Hey everyone,
I’m having a serious problem with BeamMP. When I launch BeamNG via Steam, I get the error: “Game not connected to launcher! Please launch the game using BeamMP Launcher.”
However, if I launch the game only using the BeamMP Launcher, the server list appears and multiplayer works—but then Steam doesn’t track my playtime, achievements, or anything else. Another issue: When I press Exit, the BeamMP login screen briefly appears and then disappears. I can’t interact with it at all. I can’t record a video of this issue here, but it happens every time. How to fix these problems without breaking Steam tracking?
Your game is operating as intended.
You have to launch BeamNG through BeamMP for multiplayer to work, this is because the launcher needs to be running for BeamMP to run. In addition, since you are running through the launcher Steam will not track playtime because BeamMP is not running on Steam. Steam will only track single player sessions.
As for the Exit issue, I think that’s just the game closing.
Are you sure this isn’t a bug with BeamMP? I open the Launcher, the game is already running, but it still asks me to open the game. Since it’s already running, I close the extra instance, but then that also closes the BeamMP Launcher—which I need for mp. Let me know what the cause is.
yes, OctopusCarDoor is wrong here.
Try running the beammp-launcher with the “–no-launch” parameter (those are two minus signs infront) and see if that works. after doing it and clicking on "connect"in beamNG it should be online.
If it works you can add the parameter to your beammp shortcut
you could also check My beamMP playtime does not track on Steam
If you have to add launch parameters to steam then, no I am not wrong, Steam does not track playtime stock. I was going to get to that bit after they replied to me again since they seem to be asking about multiple issues at once.
You need to launch the game through the BeamMP launcher.
Or you can do this if you know how to add launch parameters to your games.