This is how to skip the Funcom launcher, intro movie, and company logo splashes. You can change the launch options in the steam properties for this game. eval is just a way to run a concatenated command through a subshell. The Windows Steam way will obviously not work.
eval $(echo "%command% -nosplash -nostartupscreen -continuesession" \
| sed -e 's|/Launcher/FuncomLauncher.exe|/DuneSandbox/Binaries/Win64/DuneSandbox_BE.exe|g')
You will need to remove the \ from the above line as Steam will not correctly interpret it.
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nosplashskips the Funcom launcher -
nostartupscreenskips the developer and publisher company logos -
continue sessionskips the into movie
Because the game launcher was skipped and never loaded, some of the required data that the authentication process to the live game service needs, will expire after some amount of time. It happened after a significant update. This has only happened a couple of times. It is actually a rare event. If you see an error like "FLS login failed" or "You cannot proceed into the game because the login into Funcom Live Services Failed" follow these simple steps.
- Remove the launch options from steam.
- Launch the game with default options.
- Once in the Lanucher, press ACCOUNT (top right), then in the browser that opens, press login with Steam, login.
- Return to the Funcom launcher and launch the game.
- You can safely add the launch options back into the game properties in Steam afterwards.