Frostpunk from EGS won't start on steam deck
I use Heroic on my steam deck mainly to play games from my Epic Games Library and its never had any problems. Tried installing Frostpunk but clicking the Play button didn't do anything. There was no launcher or any kind of window that popped up. Basically I saw the Play button turn yellow for a moment and then it's back to blue like the game never launched in the first place. Tried using Proton Experimental, didn't work. Tried verifying files, didn't help either.
Please help?
System Info:
CPU: 8x AMD Custom APU 0405
Memory: 15.54 GB (used: 2.99 GB)
GPUs:
GPU 0:
Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] VanGogh [AMD Custom GPU 0405]
IDs: D=163f V=1002 SD=0123 SV=1002
Driver: amdgpu
OS: Freedesktop SDK 23.08 (Flatpak runtime) (linux)
The current system is a Steam Deck
We are running inside a Flatpak container
Software Versions:
Heroic: 2.9.2 Boa Hancock
Legendary: 0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6)
gogdl: 0.7.3
Nile: 1.0.0 Jonathan Joestar
Game Settings: {
"autoInstallDxvk": true,
"autoInstallVkd3d": true,
"preferSystemLibs": false,
"enableEsync": true,
"enableFsync": true,
"nvidiaPrime": false,
"enviromentOptions": [],
"wrapperOptions": [],
"savesPath": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Frostpunk/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/11bitstudios/Frostpunk",
"showFps": true,
"useGameMode": false,
"useSteamRuntime": false,
"language": "",
"wineVersion": {
"bin": "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton",
"name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",
"type": "proton"
},
"winePrefix": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Frostpunk",
"wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}
Game launched at: Mon Oct 23 2023 20:14:53 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
8 Replies
stormy-goldOP•2y ago
I'm going to try reinstalling just to see if it will help
I also tried updating the flatpak thru Konsole just to see if it helps
also sidenote I usually play Dyling Light from my EGS library on heroic just fine, now it also won't launch. now I'm scared
continuing-cyan•2y ago
"name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",Use Wine-GE-latest instead. delete the prefix and run the game also delete the save sync folder when you're doing that so the save goes into an appropriate location
useful-bronze•2y ago
I tested Frostpunk from EGS yesterday on the steam deck and it should work out of the box with Wine-GE-Proton8-20
in gamemode you'll need to set some custom controller layout cause the game is not controller-friendly
stormy-goldOP•2y ago
I’m running it with keyboard and mouse on desktop mode
Got it. Will try using Wine GE latest
So I tried running it with Wine-GE Latest and it worked yesterday, but didn't want to launch early today. Forgot that I was on airplane mode
so I went back online, tried running it again, and it works!!
thank you! also now I'm questioning does that mean I can't play it offline?
actually can you please teach me how to do that? where do i find this folder i need to delete?
continuing-cyan•2y ago
in Heroic's game settings, last section
stormy-goldOP•2y ago
Okay I’ve deleted the folder. So when I start the game next time it’s gonna create that folder again right?
Thank you for all your help!! 🙏🙏
useful-bronze•2y ago
there are games that don't allow you to play offline, if you tried and it didn't work it means you can't
stormy-goldOP•2y ago
Okay that makes so much sense now. Thank you!!