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adverse-sapphire

no valid installation of paradox launcher

Heya, trying to install and play Stellaris from GOG using the heroic launcher. It installs and seems to launch fine, but then I get an error that there is no valid installation of the paradox launcher. I tried downloadijg the PDX launcher from their website but it doesn't give me anything installable, just a debian-binary text file and control tar.gz and data.tar.gz Any ideas? Game Settings: { "autoInstallDxvk": true, "autoInstallVkd3d": true, "preferSystemLibs": false, "nvidiaPrime": false, "enviromentOptions": [], "wrapperOptions": [], "showFps": false, "useGameMode": false, "language": "", "wineVersion": { "bin": "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 7.0/proton", "name": "Proton - Proton 7.0", "type": "proton" }, "winePrefix": "/home/deck/.wine" } Game launched at: Sat Jul 01 2023 18:24:20 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) System Info: Heroic Version: 2.8.0 Nico Robin Legendary Version:  0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6) GOGdl Version: 0.7.2 Electron Version: 23.1.4 Chrome Version: 110.0.5481.192 NodeJS Version: 18.12.1 OS: Freedesktop SDK KERNEL: 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune ARCH: x64 CPU: AMD Custom APU 0405 @2.79 GOVERNOR: schedutil RAM: Total: 14.47 GiB Available: 9.57 GiB GRAPHICS: GPU0: VanGogh [AMD Custom GPU 0405] VRAM: 512MB PROTOCOL: x11 Launch Command: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Stellaris 1508702879 --platform linux Game Log: Running Stellaris Launch command: ['/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Stellaris/start.sh'] All processes exited
7 Replies
sensitive-blue
sensitive-blue2y ago
I’d suggest using the Windows build of the game. GOG linux games have a bad history of being frozen in time or calling for dependencies you cannot install
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphireOP2y ago
How would I install the windows build? Does heroic give that option?
sensitive-blue
sensitive-blue2y ago
Yes, heroic does provide the option when you first attempt to install a game. Select the windows icon
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphireOP2y ago
But then would I be able to play the game on the deck? because isn't it an arch build of linux?
sensitive-blue
sensitive-blue2y ago
That’s what Wine-GE is for The bulk of gaming on Linux is actually using wine and Proton to run Windows builds on Linux
other-emerald
other-emerald2y ago
try giving heroic access to ~/.paradoxlauncher in Flatseal @Doom native build should work then
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphireOP2y ago
Got the launcher to install by using the windows installation Logged in, but when I hit play, I get a black screen and then ctd Hang on, might be working now. I changed the proton version So, it looks like, so far, the solution is to install the windows version to make it past the PDX launcher and then run proton 8

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