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unwilling-turquoise
how to add Amazon and gog games to steam?
Hello, I know that I can add non steam games to steam. But, when I do that from desktop mode on steam deck, I dont see the games I want to add. What do I do to add non-steam games to steam on steam deck?
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adverse-sapphire•2y ago
and restart Steam
adverse-sapphire•2y ago
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
I Will try this tonight. Also, is death stranding worth it to buy right now to play on the deck?
And, can I do this in gaming mode or must this process be done in desktop mode?
other-emerald•2y ago
you need to restart steam after adding games to it, it's easier to do that in desktop mode
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
What do I do about games that have particular launch settings
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
In desktop mode for heroic, these menus pop up but what do about them in gaming mode?
Also, how do I answer the DOS box option on a steam deck?
other-emerald•2y ago
you need to bring up the steam virtual keyboard, Steam+X I think
I'm not sure there's a way to workaround that, maybe you can change the executable of they have multiple executables to use in heroic's settings
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
Is this something that I can do in gaming mode?
other-emerald•2y ago
it's a configuration in heroic in the game's settings, so you should be able to change that in game mode (if the game has different executables)
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
So go into heroic launcher in gaming mode and change the configurions in the settings (not by the launch options)?
other-emerald•2y ago
I'm not sure, I don't own that game, if there are multiple executables that you can use that are not listed in the "launch options" selector then you can try to set that configuration, I'm not saying this will work, I'm just suggesting something to try so you should try and see what happens
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
Can I do it here?
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
I’m confused. The photos that I posted above appear when I go through heroic not steam. I can still launch the games I have in desktop mode or through gaming mode through heroic because I’m able to select the launch option ( as seen in the Alan wake American nightmare picture). My question is that if I use heroic as intended which is to add these games on steam and launch them through steam to get better controller support, I don’t get these pop ups shown in the photo above to launch the games because I’m launching them through steam. Thus, the games won’t launch because the need to chose launch options are it there when I hit “play” on these games on steam. Where in steam or heroic can I bypass this launch questions? I know many games have these launch options but it’s hard to deal with them if steam doesn’t prompt you and just launches anyway.
other-emerald•2y ago
what I mean is, in the game's setting in Heroic there's this option
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
I’m in gaming mode and it’s not letting me click on the folder
ratty-blush•2y ago
Always do configurations in desktop mode
Probably there are also game arguments to specify what do launch
Probably pcgamingwiki shows all launch arguments you can use
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
Okay. But what about the select exe box, what do I do there?
ratty-blush•2y ago
Select the exe you want launch
Probably for every choice you have there is a executable in the game folder you can launch directly
Gamefiles are stored default under /home/deck/Games/Heroic/<game-name>
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
I got this when I clicked on the folder icon in the “select exe” box
ratty-blush•2y ago
There is another folder aswell
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
It’s not letting me click on American nightmare but just the xml files
ratty-blush•2y ago
Are you in desktop mode?
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
Yes
My gog games are on my SD card
ratty-blush•2y ago
Navigate to the folder i told you abo e
Ok this is another problem
So go your sd card and find the place where the game is installed
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
I am here
ratty-blush•2y ago
So there is the language setup exe that is probably called
Is there another exe inside the folder?
unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago
This one?
ratty-blush•2y ago
This alan exe looks good. Selevt this as alternative executable and try in desktop mode if the game starts
I need to sleep but probably this executable should start the gsme directly without asking what language you wanna use. If the game does not provide your language you can check the Language Setup.ini. Probably you can set your language as a default there.
If everything is fine in desktop mode it should work in game mode aswell
And btw if it worked dont forget to mark this post as solved via tags