Run a script when entering/exiting a game

I think I might be overcomplicating things but for the life of me I can't seem to figure this out.

Bazzite installed in a SteamDeck OLED. I want to run a script when I execute a specific game and the same one with different parameters when I exit it. The purpose is some home automation stuff.

I thought "Okay, this shouldn't be hard". Checked

$PATH

$PATH

$PATH

$PATH and there's

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin and also noticed that

/home/deck

/home/deck

/home/deck

/home/deck is a symlink to

/home/<my-user>

/home/<my-user>

/home/<my-user>

/home/<my-user>. So I wrote a script that uses

curl

curl

curl

curl to send a payload and placed it there. Marked it as executable (and eventually just went full on

777

777) and tested it in the terminal. All good. Works.

Then I went to game mode -> Game -> Launch options ->

script.sh true; %command%; script.sh false

script.sh true; %command%; script.sh false

script.sh true; %command%; script.sh false

script.sh true; %command%; script.sh false. But it doesn't do anything. The game launches yeah but the script doesn't seem to ever get executed, or at least I don't see the incoming webhook call on the other side.

Tried:

```
script.sh <value>
```
script.sh <value>
```
script.sh <value>
```
script.sh <value>

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/<my-user>/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/deck/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/deck/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/deck/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

/home/deck/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

~/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

~/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

~/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

~/.local/bin/script.sh <value>

All of the above but with
```
sh -c "examples above here"
```
sh -c "examples above here"
```
sh -c "examples above here"
```
sh -c "examples above here"
.

Any hints on how I can troubleshoot this?.

Raevenant•2/2/25, 6:31 PM

I've been trying to use a script that passes execution after, but I can't get it to work either. Here's my current attempt

#!/usr/bin/env bash
reset_fan() {
  send-notify "fan control lazy"
  fw-fanctrl set lazy
}
trap reset_fan EXIT
send-notify "fan control medium"
fw-fanctrl set medium
$@

#!/usr/bin/env bash
reset_fan() {
  send-notify "fan control lazy"
  fw-fanctrl set lazy
}
trap reset_fan EXIT
send-notify "fan control medium"
fw-fanctrl set medium
$@

Raevenant•2/2/25, 6:31 PM

Theoretically it would be script %command%script %command% but it doesn't work

Raevenant•2/2/25, 6:32 PM

In my case, the script runs, but then the game crashes

Raevenant•2/2/25, 6:33 PM

I've been using send-notifysend-notify to see if the script runs

LauraOP•2/2/25, 6:40 PM

MMm okay, different issue haha. In your case, if the script runs properly, I would remove the $@$@ at the end of your script and set the launch option to /path/to/the/script; %command%/path/to/the/script; %command%. Should achieve running it then running the game afterward.

Hadn't thought about send-notifysend-notify to troubleshoot it. That's a good one.

LauraOP•2/2/25, 6:48 PM

Where are you placing the script @Raevenant ?

LLaura Where are you placing the script @Raevenant ?

Raevenant•2/2/25, 9:15 PM

Just anywhere in the $PATH really

Raevenant•2/2/25, 9:15 PM

Could always do the full path ig

Raevenant•2/2/25, 9:18 PM

So I mean, the $@ works just fine with vkube, so idk why it doesn't work for a steam game

Raevenant•2/4/25, 10:49 PM

@Laura I figured it out! So the method I'm using doesn't work on non-GE-proton games. Linux native games work just fine, and GE-proton run games work just fine. For whatever reason, base proton doesn't let scripts run

Run a script when entering/exiting a game

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