From fbe523d08d1375c4a394942df41b1c95da1b3bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 23:08:31 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] add better explanation for not being able to use restart feature with epic accounts --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d870ba3..33c123d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ accounts on both Windows and Linux. * **Auto-restart** Automatically restart your game. This can be useful if you're [grinding] for manufactured - engineering materials. Off by default. This feature isn't supported on the Epic platform as - the game invalidates the launcher's authorization token. + engineering materials. Off by default. This feature isn't supported on the Epic platform. + See the [Min-Launcher-Specific] section for more details. * **Multi-Account** @@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ The following arguments are in addition to the above: | /frontier profile-name | Use this argument to login with a Frontier Store account. Keep the profile name to letters, numbers, dashes and underscores only | | /restart delay | Restart the game after it has closed with _delay_ being the number of seconds given to cancel the restart (i.e `/restart 3`) | +Note that the restart feature doesn't work with Epic accounts. After Elite launches, it invalidates +the launcher's auth token and doesn't communicate the new token which then prevents the ability to +login with FDev servers a second time. + ### Settings The settings file controls additional settings for the launcher that go beyond what the default launcher supports. The location of this file is in the standard config location for your