[m2.21 - General] Launching game from installation shortcut when game is already running results in cryptic error.

[Melee]

 

 

• Description:  Attempting to run a second instance of game results in fatal error.
• Further information: The error dialog title doesn't indicate owning process.  User left with burning question "What player?" while briefly nostalgic for Windows 3.1.  A more elegant response could be switching to existing instance and setting focus.  Also it possible to create numerous instances of game by repeatedly clicking game shortcut before the first instance gets into loading the main menu.

Edited January 28 by Melee

[Kouki]

On 1/27/2024 at 8:57 AM, Melee said:

 

 

• Description:  Attempting to run a second instance of game results in fatal error.
• Further information: The error dialog title doesn't indicate owning process.  User left with burning question "What player?" while briefly nostalgic for Windows 3.1.  A more elegant response could be switching to existing instance and setting focus.  Also it possible to create numerous instances of game by repeatedly clicking game shortcut before the first instance gets into loading the main menu.

Will bring this up with the rest of the team, thanks for the bug report!

EDIT: Just to make sure I'm understanding things correctly, are you trying to run a second instance of the game via the .exe file? I don't think we have Unity setup to run multiple instances of the game. Regarding the latter half of your comment, if you switch to the experimental build of the game (milestone 3), trying to open a second instance should switch your active window on existing instance of the game.