Can I skip the launcher on Skyrim?
I am executing Skyrim through Steam Big Picture with the controller but when I select Play on Big Picture, the launcher of the game appears and I have to use the mouse to start to play. This is very annoying and I would like to start to play avoiding this step.
I have seen that you can set parameters to the laucher on Big Picture mode.
This question seems to be duplicate, but this problem is slightly different because I need to open the game through the current executable to be able to get new achivements and to accumulate playing hours.
UPDATE: I am using a computer just to play games, so Steam opens at start with Big Picture Mode, so I Boot the computer and I can start to play only using my controller. The problem is that the launcher doesn't work with the controller and I have to use the mouse just for it.
Best Answer
As far as I know, neither Skyrim nor steam have any direct options to do this.
As a workaround, you could use the Skyrim Script Extender to launch the game.
You can add the SKSE to your steam library as a non steam game, then change the tile to the one from Skyrim and hide the original Skyrim in a Category.
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Answer 2
You can copy/rename the files so that the real game executable is named SkyrimLauncher.exe
Works for me.
Answer 3
For the most part, @randomdude's answer works perfectly.
In my case, I was playing the Special Edition version and installed it to a completely different place.
Wherever you chose to install your games, just locate the folder with steamapps/common/[Your version of skyrim, in my case, Skyrim Special Edition]
Update SkyrimSE.exe -> SkyrimSELauncher.exe and SkyrimSELauncher to SkyrimSE.
So:
steamapps/common/Skyrim Special Edition/SkyrimSE.exe -> steamapps/common/Skyrim Special Edition/SkyrimSELauncher.exe
steamapps/common/Skyrim Special Edition/SkyrimSELauncher.exe -> steamapps/common/Skyrim Special Edition/SkyrimSE.exe
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