Is there a way to launch the games without the launcher?

[Jamie]

When i launch games through the ME Mod Manager it launches them straight from the game bypassing the ME:LE Launcher. I tried making copies of each Games .exe on the Desktop and it just launches the Launcher again

[Ragnarok]

Yeah, that exact thing is what brought me here. Wish someone had ever answered.

[Applied Mediocrity]

Create shortcuts of the MassEffectLauncher.exe with the following command line options:

-game 1 -autoterminate
-game 2 -autoterminate
-game 3 -autoterminate

(the number is, quite obviously, for ME1, ME2 or ME3, accordingly)

Then change the shortcut icon, if you want.

[Jamie]

Originally posted by Applied Mediocrity:

Create shortcuts of the MassEffectLauncher.exe with the following command line options:

-game 1 -autoterminate
-game 2 -autoterminate
-game 3 -autoterminate

(the number is, quite obviously, for ME1, ME2 or ME3, accordingly)

Then change the shortcut icon, if you want.

So what? you put ME1? in there? can you type out the command WORD FOR WORD no abbreviations or " " marks

[Gottkaiser Fhqwhgod]

"The launcher path with quotation marks" -game 1 -autoterminate
so the path complete with "" then a space thenn the commands separated with a space.

[Jamie]

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[weirdman]

Can someone confirm that this actually works? I tried it with the Origin version of the game and the shortcut still opens the launcher.

[Bobby]

I wish i could launch *all* games without steam or any other launcher, but it's just tough titty. Digital is what the masses opted for and that's what they got. Steam own nothing, Origin owns ME etc. So if you bought a physical CD-ROM it would have Origin launcher in it anyway, because that's how it was *before* Steam et al.
Your either in or out, make a choice, if you want the past it aint going to happen. You own *NOTHING* now, just binaries and a license. Fantastic world of gaming. More people owned someone else's game than what they sold, so it's no wonder they protect their IP.

[yipidee]

Originally posted by weirdman:

Can someone confirm that this actually works? I tried it with the Origin version of the game and the shortcut still opens the launcher.

In case anyone ends up here looking for a solution, if this ever worked, it doesn't anymore. Just opens the launcher as normal

[Jamie]

Originally posted by yipidee:

Originally posted by weirdman:

Can someone confirm that this actually works? I tried it with the Origin version of the game and the shortcut still opens the launcher.

In case anyone ends up here looking for a solution, if this ever worked, it doesn't anymore. Just opens the launcher as normal

yea you NEED launchers now, there's no way around it. But how did u find this post lol it says 2021!! Every time I do that i get in trouble . I would delete the post to avoid people getting in trouble with the Staff since I am the OP, but it wont let me #1, and #2 I wouldn't want to delete it in the first place because in case anyone else is wondering the same thing and #3 When you search for problems, like this one, on Google, the first thing that comes up most the time is forum discussion posts on Steam from 2 or 3 years ago, and then when you respond to them, you get banned for "Necroing" posts which i dont understand. But anyways, you take care. Just to let you know for future reference if a post is older than a year old, don't respond to it. At least that's the impression I get.

[Reborn]

Originally posted by ✟The Gent✟:

When i launch games through the ME Mod Manager it launches them straight from the game bypassing the ME:LE Launcher. I tried making copies of each Games .exe on the Desktop and it just launches the Launcher again

yes, using the Mass effect 3 mod tweaker you can load any of the 3 without needing the launcher

[Canopus]

Originally posted by Applied Mediocrity:

Create shortcuts of the MassEffectLauncher.exe with the following command line options:

-game 1 -autoterminate
-game 2 -autoterminate
-game 3 -autoterminate

(the number is, quite obviously, for ME1, ME2 or ME3, accordingly)

Then change the shortcut icon, if you want.

Thanks!