SMM Won't Launch Game
When I click "Launch Satisfactory" in the SMM, nothing happens, and about 10 seconds later that button turns green again, like it does when you close the game. Epic, Early Access branch.
I've restarted my PC, restarted SMM, verified my game files in epic, cleared the cache in SMM, and now generated the debug mode. I'm not seeing any crash/error text.
I have the experimental branch installed and the early access version via steam as well, if it helps to troubleshoot.
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SMM: 2.9.3
CL: 273254
SML: 3.7.0
Path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Satisfactory/Engine/Binaries/Win64/
Launcher ID: steam
Command Line: -NO_EOS_OVERLAY
try launching via steam. SMM just calls that anyway. it won't be that that's the root issue here
(the log you sent is from the steam copy)
oh yeah, I see that now
The SMM is still pointing at epic though, that's just what generated. Can I make it generate epic instead?
it always grabs the most recent log, so try to launch epic again then make another one
Try to launch via epic launcher or SMM?
either, because in theory they both do the same thing
I've never used SMM to launch through Steam, I don't think. Gotcha, ok
Sorry, I'm a dunce about this stuff.
I tried launching via steam per Borketh's comment, it's taking forever to download the files.
all good, the point of SMM is to not have to worry about that kind of stuff
I misread, so steam isn't relevant here if you're trying to launch epic
gotcha, no worries
SMM: 2.9.3
CL: 273254
SML: 3.7.0
Path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Satisfactory/Engine/Binaries/Win64/
Launcher ID: steam
Command Line: -NO_EOS_OVERLAY
hmm, still says steam. But I'm launching epic
Solution
seems like it isn't even making it to the game launching?
the file size is exactly the same as your original which makes me think no new log was generated at all by the game
Yeah, that's a good way to describe it. It doesn't seem to be attempting to talk to epic
when I switched to steam it immediateley launched steam, updated, launched
SMM: 2.9.3
CL: 273254
SML: 3.7.0
Path: C:/Program Files/Epic Games/SatisfactoryEarlyAccess/Engine/Binaries/Win64/
Launcher ID: epic
Command Line: -epicapp=CrabEA -epicenv=Prod -EpicPortal -epicusername=BEDplaysGAMES -epicuserid=2135069363d74afe96f801513992152a -epiclocale=en -epicsandboxid=crab
I relaunched epic games launcher, launched SF via that without using SMM. It opened the game. I closed the game, tried to launch via SMM and was successful.
So, it appears to have worked itself out. I must have confused it by alternating launching via epic, steam, and SMM?
Thank you both for the assist!