I have not played in a long time so I update game update server launch server TRY to launch game and Game is already running. So I either play single player or run server and let my friends play but I am just out of luck game worked so much better pre 1.0.
Since an update to the steam client last year (which we have no control over) you need to do this when running the dedi & client on the same machine https://empyriononline.com/threads/...th-normal-game-with-steam.102420/#post-466546
