[Steam Deck] Error when only GOG games are installed

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[Steam Deck] Error when only GOG games are installed

Closed this issue 3 years ago · 6 comments

Hi!

Thanks for your effort creating this nice piece of software, I am trying to follow this guide to run Heroic (GoG) games as Non-Steam games on my Steam Deck when using the Steam Deck UI (no desktop mode).

I downloaded the Heroic Launcher as a AppImage, saved in Downloads, I opened from this folder and it does open without problem and I was also able to install Cyberpunk 2077, it runs and plays just fine in desktop mode.

I also downloaded the latest legendary binary and update Heroic settings to use it.

But now I want to run it from the Steam Deck UI, for that I would need to add it a Non-Steam Deck, there is where this project comes into the picture.

I downloaded the latest version 2.0.1, unzip it, marked it as executable, but when try to run it again (with Heroic Launcher running in the background), it always throw the error:

Looks like you have not installed Heroic Games Launcher or installed any game\n\nPlease consider doing so and try again

Checking the source code: https://github.com/redromnon/HeroicBashLauncher/blob/main/func/HeroicBashLauncher.py
It seems that it is correctly detecting that I have zenity installed but it is not detecting the legendary JSON config file.

How can I create this file and with which contents?

Thanks!

Answer 1 · 2022-03-04T11:27:26.000Z

I found its structure https://github.com/derrod/legendary/blob/a25de242d964342cbd510c53c0cfbcaba7c1654b/legendary/models/game.py#L156 but not sure how to get that info for Cyberpunk 2077.

Answer 2 · 2022-03-04T11:32:26.000Z

Firstly, thanks a lot for appreciating my project.

I think I know what the issue is. The source code in https://github.com/redromnon/HeroicBashLauncher/blob/main/func/HeroicBashLauncher.py assumes you have at least one Epic game installed. But here, you just have a GOG game installed, am I right?

Answer 3 · 2022-03-04T11:38:42.000Z

Yes, I have no Epic games installed, I can try and install one :)

Answer 4 · 2022-03-04T11:39:53.000Z

It should work then. Legendary helps install and manage your Epic library, since you don't have any Epic game installed that installed.json is not present.

I'll fix this one.

Answer 5 · 2022-03-04T12:30:41.000Z

Good news is that it works in Desktop mode, but it doesn't in Deck UI mode, it shows the same error, which makes sense because Heroic Launcher is not running.

Answer 6 · 2022-03-05T03:03:05.000Z

The bug has been fixed in the new release for GOG-only users. There should be no issues now.