Skip the Launcher – Steam Solo

Overview

This guides describe what to do to skip the launcher.

Linux Version

When you click the Play button on Steam, the script lauched is called (badly named) “rungame_hd.sh” and it’s located on the game’s installation directory. This script runs the Launcher and depending on the answer, it launches either the SD of HD versions of the game.

Launch the HD version

Replace the contents of the file “rungame_hd.sh” with the following:

#!/bin/sh here=”${0%/*}” LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”$here/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH” export LD_LIBRARY_PATH exec ./julia -ignore _sd

Launch the SD version

Replace the contents of the file “rungame_hd.sh” with the following:

#!/bin/sh here=”${0%/*}” LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”$here/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH” export LD_LIBRARY_PATH exec ./julia -ignore _hd

This is exactly the contents of the “rungame_sd.sh” file.

Windows Version

For the Windows version the process is similar, except there are no bash scripts (BOO HISS!!). So this time there are two steps to do. The first is common to both option, while the second will depend on wether you want the SD or the HD version to start up.

Rename the executable

On the game’s install folder, rename “Launcher.exe” to “_Launcher.exe”(or whatever you want, it’s just a backup).
Then rename “julia.exe” to “Launcher.exe”.

Set Launch options

Now you need to tell the game what version you want to start up.
To start the HD(1920×1080) version, the launch options are as follows:

-ignore _sd

To start the SD(1280×720) version, the launch options are as follows:

-ignore _hd

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