Heroic Games Launcher•2y ago

Trying to get Aliens versus Predator 2 running through Heroic on Steam Deck

Hi All, firstly I love the Heroic launcher, its my go to place for my non Steam games. I am currently tearing my hair out try to figure out how to get Aliens versus Predator 2 running through Heroic. Its an old game I know and is a DirectX 8 game. The installation that I am using is working fine on Windows 11 without DirectX 8 installed. Basically I have the game setup and I get the launch UI, but when I click Play it just seems to crash. I attached a screenshot of the launch screen. I have tried various Proton versions including Proton-GE, Wine-GE and I am currently with Proton 8 from Valve. I guess the issue here is something with the DirectX but I am not sure, and this is still pretty new for me. I found a couple of things online where people got it working through Lutris and it was mentioned by one guy "Runner options’ tab and enable ‘dgvoodoo2" or another guy mentioned "Also, in Lutris options, tick the option to use old d3d rendering for old games". I am guessing this is something I can set in Heroic or Winetricks but I am not sure where, or maybe a variable I need to set. I have also attached a couple of logs from Heroic including the Proton log if that helps. Please let me know if you need more info. Thanks for your help in advance!!

steam-heroic-0.log

heroic-2023-09-08T23...

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yelping-magenta•2y ago

Hi, post new log here ⏳

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

steam-heroic-1.log

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I will add some screenshots, in case a buggered anything in those steps

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

yelping-magenta•2y ago

When you made it work with Lutris was it also on Proton? Or Wine

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I didn't try with Lutris yet, I just found that some other guys had mentioned it I didn't want to install Lutris on my SD

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Ah, so i got that part wrong

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Let me find where it was mentioned

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

https://youtu.be/VPFTSpWaSys?si=XVNz0y3yH82UQ-HP

Skeletor

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Aliens Vs Predator 2 running on the steam deck!

DISCLAIMER: I own this game on the disc still. Obviously can't install it on the steam deck that way. That being said, I FINALLY got this to run on the deck. Steps: Download Lutris. Download AVP2 all in one edition. Download Aliens vs Predator 2 install script from lutris website. Install it From Lutris through the "use an install script" optio...

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

https://forums.lutris.net/t/installing-aliens-versus-predator-2/17372

Lutris Forums

Installing Aliens versus Predator 2

it took me a while, but to get this working on Linux, you have to go download the AVP2 all in one edition the exe version, install lutris and then use the ‘Best seller version’ not the ‘Gold Edition + fixes version’ it will ask you to select a disk, just select the ‘Aliens vs. Predator 2.exe’ in the full game folder in the AVP2 all in one editio...

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I am using an edition I installed on a Windows machine and got no CD crack and import the registry values so it detects its there Its basically portable installation

yelping-magenta•2y ago

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Aliens_versus_Predator

Aliens versus Predator

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Game is this right? This says it is DX6

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

This one

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Aliens_versus_Predator_2

Aliens versus Predator 2

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

The second one

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Ok, this says dx7 So does dgvoodo has d3d7 dll? If yes, do that override and put next to exe thingy

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

One sec, I have the box here

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Since Lutris has just a toggle that enables all difference might be there

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

So the box says dx8 and when I installed it initially it was asking to install dx8

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Just try 7 too https://lutris.net/games/install/31528/view Also damn This script installs a ton of stuff

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah, I see. Also updates which I have already. I am on the latest patch

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Including even setting up a dgvoodo config But anyways, just try 7 first 8 can stay There is no harm

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

OK Yeah I see a lot of installing maps, updates etc in that script and I have all that. I spent some time setting it up on s Windows 11 VM and tried on a couple of other Windows machines. I am setting up a LAN party next month and I wanted to have it on my Steam Deck 😄 I will try 7 then

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

yelping-magenta•2y ago

ddraw.dll: n,b Script has this at the end of it

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Ah OK winetricks? To add it?

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Just reading it through to see what makes it work No, i guess that is from dgvoodo Can you see one

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

OK Checking Yes Its there I will add it then

yelping-magenta•2y ago

https://tenor.com/view/djkhaled-dancing-footwork-its-another-one-gif-12164541

Tenor

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I got this message now

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Just say yes

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

When I went to click add OK Damn, still the same

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Reeeeee

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Maybe I need to use a wine-proton instead of just proton?

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Might be but just try this They have this as dgvoodo conf

DirectX:
        Antialiasing: 8x
        AppControlledScreenMode: false
        DisableAltEnterToToggleScreenMode: false
        Filtering: 16
        Resolution: max_isf
        VRAM: 256
        VideoCard: internal3D
        dgVoodooWatermark: false
      General:
        ScalingMode: stretched_ar

DirectX:
        Antialiasing: 8x
        AppControlledScreenMode: false
        DisableAltEnterToToggleScreenMode: false
        Filtering: 16
        Resolution: max_isf
        VRAM: 256
        VideoCard: internal3D
        dgVoodooWatermark: false
      General:
        ScalingMode: stretched_ar

Maybe, just maybe that is what you're missing

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah, just spotted that too

yelping-magenta•2y ago

If you feel this is counter productive, you might just install Lutris, install game with that script, delete Lutris and use the prefix it created on Heroic as a last resort🐸

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Shall I create that file and chuck it in the directory with the dgVoodooCpl.exe? I'm sorry I am wasting all your time with this

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Iirc running dgvoodocpl exe creates that file with your likings So you can use run exe on prefix option with Heroic

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

yelping-magenta•2y ago

No problem, i mean if i didn't want to i wouldn't try to help but sometimes when things are too complicated trying to do everything manually may fail As we would miss something for sure

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I have the conf file created, but I am not sure if I just paste that stuff in

yelping-magenta•2y ago

I guess paste would work After all it is a conf file Is default conf file look to different? I would assume it would have all but not uncommented

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah, its a bit different But I am setting the values I see there Damn, no luck Its a pain, seems more complicated than I first thought

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Yep

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Maybe tomorrow I will try with a wine prefix

yelping-magenta•2y ago

I was also thinking "just a simple dll override lol" Ye, that would be good With a clean prefix and Wine GE build

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah Need to go to bed now, its getting a bit late here

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Same, 2 am here

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Ah OK, yeah 1 PM here. I am in the Czech Republic

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Turkey 🐸

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Thanks mate, I really appreciate your help

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Yw, at least you've learned dll overrides and winetricks stuff

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

I would love to get this working, its also a learning journey for me too

yelping-magenta•2y ago

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yup, nice to be able to play old games on a platform which is not Windows, since I guess MS will eventually kill that ability anyway Good night, I will keep you updated how it goes

yelping-magenta•2y ago

You too

yelping-magenta•2y ago

https://tenor.com/view/senator-palpatine-anakin-skywalker-phantom-menace-gif-10607636

Tenor

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

🤘 Hey @"Leopard" man, so it works with the alternate launcher Works great

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Nice Get Lutris effect= read the script carefully

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah, I will remember that and bookmark the scripts. Can be useful for other games I'm gonna go to bed now, tired after last night plus looking after our kids all day 🤣 But I will go to bed with a good feeling we got it working 😄

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Lol, ye; i know that one. Sometimes evolves into "meh, so game worked, nice" not having a desire to play the game afterwards

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Yeah, I actually never played it but I want to play the single player missions plus we will play it on a LAN party next month I played multiplayer before on a Windows machine, but never the single player If you have any thoughts why I might be getting a bit of screen tearing when there is light strobing/flashing during the game play But I will check on that tomorrow Good night mate and thanks again!

yelping-magenta•2y ago

👍 I would try removing dxvk frame rate cap confs and see how it behaves with gamescope first

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

Morning mate, so when running in game mode the tearing doesn't occur, so that's cool I wonder what magic is happening with gamescope I think it must be something with the allow tearing, when I enabled it then I see the issue there Is gamescope working directly with the dxvk?

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Afaik gamescope doesn't mess with dxvk conf itself, every dx9-10-11 game still works with dxvk tho on Proton ( including dgvoodo2 too in this case )

xenial-blackOP•2y ago

OK, yeah I love the Steam game mode with gamescope. Its just a shame that some games have issues in game mode with the way it launches stuff But many thanks for your help again, I really appreciate your time. I hope you don't mind if I add you as a friend on Discord if that's possible I will try to always figure the stuff out myself, but I am pretty new to this. I have been a Windows guy most of my life, always tinkered with Linux but once the Steam Deck came out I thought it was a chance to jump ship 😉 I also installed Manjaro on my ThinkPad T480s and it runs great there. Wanted to put a few less demanding older games there too so this is good experience for that

yelping-magenta•2y ago

Sure, go ahead

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