Hello!

I’ve been a somewhat new member of the community here. My crummy windows PC can’t really handle any games outside of maybe some GBA emulators.

However! I recently was gifted a Steam Deck.

As a test, ages ago, I tried to set up Yuzu and Tears of the Kingdom on my W11 machine.

It crashed on launch, but BG3 didn’t! It ran on 2 frames per second.

I have a few other similar games that I would love to play on my Deck. But I’m not sure how to get the files transferred!

I tried using KDE Connect to move the Repacked files over, but couldn’t get that working.

I then tried dropping the repacks into a USB and transferring that, but it didn’t seem to work either — the file wasn’t recognized.

Should I just set up my Steam Deck from scratch and ignore my seedbox of a laptop?

  • SolSerkonos@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Get the files transferred from what? Your Win11 laptop? Because it’s reasonably likely that the files won’t work properly if transferred- Windows executables don’t just work on Linux.

    Also what games specifically are you trying to play? For BG3 you’ll probably need to find the Linux version or get Proton set up. For TotK you can probably use most of the same files, but you’ll need a new emulator install. There’s roughly a thousand Switch emulators so pick your poison and following the install instructions.

    • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Specifically I’ve got Dispatch, Elden Ring, and Cyberpunk I’m trying to get set up.

      I have the Ryujinx set up as part of Emudeck, so not too worried about that.

      Basically once I unpack the games I’m not sure what exactly needs to get transferred over to the Deck in general. Like the whole folder under C:/Games/Dispatch or whatnot.

      When you say I need the Proton set up — you mean I need to fully download a different repack of the game that runs on Linux? I know Proton GE and Experimental are launch types I can use on the deck for stability and such when launching via Steam. But I can’t even get the .exe or whatnot to get recognized by the Deck when I pulled it from a Flash Drive.

      • SolSerkonos@piefed.socialEnglish
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        18 hours ago

        Proton is just a compatibility layer to make Linux run Windows games.

        Normally if you install a game via Steam Proton just kind of works.

        https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher should let you use Proton without using Steam.

        And yeah, you want the entire folder titled ‘Dispatch.’

        Linux won’t really recognize .exes. Those are a Windows thing, so you have to run them via some sort of compatibility software like Proton or WINE.