Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Thread 2

[Zoraptor]

It's pretty trivial to avoid Paradox's launcher if you want to. Redirect the shortcut (for non galaxy) to the main game executable rather than launcher.exe or use manage installation-->configure-->features-->custom executable (from the game's page) in galaxy to do the same. 

Edited Wednesday at 09:02 PM by Zoraptor

[melkathi]

The magic of triple A titles on launch

[Hawke64]

6 minutes ago, Zoraptor said:

It's pretty trivial to avoid Paradox's launcher if you want to. Redirect the shortcut (for non galaxy) to the main game executable rather than launcher.exe or use manage installation-->configure-->features-->custom executable (from the game's page) in galaxy to do the same. 

I have tried both, the root folder and the "\Bloodlines 2\Bloodlines2\Binaries\Win64\Bloodlines2-Win64-Shipping.exe", executables with the same result. The "Launch.." shortcut directs to the launcher more clearly. 

5 minutes ago, melkathi said:

The magic of triple A titles on launch

True. 

[marelooke]

2 hours ago, Hawke64 said:

I have the game and here is a screenshot of the only gameplay I have experienced:

The Paradox launcher mildly annoys me, but the firewall is handling it and the issue above is more significant. I suspect it is the usual UE5 thing (kindly, may Lumen and Nanites be gone), so I will try with Steam Deck later (not entirely sure how to install GOG games on it, but will try). 

I'd be more upset about it if I did not purchase it 5 years ago for a fraction of the current price. As is, I am just disappointed. 

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Found the pre-rendered videos:

 

 

Not sure why but I'm getting Shadow Warrior vibes from this.

[Zoraptor]

2 hours ago, Hawke64 said:

I have tried both, the root folder and the "\Bloodlines 2\Bloodlines2\Binaries\Win64\Bloodlines2-Win64-Shipping.exe", executables with the same result. The "Launch.." shortcut directs to the launcher more clearly. 

Ha, weird. Maybe they've obfuscated the main exe to make the launcher compulsory then. I've previously used custom shortcuts for EU4 to avoid the launcher and (not Paradox, obviously) FO4 to direct to a mod/ ultrawidescreen enabled exe with no problems. I've also used the argument function to skip those annoying long and unskippable startup videos some other games have. I don't have vtmb2 though so can't check my end.

(Since you're having problems running it otherwise I'd suggest verifying the install if you haven't already, it's always possible- not likely though- that something has gone wrong in the download/ extraction)

[Hawke64]

21 hours ago, Zoraptor said:

Ha, weird. Maybe they've obfuscated the main exe to make the launcher compulsory then. I've previously used custom shortcuts for EU4 to avoid the launcher and (not Paradox, obviously) FO4 to direct to a mod/ ultrawidescreen enabled exe with no problems. I've also used the argument function to skip those annoying long and unskippable startup videos some other games have. I don't have vtmb2 though so can't check my end.

(Since you're having problems running it otherwise I'd suggest verifying the install if you haven't already, it's always possible- not likely though- that something has gone wrong in the download/ extraction)

1. You were right and the launcher skip worked. 

2. The game still does not work. Using a username without a space in it changed the error, but then I updated the GPU drivers and the previous error returned.

I have also redownloaded the game's latest version from GOG (the patch was for a newer version than the initial release), with no improvements.