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Steam Support
is there steam support on the launcher, if not are there any plans to add support for it?
29 Replies
wee-brown•9mo ago
You cant run steam games from heroic, and the priority to support it is low for several reasons, one of which being steam has a native linux client
genetic-orangeOP•9mo ago
yeah that makes sense, I was looking for a client that encompasses game launcher, kind of like Playnite for windows
wee-brown•9mo ago
Another reason: Heroic uses open source backends to connect to stores and no such tool exists for steam, and its much more difficult to build one than the other store fronts
If you are just looking for an app to launch everything from one place lutris would be it, but it does this by calling steam itself so you'd still have to install it and it would still be running along side lutris, you're just adding an extra layer of indirection
genetic-orangeOP•9mo ago
yes i am familiar with Lutris, I just liked heroic better but I do get your point on just adding a layer of indirection, I am a developer, if I were to work on integrating steam inside heroic, do you think it will be received? or will I just waste my time?
national-gold•9mo ago
You’d essentially still need Steam installed. There’s no developer demand for it
fair-rose•9mo ago
about steam
any reason for the steamwebclient not responding thing
through heroic
tried to boot throug heroic and thats all i got
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
do you have esync/msync on
thats usually what causes it
wee-brown•9mo ago
steam is more complicated than the other stores, as it provides drm and anti cheat and all that.. there have been projects in the past to support steam via third party app, but most have shut down iirc for one reason or another (mostly because its difficult and steam exists in linux haha)
fair-rose•9mo ago
im on mac
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
do you have esync or msync on in the prefix though
wee-brown•9mo ago
mac doesnt have e or f sync, just msync.
iirc?
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
esync is a checkable option ive never
tried it though LOL
ive only used msync
wee-brown•9mo ago
if its anything like linux the better one is preferred if available and checked
fair-rose•9mo ago
yea i be having msync on
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
yea turn it off
it causes steam to piss itself
fair-rose•9mo ago
ok
turned esync and m
sorry for late response
do i have to reinstall steam
AND turn these off?
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
no just turn it off you can still keep your original steam install
as long as its not on when you launch steam it shouldnt cause an issue
fair-rose•9mo ago
i turned those two off and still it says its not responding
also "not on launch" does that mean
while its running i turn it off?
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
like
dont have it on
when you open steam
fair-rose•9mo ago
ok
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
no clue then
steam through wine has been weird recently
fair-rose•9mo ago
im using wine devel
2.0b3
should i use GPTK
?
but also thanks cause this MIGHT fix my ubisoft problem too
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
dont think it would
depends on the game
fair-rose•9mo ago
oh ok
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
i usually try gptk first, then crossover, then if all else fails whisky/wine
fair-rose•9mo ago
after the loading screen.. actually just go here #Ubisoft on mac youll see
i also think this has something to do with wine breaking
on ubisoft
and only proton verisions can do it
which is impossible to do on mac
unless vmware pararalls etc etc
fair-rose•9mo ago
check this here and the big bolded message at top https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/How-to-install-Ubisoft-Connect-on-Linux-and-Mac
GitHub
How to install Ubisoft Connect on Linux and Mac
A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS. - Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher
fair-rose•9mo ago
does that like ruin it?
now looking at it, yea it does 😭
aw man wish they could fix it
rival-black•9mo ago
keep in mind that page was updated a very long time ago, after that things started working again on mac (I tested rayman legends last month with wine crossover and it worked fine with the ubisoft stuff)
but it can happen that ubisoft connect gets an update and it breaks again, I'll try the game later on my intel mac