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ambitious-aqua

Unable to start fortnite

Everytime I click on play now it turns yellow for like 2 seconds saying playing (stop) and then the blue play now button comes again. Fortnite log: Launching "Fortnite" (legendary) Native? Yes Installed in: C:\Users\charge1809\Games\Heroic\Fortnite System Info: CPU: 24x AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core Processor
Memory: 17.09 GB (used: 2.6 GB) GPUs: OS: Unknown Windows Version 10.0.17763 (win32) The current system is not a Steam Deck We are not running inside a Flatpak container Software Versions: Heroic: 2.12.0 Vegapunk Legendary: 0.20.34 Direct Intervention gogdl: 0.7.3 Nile: 1.0.0 Jonathan Joestar Game Settings: { "autoInstallDxvk": false, "autoInstallVkd3d": false, "preferSystemLibs": false, "enableEsync": true, "enableFsync": false, "nvidiaPrime": false, "enviromentOptions": [], "wrapperOptions": [], "showFps": false, "useGameMode": false, "language": "" } Game launched at: Sat Jan 27 2024 03:03:56 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) Launch Command: HEROIC_APP_NAME=Fortnite HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=legendary HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=epic C:\Users\charge1809\AppData\Local\Programs\heroic\resources\app.asar.unpacked\build\bin\win32\legendary launch Fortnite --language en Game Log: [cli] INFO: Logging in... [Core] INFO: Trying to re-use existing login session... [cli] INFO: Checking for updates... [cli] CRITICAL: Metadata for "Fortnite" does not exist, cannot launch! ============= End of game logs ============= Heroic settings log: attached
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extended-salmon
extended-salmon17mo ago
this issue is usually temporary (some problem with legendary checking for game updates), it usually just goes away by itself after some time you could try disabling the updates check and see if that helps
ambitious-aqua
ambitious-aquaOP17mo ago
doesnt work

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