added to steam but removed non-steam game.... can't add back, pls help

Steam deck

OK so I added a game from the heroic launcher and it showed up in steam game mode..... OK so far.

I had some problems with launch option so I removed the shortcut , however I removed it using "removed non-steam game" and NOT from heroic launcher.

Now I can't add back using heroic .....

Does anyone know how to get round this ?????

Thanks

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 12:34 PM

What is the error message? Btw you only can add games in desktop mode. In gamemode steam will rewrite the shortcuts.vdf with the cached one, so the game is removed again.

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 3:50 PM

There's no error message , heroic says it's added the shortcut and to restart steam, I do and there's no shortcut , I go back to desktop amd fire up heroic again and it has the option to remove shortcut ( which is also tried ) but no matter what I do I cannot add the shortcut back to my steam library from heroic

nursing-lime•12/30/22, 4:04 PM

you aren't supposed to install games, add/remove shortcuts or do any major library adjustments from game mode

nursing-lime•12/30/22, 4:05 PM

restart Steam and Heroic in desktop mode so that each sees the most updated version of shortcuts.vdf

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:14 PM

Yea I tried that too, but in heroic it says adding to steam and then it thinks it's been added so heroic says remove from steam and it will let me but it never shows up in steam no matter what I do now

nursing-lime•12/30/22, 4:18 PM

try doing it while Steam is closed out entirely

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:20 PM

If you mean in desktop before starting steam I have tries that too , it's worth noting I can add other games to steam from heroic without issue it's just this one game

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:24 PM

For some reason the act of me removing it from steam in game mode makes it unable to reinstate from heroic in desktop mode

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 4:28 PM

Just go desktop mode. Close steam there. Remove/add it again. Restart steam

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:37 PM

Will give that a shot now

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:43 PM

Nope, didn't work

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:46 PM

Although heroic thinks it has successfully installed into steam, it is still missing from my library

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brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 4:49 PM

I need the shortcuts.vdf. probably your shortcuts.vdf is broken

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:51 PM

Is there an easy way to regenerate it ?

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 4:52 PM

Trying to find it

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 4:56 PM

Delete the shortcuts.vdf

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 4:56 PM

But this remove all added non steam games

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 4:57 PM

From steam

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:06 PM

OK, deleted shortcuts.vdf, restarted, dropped into desktop, added the games back........ all came back EXCEPT the game I'm having a problem with, the shortcut is not there .......

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:08 PM

But I'm still missing the problem game although heroic has said it's added to steam just like the others

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primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:09 PM

And yet heroic still gives the option to remove it but the icon/shortcut is still missing

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primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:13 PM

Omg...... I'm not sure how but when I go to steam on desktop it seems the icon was in the hidden list

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:20 PM

OK, so it's back although I can run the game if I start heroic but the link directly to the game no longer works

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:27 PM

what you mean the link ?

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:27 PM

We set the hidden flag to false, so somehow steam added this

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:29 PM

Btw read the pinnend message about general logs and game logs

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:29 PM

This helps you and us to debug better

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:32 PM

All the other games run OK it's just this problem game, if I am in game mode and I start the linkbto heroic and run grim dawn from inside heroic..... it starts fine, but the new link it has generated / returned from hidden it just gives the blue circle and can't quit out

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:32 PM

Give some general logs

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:33 PM

Where the game does not starts

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:34 PM

Tried to bluetooth the shortcuts.vdf earlier to my phone but it won't connect, not so easy getting logs off the steam deck, where are the required logs located ?

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:35 PM

More importantly , what is different about running the game from inside heroic to the link generated by heroic ?

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:36 PM

Read Me First | Frequently Asked Questions

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:41 PM

Yea not sure where it is as you run the link in game mode and you just get the valve logo and it locks up dunno what is running , but if I run from game mode and goto heroic and select the game from inside there it runs properly

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:45 PM

If I press steam button and click exit game it just says "exiting game....." but never actually let's go

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:45 PM

Give general log

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:45 PM

as described in pinned message

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:45 PM

we always store the last log and the current one

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:46 PM

Of game or steam ? How to get it off steam deck without Bluetooth??

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:46 PM

....... I'm a windows guy by the way

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:46 PM

Are logs preserved if I hard reset and drop back to desktop ?

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

Read the message in the link

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

I have it's aimed an Linux users

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

paste.bin is suggested for providing log

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

no nothing todo with linux

brilliant-lime•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

same process on windows

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

Are is that a Web use

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 5:47 PM

Never used it before

primary-violetOP•12/30/22, 6:05 PM

Https://paste.debian.net/1265728/

nursing-lime•12/30/22, 6:07 PM

"launcherArgs": "PROTON_NO_D3D11=1 %command%e",

added to steam but removed non-steam game.... can't add back, pls help

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