Heroic Games Launcher•17mo ago

Trying to get Peacock to work with HITMAN 3 through Heroic. Requires running another exe.

Hello! I see this question has been posed before but wasn't able to find any up to date guides or information. I want to play Peacock, a server replacement mod for Hitman 3 on the Steam Deck. This requires adding launch options and replacing the API url. The guide expects it to work with Steam, but not the epic version. Any linux gods know what to do next?

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subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

https://github.com/thepeacockproject/linux-steam-setup

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extended-yellow•17mo ago

what do you mean by "replacing the API url?" I see this on the github page

Adjust your launch options in Steam Ensure this is copied exactly, you can use the clipboard icon next to this snippet to copy it (assuming you're browsing this on github.com) bash -c 'exec "${@/Launcher.exe/WineLaunch.bat}"' -- %command% Then right-click on the game in Steam -> Properties and paste it in the "Launch Options" box. Steam Deck users should use the cog icon on the game detail view then continue as needed; but due to the awkward keyboard you might find it easier to do in desktop mode.

this isn't an API or a URL, but if you mean this part, it can be done

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

Sorry, I am definitely not fluent in linux. The lead dev of the project came here and asked a similar question last april and I was just reguritating what I had read

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/818939754245652490/966366041989062716****

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subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

term, I love the profile picture by the way if you are able to help figure this out I will propose You said in the SD discord to use a batfile. How do I reference that in the launch options through heroic? wasn't able to find a glossary for launch options when I tried putting steam arguments down it got mad at me

extended-yellow•17mo ago

that is conflating two different things. the API change is a patch made as part of the mod itself to target WineLaunch.bat you just need to set the alternative exe in Heroic's settings for the game

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

oh are you telling me its that easy

extended-yellow•17mo ago

bash -c 'exec "${@/Launcher.exe/WineLaunch.bat}"' -- %command% this line tells Steam to replace Launcher.exe with WineLaunch.bat in the executable command you still need to install the service as directed above that section that said, WineLaunch.bat is essentially what I meant because it's a bat file that launches two .exes https://github.com/thepeacockproject/linux-steam-setup/blob/master/WineLaunch.bat

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

okay uh it was just crashing on start not launching the launcher going to reinstall the game and the prefixes

extended-yellow•17mo ago

post a game log #:pushpin: Read Me First | Frequently Asked Questions do also note that if you're using Proton or GE-Proton to run a game (i.e., not Wine-GE), I will ask you to switch to Wine-GE and run it again

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

I am unable to find the log files since i uninstalled i think i can try Wine-GE right after it installs shouldnt take long thank you for taking the time to look into this

extended-yellow•17mo ago

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

jesus christ term idk how you did it just rolled a d20 because what the hell that was all i had to do?

extended-yellow•17mo ago

apparently haha

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

it launched them both thats nuts okay here we go yeah as I said in the dm, the game launches both the patcher as well as the launcher, but after clicking play the game is a black screen. i can still cycle to the patcher and it "worked" and changed the host to local.

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

this seems to be a crucial part but i cant do it in heroic for some reason

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

this is what the run.txt looks like

extended-yellow•17mo ago

:this: what is the purpose of this?

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

to retreive the run.txt file

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

Eider-lastPlay.log

extended-yellow•17mo ago

"name": "Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-27-LoL",

use Wine-GE-latest, not LoL because you are not playing LoL

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

oh how did i not catch that

extended-yellow•17mo ago

delete the prefix and do it again

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

ok i havent finished my coffee thank you

extended-yellow•17mo ago

retrieving the file I understand, but what is the purpose of getting it to begin with?

wise-white•17mo ago

cuz the thingy says it needs it but I think changing out of Proton LoL fixed it

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

this is my boyfriend just trying to connect to it now alfonso believes we may actually need the run file

extended-yellow•17mo ago

I don't know what the purpose of the run.txt file is

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

@Alfonso neither do i

wise-white•17mo ago

it's not a txt it's just called run and idk either I didn't code the thing #!/bin/bash #Run game or given command in environment cd "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/HITMAN 3" DEF_CMD=("/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/HITMAN 3/WineLaunch.bat") I think that might be the important part DEF_CMD= normally leads to Launcher.exe but we change it to WineLaunch.bat for some reason all I know is that it works

extended-yellow•17mo ago

just looking at the one provided above, I don't think it's needed here, and/or the effort to convert this away from Steam-specific code is not worth it that is addressable by simply designating the alternate exe in heroic

wise-white•17mo ago

okay okay cool how

extended-yellow•17mo ago

:this:

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

i did do that. its just not connecting to the server im hosting on the deck now maybe im just misunderstanding though

wise-white•17mo ago

yeah all it does is just start up launcher and peacock at the same time don't need it just do that manually

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

would i know if the server wasnt launching

extended-yellow•17mo ago

did you setup the service already?

wise-white•17mo ago

try a different port maybe

extended-yellow•17mo ago

0.0.0.0 looks wrong there

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

its active and running it says

wise-white•17mo ago

yeah I don't even have hitman I just opened it to see what it looks like if the server doesn't launch

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

no mine i mean

wise-white•17mo ago

and what do you see ingame

extended-yellow•17mo ago

provide a screenshot of the Peacock terminal window so I can follow along

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

wise-white•17mo ago

the terminal window dude

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

i took that before he asked thank you very mucyh

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

extended-yellow•17mo ago

that doesn't look like it's running the actual server. none of the outputs line up with other screenshots

wise-white•17mo ago

Hehe

extended-yellow•17mo ago

https://github.com/thepeacockproject/linux-steam-setup#verify-a-clean-startup try restarting the peacock service systemctl --user restart peacock

wise-white•17mo ago

hold on Huge developments happening in the Peacock server

extended-yellow•17mo ago

does it take a while to spin up?

wise-white•17mo ago

he might have gotten all of the answers he ever needs from a message written two years ago give me a minute I need to go break something

wise-white•17mo ago

nevermind doesn't work thank god

extended-yellow•17mo ago

127.0.0.1 localhost in the hosts file seems redundant the first step saying

Have Peacock setup with Node on your Linux machine

makes it sound like there's an entire step missing somewhere as in the linux-steam-setup is an addendum to a bigger guide did you already install the server with node.js according to this? https://github.com/thepeacockproject/Peacock

wise-white•17mo ago

start.sh does it there used to be a install-node.sh thing but seems like it just got integrated here's my guide from a few years ago hold on dm don't wanna flood here but also don't want you to have to join a random server

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

hosts in etc is already entered

extended-yellow•17mo ago

message.txt

extended-yellow•17mo ago

I only have Hitman 1 available for Hitman 3 (as I had the trial on EGS for 3). is that enough to test this?

wise-white•17mo ago

yes as long as it's hitman 3 in some capacity even if you just have hitman 1 missions

extended-yellow•17mo ago

while that's downloading, @Oberon can you stop the peacock.service and re-run start.sh in its own terminal?

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

wise-white•17mo ago

peacock is up to date that means it's successful so why isn't it working maybe it would work if we had the run file

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

you and this damn run rile

wise-white•17mo ago

run rile raggy scooby dooby doo

extended-yellow•17mo ago

that run script is for Steam's execution of it. it does not work the same way via Heroic

wise-white•17mo ago

ok it worked

extended-yellow•17mo ago

even at that, the whole point appears to just be targeting WineLaunch.bat

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

all it took was a restart

wise-white•17mo ago

HE HAD TO F'ING RESTART THE DECK AND IT WORKED

extended-yellow•17mo ago

hahahha

wise-white•17mo ago

HE DIDN'T TRY THAT BEFORE

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

no i did last night when we were initally trying this morning after the fresh install of h3 and peacock maybe i did something different who knows term without you this wouldnt be possible thank you very much

extended-yellow•17mo ago

the wine runner is crucial too.

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

yeh that was

extended-yellow•17mo ago

the LoL build just breaks everything but LoL

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

a bruh moment for sure i didnt even see i was using that. i did nt even successfully get lol running on this thing i gave up better this way but again thank you profusely sorry for the creepy dm

extended-yellow•17mo ago

your time with LoL is coming to an end anyway

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

i started playing it again.. relapsing

extended-yellow•17mo ago

but if you want, it is still likely working. I last installed it with Lutris just to claim some Prime stuff

subsequent-cyanOP•17mo ago

thats how i tried to get it to work for some reason i wasnt able to get it to install i think

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