Multiple Accounts

TaSheen · August 2023

From his screenshot above, his Epic install is in Program Files (x86) though.

Napalm_Death32 · August 2023

belial5221_ESO · August 2023

then choose my second option adding the x86 part back,sine it's not a steam version original install,remember to use admin mode

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Games\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online"

Napalm_Death32 · August 2023

This is the epic folder, i only installed the launcher, didn't run setup

Napalm_Death32 · August 2023

its refusing to accept for some reason

belial5221_ESO · August 2023

You need to have a folder named The Elder Scrolls Online in the TheElderScrollsOnline folder,so it can link it

belial5221_ESO · August 2023

Is the game running while you trying to make link?Cause th screenshot is showing it,maybe that why cause files in use.

Napalm_Death32 · August 2023

i tried an software called no, i tried as requested, it screwed up my file and having to reinstall

jommerryrth · August 2023

if you use steam you can easily switch between 5 accounts from within their launcher... it saves the data so you dont have to retype it. if you don't mind retyping your logins and passwords you can add more.

just think if you had one main account and 11 alt accounts. you could have up to 5 guild banks with that scenario. You could buy the base game only for those 10 alt accounts for 5.99$ (us) when they go on sale and then have 2500 extra guild bank slots. if you had the coin to spend 186K in game gold on each of those 10 alt that's 2400 extra bank slots (assuming no eso+)

And if you're really clever and time it well you could pay for 5 accounts and get 5 free accounts and do the same but then when free play expires you lose access to 5 free accounts so there's that rub. They still count for 10 guild members though and you can upgrade them later if you wish.

Be advised that gmail will balk at you for making so many email accounts and likely you will have to change your cell phone number in order to verify enough email accounts and you'll have to keep great records of emails and passwords and login stuffs not only for steam but also for the bethesda account.

But the great thing is you only need to install eso once in steam to make this work

Master_Fluff · August 2023

Be advised that gmail will balk at you for making so many email accounts and likely you will have to change your cell phone number in order to verify enough email accounts and you'll have to keep great records of emails and passwords and login stuffs not only for steam but also for the bethesda account.

You can have 10 gmail accounts without problems, no need to change the phone number.

ForzaRammer · August 2023

Ofc you should, especially you get forum banned on your other accounts.

jommerryrth · August 2023

Panthermic wrote: »

Napalm_Death32 wrote: »

Panthermic wrote: »

Napalm_Death32 wrote: »

... i was thinking of installing my EGS copy on my second hard drive, while the primary is on my SSD....

Installing twice is completely unnecessary, both can use the same game files. Install the launcher from EGS but then don't install the game itself, just close it. Then create a link from the already installed game's folder to the folder that you installed the launcher through EGS. Hit the windows key then type cmd. In my case the command I used was

mklink /D "I:\Epic Games\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online" "H:\The Elder Scrolls Online"

The paths have to be changed to yours, 1st is where the launcher through EGS got installed, and the 2nd where the already installed game is at. Important that the "The Elder Scrolls Online" folder where the game files are actually stored has to be linked. If the folder "The Elder Scrolls Online" exist--it shouldn't if you didn't hit the install button--within the EGS install then remove it or you won't be able to make the link.

When done, just start the game from EGS and if you did everything right then the "Install" button should appear to be as "Play" button.

i can't seem to get it right, the main is via steam on C drive

I'm assuming then you are using the default install paths for both EGS and Steam, then the command you could try is

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Games\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online"

so if i downloaded the game first through steam and then wanted to link it into epic, then this is the way to do that?

But if i wanted to link my epic game in steam could i just reverse the path order?

ok i see the post a few ones up that answers that question.

The_one_i_seek · August 2023

Danikat wrote: »

There's two types of free accounts, both work for setting up guild banks.

Ones created during a free weekend event - like the Quakecon one currently running - cannot log in after the event is over unless they buy a copy of the game. (I think that's what people are referring to when they say you "lose access" to it.) But the accounts still exist in the game and if they're in a guild they still count towards the requirements for getting a guild bank.

So if you create one of them you can't use the account itself because you won't be able to log into it outside of free weekends (which I think happen about once or twice a year), any items or gold on that account will be inaccessible until the next free weekend and you won't be able to get login rewards or anything like that, but if you create a guild and invite them to it during the free weekend they'll still count towards the membership requirement to unlock the guild bank after the event is over, so your main account(s) can use it as extra storage space.

Ones created during the Epic Games giveaway and other promotions where copies of the game are given away are exactly the same as paid accounts. (They are paid accounts, it's just the company doing the promotion paid for them, not the player.) You can continue to log into them after the give-away is over so you can send items to them to hold and retrieve them whenever you want by logging into that account and sending them back. They will also count towards guild membership for unlocking a guild bank, and will be able to use the bank like any other member can.

The 'catch' with the second type of free account is they're much harder to get hold of. It's rarer for copies of the game to be given away free and as far as I know the Epic Games promotion is the first time it hasn't been a limited number given away as prizes in a contest. So it's probably not practical to rely on that if you want enough for a private guild bank, but if you've got one (or more) you can use it.

you sure Epic free ESO account also accessible after promotion, without requirements to buy a copy of the game?
@Danikat

jommerryrth · August 2023

The_one_i_seek wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

There's two types of free accounts, both work for setting up guild banks.

Ones created during a free weekend event - like the Quakecon one currently running - cannot log in after the event is over unless they buy a copy of the game. (I think that's what people are referring to when they say you "lose access" to it.) But the accounts still exist in the game and if they're in a guild they still count towards the requirements for getting a guild bank.

So if you create one of them you can't use the account itself because you won't be able to log into it outside of free weekends (which I think happen about once or twice a year), any items or gold on that account will be inaccessible until the next free weekend and you won't be able to get login rewards or anything like that, but if you create a guild and invite them to it during the free weekend they'll still count towards the membership requirement to unlock the guild bank after the event is over, so your main account(s) can use it as extra storage space.

Ones created during the Epic Games giveaway and other promotions where copies of the game are given away are exactly the same as paid accounts. (They are paid accounts, it's just the company doing the promotion paid for them, not the player.) You can continue to log into them after the give-away is over so you can send items to them to hold and retrieve them whenever you want by logging into that account and sending them back. They will also count towards guild membership for unlocking a guild bank, and will be able to use the bank like any other member can.

The 'catch' with the second type of free account is they're much harder to get hold of. It's rarer for copies of the game to be given away free and as far as I know the Epic Games promotion is the first time it hasn't been a limited number given away as prizes in a contest. So it's probably not practical to rely on that if you want enough for a private guild bank, but if you've got one (or more) you can use it.

you sure Epic free ESO account also accessible after promotion, without requirements to buy a copy of the game?
@Danikat

yes. it's base game free to own. i play on it.

jommerryrth · August 2023

OK so i understand that if i have eso installed on my steam and then wish to link epic to those files, i should download epic's launcher and then link the epic folder locale to the steam one? and when doing that i want to list epic's path first and then steams path last? however, when i do just that i got the following result:

C:\Windows\System32>
mklink /D "D:\Epic\TheElderScrollsOnline\TheElderScrollsOnline" "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online"
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

These are my correct paths as i have games on a separate partition. See the problem is that if you download epic launcher for steam the try to symlink that directory there's files in it that epic downloads and so it reports that it can not create a file when one exists. at least that's how i understand it. ALso i used administrator mode..

I don't think creating a symlink is working as good advice as present in this thread because when i tried reversing the order of the paths just in case they were the wrong way around, i also got the same error,: cant create file, file exists - same as the first one.

jommerryrth · August 2023

ok so according to a web page the syntax is like this:

Launch an elevated Command Prompt.
Run mklink /D <link target> <link source>.

and that was the format given. further web page says:

That’s it! The /D indicates that we’re working with a directory (without it, mklink.exe assumes you’re working with a file object and will generate an error).

but i used that and got an error that assumed i was working with a file anyway?

but in his example he shows quotes around only the source and not the target:

mklink /D C:\Scripts "C:\Users\aaguilme\OneDrive - Microsoft\Scripts"

so the errors might be caused by quotes around the target? but when i try to remove the quites around the target i got syntax errors. so now i'm befuddled.

https://www.undocumented-features.com/2022/03/03/creating-a-symlink-on-windows-11/

jommerryrth · August 2023

winner winner, chicken dinner

C:\Windows\System32>mklink /D "D:\Epic\TheElderScrollsOnline\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online" "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online" 
symbolic link created for D:\Epic\TheElderScrollsOnline\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online <<===>> D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online

D and : are producing a smiley face in the forum? now to see if epic accepts that and sees the files

BenTSG · August 2023

You can't make a link if there is already a file of the same name to begin with. So if you're trying to link Epic to Steams already installed ESO, you need to go into Epics ESO folder that has the launcher files and would normally be the game files, and if it is present, *delete* the TheElderScrollsOnline folder that is inside, and then do the system link command. You'll see a shortcut show up that is the link to Steams files, and then you're done!

jommerryrth · August 2023

crappy pappy it worked!

BenTSG · August 2023

Thy_Game_Is_Over wrote: »

crappy pappy it worked!

There you go! Saves the hassle of having two installs and having to keep updating two copies!

jommerryrth · August 2023

BenTSG wrote: »

Thy_Game_Is_Over wrote: »

crappy pappy it worked!

There you go! Saves the hassle of having two installs and having to keep updating two copies!

i'm gonna symlink my windows installs to linux next! then i will rule this pc!!!!! rule i say!!!

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

Hm... i just tried this on my windows drive. i instealled steam and logged into steam and then eso and was able to play.

then i installed epic store launcher and installed eso with auto update turned off since ill be updating it to steam but before launching eso i open the cmd app as adminstrator and used

mklink /D "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online"

and all seemed well right to the point where i log into the login server for eso and then i get an error that eso is unable to initialize a connection to epic. someone has a good idea? maybe i'll try to copy my folder from linux as this all works flawlessly on linux...

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

i'm going to go with this is an issue with windows firewall since i cant connect from within eso to epic and clearly the
symlink is working

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

hmm well after allowing a bunch of progam executables from epic access through the firewall i still get the same error. i laso copied files over from linux to windows and also no difference.

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

allowing autoupdate provided nothing also.

jtm1018 · November 2023

Its so easy in ps, just make other players in ps equals alt accnts, lol.
I even made their own guild to my alt accnts.

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

jtm1018 wrote: »

Its so easy in ps, just make other players in ps equals alt accnts, lol.
I even made their own guild to my alt accnts.

no. this is a thread about using your eso installed on steam and symlinking it to epic game store so you don't have to d/l the 100+gb file all over again. or also potentially using you eso installed on epic and symlinking it to steam so you don't have to redownload 100+gb file all over again. it saves ssd space to not have to d/l everything in two locations for two different stores when they are both using the same game base download.

and while i got that portion of it to workit seem the portion not working is once i'm in eso through the epic store it can't login to epic's login servers? which is a pain because i have this exact same setup working like a charm on linux but not here on windows 10.

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

also my windows drive is only 500gb so i need to save the space. ill try installing on epic and then symlinking to steam. it can d/l while i sleep i gueess

YetAnotherLinuxUser · November 2023

so doing it the other way also seems to have worked, just reverse the order

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online" "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\TheElderScrollsOnline\The Elder Scrolls Online"

and it now is still downloading but after steam verified what was there already it started d/l at about 80%. so that was a healthy boost to the d/l amount atleast. It's about 90% now so not much longer to go and i still have 300gb free on my 500gb nvme drive by sharing that massive d/l of at least 80gb worth. Saves time and space. yeah symlinks!