Game won't launch after the update

[Kuudere-san]

I play on a Linux machine with Proton GE 9.7, I tested the game yesterday and it was working perfectly fine like it did when I played the game when it came out. But after the update the game won't launch. Anyone else got a similar issue?

I posted this down in the comments but I'll update it here as well:

Small update, I found this command for Linux:

set in "launch options":
echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

this makes Elden Ring run directly and skips the Anti cheat, So worst case scenario when the DLC comes out we can just play without online.

I would imagine you can do the same in Windows, if it doesn't work try changing the " / " for " \ ". Or do the change directly by renaming in the Elden Ring folder "start_protected_game" (this is the anti cheat) to another thing (example: "start_protected_game_backup") then make a copy of the Elden Ring .EXE and change the name to "start_protected_game" this will launch Elden Ring directly as well skipping the Anti cheat.

A small issue in this method is that the game doesn't close correctly. I have to terminate the game from steam

[Bloodroot]

steam deck same issue here

[Unknown_Van]

Hi, same issue here. Simply leaving a comment on this thread for updates.

For more context, easy anti-cheat will launch for me but after that it just closes out and the game will not launch.

[billyslapzzz]

Same as others in this thread, looks like they broke support on Linux.

[RubyCante]

EAC basically blocked linux user, the new update flipped the LINUX=Allowed switch

[A]

it's not launching for me on windows

[Kuudere-san]

Originally posted by Unknown_Van:

Hi, same issue here. Simply leaving a comment on this thread for updates.

For more context, easy anti-cheat will launch for me but after that it just closes out and the game will not launch.

Yeah, it also happens to me as well, I forgot to specify

[Jeronimo Collares]

Same insue here, windows 11.

:(

[Kuudere-san]

Small update, I found this command for Linux:

set in "launch options":
echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

this makes Elden Ring run directly and skips the Anti cheat, So worst case scenario when the DLC comes out we can just play without online.

I would imagine you can do the same in Windows, if it doesn't work try changing the " / " for " \ ". Or do the change directly by renaming in the Elden Ring folder "start_protected_game" (this is the anti cheat) to another thing (example: "start_protected_game_backup") then make a copy of the Elden Ring .EXE and change the name to "start_protected_game" this will launch Elden Ring directly as well skipping the Anti cheat.

A small issue in this method is that the game doesn't close correctly. I have to terminate the game from steam

[billyslapzzz]

Originally posted by Kuudere-san:

Small update, I found this command for Linux:

set in "launch options":
echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

this makes Elden Ring run directly and skips the Anti cheat, So worst case scenario when the DLC comes out we can just play without online.

I would imagine you can do the same in Windows, if it doesn't work try changing the " / " for " \ ". Or do the change directly by renaming in the Elden Ring folder "start_protected_game" (this is the anti cheat) to another thing (example: "start_protected_game_backup") then make a copy of the Elden Ring .EXE and change the name to "start_protected_game" this will launch Elden Ring directly as well skipping the Anti cheat.

A small issue in this method is that the game doesn't close correctly. I have to terminate the game from steam

This worked for me, thank you!

[Griffin]

same issue on win 11

[Heize]

same issue on windows 11

[The Great Reveal-o]

Originally posted by Kuudere-san:

Small update, I found this command for Linux:

set in "launch options":
echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

this makes Elden Ring run directly and skips the Anti cheat, So worst case scenario when the DLC comes out we can just play without online.

I would imagine you can do the same in Windows, if it doesn't work try changing the " / " for " \ ". Or do the change directly by renaming in the Elden Ring folder "start_protected_game" (this is the anti cheat) to another thing (example: "start_protected_game_backup") then make a copy of the Elden Ring .EXE and change the name to "start_protected_game" this will launch Elden Ring directly as well skipping the Anti cheat.

A small issue in this method is that the game doesn't close correctly. I have to terminate the game from steam

This absolutely worked, thanks a bunch :)

[Draeka3]

So launch option is this whole thing : echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

?

Is it the same for windows 11 ?

[Kuudere-san]

Originally posted by Draeka3:

So launch option is this whole thing : echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

?

Yeah, the whole line

"%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

If it doesn't work for windows 11 try changing the " / " for " \ ". And if it doesn't work I also wrote how to edit the executable to skip the anti cheat

[Draeka3]

Originally posted by Kuudere-san:

Originally posted by Draeka3:

So launch option is this whole thing : echo "%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

?

Yeah, the whole line

"%command%" | sed 's/start_protected_game/eldenring/' | sh

If it doesn't work for windows 11 try changing the " / " for " \ ". And if it doesn't work I also wrote how to edit the executable to skip the anti cheat

I'll try but right now i can't even install it.
I have space, every other game installs but i can't install Elden Ring Specifically !