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rare-sapphire
The Long Dark (MacOS native) Offline Mode Launch fail error -998
This is an Epic Games account download. The game starts to launch in offline mode but then I see the message from a game screen "Failed to Load DLL (Error Code -998), Game will not launch". It will launch and play normally without offline mode enabled. Here are the logs:
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robust-apricot•6mo ago
Might be related to this https://www.reddit.com/r/thelongdark/comments/14k1cj3/how_to_play_offline_advice_please/
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robust-apricot•6mo ago
Doesn’t look like the game can be played offline
Or maybe that post was inaccurate. Not sure
rare-sapphireOP•6mo ago
This looks like a different issue. Wondering if someone can tell me about this specific error code. Heroic offers the offline mode button for this game which leads me to believe it was working at one time.
From a friend's computer running windows and steam, Long Dark is able to play offline no problem.
ratty-blush•6mo ago
pretty sure heroic offers the offline mode button for any game even if it cannot run offline
rare-sapphireOP•6mo ago
ok good to know, I'll check with epic and hinterland and see what I can find out, thanks guys
robust-apricot•6mo ago
The offline button is provided based on the Epic metadata but could be incorrect in practice. Kingdom Hearts has the flag for it but is always online, for example.
rare-sapphireOP•6mo ago
I just found on the hinterland forums that it is a known issue for the Epic Game Store version and they are currently working on a fix.