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Closed Upcoming forced usage of Nexon launcher annoyance
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I haven't removed a thing in this thread, I merged your thread with this one because we do not need duplicates. Your post is still present.
I could have deleted it and taken additional action; leading crusades against the game or against Nexon, in fact, against the rules. But I have not, so please be polite and constructive and please follow the rules in the future.
@Dark20
Direct insults against people are not allowed. You have been warned about this. Criticism is valid, insults are not.
Everyone in this thread should be acting as civil as they can. If we can't have a proper discussion about this then I fail to see why it should be open at all. Insults helps absolutely nothing.
Please follow the rules.
You sound like the Nexon support staff: we here have no problem, therefore the problem does not exist.
Did you read any of the posts above yours? Any of the people complaining that the Nexon launcher doesn't work for them?
You can jeer "RIP" all you want, but if they can't get the game to work, that's customers lost for Nexon. Somehow I don't think that's what Nexon wants to happen.
The Nexon Launcher runs the same game platform - if it runs it at all, of course. First it has to decide that it doesn't need to redownload the whole thing, then it has to sense that you're not already in the game, and then it has to launch it.
And then, after the game is launched, the Nexon Launcher keeps running in the background, using up computer resources (which not all of us have to spare) and making it so the client is more likely to crash or disconnect when by itself it would only lag spike.
Also, it's not one system. They're still keeping the Steam launcher. Which is just as glitchy and requires developer attention constantly.
The hackers will find a workaround soon enough. In fact, if reddit is to be believed, they already have. Will Nexon return the direct launcher to us legits once the hacker infestation is proven to be unchanged by taking it away? Of course not. The legits will keep suffering, especially those with multiple accounts (which are perfectly legitimate by the ToS), who will suffer even if the Nexon Launcher works flawlessly.
The direct launch didn't take any developer resources at all. It's been unchanged, except for a recent minor cosmetic update, in many years. And it's worked perfectly all these years. Removing something that works fine to "move" developers to fix something that is glitchy makes no sense. I repeat for the third time in this thread: First perfect the Nexon Launcher, then talk about removing the more robust alternative.
Funny how frequently files get mysteriously corrupted to the point where the entire game needs to be redownloaded through the Nexon Launcher. I've heard of very few cases of the direct launch "simply crash" the game and give no corrective course of action.
The Nexon Launcher's method of detecting "file corruption" is obviously very very flawed, if so many people are getting this full download bs with every patch or on "importing" their normal or steam installations.
You are assuming they're going to make a completely new method of communicating between launcher, server, and client. Something that can't be spoofed. We'll see. I repeat the question: if the hacker infestation returns to its current levels, will Nexon let legits use direct launch again?
Again, it's not one system.
They are keeping the Steam launcher. Which is way more complex and problematic.
The basic launcher, which is used as backup when all other methods fail, needs to remain available until the Nexon Launcher is 100% reliable and has complete functionality (including being able to say "you have been banned" and including the ability to switch accounts).
There's no such button regardless of whether you use the GameLauncher or the Nexon Launcher. I would like one too, though.
Doesn't hitting "Esc" send you one page backwards? Or am I misunderstanding something?
http://prnt.sc/e99tgb
Dear Nexon,
If you force us to use the disliked, broken, dirty, unwanted, and ugly Nexon Launcher then you truly do not care about our opinions, voices, or suggestions. The fact that all these people are angry and against the Nexon launcher should make you reconsider your decision and propose an alternative fix to whatever it is you're trying to fix. blah tired of typing this crap that will get buried and ignore screw ur letteer
That is true, but it's not well known and it would be better to have a button for "user-friendliness" as opposed to "what only current/veteran players know". There should always be functionality to make it easier for the user such as having more access/options or else it'll be easy to get lost. In-game is one thing, but character/server/region selection is another.
They haven't said they're removing the Steam launcher.
They also haven't said anything about injection.
If that is the true and secret reason for removing direct launch, I ask again: when the hacker population returns to current levels, will we get direct launch back?
I didn't understand your second question. How do I know what is going live?
That is incorrect. GameLauncher has it:
Bottom left.
It also has the ability to go back to region select (by clicking "EXIT" on the login screen) if you click wrong there.
I'll see if I can bring this up with Nexon as possible inclusion with the launcher. I already brought up ban messages.
That is both more convenient and less prone to misclicks.
@Neospector There's a difference between facts and insults. The fact is, nexon is doing a very bad job at fixing issues. But if you insist, I'll be as formal as possible. But they will be criticism.
Besides, why are you backing nexon when they're not doing a good job? Just curious.
1. It's his job. He's a moderator on the official Nexon forums.
2. He happens to believe that Nexon does, in fact, do the best job possible. If the old forums were still accessible you could go browse there and see he's been posting with that mindset years before he got the mod position.
Because Neospector is one of the biggest Nexon apologists in these forums and on r/Maplestory. He has a point that mindlessly just bashing Nexon isn't helpful. But it's to the point that he's delusional, because he thinks it's the horrible community's fault, despite Nexon NA having the same problems for not just Maplestory, for over a decade.
The ex-CM, KTHXBAINAO would probably just say it's the challenge of being a publisher and not a developer, and the politics with Korea Nexon. But truthfully, Nexon NA is just simply incompetent.
That piece of trash Nexon Launcher doesn't work worth a craaap for me, do that and I have to cut ties with this game.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
If its about using the automatic checksum validation software in Nexon Launcher as opposed to GameLauncher's lack if it, that's still inexcusable. The same code could be applied to GameLauncher in a lighter method without the redownload feature. Just edit it to say something like "Auto checksum failed, please perform a repair install." if the checksums don't match and exit. If it does match, run the game regardless.
That's so much as it could be:
No fuss, no mess.