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How to get rid of the paradox launcher

By Peadge

How to get rid of the pesky launcher and just run the game. It allows you to run commands like -popupwindow (borderless window) too which aren't possible with the launcher.

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Languages: English

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17 May, 2024 @ 12:45pm

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1) Open notepad and write "start Foundry.exe %command%" (without quotation marks)

2) Save this as Foundry.bat in your game installation folder.
- You can find this folder by right clicking the game in your steam library, hover over manage and click browse local files. You can copy the address from there.

3) Right click the game in your steam library, click properties, then under the general tab, copy "Foundry.bat %command%" into the launch options bar (again, no quotation marks)

Launch your game and no more launcher.

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Dongerino 20 May @ 12:33pm

why is this launcher even a thing? what did paradox get for that?

Green Cat 20 May @ 9:40am

Wait, do you wish to tell me that this, as well as many other companies, are losing potential buyers for their games because the publisher refuses to add a single line? aka yes, many will NOT buy a game if there is a 3rd party launcher, but if that launchers is OPTIONAL, they will buy the game.

Man, i seriously don't understand people who are obsessed with forcing others their company app, launcher, or whatever it is

GT500 16 May @ 4:06pm

start Foundry.exe %command%

You don't need %command% in the batch file when it's also being supplied as an argument when executing the batch file.

See this for instructions about how to reference command line arguments in a batch file:
https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-args.html

Basically, your batch file should probably look like the following:

start Foundry.exe %1

Solus 16 May @ 10:08am

@z ypsilon p I don't have a steamdeck but assuming steam works the same way there, my previous comment is more likely to work than the guide is... which is kinda why I made said comment, but apparently that makes me a lazy gen z kid lmao

I did a quick google search for you since linux uses a different command format, & apparently a command-line argument that should work is
eval $( echo "%command%" | sed -E "s#dowser.exe#Foundry.exe#g" )

@robotfly i figured it was just this dude's schtick, so I just decided not to feed the troll (until now where someone genuinely needing a reply came along)

z ypsilon p 16 May @ 6:33am

can i achieve the same in the steamdeck?

robotfly 8 May @ 7:23pm

gamer why..its like the same thing, both ways are valid theres no need to be a dick, its genuinely the same thing and is even abit cleaner.

Good Old Gamer 18 Apr @ 1:59am

Souls.. .i actually prefer the OPs guide... this is why... they used their brain.. .you used millenial /gen z laziness ;)

Solus 19 May, 2024 @ 8:18pm

Thanks for the guide, but a quicker way that skips the (honestly unnecessary) batch file is to just go to your launch options & paste the path to Foundry.exe in quotation marks, followed by %command%
For example:
"G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FOUNDRY\Foundry.exe" %command%

Massive Dynamic 18 May, 2024 @ 5:16am

Thanks

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