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Thankyou ! I did not end up trying that as the launcher now works normally on its own. I have not tried restarting the launcher since it started working again... because scared.

Played earlier today with no launcher issues. Reopened the launcher after taking acouple hour break in the evening at 8:30pm ( eastern canada ) and saw that it was auto downloading a new version of the launcher. Once finished it then prompted me to install unreal engine redistributable. I clicked yes, when it was finished an empty server menu shows up and game status shows as VERSION : NOT INSTALLED on the launcher screen. At the top i used to have the option of a News tab ( it would default load to this ) and Renegade X. I now have Renegade X and Black Dawn to choose from ( top of launcher screen ). The Settings and Verify buttons are grey'd out at the bottom of the launcher. If i try restarting the launcher, i get asked again to install " Unreal engine redistributable install ". The prompt also says " it looks like this is your first time with totem arts " .... " Click OK to get started ( You may get a UAC prompt ). Only option is to click OK. If i click Deny access on the next prompt screen ( Allow or disallow a program to make changes warning prompt ) then i get an empty server list with ' Version : Not installed ' at top right. I did not install or update anything, i did not restart my computer befor this happened. I have tried restarting with no effect. I AM able to manually start renegadeX via the old application desktop shortcut. Was there an update and this is a known issue ? Is this something that has happened specific to me ? I joined the only server with players; one person, named Dax , who said his launcher is working normally. EDIT : Do i need to reinstall the game or is this a known issue that i should wait for an external fix ?

Very good points made here for sure. I always appreciated combat in renegadeX because it takes a little more time then other games, such as counter-strike, where infantry combat is over in literally 1 second. So i was always confused / disappointed / aggravated at how wrong it feels to interact with snipers in renX. With every single other aspect of combat in this game taking a lot of bullets .... time / tactics / movement / battle field awareness / skill.... snipers are just the opposite, the extreme worst of the worst of all the gameplay options. Why is it still a debate on weather 1 shotting people endlessly is appropriate or not ? I am confused. Cuz fun ? Actually, am i even confused though ? ... Something clicked this year, and i realized just how much effort a small group of people are putting into making this game unplayable / un-enjoyable, AND just how much special behind the scenes catering that these people get. ( Mass amounts of people begging for change and then just acouple super-friends saying " nah dude, let us have fun bruh. were just playing the game bro, just get good bruv " Considering voting the problem player off the server ? Nope, cant, they will just remove the option because THE PROBLEM keeps getting kicked and is friends with people in high places. Got a sever up and running where you're trying to implement positive change ? Will these changes inconvenience the top 1 - 5% ? THEN YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, IT WOULD BE A REAL SHAME IF YOUR SERVER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND GOT DE-LISTED OR SOMETHIN. It appears to be more important for the top 1 - 5% of this game to be able to do what ever they want, when ever they want it ( AND YOU BETTER NOT CALL SPECIFIC PEOPLE OUT ON THIS OR ELSE. ALSO, YOU BETTER NOT USE ANY SWEAR WORDS OR ELSE !!!!11!1111one ). It actually seems to be more important for the top 5% to have ever-so-slightly more fun playing ( maybe like, 25% more fun ? ) by permanently being in an elite death squad every single round. Compared to lets say 60 - 100% more fun that the majority of the server would experience by having balanced teams. The skill gap between the two best players in this game, and the 3rd best player is FUCKING ASTRONOMICAL. The skill gap between the 3rd, 4th or 5th best player in the game compared to everyone else is also pretty decent. So if the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes even 4th best player on the server teams up every-single-time then how is that even considered a game ? Is this renegadeX or is this target practice for super-friends ? To be clear : If it takes an entire squad of people to kill just ONE of the top 2 players in this game, then how is it considered appropriate to have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes 4th or even 5th best players on the server ALWAYS be on one team. I noticed that maybe 1 out of 5 ish rounds, the consistent super stackers will play on opposite teams, but they often will avoid fighting each other on some kind of gentleman's agreement, or they actually just go AFK for that one round, then back to business as usual next map. The math from the last 8 or 9 months should say it all. When acouple of the top 5% players stopped playing renegade for afew months last year, we had an immediate increase in player numbers. We had the server filling up maybe an hour-ish earlier, and lasting SEVERAL HOURS LATER into the night, consistently. As soon as the super-stackers returned, gameplay went to shit, new players disappeared, and even long term veterans LIKE ME, DISAPPEARED. I really hope RenX is doing well... i decided to take a break from my favorite and only game afew months ago due to the perma-stackers and the DDOSer making this game either unplayable ( ddos ) or unenjoyable ( 5 or 6 perma stackers ). Ive read up on recent efforts to counter the DDOSer, so that is exciting. Very good job guys / girls. So, the game being UN-playable is being addressed, but is the game being UN-enjoyable being addressed ? .... Not sure yet if the MAXIMUM happiness of the top 1 - 5% of this game still might out weigh the happiness of everyone else. Sounds like america. Is renX an american game ? Are server admins / the devs american ? Conservatives / republicans ? The american comment was just a joke.... also, sorry for the long message. They.

The original launcher and launcher_debug1 DID NOT start working untill i tried your last suggestion of manually deleting the contents of this folder -> %localappdata%\Totem_Arts ( I removed the files and saved them incase they are important ). Launcher_debug2 was working but it DID NOT solve the problem of the original launcher loading. Original launcher did NOT work after i sent my last log files. This crash has been quite common for years now but only recently did it lead to disabling the launcher from working. Twice ? ( see above experience with launcher_debug1 ). Did something change in a game patch this year that would cause this crash to disable the launcher ? I would love to know how to prevent this crash as it forces me to powerdown my machine. Right now all i have to go by is .... : only start the launcher after a fresh reboot and just keep it open but minimized. If i close the launcher by mistake, reopening will probably crash my machine and now disable itself from working. Thankyou so much for your help !

Thankyou All permissions were already set to allowed, except a grey'd out option at the bottom of the list " Special permissions " which has both allow / deny boxes grey'd out. Im not able to alter this option on any user. I ran the new launcher_debug2.exe after restarting my computer and it worked no problem. Can this new program be used as my launcher now or is it for debug only ? Here are the logs after opening and closing launcher_debug2.exe : 05-03-2020_12-08-05_Application.zip

So... i never figured out what made the launcher regularly crash my computer befor, the only thing i might have noticed is when my machine has been on for along time, loading the launcher will probably crash it. Fresh windows start ? the launcher probably WONT crash the computer. So when i loaded the new launcher_debug today, my computer had been on for along time and ofcourse; a crash happened right away. I am worried now that this might prevent useful info from making it to the logs ? Has the crash disabled the new launcher_debug from working on my original windows login ? Are the log files from the new windows log in useless since theyre not reporting on the issue ? I think that the same crash that has bugged / blocked the original launcher.exe has now happened again, which has disabled / blocked this new launcher_debug. If i could somehow get another working version of the launcher_debug. Then to try running it right after a reboot to see if it will load with out crashing ?

I switched over to my new windows log in and ran the new launcher_debug program. It loaded no problem. These are the logs : 04-03-2020_23-43-21_Application.zip

I saw another post where someone fixed their launcher no load issue by creating another windows account and loading the program there. I did this, the launcher loaded no problem, asked for me to choose a name and updated game. So at the moment, i can load the launcher no problem on my new windows login, but after switching back to my original windows login the launcher will not load. Not exactly a fix since i prefer to use my original, customized, windows account and don't want to re-do everything. This method will allow me to patch the game but did not fix the launcher. With out this work around i would have no way to patch the game. I followed the instructions and placed the launcher_debug beside the original and ran the program. A new instance of the launcher seemed to load. The " Welcome back commander " name selection mini-window popped up for me to choose my name, then my 2nd monitor went black and my computer froze ( when running the launcher crashes my computer, one of my monitors always goes black ). After rebooting my computer, the new launcher_debug will not run. I will include the log files.... To be clear; i tried to load the new launcher twice. Semi-successfuly with an instant crash. Then right after reboot with no apparent result. I don't know if this will effect the log results 04-03-2020_23-04-47_Application.zip

The log files 31-08-2019_13-21-13_Application.zip

Looks like this is happening to a decent amount of people. Several posts about this since january of this year.

Seems like something similar is happening to me, launcher is currently broken ( wont load ). Pops up for a brief second in task manager when being double clicked but disappears immediately. Shows up twice in resource monitor as a grey'd out task that gets ' terminated ' status immediately. I have done the same reinstall, uninstall then reinstall, repair via the program, uninstall via windows 10 add or remove programs list. No effect. Launcher seems to be needed to install or patch the game so i am screwed on next update ? What do you mean exactly by new admin account ? I do not have a log in to windows 10 at the moment. Do you mean i will need to set up a fresh " user account " to click on when booting windows, designate that as admistrative ? Set up a new desktop and re do all my settings ? Any updates on other work arounds, or other ideas ? Other ways to reinstall the launcher ? Other programs that are used / effected by the launcher that i could try to repair ?

For awhile now sometimes opening the launcher completely freezes my computer; video freezes after launcher menu pops up and audio sounds like an amplifier was un-plugged. I then do a hold-the-power-button-for-5-seconds reset and everything is back to normal after reboot. This time though, the crash happened on the first launcher start up after todays quickfix patch. After rebooting i can no longer open the launcher at all ( mouse pointer gets an hourglass for a second and there is CPU activity but nothing happens ). When this crash happens, it is the instant i double click and the launcher pops onto the screen. It has happened more times then i can remember ( tens of times ? ), and has never led to a permanent issue like this befor. I tried to uninstall / reinstall the launcher, and i tried the repair option with in the installer. I tried bypassing the desktop shortcut. I have reset my computer. Windows 10 is up to date. Flash player is up to date ( does the launcher use flash player ? ). My nvidia drivers are very recent ( end of 2019 ). Edit : - RenegadeX Launcher does NOT show up in task manager befor or after trying to open it. As in, its not stuck there, needing to have the task terminated manually. It DOES show up in taskmanager for a fraction of a second while being double clicked. - The launcher DOES show up in resource monitor, twice, as a grey'd out task that shows as ' terminated ' the moment it pops up. There are no options when rightclicking other then search online. - I tried right clicking on the launcher and opening as an administrator. No results. I can load the game manually and join a server that way. I asked players in game if anyone was having launcher issues after todays patch and no one said yes. I think the crash broke something on my end and i dont know how to fix it. What programs does the launcher use ? Since i reinstalled and repaired the launcher with out any change to my issue, i asume i must look else where for corrupt files or what ever. Also from what i can understand i am stuck now ? as in; i cant reinstall OR update the game with out having a working launcher ?

Love the VOLT rifle sound effects, grenade launcher and rocket launcher are also very good. Flame thrower is good but the sound loop is very obvious. Standard machine gun and sydney ion cannon im not sure which version is better. Definitely prefer the current sound of patch rifle and marksman rifle over this.