moan about them doing that instead. They can't win.

Use the solutions people have suggested and go play your game. You'll be happier than if you stay here threatening to pirate games because you'd rather see red than see sense.

 

[simpatico]

To answer your question directly OP; estrogen. CDPR is smoking estrogen. However when Cyberpunk 2077 production began, they had not picked up the habit yet. It's largely unrelated to your dislike of the launcher, but true all the same.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

also FYI. it is not CD Projekt Red's launcher. It's their parent companies launcher. CD Projekt owns GOG, CD Projekt Red studios (yes there is more than one), and The Molasses Flood. Red is a subsidiary of CD Projekt and so is GOG.

"Hey remember that local tragedy that killed and/or injured nearly 200 people, cooking them alive in a torrent of boiling sugar? We should name our studio after that."

I can't wait for them to open their third one, World Trade Center Terrorist Attack Red.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

OP, you want cross saves WITH DRM FREE game.

Be prepared to jump through a few hoops.

 

[Jormatar]

It's good to have all these different options on PC!

 

[Thief1987]

Stealth brag thread.

Not so stealth, it's most likely the single reason behind this thread creation

 

[BennyBlanco]

I miss the good old days of no launchers. Allow me to open DOS and type C:/Run/Doom.exe then watch everything compile for 10 mins while my HDD screeches.

 

[CLW]

 

[Puscifer]

I start GOG to play Cyberpunk on my new 5090. GOG IS a launcher. In fact it is CDPR's own LAUNCHER with its own account system. Launching the game from this launcher launches another launcher that might actually allow me to finally launch the fucking game??? And the new launcher asks me to create a new account to log in? So we put a launcher into your launcher and an account into your account????!!!!!

CDPR is cooked, this is Ubisoft tier of idiocy.

You can just disable the launcher, foo

 

[StereoVsn]

I miss the good old days of no launchers. Allow me to open DOS and type C:/Run/Doom.exe then watch everything compile for 10 mins while my HDD screeches.

And what’s funny is in this case you don’t need GoG Galaxy and you can even launch the game bypassing CDPR launcher.

 

[N0S]

GoG is a terrible launcher. It always freezes when I boot it up

 

[Mithos]

Maybe CDPR could ask on X if the launcher should be opt-in or opt-out, and then if people want opt-in they patch the game as to the players decision (I've heard this is kinda popular right now). ;p

 

[Wildebeest]

GOG Galaxy is a library manager that lets you install GOG games you can download from their site. It isn't needed as a launcher.

 

[Mithos]

GOG Galaxy is a library manager that lets you install GOG games you can download from their site. It isn't needed as a launcher.

I do not think that what's referred too, but this; (when I start Witcher 3 from Steam)

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[DonJimbo]

PC Masterrace

 

[Guilty_AI]

I do not think that what's referred too, but this; (when I start Witcher 3 from Steam)

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Just skip it

 

[CJ_75]

OP just here to do his I have a RTX 5090 flex. Good for you.

 

[T4keD0wN]

You can just launch it through the Cyberpunk2077.exe without any launcher at all, but no OP decides to launch a launcher and then start REDprelauncher.exe through it and then complains that his PC did exactly as instructed.

 

[Soodanim]

PC Masterrace

An issue with various solutions owing to the nature of both PC as a platform and GOG as a storefront whos ethos is a lack of DRM so that customers have freedom and choice? I'll be honest, I've seen sicker burns

 

[Field]

You can never have too many launchers.

 

[kevboard]

I start GOG to play Cyberpunk on my new 5090. GOG IS a launcher. In fact it is CDPR's own LAUNCHER with its own account system.

gog is not a launcher, gog is a website where you can download games.

gog galaxy is an optional launcher that you do not need. if you installed GoG Galaxy then that's entirely your fault for doing it.

Launching the game from this launcher launches another launcher that might actually allow me to finally launch the fucking game???

that's not a launcher, that is a launch window

And the new launcher asks me to create a new account to log in? So we put a launcher into your launcher and an account into your account????!!!!!

CDPR is cooked, this is Ubisoft tier of idiocy.

you don't need to make an account at any point after your purchase...
the optional login lets you share your save file across multiplatform versions of the game. it's an additional feature you can ignore.

just like you can ignore gog galaxy and just download an installer for the game itself.
you can also make a shortcut that skips the launch window of Cyberpunk if you want to btw.

 

[proandrad]

I do not think that what's referred too, but this; (when I start Witcher 3 from Steam)

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-modded --launcher-skip -skipStartScreen

In the launch options in steam and you skip all of that.

 

[Portugeezer]

Launching is the best part of playing a game.

 

[Gamer79]

Says HI. Love the game but it can give this a run for it's money.

If you buy this game on Steam you have to have an Xbox Live account then link this with your Steam account> then they have to sync data.