HGL
genetic-orange

Hell is Others not launching

Having an issue with this game not launching on my Steam Deck. In desktop mode it minimises Heroic for a bit but then it relaunches Heroic with no change. In Gaming mode it sits trying to load the game forever. I also have really long load times for FFVII Remake but it does load eventually. I've attached the log.
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optimistic-gold
optimistic-gold3y ago
For me it worked just fine with: Wine-GE-Proton7-34 (you can install this with the Wine Manager option in heroic and then set it in the game's settings), and enabling DXVK and VKD3D (those options will show up once you select Wine-GE-Proton) I haven't tested it on the deck though
CommandMC
CommandMC3y ago
This is 100% a Proton issue, Proton simply won't run anything other than .exe files (and this game's executable is a .bat file) (Why does it do this? No idea)
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP3y ago
I think that did the trick, thank you so much! Hmmm, now I'm getting stuck on connection in progress.
CommandMC
CommandMC3y ago
Try opening up a terminal & running systemctl restart --user xdg-desktop-portal, then restarting the game (also, in case you're doing this in Gaming Mode: Don't)
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP3y ago
I think they are having issues at the moment looking at this tweet. https://twitter.com/HellisOthers_/status/1618976113480318976 I tried reinstalling it but it still didn't help.
Hell is Others (@HellisOthers_)
Hello citizens! We are aware of a problem causing players to be stuck in the "connection in progress" after log-in. You can try to fix it by verifying the game files on the Epic Games library!
Twitter
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP3y ago
I'll give it some time for them to resolve some issues. Works now 👍
protestant-coral
protestant-coral3y ago
what did you do?
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP3y ago
Nothing, I think they were having server issues because it was the same day it went free on Epic.

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