Launcher?!?

[Rizilliant]

When did they add this ridiculous launcher?! Its now making me create an account, just to play the dam game! I dont want to create an account. I bought this game over a year ago. Why do i suddenly need an account just to play my game offline?

[Alex_x86]

Go to the game's folder, then "Divinity - Original Sin 2\DefEd\bin". There is going to be EoCApp.exe which is actual game exe file. Make a shortcut to the desktop and forget about the launcher.

[Spawnling]

You don't. Decline profile creation & check "don't ask me again"

[Guan Yin Ma]

You can also add the --skip-launcher command in launch arguments :)

right click Divinity 2 in your games list, click Properties and type --skip-launcher in launch options.

[Rizilliant]

Thank you all for the responses. I was so man I uninstalled the game, lol

Good to know I can skip it lal, or work around it

[Singh]

+1 to this thread. I bought this game I can't even remember how long ago and am just now getting around to - trying to - play it.

However even if you do put *--skip-launcher* in your properties/launch options you will get an error message about the program having to close. So you either have to use the launcher or get an error message about the launcher being closed. A piss poor experience either way.

I'm not even a big fan of isometric RPGs but I did like Larian as a developer until this f**king garbage. Makes Baulder's Gate 3 an easy non-purchase decision for me given the lack of respect Larian has for their customers with this BS.

EDIT: Figured it out. If you write the location of the EoCApp executable in the launch options (your location may be different) you can launch from Steam directly and bypass the launcher (for now). Must use quotes at beginning and end with a space between the location string and %command%.

Example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Divinity Original Sin 2\DefEd\bin\EoCApp.exe" %command%