HGL
rising-crimson
Can’t get GTAV to work with Heroic Launcher
I tried this:
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Yes, the R* launcher is causing issues on Heroic as of lately, but it can be fixed using the following steps (copied from Lemmy):
After installing the game, run it once so it installs the Rockstar launcher, log in (you've already done this)
Close the Rockstar launcher
In the game install folder, create a file called fix.bat with this content (the file has to be in the same folder as PlayGTAV.exe):
start /B "null" "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\LauncherPatcher.exe"
ping -n 20 localhost > nul
./PlayGTAV.exe %*
4. Set this file as an alternative EXE in the game settings in Heroic
5. Run the game
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This used to work before, but it doesn't work now... Rockstar launcher can't seem to detect the installed game.
429 Replies
rival-black•10mo ago
This week Rockstar updated their launcher and it broke on heroic, we're waiting for a fix, let's hope soon 😦
rising-crimsonOP•10mo ago
oh, so everyone is experiencing the same issue...
rival-black•10mo ago
Unfortunately yes
passive-yellow•10mo ago
working for me this morning. I had to update hero, clear chace, re authenticate Epic through Hero, and Rockstart when lauching GTA
It worked only when I launched GTA in Game Mode, it would not launch in desktop mode
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Same here, I will try what Parastie mentioned and hope it will work
Nope, still not working, is there any other way to get working without the heroic launcher on Steamdeck ?
rival-black•10mo ago
on linux?
you need to install the epic game launcher directly or use lutris to do everything for you
but for me only ever heroic worked, lutris and the standalone launcher method always made the game crash after 5-6 minutes
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
So just wait for a fix from heroic ?
rival-black•10mo ago
but it might be different for you
yeah i guess 😦
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Shit….
Damn rockstar with their launcher
passive-yellow•10mo ago
Steam deck
rival-black•10mo ago
damn rockstar in general, we can't even play gta online anymore
which version of proton are you using?
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
I tried the same as you mentioned on my Steamdeck, didn’t work unfortunately..
rival-black•10mo ago
and are you still using the fix.bat?
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Not sure if it’s a proton issue…
rival-black•10mo ago
i know but at least it's something
the game works for him, so there's must be something going on
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
It’s not only Gta V it’s the whole launcher that doesn’t check the availability of the game from epic games store…
I saw also another post about RD2, and the same (BUY IT) shit…
rival-black•10mo ago
it's strange tho, because when the launcher starts, you can see another window opening for a split second which says: Installing
that's the window that opens when the game is loading behind the launcher
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Exactly!!!
rival-black•10mo ago
but the launcher won't even recognize it
maybe it's something wrong with the prefixes folders?
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
I tried with fix.bat
It basically opens commander and try to run the script, but then stuck again in R launcher
rival-black•10mo ago
yeah RDR2 doesn't work, i opened a thread too
i'm just gonna buy again the game on steam
rockstar broke the launcher 3 times only this yeat
year*
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
How can you buy it if it’s shows unsupported on steam for steam deck ? Or it’s only online thing ?
Was it the same with heroic ? Or in general ?
rival-black•10mo ago
it's unsupported because of gta online
single player works
i think only heroic
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
So if I buy it and put in my library, I can install and just have fun with story mode
rival-black•10mo ago
yes
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
And heroic got it fixed, correct ?
rival-black•10mo ago
yeah but it never took so much
(i don't want to disrespect the heroic devs)
i really like heroic, i basically use it everyday
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Of course, I mean as far as I see the comments and threads, it’s been like 2-3 days
rival-black•10mo ago
rockstar is the problem
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Same here
Yup
I got an update to heroic today within the store, updated it but nothing changed
So maybe they are working on a solution
rival-black•10mo ago
i don't know how parastie got it to work lol
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
@Parastie can you kindly let us if you did other changes except the update and clearing cache ?
rival-black•10mo ago
i just tried the same things, and nothing works
passive-yellow•10mo ago
Steps I took:
1. Updated Hero
2. cleared Cache
3. Attempted to launch GTA in Desktop mode and it failed
4. Swapped to Game Mode and launched again
5. Asked to reauthentice with Rockstar Launcher, this worked.
note, I had the .bat hack working prior to this
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
You updated the hero within the store, correct ?
And you still have the fix.bat as a secondary exe?
passive-yellow•10mo ago
I updated hero from the updater on Steam Deck desktop mode
I forgot what it's called
the package manager
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Yes, I call it the store, but yes the updater, I got the same update today
passive-yellow•10mo ago
right
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
And still working without any issue ?
When you open it, do you get the fix.bat running first and then try to log in and start the game ?
passive-yellow•10mo ago
yeah, launched the .bat file loaded
and the game launched immediatly after authenticating with Rockstar
let me try again and see if it's working
also, I'm laucnhing GTA from the Steam Console
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Can you please share maybe a photo of the .bat file ?
passive-yellow•10mo ago
it's added like any other app
not from Hero
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Yes, same here
passive-yellow•10mo ago
give me a few minutes, I just got home
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
No worries, take your time)
passive-yellow•10mo ago
well now it doesn't want to launch
😂
let me try something
I swear, I got it to work the first time
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
😅😅
Same BUY IT shit ?
passive-yellow•10mo ago
yup
probably would need to clear the cache and reautheticate everything, but I don't have time rigth now
RDR2 (bought through steam) still works fine
sorry to get everyone (including mine!) hopes up
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Yup, that’s the thing with steam all good, I also have RDR2 on steam and everything is fine, it something to do with Heroic.
GTA V is little expensive for me on steam right now, and since I had perfectly working before, I will just wait till they update something.
deep-jade•10mo ago
This is because rockstar launcher changed the way it talks to EGL to authenticate games. and heroic, (more specifically legendary) probably does not support this new method.. and it wouldnt surprise me if rockstar launcher is the only thing that does it this way
so methods to play the game like lutris or setting up a bottle with EGL should probably work as using EGL clearly works.
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
But do you think Heroic developers will figure something out or fix that ?
Since @positiveoctopus mentioned that the same happened couple of times this year and they managed to fix it
deep-jade•10mo ago
this particular thing hasnt been fixed in the several times they've done this this year
but other work arounds were employed
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
can anyone try this workaround?
- create a text file called
fix.bat
next to where the PlayGTAV.exe
is located (the game installation folder)
- put this content inside the file (copy paste it, don't type it)
- in the game settings > advanced tab > select the fix.bat
as an alternative executable
- launch the gameconscious-sapphire•10mo ago
you can also download the file from here and put it next to the PlayGTAV.exe file
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
this should: open the Rockstar launcher, wait 20 seconds, open the game
it worked for me on linux
we can then adapt it for RDR2
modern-teal•10mo ago
seems to work with GTA5
On Linux
xenial-black•10mo ago
It worked! thanks @arieljuod
my gtav saved game is missing tho
deep-jade•10mo ago
gta save games are cloud saved via rockstar's systems
rising-crimsonOP•10mo ago
Yup the game has launched! What can we do about the saves?
deep-jade•10mo ago
what thing about saves? mine works fine
the saves are cloud based in rockstar's servers
rival-black•10mo ago
What should I write in place of "GTA5_BE.exe" if I'm trying to play RDR2?
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
I don't own RDR2 so I'm not sure about that one, looks like it needs something different but I don't have the game on epic to try that out and debug it
if you have the game working with the epic games launcher it might be useful to see a list of the system processes when the game is running
rising-crimsonOP•10mo ago
I did a fresh install on my new laptop. You would have been playing it for some time now and might already have the save. I copied the saves from my previous lappy, and it's working fine now...
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
So I managed also to lunch GTA V, but how can I return the cloud saves ?
And every time I need to sign in and wait and then it shows need to sign in with rockstar launcher…
And why on earth I need to sign in with rockstar each time 🫠🫠
deep-jade•10mo ago
I've installed the game on multiple devices and the same state of the game loads on all of them on fresh installs, without doing anything.. so im not sure what you're talking about
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Unfortunately I don’t get my save at all, even if I’m logged in
I can see my progress in the website, but nothing in the game itself even if I’m signed in
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
The fix worked for me. Tried to join Online but got kicked after 1min cuz of battleye, is there any workaround to this or i just cant play online on linux?
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
online stopped working on linux like a month ago
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
But what about saves? Anyone managed to get them back ?
Or everyone having everything working except me ?
deep-jade•10mo ago
yes mine work fine like i said
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
I didn't have saves so I don't know, but Allora said all saves were there
saves are handled by the rockstar launcher, not by heroic, if it keeps asking you to login then it's probably related to that
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah you need to be signed in and obviously offline mode is not possible
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
no, it doesnt show my saves
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
So @PacMan111 also doesn’t have the saves, and I’m also logged in…
It’s shows my name and everything that I’m signed in
Maybe I need to reset rockstar launcher and try again ?
deep-jade•10mo ago
maybe you have some problem connecting to rockstar then? do you see any errors
for me the game loads up in the same place i saved it last with no changes.
as arieljuod said this is through rockstar's launcher that handles saves, heroic doesnt manage these
correct-apricot•10mo ago
Fix works on windows aswell
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
Nope, no errors, it shows signed in without any issues
The thing is not only having this issue
deep-jade•10mo ago
post logs. if there are errors it would be there
absent-sapphire•10mo ago
How to do that ?
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deep-jade•10mo ago
you can apparently get rockstar's launcher logs from here https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/360035971053/Rockstar-Games-Launcher-error-logs
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
Well, weirdly, the above fix launches the battleye installer for me and not the game. If I change the last line to run GTA5.exe then it launches the actual game but not the R* launcher and thus complains that it's not connected to rockstar services. If then I try to launch R* launcher, it apprantly can't seem to initialize, even after following the instructions at "https://docs.getwhisky.app/game-support/gta-5.html" .
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
try replacing the first line so it open the rockstar launcher explicitly
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
Thanks. I actually ended up going to those-websites-we-shall-not-name and grabbed a copy of GTA V divorced from R* to play on my mac. The offline mode clearly works... it's the launcher which can't keep it together and I have had enough of them for changing the terms after the sale.
rival-black•10mo ago
sorry for pinging you, how do i download the same game again but on another SD Card?
if i go on heroic it still shows installed but not available
i'm trying to install GTA V on another sd card
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
when you install the game it lets you pick where to install it
one thing that can happen though is that if you use the flatpak version of heroic and it doesn't have access to that directory, it may try to install it but then it won't be able to do that and thing it was installed or something like that
so if you use heroic flatpak, make sure it has access to the drive you want to use using Flatseal
rival-black•10mo ago
yeah it already has access, i just need to know how to download the game again
because it is still marked as installed
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
oh sorry I misunderstood, there's a
move game
feature in the game page > 3 dots menu
you can't download a game twice
another option is:
- rename the original install folder
- heroic will think it's not available anymore
- try to run the non-available game
- heroic will tell you it seem the game is removed and ask you if you want to mark it as not installed
- then you can install the game again
but you can't have the same game installed twice and heroic recognize both at the same time
if the game shows as installed but not available and you try to play it it should ask you to remove it from the installed
list
now I re-read and I think my last sentence is what you want? I misunderstood the message twice haharival-black•10mo ago
yeah that's what i meant
really thank you 🙂
exotic-emerald•10mo ago
(Windows 11) after login i can to play, thanks
rival-black•10mo ago
Iam new to linux. I created the fix.bat file but can't put the provided content above to create the exe folder. Can someone help please.
deep-jade•10mo ago
just open it with a text editor
and copy paste the contents of the post arieljuod posted
rival-black•10mo ago
It worked but it's taking forever to load. What to do now?

grumpy-cyan•10mo ago
yes same happened to me too now , its stuck in loading which never happens
grumpy-cyan•10mo ago

grumpy-cyan•10mo ago
NVM
i had to to log into the launcher which also launched mb
deep-jade•10mo ago
Yea you need to log into rockstar to actually play anything
passive-yellow•10mo ago
This worked for me! Thanks!
equal-aqua•10mo ago
my gta is not working
equal-aqua•10mo ago
this is the video i have done the hack of fin.bat
fix.bat*|
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Video recordings are basically useless
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
also, you shouldn't need the rockstar launcher opened ahead of time, clicking the play button in heroic should open it
equal-aqua•10mo ago
if i do that it will not work
help plz
Send in a game log
equal-aqua•10mo ago

equal-aqua•10mo ago
what is gmae log
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equal-aqua•10mo ago
offlineMode": trueDisable that
equal-aqua•10mo ago
how
Well, you figured out how to enable it yourself as well
equal-aqua•10mo ago
i did not enabal it it is a new dowanload
deep-jade•10mo ago
Bat file is an rtf also.
So that wont run
equal-aqua•10mo ago
how can i fix this
deep-jade•10mo ago
The default for heroic is offline mode is disabled, so you enabled it
equal-aqua•10mo ago
it is a new dowonload
deep-jade•10mo ago
The fix bat has to be a plain text file. Apple's file editor does not create plain text files by default
equal-aqua•10mo ago
how to do pls tell
deep-jade•10mo ago
Go to game's settings and disable offline mode.
equal-aqua•10mo ago
me
did that
now
https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1309869030785417246/1310362009883119698
Download
fix.bat
from here, delete the file you createdequal-aqua•10mo ago
ok did that
it is asking to instal batteye
still showing buy now
equal-aqua•10mo ago

equal-aqua•10mo ago
some one pls help
deep-jade•10mo ago
Post logs
equal-aqua•10mo ago
https://0x0.st/X7F9.log
it worked
it is has removed all the progess
help\
plz help man someone
deep-jade•10mo ago
could you help: https://0x0.st/XhrI.log
i added the .bat file but i don't know how to "in the game settings > advanced tab > select the fix.bat as an alternative executable" do this part
Follow the messages I've just pinned
deep-jade•10mo ago
the alternative executable doesn't show up anywhere in my settings
Heroic has settings "areas", one global, and one game-specific. You want to press the ⚙️ icon on the game card to open the game-specific settings, not the "Settings" sidebar entry (which opens the global settings)
deep-jade•10mo ago
The game is in my downloads tab but not in the library for some reason so I don't see the ⚙️ icon
Uh, how did you get to the game log then?
deep-jade•10mo ago
under the completed section of the downloads tab, I can get to the page that looks like this
but my library is empty, and the page i referenced above doesn't have a game specific settings option
Ah, I see. You can also press the Settings icon in the top-right there, that'll also open the game-specific settings
From there it's the "Advanced" tab -> "Select an alternative EXE to run"
deep-jade•10mo ago
thanks, just did that. but nothing changed
Could you send in a new game log?
deep-jade•10mo ago
Yup that's set correctly there
Have you tried using Whisky instead of CrossOver? CX doesn't really give any helpful logs, and as far as I know, Whisky should work as well
To use Whisky in Heroic, you just have to install it and restart Heroic (if you had it open). Heroic will then detect that you've installed Whisky. In the game settings again, the "Wine Version" dropdown will now have an option for using Whisky. Select that, then re-run the game
deep-jade•10mo ago
yes, i just tried but the game didn't work: https://0x0.st/Xhsr.log
Well something's certainly happening there
I don't know enough about macOS to help further sadly. Might want to ask on the Whisky server instead
deep-jade•10mo ago
no worries, thank you
equal-aqua•10mo ago
hmm - even trying to open the Rockstar Launcher explicitly doesn't work either - it still requests to install BattlEye (even though I have disabled it in Settings of SocialClubHelper.exe). I'm so fed up with this that I think I'm going to have to go to those-websites-we-shall-not-name and get rid of this R* Launcher garbage.
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
yup. and the game launches much faster now that the R* launch is no longer involved.
equal-aqua•10mo ago
it definitely does for sure! I'm noticing one tradeoff is I don't have access to my cloud save (wasn't really far and just redid all the missions - what an amazing game). Resolution setting was a bit wonky using Whisky (works in CrossOver but it doesn't look necessary to use it). glad I don't have to deal with Steam Input shenanigans to get my DualSense to work wirelessly like in Windows. So happy I can play GTA on my M1 now!
genetic-orange•10mo ago
the launcher still tells me to buy the game, and the game launches but tells me i'm not logged in
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
share your game log
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genetic-orange•10mo ago
heroic crashes, i'm trying it
heroic says it's loading and then it crashes
deep-jade•10mo ago
run it from command line post output
genetic-orange•10mo ago
trying to figure out where it is, i'm on steam deck
flatpacks are in var lib
/var/lib/flatpak/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/current/active/export/share/applications/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.desktop
does nothing
wise-white•10mo ago
flatpak run com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl
genetic-orange•10mo ago
thanks
wise-white•10mo ago
had a typo there, sorry
genetic-orange•10mo ago
ah there we go
yeah i'm not dumb with linux but i'm very much not familiar with how steam deck operates
shouldn't i have this append to a file though?
i forget how that works it's been so long since i've messed with linux
wise-white•10mo ago
you can
flatpak run com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl >> file.txt
genetic-orange•10mo ago
right that's it. used to rip stuff using that
BACK IN THE DAY
a long long time a go
okay so it says i'm not logged in, but i am, i'm going to close the game now
wise-white•10mo ago
post the text file here?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
genetic-orange•10mo ago
so okay, i found where the logs are, and the second one is the output from heroic
deep-jade•10mo ago
oh steam deck? try making sure heroic is up to date
genetic-orange•10mo ago
yeah no it's fine
i keep my system mostly up to date except for the stupid updates that it's constantly pushing which make no sense
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah but sometimes the updates get wonky hence the command up above ensuring heroic gets the right dependencies
genetic-orange•10mo ago
a refresh of this or that, whatever that means
i mean i can update my stuff but i don't think it will impact anything
deep-jade•10mo ago
no but it will ensure heroic's dependencies are all there.
genetic-orange•10mo ago
alright
deep-jade•10mo ago
sometimes an update to something else might break that
genetic-orange•10mo ago
restarting system
back in the day if you wanted games on linux you had to pay for it. 15 bucks a month for cedega and that was the cool thing, the times were really changing, but it was too expensive for me
good luck if you could get anything working with wine
yep
i'll run it through the console again
i downloaded a whole kb for heroic
genetic-orange•10mo ago
new log file
deep-jade•10mo ago
whats your fix.bat look like
genetic-orange•10mo ago
and that's the output from the console
genetic-orange•10mo ago
start /B "null" PlayGTAV.exe %*
ping -n 20 localhost > nul
GTA5_BE.exe %* -useEpic -fromRGL
deep-jade•10mo ago
you said heroic was crashing thats the only reason i wante dthe console output heh
genetic-orange•10mo ago
suddenly it stopped crashing when i ran it from commandline
very strange
so i kept running it from commandline because don't mess with what works
from what i can tell rockstar launcher can't see the game files, and the game can't tell rockstar launcher is running and logged in
that's what i'm seeing
but i don't know why
i miss the old days when you could just run a no cd patch
deep-jade•10mo ago
right thats what the fix.bat fixes specifically
genetic-orange•10mo ago
could there be an issue with my wine choice?
i'm using the latest wine ge
deep-jade•10mo ago
nah i use that
genetic-orange•10mo ago
any other options i might be missing other than default?
i even uninstalled the game like twice and reinstalled it
deep-jade•10mo ago
i havent tried on my sd in a while since gta is huge and i dont have space, but on my desktop it works fine
yeah uinstalling the game and reinstalling it does basically nothing but waste bandwidth
and write cycles
genetic-orange•10mo ago
yeah but i didn't know what to do
very frustrating
everything is a prefix this or that, and i even contemplated running it from the default wine prefix kind of shoving everything in one system
deep-jade•10mo ago
that wont work
genetic-orange•10mo ago
fortunately flash memory is getting cheap enough by the time i need a replacement it shouldn't be too bad
yeah that's why i didn't do it and i've been following the advice here
it's exhausting
i don't understand what other logs i can get
i don't know what to do
deep-jade•10mo ago
do you have rockstar launcher set to auto log in?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
yes
my understanding is that wine has it's c drive or whatever but is it not installed to the same fake windows install?
wine always confused me
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah the prefix is actually where all the settings are if you want to over simplify it
the game files are installed in another location
so reinstalling doesnt really do anything since those files will be identical to what you'd download ... and if there's a problem there, running verify install will resolve any corruption
you can try increasing the wait time on the fix.bat file from 20 seconds to something bigger 30 or 40
genetic-orange•10mo ago
what does -fromRGL do
deep-jade•10mo ago
those flags are there to tell rockstar launcher about the game you own through egs
genetic-orange•10mo ago
hmm yeah still doesn't work
rockstar launcher still has buy game
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
it always shows buy game
genetic-orange•10mo ago
game still says i'm not logged in
but i am
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
can you check the system processes while the game is running and check if you have the social club executables running?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i have the launcher running
what's the command for that again
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
ps
or ps ax
for more detailsgenetic-orange•10mo ago
thx
yep, you want output?
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah my launcher always says buy now but the game runs
tho maybe that is why some folks cant see their saves 🤔
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
the
buy game
doesn't go away either when using the official epic games launcher
(if I remember right)genetic-orange•10mo ago
still pops up saying not signed in please run blah blah to continue, and in the background it says it's loading story mode
deep-jade•10mo ago
it used to
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i can hit escape and it can show the load screens for story mode, but it lasts forever and still complains about not being logged in
deep-jade•10mo ago
random thought, but take out the fix bat and see if the launcher wants to update or something?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i've done that, nothing happens
but i can try again
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
I just saw I have a 2.3GB update, maybe something changed again ☠️ , I'll try once it's updated
genetic-orange•10mo ago
it connects to services just fine
deep-jade•10mo ago
it works here on my regular desktop install btw
but i had to force an update since heroic didnt see it 🙃
genetic-orange•10mo ago
as for gtav, i just recently installed it, so everything should be fresh
yeah idk
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Ariels bat.fix worked here
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah he's using it
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i'm still messing in desktop mode for now
also i'm on deck
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
I was wrong about this, when running from epic the rockstar launcher main screen doesn't even show up
genetic-orange•10mo ago
oh wow
heroic uses epic right
so epic is installed
conscious-sapphire•10mo ago
no, it uses legendary
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i see
so is there any hope?
should i go online and try to activate my game in rockstars website?
i'm going to try proton-ge with umu
yeah that didn't do anything
equal-aqua•10mo ago
help
my gta is not working
https://0x0.st/Xhx7.log if log file
is*
plz hrlp
@CommandMC
@termdisc
@Allora
@arieljuod
modern-teal•10mo ago
@mewo this is your only warning to not haphazardly ping people to demand assistance for your problem
I advise you to actually read your log before proceeding
equal-aqua•10mo ago
I don't know
Sorry man
modern-teal•10mo ago
What do you mean you don't know? What about the error message is confusing? If you cannot read and understand what it is telling you to do, then I don't know how I can help you.
equal-aqua•10mo ago
I am not getting a error message
But the game is not opening
modern-teal•10mo ago
please read your log
genetic-orange•10mo ago
update your game @mewo
also battleye is still false
maybe get an adult to help you or something
modern-teal•10mo ago
this part is moot because it's on a Mac, and support was disabled for Wine anyway
equal-aqua•10mo ago
I an new to mac as well to heroic
Soq I need help
so someone can help
genetic-orange•10mo ago
didn't realize it was mac. well i don't think anyone can help me since no one else is getting these issues? idk i've seen similar issues but i don't know how to fix and i think most of the helpers here are done helping me
@mewo maybe learn your os first and how to update programs and then come back with your problem
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Mewo's log says this in English:
ERROR: Game is out of date, please update or launch with update check skipping!Not sure what kind of help one would ask for if they dont look into theirs to troubleshoot a bit
genetic-orange•10mo ago
they strike me as a child
because that behavior is typically from kids
my issues, idk if they can be solved. maybe wait until winter steam sale. that's my solution rn
i just wanna go vroom vroom in car in gta
@termdisc I've never heard of bazzite, tell me about your faith
modern-teal•10mo ago
it's based on Fedora Atomic with your choice of DE. it's more flexible than SteamOS's immutability, but the Atomic-ness of it is still like that. there are more gaming related things preloaded, and you can use the Deck images if you want a Steam Deck-like system of booting right into game mode
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i remember early redhat and i am biased against it
never heard of fedora atomic tho
i been out of the game for a while
is kde more popular now? gnome kinda got wierd
@termdisc can i use lutris to the gta v install heroic installed or no? I ask because i see lutris is preinstalled on bazzite
modern-teal•10mo ago
Lutris will have you install and use the Epic launcher, and I wouldn't recommend the Epic launcher to anyone haha. You can just install the Heroic flatpak yourself.
Fedora Atomic is Silverblue or Kinoite. I like Fedora because it strikes a good balance between bleeding edge Arch and backdated Ubuntu
let's take this part of the conversation to #🌍-offtopic
genetic-orange•10mo ago
sure
deep-jade•10mo ago
even arch isnt bleeding edge x_x it still lags behind official releases by a month or two
build an LFS system and live on the edge >:|
modern-teal•10mo ago
slight bruising edge then? hah
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah hahaha
the "just flesh wound" edge
genetic-orange•10mo ago
the most recent logs i've posted are the most optimal results from testing
https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1309869030785417246/1316204400439722146
where it says new log file
modern-teal•10mo ago
have you already tried deleting the prefix and changing the runner to GE-Proton9-20?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
want me to try that?
gta is updating now? lemme test this again after update before i do that
so this is new, new message "Disconnected from the rockstar games launcher, rockstar games services remain accessible" also had a warning that it no longer supports windows 8 or whatever
https://0x0.st/XhhP.log
does this work? new log
@termdisc you want me to purge what's inside the prefix folder or is there a specific heroic function that refreshes it
modern-teal•10mo ago
just delete the prefix folder. there's no specific function for it
genetic-orange•10mo ago
okay
some interesting things are happening
the launcher is updating itself, you have to alt-tab to get to that because with the fix.bat the gtav binary takes focus, i'm gonna continue reporting what i notice
okay, signed in to the rockstar services, main game still says not logged in
does the hanging on story mode thing.
i'm going to try wine-ge after purging prefix since maybe that was the issue? just to eliminate it as a possibility
i didn't have to log in again? weird
deep-jade•10mo ago
both wine ge and proton work fine for this game
genetic-orange•10mo ago
not for me for whatever reason
deep-jade•10mo ago
its to say i dont think the wine type is the issue
genetic-orange•10mo ago
tried wine ge again, still with the saying to run the thing, gonna change 20 to 40 see whats up in the fix.bat
modern-teal•10mo ago
use winecfg to change your windows version to 10
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i'm not even getting that message anymore tbh
lol
game executable is not in the c drive
just launcher and social club
wait nvm, yes default is win 10
do i need some winetricks
deep-jade•10mo ago
generally no
genetic-orange•10mo ago
it keeps popping up to run the thing to continue, but it's running ofc
says i'm not logged in
when i hit escape. still hanging on loading story mode
and i have to force quit in heroic
same same same thing
i don't know what the issue is. i don't know that it can be solved
deep-jade•10mo ago
tried on my steam deck, its presenting the same problems
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
With appimage too?
Only thing that would make diff to outcome i think
deep-jade•10mo ago
didnt try with appimagee
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
So you know what to do 🐸
deep-jade•10mo ago
ill give it a shot when i can
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i appreciate you doing that. very cool of you
what is appimage
so there's an issue with the flatpak?
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Just a theory.
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
GitHub
Release Heroic 2.15.2 HOTFIX #2 · Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGames...
Hi
Just like that we are here to make a release on Friday. what could go wrong?
This release includes mostly bug fixes and smaller improvements.
Outstanding Fixes
Fixed Amazon Games library synchr...
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
One that says appimage
Download it, right click to it and mark it as executable if it is not already.
Run and try gta v with it+ that fix bat thingy
deep-jade•10mo ago
i dont think it works
genetic-orange•10mo ago
flatpak was built 10 days ago?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
Flathub - Apps for Linux
Install Heroic Games Launcher on Linux | Flathub
An Open Source Epic Games, GOG and Amazon Prime Games Launcher.
genetic-orange•10mo ago
maybe the hotfix is in flatpak
yeah appimage and flatpak are the same
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Didnt work for you?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
how will this work with flatpak heroic and everything already installed
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Appimage and flatpak are seperate
genetic-orange•10mo ago
yeahhh
that's a lotta stuff i don't wanna do
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Appimage is a "run as is" thing, doesnt install to your system
But still can use your already installed games.
genetic-orange•10mo ago
teach me sempai
it wants me to log in
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
I already told you above what to do
Yes
genetic-orange•10mo ago
okay okay
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
If it shows gta v as not installed, just do "import", that would use your already installed game files
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i see thank you
deep-jade•10mo ago
nope
maybe worse off since missing deps probably
genetic-orange•10mo ago
disconnected from rockstar games, is that what you got @Allora
no go here either
https://0x0.st/XhFm.log
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Try with Proton GE Latest instead of Wine GE
deep-jade•10mo ago
ive done both
doesnt work
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Rip
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah something about the deck i guess
genetic-orange•10mo ago
i'm gonna purge that from my system then
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Then Deck is botched i guess
genetic-orange•10mo ago
.config/heroic go bye bye
?
wanna clean up what it installed
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Flatpak config is in the .var iirc but better check that before nuking appimage config
genetic-orange•10mo ago
doesn't look like flatpak to me, i nosed around a bit
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Then go ahead
genetic-orange•10mo ago
wish there was a nicer way to clean house
and confirmed flatpak heroic good
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah appimage im pretty sure dumps it where it would normally be if it wasnt a flatpak
so you can just delete .config and the appimage file probably
genetic-orange•10mo ago
flatpak comes preshipped with deps right?
deep-jade•10mo ago
yeah
which on steam deck is required since the os is read only
genetic-orange•10mo ago
such a wild concept to me for something based on deb
yeah
which is insane
i kind of get it from a stability standpoint
deep-jade•10mo ago
tbh thats not super different from phones right, you get a writablre area, but otherwise the system is read only too
genetic-orange•10mo ago
since the deck is def a product
i'm using my deck as my main machine since somehow the movers killed my psu
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Only native thing on Deck is steam itself
deep-jade•10mo ago
at least on the deck you can disable that, but then next time you update it will stomp your changes
genetic-orange•10mo ago
so i'm out a desktop. though windows was getting slow anyway i was ready to build a new comp
at least the issue is reproduceable
nice to know i didn't accidentally step into some backrooms dimension where everything's the same but only gta v doesn't work for me in heroic
deep-jade•10mo ago
works on my desktop though, so either its a flatpak problem or there's something weird in the deck
i dont have flatpak on desktop so i cant really test that
genetic-orange•10mo ago
honestly i'm okay to drop 15 on steam ver during sale
i can't remember if i paid money for this or got it free
deep-jade•10mo ago
prob still cant play online but it probably works better yeah
genetic-orange•10mo ago
oh there's no online?
i really wanted to try online
deep-jade•10mo ago
doesnt work in linux because they added kernel level anti cheat
genetic-orange•10mo ago
oh that's nice
rdr2 online works, so that's weird
deep-jade•10mo ago
so you only get the option of single player
i'd be surprised
but maybe the change hasnt come to rdr2
but id assume going forward most of r*'s stuff will go this way
like gta6
genetic-orange•10mo ago
cool, wonderful way to alienate fans
the steamdeck is a whole thing
deep-jade•10mo ago
RDR2 doesnt work in linux at least non steam versions due to the launcher issues
genetic-orange•10mo ago
and rockstar is just like, yeah f these guys in particular
but i'm old so i'm used to linux getting no love, but i really thought times they were a changin
i was really hyped about it
deep-jade•10mo ago
games are almost always fine themselves, its usually the wrapper stuff that is bad
so launchers and anti cheat
thats ok, POE2 works great so
genetic-orange•10mo ago
BACK IN THE DAY WE COULD RUN AN EXE
WE DIDN'T HAVE NO FANCY LAUNCHERS
I'M NOT YELLING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A CAPS IS BECAUSE I'M OLD
deep-jade•10mo ago
how else do you think the game publishers are tracking your data tho 😛
genetic-orange•10mo ago
it's the russians
putin is in my computer
i see him in my case
exotic-emerald•10mo ago
Xd
genetic-orange•10mo ago
just crouching there, menacingly
i'm sorry did i say crouch? i mean squat
he's slav squatting in my case menacingly
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
Who put him in there?
genetic-orange•10mo ago
who put in putin? i think putin put in himself
i woke up and he was just there one day, talking about ukraine and the 'good old days' and if i told anyone he was there he would have me 'disappear' but like putin would say it
also there's cigs all over my house and empty vodka bottles and gopniks slav squatting all over my yard
i mean it's putin, but like a very small version of putin
but it's very clearly putin
somehow my alarm changed to the soviet anthem
he's like a very angry russian house elf
the gopniks dumped all my milk on the floor to store kvass
and mayoneze
DOKTOR SASAGE
genetic-orange•10mo ago
genetic-orange•10mo ago
my yard rn
genetic-orange•10mo ago
genetic-orange•10mo ago
now i want some kvass. crud
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
rare-sapphire•10mo ago
🎶
genetic-orange•10mo ago
putin lookin thiiiick
i keep watchin spaceboy gta rp and i wanna play so bad
i played so much gta:sa at one point i thought i was black
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
guys plz someone plz tell me step by step process for installing gta v , it would be a great help
im currently downloading it,will come back in an hour last night i tried to launch the game but i wasnt able to, forget the game,even the rockstar games launcher itself wasnt launching, so i deleted the game , now redownloading it hope to try it from scratch plz tell me allthe necessary steps to be taken care from scratch, i got a "Air M1".
plz help
game downloaded what to do now
https://0x0.st/XFq0.log
error cames as failed installing launcher prerequisites,try reinstalling the game
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
this seems to happen sometimes but you launch it again and the errors are gone
I understand GTAV on mac does NOT work with wine-crossover (the free version you can install with heroic), that you need the paid crossover 24
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
basically im selling my mac and buying a gaming laptop
Out of the frying pan into the fire
fascinating-indigo•9mo ago
any fix so far?
We have some temporary fixes, but nothing ready to test yet
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
to be clear, the current
fix.bat
workaround seems to work for GTAV
it's not a complete fix, but allows playing GTAVfascinating-indigo•9mo ago
ok i tried it seems to work
but how come you made a fix.bat file which then isnt a .txt?
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
bat files are just plain text with a different extension
fascinating-indigo•9mo ago
yh but what im trying to say is how you open one and edit it 😂
fascinating-indigo•9mo ago

fascinating-indigo•9mo ago
now it says it logged me out
i try logging back in it wont work
this is after the fix.bat fix
rare-sapphire•9mo ago
Right click- Open with ; Kate that is what i do on Linux, notepad on Windows probably
fascinating-indigo•9mo ago
u perhaps know how to fix the issue above? 😅
rare-sapphire•9mo ago

rare-sapphire•9mo ago
No because fix.bat works here
Check your connection
fascinating-indigo•9mo ago
maybe a restart should do
i lauch the game and the same pops up
that im disconnected from rockstar?
ok i fixed this u can pin this for anyone else who might have this issue
if you get a "not logged in" after launching gta with the fix.bat go into the file and delete the 20 after the -n and save the file that should fix it
Don't do that, that breaks the ping command
deep-jade•9mo ago
Probably does signify that maybe there's a "too long" of a wait tho? Ping command fails but game runs?
genetic-orange•9mo ago
how do you have gta v working on steam deck
i'm still getting not logged in
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
the latest fix.bat workaround worked for me on my steam deck, I tried it yesterday
genetic-orange•9mo ago
was it updated recently?
Allora was able to duplicate my issues
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
have you tried changing the
20
value in the fix.bat file? a user reported that changing that fixed the not logged in error for themgenetic-orange•9mo ago
yep, i've tried everything
many times
many tests, many logs
i don't know why it's working for some people but not others
it's pretty wierd
rare-sapphire•9mo ago
It is not Deck, desktop linux
genetic-orange•9mo ago
logic dictates if you follow 1, 2, 3 you'll get the same result
ah
i thought you were running deck because of the steam thing at the top there
i thought that was a steam thing
rare-sapphire•9mo ago

rare-sapphire•9mo ago
Nope, just mangohud in horizontal mode
genetic-orange•9mo ago
it's been so long since i've messed with linux, everything is new to me
i've been running windows for a while now
deep-jade•9mo ago
you can try reducing the timeout from 20 to like 5 or 10
genetic-orange•9mo ago
and yours worked fine? right?
no extra tweaks
deep-jade•9mo ago
no i havent had it work
no on steam deck
genetic-orange•9mo ago
oh right
okay
deep-jade•9mo ago
works fine in desktop linux
genetic-orange•9mo ago
i need more coffee
hm
i wonder why
this doesn't use battleye right?
The game does use BattlEye, but only for online play
deep-jade•9mo ago
yeah note that you cant play gtav online
genetic-orange•9mo ago
and the binary being loaded is single player specific?
yeah i read about that
that's pretty bs
No, but the anticheat only initializes if you select online in the main menu
genetic-orange•9mo ago
i have not yet seen this mythical main menu
genetic-orange•9mo ago
me neither
genetic-orange•9mo ago
does gta v have skills like in san andreas
i just rode a bike everywhere
so broken
deep-jade•9mo ago
@zyphrexi

xenial-black•9mo ago
anyone here that cant run gtav on steamdeck? mine's not starting even the launcher
deep-jade•9mo ago
The above is using a new fix that heroic devs are trying, without it it doesnt work on deck for me, but im not sure this fix is quite ready yet
genetic-orange•9mo ago
Do you have an estimated release time?
deep-jade•9mo ago
no
genetic-orange•9mo ago
wait is the steam deck the only one experiencing the issue that gets resolved with the new script or is it linux in general?
bc im on a desktop linux and my problem is its just redirecting me to the rockstar launcher where it says "buy now"
deep-jade•9mo ago
linux desktop works fine with just the current fix.bat
but sometimes on steam deck it doesnt work
in truth, this should work for everything probably
but we'll see what the devs do i was just testing it heh
genetic-orange•9mo ago
so any idea on why it just redirects me to the rockstar launcher and it says "buy now" when using the fix.bat
i also tried changing the timeout to 10 or 5 and it didnt work
deep-jade•9mo ago
try doubling the time out
genetic-orange•9mo ago
ok i will
that fixed it ty
and online is working for some reason lol
no tweaks needed
deep-jade•9mo ago
it'll probably boot you
genetic-orange•9mo ago
oh ok
genetic-orange•9mo ago
is this a fix.bat thing or is this a heroic patch which i can't access because it's in-house?
deep-jade•9mo ago
you can totally access it, its in the dev channel, but its some code you have to compile yourself atm.. and its not a patch for heroic, just a special exe that makes the rockstar launcher happy.. anyway i dont know anything about if that will get added to heroic's automated fixes or not
genetic-orange•9mo ago
do you think it needs more time in the oven?
deep-jade•9mo ago
i suspect its fine, but everyone here's a volunteer so things happen when folks have time
genetic-orange•9mo ago
i'll read the channel, thanks
absent-sapphire•9mo ago
has anyone gotten this to work on macos?
(assuming you're all on linux)
the rockstar launcher doesn't even open up for me. tried using
whisky 2.3.4
and wine crossover 23.7
. might've saw something in this thread saying crossover 24 is requiredconstant-blue•9mo ago
Can somebody help me fix this?

conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
you can try this workaround https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1309869030785417246/1310361918292234260 to get the story mode working, but it doesn't work for everyone
we might have a proper fix soon
also, for the broken anticheat there's no fix, gta online doesn't work on linux and there's no way around it
constant-blue•9mo ago
Will give this a shot thank you
I got the game from epic would this still work for it?
absent-sapphire•9mo ago
this isnt working on macos for me, when starting it says 'Playing' and then stops after ~ 5 secs
with both whisky 2.3.4 and crossover 23.7
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
I don't know about mac, it is known that crossover 23 doesn't work, the last time someone reported it working on mac was with crossover 24 (the paid one), but I don't have one to test things myself
that is for the epic version of the game
constant-blue•9mo ago
Thanx bro
national-gold•9mo ago
My save file is missing for me, is there a fix for that?
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
try what's explained in this thread https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1319513312374821017/1319523576528896021, it should fix issues with missing saves
national-gold•9mo ago
It worked perfectly
Thank you
ratty-blush•9mo ago
how to hide the tabs of them?
i only want gta 5 tab
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
what do yo mean? which tabs?
ratty-blush•9mo ago
the terminal and the rockstar games
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
not sure what you mean, you mean to remove things from what the rockstar launcher displays?
share a screenshot
deep-jade•9mo ago
it almost sounds like they dont want extra things in their task bar or something on their OS, and i dont expect there's a way to do that? since r* launcher and the command line window both appear?
rare-sapphire•9mo ago
Hey, i can confirm that this works as well!
equal-aqua•9mo ago
I want to play gta oniline but it is telling me th install battleye launcher
Can any one help
plz
deep-jade•9mo ago
you cant play gta online on anything but windows
national-gold•9mo ago
@Allora where is that?

See pinned messages of this thread
equal-aqua•9mo ago
but before i played it on mac
btw will rp work
deep-jade•9mo ago
rockstar broke online for all platforms except windows purposefully by adding an unsupported anti cheat
equal-aqua•9mo ago
will rp work
deep-jade•9mo ago
single player works
story mode
online does not
equal-aqua•9mo ago
i am asking that role play will work or not
You'd have to ask that in the community of your preferred custom server
deep-jade•9mo ago
my assumption is if the server has anti cheat it wont work
equal-aqua•9mo ago
Thx
dependent-tan•9mo ago
Hi, I installed Gta 5 today and for some reason on launch it gives the error "Unable to launch the game, please try reinstalling the game". I have tried the fix.bat fix but still it is not launching. Also I have verified the game files. Can anyone please help? https://0x0.st/8sS7.log
To help you, we need a game log. Please see the following images on how to get it.



conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
the log doesn't show you are using the fix.bat (you still need that even if the error is caused by something else)
so do the fix.bat setup and share a new log
dependent-tan•9mo ago
Ok I'll do that but I remember that fix.bat was supposed to work after a user has logged in to Rockstar club account. In my case I'm unable to even log in.
deep-jade•9mo ago
thats not how the new fix.bat works
dependent-tan•9mo ago
Ok
deep-jade•9mo ago
but it must be used in conjunction with the exe
dependent-tan•9mo ago
So now after using fix.bat I am still getting the error "Unable to launch the game" but the game still launches. Although I am not able to login to Rockstar account and the game just loops on the loading screen. https://0x0.st/8s_G.log
deep-jade•9mo ago
you didnt follow the instructions
https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1309869030785417246/1319531456070025278
just a few posts above yours
dependent-tan•9mo ago
Ok
now i am getting this new error "Unable to install the prerequisites". https://0x0.st/8sLo.log
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
That happens sometimes for me but then it still works
maybe make sure you have the wine-dependencies just in case
Install Wine Dependencies by following this guide
If this does not immediately resolve your issue, you might also have to delete your Wineprefix (by default it's in
~/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/<game name>
)
Alternatively, you can use the Flatpak version of Heroic: https://flathub.org/apps/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgldependent-tan•9mo ago
Alright
optimistic-gold•9mo ago
Also not able to get GTA V to start, heroic downloaded the game, it launches to the rockstar launcher, and the rockstar launcher cant find anything
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
follow these instructions https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1319513312374821017/1319521394509480099
optimistic-gold•9mo ago
Would it work on linux?
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
yes
(I mean, only story mode, no online)
adverse-sapphire•9mo ago
where can I get the fix.bat file we are supposed to edit?
in this fix
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
just create a text file called
fix.bat
and put that content inside the fileadverse-sapphire•9mo ago
did it, getting this error
adverse-sapphire•9mo ago

conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
have you tried loging out and back in like the message suggests?
adverse-sapphire•9mo ago
yeah didnt work
conscious-sapphire•9mo ago
it still says no saved credentials? do other Epic games work?
check in settings > logs > epic/legendary, maybe there's an error there
correct-apricot•9mo ago
Have you resolved the "not logged in" issue? I'm experiencing the exact same problem as you.
modern-teal•9mo ago
please look at the newly pinned message
Going to close & lock this to keep discussion in one thread