A tool to automatically claim the Epic Games free game for the week.
Download Node.JS before anything else.
To set up this project, you first need to download the files for it.
To do so, you have 2 options.
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Click the big green "Code" button and select "Download ZIP" in the dropdown.
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Click the "Releases" text and download the latest ZIP from there. (e.g.
Windows-Release.zip)
Once you have the ZIP file, right click and extract all of the files into a directory of your choice. I recommend a memorable location, such as C:\EpicClaimer. We will use this later.
When the files finish extracting, double click on the created folder to enter it. You should see various files, including epic-games.js and run.bat.
Click on the bar at the top of the window (not on the arrow)
It should select some text. Delete it. Once the bar is empty, type cmd, and press enter.
It should open a window similar to that shown here. Type npm install in it, and press enter.
After pressing enter, it might take a while to install the needed packages for this program. This step might look different for you, so just make sure everything loaded correctly.
If you get a response like this, great. You don't have to do what it says, with npm fund and whatever, it's just not needed for this.
At this point, the program is fully installed! Just a few more steps to set it up. The first one of these is to set up your login. Don't worry, I'm not going to steal your account.
Press the windows key on your keyboard or click it on the taskbar. Select the search bar. Type env, and press enter.
Select Environment Variables....
In the System Variables section at the bottom, select New, and type EG_EMAIL in the Variable Name box, and type your Epic Games account email in the Variable Value box.
Repeat this with EG_PASSWORD, and your Epic Games account password. Repeat this again with SHOW, and a value of 1.
(If you have an Epic Games Store parental pin, you can set this with EG_PARENTALPIN)
Select OK to close the window, then OK again to close the next window. Restart your computer to apply these changes.
Once your computer is finished restarting, reopen your folder, for example, C:\EpicClaimer from earlier.
Double-click the run.bat file. If it doesn’t run, try re-running after completing the previous steps.
Sometimes when signing in, it needs a little encouragement. Click on the password box and enter any letter. If it gets stuck, close and reopen run.bat.
To make this script run on startup, right click the run.bat, select Show More Options, then Create Shortcut. Right click the run.bat - Shortcut file, and select Copy (Ctrl-C)
On your keyboard, press Windows Key + R to open a new Run window. Type shell:startup in the box.
Right click on an empty area in that folder. Select Paste (Ctrl-V). Restart your computer, and it should run.