Yeah, what a dickmove. I could understand you having it on the testserver, but this thing is still a pile of crap and you know it. At the very least it's far from being ready for TQ.

Fake edit:

The "launcher" doesn't download todays patch and the "play" button stays greyed out. It throws an error instead. I can still start Eve via ExeFile.exe, but I cannot connect. (wrong protocol)

Okay, long-time Mac user, first-time Win8 Singularity installer here!

I followed the copy-and-paste-and-rename instructions for the Singularity client; double-clicked the shortcut, and for one brief shining moment saw the SiSi launcher -- only to have it then be replaced by a another launcher-esque window saying there had been an error.

I guess there's a new launcher that I need to use for SiSi, yes? And is that the one that is linked in the first post of this thread? Is there anything else I should know -- gotchas, weirdnesses, etc?

you seriously just rolled this pile of wankness on to tq.

Since there were no technical concerns left with the Windows version of the new launcher, then yes, we did roll it out. That at the same time an external problem with our web servers pops up is a really bad coincidence, but that could have happened everywhere.

We've noted the concerns that people have about how it changes the way one has to do multi-boxing stuff and we are working on improvements on this. With that regard, though, let it be said that with all the various ways in which people are multi-boxing then it's near impossible to not annoy some parts of our userbase which do this. We do not really like that either and are sorry about this, but it's a situation that we have kind of forced on ourselves by never having done proper support for multi-boxing, and adding proper support now is going to cause some pain to you and us.

We do not really like that either and are sorry about this, but it's a situation that we have kind of forced on ourselves by never having done proper support for multi-boxing, and adding proper support now is going to cause some pain to you and us.

We're still looking into issues with the Mac version of the new launcher, so at the moment the mac is still on version 1.32 and you don't need a new launcher to connect to Sisi with your Mac.

Since there were no technical concerns left with the Windows version of the new launcher, then yes, we did roll it out. That at the same time an external problem with our web servers pops up is a really bad coincidence, but that could have happened everywhere.

We've noted the concerns that people have about how it changes the way one has to do multi-boxing stuff and we are working on improvements on this. With that regard, though, let it be said that with all the various ways in which people are multi-boxing then it's near impossible to not annoy some parts of our userbase which do this. We do not really like that either and are sorry about this, but it's a situation that we have kind of forced on ourselves by never having done proper support for multi-boxing, and adding proper support now is going to cause some pain to you and us.

Maybe, we'll discuss it with our security team. If they give their OK and it's possible from a technological point then it might end up as something we want to do, but no promises. :)

Hi, a quick update from Team Roundhouse Kick here: we read your feedback and we deployed on Sisi a new version of the launcher webpage that adds an autoplay feature in the form of a checkbox on the right bottom corner.

If checked, the launcher will start the client as soon as the user is logged in and the client is ready, so no additional click is required on your part. If you don't want this to happen, just uncheck it, the launcher will remember your setting either way.

This feature was tested internally and now we would like your feedback before pushing it to TQ, please use this thread here https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=230690

Thanks!

So....the new launcher.

I always mult-box and do not particularly want to have muliple instances of the launcer open just sitting there after I log on. So, I select the "close launcher after log on" option, just like I did with the old launcher....

BUT....when I want to swap characters on the same account, there is no longer a logoff button, only a quit game button. So now I have to re-launch the new crappy launcher, instead of just of the client automatically going back to the logon screen.

We do not really like that either and are sorry about this, but it's a situation that we have kind of forced on ourselves by never having done proper support for multi-boxing, and adding proper support now is going to cause some pain to you and us.

This launcher is an absolute ******* travesty. As a multiboxer who only plays eve because of the former friendliness to multiboxing, I am razor thin close to just cancelling all 12 accounts and telling CCP to go **** themselves with pay I no longer give them w my wallet.

This was completely ill thought, planned, and executed and whomever is responsible should have a serious reprimand incoming to them. I am absolutely dumbfounded that this launcher was considered acceptable.

Congratulations CCP, alienating the playerbase that is actually your cash cow.