Steam launch options equivalent for Heroic

hello. I m trying to launch a game with heroic, it's a non steam game. it works ok while launching it from steam with this launcher options:

eval $(%command% LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}' ) -NOSPLASH)

eval $(%command% LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}' ) -NOSPLASH)

So, i'm trying to launch it now using heroic but i can't seem to make it work. i have created a .sh file where I'm doing the following:

#!/bin/bash
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Finding LauncherTetherPort..."
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Detected port: $LauncherTetherPort"

# Save to file for debugging if you want
echo $LauncherTetherPort > /tmp/LauncherTetherPort

# Export it so Heroic can pass it along
echo "LAUNCHER_TETHER_PORT=$LauncherTetherPort" > /tmp/heroic_env_vars

#!/bin/bash
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Finding LauncherTetherPort..."
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Detected port: $LauncherTetherPort"

# Save to file for debugging if you want
echo $LauncherTetherPort > /tmp/LauncherTetherPort

# Export it so Heroic can pass it along
echo "LAUNCHER_TETHER_PORT=$LauncherTetherPort" > /tmp/heroic_env_vars

#!/bin/bash
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Finding LauncherTetherPort..."
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Detected port: $LauncherTetherPort"

# Save to file for debugging if you want
echo $LauncherTetherPort > /tmp/LauncherTetherPort

# Export it so Heroic can pass it along
echo "LAUNCHER_TETHER_PORT=$LauncherTetherPort" > /tmp/heroic_env_vars

#!/bin/bash
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Finding LauncherTetherPort..."
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserv | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')
echo "[Heroic Pre-Launch] Detected port: $LauncherTetherPort"

# Save to file for debugging if you want
echo $LauncherTetherPort > /tmp/LauncherTetherPort

# Export it so Heroic can pass it along
echo "LAUNCHER_TETHER_PORT=$LauncherTetherPort" > /tmp/heroic_env_vars

Then add this script to heroic under GAME > ADVANCED > SCRIPTS > Script to run before game is launched but I think the connection is not established. I've looked in the logs and I think that script is not being executed

Solution

Your Steam log seems to end right as it got interesting (add

WINEDEBUG=+timestamp

WINEDEBUG=+timestamp

to make it less verbose), but it seems

-USEEOS=0

-USEEOS=0

is also added as a parameter there

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CommandMC•7/4/25, 7:41 AM

You don't want to use a pre-launch script for this. Specify your script as a wrapper, it'll then get the launch command (

%command%

%command%

in Steam) passed to it as arguments (I believe it's

"$@"

"$@"

in Bash)

CommandMC•7/4/25, 7:42 AM

Not sure where you got that

/tmp/heroic_env_vars

/tmp/heroic_env_vars

from. AI hallucination?

Bbrilliant-lime Not sure where you got that `/tmp/heroic_env_vars` from. AI hallucination?

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 7:43 AM

yep

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 7:45 AM

but I would've at lest expected to see a log even if it's something that is not correct

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 7:48 AM

this is another thing proposed by AI for the wrapper but without arguments just the path to the script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# 1) find the wineserver UDP port (retry a bit – wineserver may still be spawning)
for _ in {1..20}; do
  port=$(ss -ulpnH 2>/dev/null |
         awk '/wineserver/ {split($5,a,":"); print a[2]; exit}')
  [ -n "$port" ] && break
  sleep 0.1
done
export LauncherTetherPort="$port"
echo "[wrapper] LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

# 2) hand control back to Heroic – "$@" is the full Wine line it passed in
exec "$@"

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# 1) find the wineserver UDP port (retry a bit – wineserver may still be spawning)
for _ in {1..20}; do
  port=$(ss -ulpnH 2>/dev/null |
         awk '/wineserver/ {split($5,a,":"); print a[2]; exit}')
  [ -n "$port" ] && break
  sleep 0.1
done
export LauncherTetherPort="$port"
echo "[wrapper] LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

# 2) hand control back to Heroic – "$@" is the full Wine line it passed in
exec "$@"

I will be honest, I do not really understand much from this script,

CommandMC•7/4/25, 7:50 AM

What exactly are you trying to do to begin with? I assume you already have a server running for the game before launching it?

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:06 AM

So, the game has a launcher that i run with Faugus launcher. I can't start directly the game from that launcher cause it throws an EAC error. some community players of the game have found this workaround with steam. I add the game as a non steam game, pass that LauncherTetherPort that if i understood correctly establish the connection between the game launcher and the client.

So what I would like to do, is to run this LauncherTetherPort thing with Heroic instead of Steam if possible.

moderate-tomato•7/4/25, 9:39 AM

That is some of the worst bash code I have ever seen. ._.

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 10:13 AM

could be worse i guess. I've made the change to a wrapper with this, but the game doesn't like it

#!/bin/bash

echo "[Wrapper] Running with args: $@"

# Safer way: use ss instead of netstat
LauncherTetherPort=$(ss -ulpn | grep wineserver | grep -oP ':\K[0-9]+' | head -n1)

echo "[Wrapper] Found LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

if [ -z "$LauncherTetherPort" ]; then
  echo "[Wrapper] ERROR: Could not detect LauncherTetherPort!"
  exit 1
fi

echo "[Wrapper] Appending: LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH"

exec "$@" $LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH

#!/bin/bash

echo "[Wrapper] Running with args: $@"

# Safer way: use ss instead of netstat
LauncherTetherPort=$(ss -ulpn | grep wineserver | grep -oP ':\K[0-9]+' | head -n1)

echo "[Wrapper] Found LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

if [ -z "$LauncherTetherPort" ]; then
  echo "[Wrapper] ERROR: Could not detect LauncherTetherPort!"
  exit 1
fi

echo "[Wrapper] Appending: LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH"

exec "$@" $LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 10:15 AM

I will try to play a bit more with the script since AI seems to have a lot of ideas that don't really work for my case. completely removed netstat.

CommandMC•7/4/25, 2:21 PM

Your original command from Steam passes

LauncherTetherPort=1234

LauncherTetherPort=1234

(

being a standin for the port), this script just passes

Bbrilliant-lime Your original command from Steam passes `LauncherTetherPort=1234` (`1234` being ...

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 3:16 PM

you are saying that instead of

LauncherTetherPort=1234

LauncherTetherPort=1234

it only returns

, correct?

CommandMC•7/4/25, 6:08 PM

Well look at the script you sent in. It passes just

$LauncherTetherPort

$LauncherTetherPort

to the game, which is the value it got at the start

Bbrilliant-lime Well look at the script you sent in. It passes just `$LauncherTetherPort` to the...

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:28 PM

yea, i do not really know bash. i would've assumed that is a variable (

LauncherTetherPort

LauncherTetherPort

) where it assigns all that stuff (ss -ulpn bla bla). I did manage I think to correct the script

#!/bin/bash

echo "[Wrapper] Running with args: $@"

# Using netstat as per your script, although ss is generally preferred.
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserver | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')

echo "[Wrapper] Found LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

if [ -z "$LauncherTetherPort" ]; then
  echo "[Wrapper] ERROR: Could not detect LauncherTetherPort! Exiting."
  exit 1
fi

echo "[Wrapper] Appending: LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH"

exec "$@" "LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort" -NOSPLASH

#!/bin/bash

echo "[Wrapper] Running with args: $@"

# Using netstat as per your script, although ss is generally preferred.
LauncherTetherPort=$(netstat -ulpn | grep wineserver | awk '{split($4, a , ":"); print a[2]}')

echo "[Wrapper] Found LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort"

if [ -z "$LauncherTetherPort" ]; then
  echo "[Wrapper] ERROR: Could not detect LauncherTetherPort! Exiting."
  exit 1
fi

echo "[Wrapper] Appending: LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort -NOSPLASH"

exec "$@" "LauncherTetherPort=$LauncherTetherPort" -NOSPLASH

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:29 PM

however the game doesn't like it. i get the exact error as i did in lutris, for some reason, it only likes steam

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:29 PM

i think it's some EAC stuff

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:32 PM

CommandMC•7/4/25, 6:37 PM

Gonna need a game log of both Steam & Heroic to compare the two

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:47 PM

they are too beefy tho share them in discord

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:57 PM

but I think the Heroic one is not appending that

LauncherTetherPort

LauncherTetherPort

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 6:59 PM

aQnnPRDQG1CaZXfBU2ZUG2-lastPlay.log114.88KB

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 7:01 PM

steam.log16.64MB

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 7:01 PM

it s just a part of the steam log as it has like 300mb

Solution

CommandMC•7/4/25, 8:30 PM

Your Steam log seems to end right as it got interesting (add

WINEDEBUG=+timestamp

WINEDEBUG=+timestamp

to make it less verbose), but it seems

-USEEOS=0

-USEEOS=0

is also added as a parameter there

CommandMC•7/4/25, 8:30 PM

You also added

DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60

DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60

to the arguments, which is an environment variable and won't do anything like this

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:48 PM

oh, thanks, indeed this is less verbose

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:48 PM

steam-10589395610970882048.log1.2MB

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:48 PM

i've added

 -USEEOS=0

 -USEEOS=0

to Heroic but still errors out

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:58 PM

seems I wasn t adding this in the correct field

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 8:59 PM

i ve added it as an ENV, but it's actually a game argument

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 9:02 PM

now i just have to make fsr 4 to work again

awake-maroonOP•7/4/25, 9:06 PM

Thanks for the pointers mr MC

Steam launch options equivalent for Heroic

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