Cant get Elden Ring to launch with modengine

[cjghost2000]

It was working 2 days ago, but now it just refuses to launch with modengine I've looked through a bunch of issues and tried multiple things and nothing has worked i also checked logs and didn't see any errors, the game launches fine on its own but just refuses to launch with the launchers it just flashes the startup screen for a second then closes

things I've tried:

• removing my mods
• reinstalling the game
• moving my game to a different drive / the same one as steam
• older versions of modengine
• launchmod_eldenring.bat and modengine files as admin
• renaming the modengine launcher to start_protected_game
• made sure all the folders have the correct permissions

I also checked steam updates and the last one was on the 7th, so I don't know if that's the problem? I don't think it is because it was working on the 8th for me or maybe there was a hotfix ? modengine_2022-12-10.log

[JaedenCross]

Alr, ma boy, in order for ModEngine to launch Elden Ring the game has to be in a very specific location...

Your log says your resolved mod path is (H:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING\Game\mod)

But ModEngine's code is very simple and It only searches one path for base Elden Ring. Yours is stored in ur steam library instead of "Program Files" like mine below.

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING

Idk if you're using an SSD or smthn, but I think u should try to put ur Elden Ring in the same path as mine.

[cjghost2000]

Alr, ma boy, in order for ModEngine to launch Elden Ring the game has to be in a very specific location... Your log says your resolved mod path is (H:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING\Game\mod) But ModEngine's code is very simple and It only searches one path for base Elden Ring. Yours is stored in ur steam library instead of "Program Files" like mine below. C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING Idk if you're using an SSD or smthn, but I think u should try to put ur Elden Ring in the same path as mine.

I've tried putting the game on the same drive as my steam but same problem [startup screen for a few seconds before closing] also my steam folder isn't in program files it's in the root of my D drive "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING\Game\mod" like so. But I also find it weird that it used to work before, and that I'm not getting errors in my logs, and it's finding the right path for the game / mods folder

I don't know if the specific path thing matters, unless they have changed it recently? Either way I tried and still getting the same problem so who knows.

Thanks for replying and the help/suggestions

[cjghost2000]

After trying a ton of random fixes the cause of the problem was somehow epic games IDK how or why but after uninstalling epic games I can now launch modded Elden Ring