the laucnher got my pc hostage, i just want to unstall to free up space

i cannot find the files in like program files and such i want to free up lots of space quick, no file location on the pre launcher and no way to find location on the actaul launcher, it starts updating , cant cancel it, if i click uninstall it says "interupting the update requires launcher restart, proceed ?" if i click yes the launcher restarts and begins updating again and same thing happens, where are the filles and why are they so hard to find ? and now i have to sit tru the intire update process wich bogs down my pc making it basicly useless, for 10 20 30 min so thet i can uninstall, THIS baffles me, ppl must have run into same isue, pls fix because this is a gaint waste of my time

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Vyllz

Hey Wozzard, totally get your frustration

From what I’ve seen, the launcher and game files usually install in one of the following locations:

C:\Program Files\Intrepid Studios\

or C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Intrepid Studios\

You might need to manually delete the folder if the uninstall process gets stuck in the update loop (just make sure the launcher is completely closed via Task Manager first).

That said, keep in mind the game still in Alpha, so stuff like this, especially around the installer and patcher, is definitely still being refined. I’m sure Intrepid will be improving the launcher experience as we move closer to Beta.

Thanks for pointing it out! Hopefully this gets smoothed out soon so others don’t hit the same wall.

daveywavey

My main problem with the launcher is that while it's updating, it freezes my entire PC every 10-15 seconds. And it's a pretty new PC. Can't see why it should be doing that.

Laetitian

daveywavey wrote: »

My main problem with the launcher is that while it's updating, it freezes my entire PC every 10-15 seconds. And it's a pretty new PC. Can't see why it should be doing that.

Sounds like a minor inconvenience. It might be because it's downloading and installing at a very high speed, which would be a completely tolerable trade-off.

More important features of a good installer and launcher are (1) retaining downloaded data if it gets interrupted, (2) cleaning up temporary installation files thoroughly, swiftly,
and reliably, even if it gets interrupted, so you're not stuck with gigabytes of temporary data just because there was a disconnection once, and (3) robust version control and corruption analysis, so you're not forced to fix every little unexpected problem with a full reinstall to get the game to work (and also don't experience surprising unintended dysfunctions in-game.)

The ability to reduce the installation process's performance impact by reducing installation speed is a quality-of-life feature that's nice to have, but if those other features mentioned are working as intended, it's not necessary. Because at least you won't ever unnecessarily go through the same installation multiple times without creating results.

tinukeda

daveywavey wrote: »

My main problem with the launcher is that while it's updating, it freezes my entire PC every 10-15 seconds. And it's a pretty new PC. Can't see why it should be doing that.

I don't think it's been optimized yet XD
It seems like the more cpu/ram you have, the better it performs.
And installing on a non-OS disk probably helps too.
I have 64gb of memory, an i9 14900 and AoC installed on a separate NVME disk and have had no problems with system freezes.

daveywavey

tinukeda wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

My main problem with the launcher is that while it's updating, it freezes my entire PC every 10-15 seconds. And it's a pretty new PC. Can't see why it should be doing that.

I don't think it's been optimized yet XD
It seems like the more cpu/ram you have, the better it performs.
And installing on a non-OS disk probably helps too.
I have 64gb of memory, an i9 14900 and AoC installed on a separate NVME disk and have had no problems with system freezes.

I've got a 9800X3D and 64gb of RAM, and it freezes something shocking.

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