Run OnceHuman with NO admin privileges

[DrDigital]

It's REALLY stupid that they require the game to run as administrator on your PC. You can force Windows to run it as a non-admin user with a bit of work however.

I have not fully tested the game running this way, but I think it should work. It did start for me anyway and I joined a server. Theoretically this should prevent the game from altering your Windows O/S in ways it should not.

1. Create a batch file (like "runoncehuman.bat") on your desktop or somewhere. Edit the file and add these lines:

set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER
start "" "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Once Human\ONCE_HUMAN.exe" --start_from_launcher=1 --game_language=en

2. Edit the path to your ONCE_HUMAN.exe file to wherever it is on your computer.
3. Save the file
4. Run your new shortcut batch file to start the game without admin privileges.

Enjoy the game!

[◬ ☥ 𝕄𝕚𝕝𝕜 ☥ ◬]

This "works" but if the game ever needs admin privs it will just ask for them anyways afterwards instead so if it never asks it probably never needed them in the first place I would assume. Hopefully the devs will just remove that entirely. Maybe it needs it for certain things but as you said haven't encountered it either

[Kinky Cow God]

tried it steam says the game in running but no game window popped up

[SilvaBlad3]

yea no thanks i aint gonna corrupt my game files or get banned

[dziugsterisbandit.gg]

Originally posted by Kinky Cow God:

tried it steam says the game in running but no game window popped up

putting the .bat file inside game's folder and then making a shortcut for it worked for me

[ShiningHero]

This seems pretty similar to the admin shim method I've used at my old IT job. Same RunAsInvoker compatibility method too. OP is just manually specifying it in a batch file for that session, as opposed to it being deployed via Microsoft's MACT tooling.

[ToesFu]

would running the batch file still count as playing on steam so it counts as playtime? or would it be more similar to just using a seperate launcher type deal?

[guska]

If you're that worried about it, jut run it in Windows Sandbox

[BigBallinChester]

Would unistalling the game get rid of the spyware? I know some games still have lingering files.

[Jaylixxx]

Wonderfull! Ty
I also added the start setting's in Steam for easy start, without an shortcut:

-> Right Click on your game
-> Go to Properties
-> Set Launch Options...
-> Enter this command below
enter the following path with %command%
\Steam\steamapps\common\Once Human\YOUR-FILENAME.bat" %command%
or the lnk
"YOUR-GAMEPATH\Steam\steamapps\common\Once Human\YOUR-FILENAME.lnk" %command%

[Martin]

I don't run the game in admin. I only use admin mode to run obs to stream the game. But not the game itself, that's way too risky.

[KairuByte]

Instead of making a batch file, just set your launch options to

cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" %command%"

[Jaylixxx]

Ty! A better solution!

Originally posted by KairuByte:

Instead of making a batch file, just set your launch options to

cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" %command%"

[GrooveDiggr]

Agree this is stupid. Don't know why some game devs do this. Opens the door to malware and a host of other vulnerabilities. Thx @KairuByte for a nice clean method to work around it. Working so far for me.

[Sakata]

Originally posted by KairuByte:

Instead of making a batch file, just set your launch options to

cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" %command%"

This is elegant and simple, and is what I've used for ages now cause some devs are... speshul. As an IT person, I approve. Nice thing is that if it does need to do something elevated, it will still ask, but won't if it doesn't need to.

Which honestly, SHAME netease, you should have done this to begin with.

[AirborneAdept]

Originally posted by KairuByte:

Instead of making a batch file, just set your launch options to

cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" %command%"

I WISH I could give more then an award for this. Thank you so much!