Returnal does not launch

[Bsrt]

Hi all,

I am just desperate with this... It all started by just not launching each time I switched off the pc. Every time I had to verify files, until once that it just didn't launch at all, regardless of the times I pressed on the play button.

I searched the forum for solutions and tried to implement some of the ones I've saw around, and now each time I try to play it just pops the Epic Online Services Bootstraper window up, I allow it to make changes and then we go back to the steam window saying that "I am trying to open returnal with optional parameters", but no parameter is introduced. At this point if I click cancel nothing launches but if I click ok then the process starts again and I end in the same optional parameters window, once again.

Can please somebody help me? I really like this game but I am having a very tough time trying to play... (in fact now is impossible for me to play...

[Lynxicanus]

Hey,

Same issue here. Started up fine and got one good session in but now nothing. I hit play and i looks like things are spooling up and then - nothing happens. I've tried drivers and files and verifying and re-installing. No glory regardless of what I do. Sorry that I don't have any meaningful solution, just shared agony... but sharing is caring right?

[Bsrt]

Originally posted by IchigoMait:

go to the guide section and find the guide about removing epic online service installer.

Basically you edit a hidden file launcher.ini last setting "NoOperation" from
0 to 1, and make the file read only.
Launcher.ini is in steamapps/common/Returnal/Returnal/Binaries/Win64

Then make a same folder path in steamlibrary downloads folder starting with the app number 1649240 and so on, where the installer app is located at.
Looking like this:
steamapps/common/downloads/1649240/Returnal/Binaries/Win64

Then cut and paste the "EpicOnlineServicesInstaller" into the new path and make it read only.
At whatever point also uninstall epic online service.

The game won't try to launch or download that installer anymore, and the game will run fine.

Thank you for the assistance but it didn't work...

After doing all that steps I end in the same place: After clicking play, the Epic Online Services Bootstraper pop up prompts, I click in accept, then it looks like its going to launch the game, and I end in the same steam window saying that the game is trying to start with optional parameters (but no optional parameter is highlighted).

At that point if I click accept, then the loop starts again and next time in the "optional parameters" window it will appear as launching " Returnal Returnal ", if I click cancel, then it all stops...

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, clearing all the folders related to returnal in my computer and nothing...

PS.: You can see the process below:


Sorry the system is in spanish, but hope you get an idea of the problem...

[IchigoMait]

Changed some stuff, dunno if that changed anything, I did change the waitforexit to 0, instead of 1, but that shouldn't matter.
Edit Launcher.ini in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Returnal\Returnal\Binaries\Win64
into this withing the qoutes:
"
ApplicationPath=../../../Returnal.exe
WorkingDirectory=
WaitForExit=0
NoOperation=1
"

As long as you change the launcher.ini , and uninstall EpicOnlineServices, it won't try to install it or use it, and no epic overlay, in terms of online play no idea, if I had that services installed or not, seemed to have no impact in terms hosting and joining results in searching forever.

Also keep the epiconlineservice file in the folder, if the game happens to verify itself it won't have to redownload that file. The only thing the verify will redownload is the launcher.ini file, even if it was made read only, so no point doing that too, and the game won't alter it itself.