Guild Wars 2

Over a month ago the wiki had a solution for getting mumble overlay to work which entailed using the -nopatchui switch as well as the login credentials. This worked (security concerns aside) but as of the latest patch (11/15) this causes an issue with the TP and the wiki has been updated since then not to include this workaround. I’m sure this was an unintended change/collateral damage. Any solutions or is mumble overlay a casualty for now?

I’m assuming the heart of the problem is that the launcher isn’t a 3D application itself that mumble can apply it’s overlay to? It appears I was wrong and it’s the opposite. The launcher is creating a D3D device which mumble attempts to create it’s overlay on and never sees the D3D device for the game proper (according to mumble bug list). In an ideal world there would be some way of getting it to work without bypassing the launcher so that patches and support for the authenticator isn’t lost in the future.

TL:DR – Is support for the -Nopatchui commandline switch being deprecated in lieu of issues like the one I linked above? Is there any chance that an olive branch could be extended to the mumble guys to find a solution to their overlay bug? A cleaner solution would be nice for everyone. I miss my overlay. :’’(

Thanks in advance for any info.

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Im also missing my overlay…. gets hectic when you have 20-30 people joining channels and wondering who’s in them!

I also experienced this problem. The only time the TP will work is if I do not use that mumble work around. Otherwise it seems to still work, just won’t let you use the TP.

I’ve had some players tell me to put mumble on a second screen, but you know what? I don’t have a second screen and can’t see why I should have to do that.

So for now, until a fix has been provided, I’ll just relog without the mumble work around when I want to use the TP.

Or, won’t use the TP at all.

report it to mumble developers, the issue is on there end.

Steam and Fraps overlays work after all, so it can be fixed in the overlay software

Hmmm – I use the mumble overlay and launch the game with the “-nopatchui” switch and can use TP with no issues.

I launch both Mumble and the Game under Administrator – have you tried that?

Parrin.3705:

Hmmm – I use the mumble overlay and launch the game with the “-nopatchui” switch and can use TP with no issues.

I launch both Mumble and the Game under Administrator – have you tried that?

Yes…still does not work.

@Squall – I understand that it’s on mumble’s end that you have to use -nopatchui. However, it’s a change on GW2’s end that broke the workaround. I was merely asking if this was intended and if anet could help provide a solution. Your examples are a electronic storefront anet has partnered with and a shareware-like utility program that indiscriminately applies itself to any application. Mumble is attempting to respect the users wishes on what programs it applies itself to. Obviously there’s a solution here, but your comparison isn’t apples to apples.

@Parrin – Hmmm. I have not tried this myself. I will have to just to be sure. Makes me wonder why I would have to though. I mean what changed on GW2’s end that requires full access to your machine just because you’re bypassing the login screen? On voicechat programs I always assumed that it was an issue with hardware access/keyboard bindings. I’ve never had to give mumble this access though. /shrug.

I tried this just a few minutes ago.

The whole bypassing the launcher thing makes it a little annoying. Black screen while updating for unknown time? That’s gotta be scary for some people – me included…
Other then that, TP seems to work, the overlay works fine, don’t understand why they took the guide off of the wiki?

It works for me when using this:

“C:\path to guildwars\Gw2.exe” -email [string] -password [string] -nopatchui

Where [string] ist your email and password without brackets. It has to be exact in this order and does not work with -autologin flag. You can use it also with this:

“C:\path to guildwars\Gw2.exe” -email [string] -password [string] -nopatchui -testVerticalFov -useoldlauncher

it also has to be in the exact order.

For people who are afraid of hackers stealing your password see the command line reference in wiki:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

You only should pay attention that no one can physical access your computer cause your password is stored in desktop shortcut!

I forgot to say that you have to exit the game with “quit game” or little x in upper right corner. When using “log off” you will see the black screen with mumble overlay. But in this case you can exit it with Alt+F4 or windows-key.

How long is the blank screen supposed to last for? I can see the overlay, so I know that part is working, but it has been about 2-3 minutes so far and no character select.