How to use Cheats on Steam Deck with Stand Alone Trainers

[@przemysawjodczyk4307]

Thanks for mentioning developer mode! I was wondering why I can't switch windows! Good man.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Glad I could help!

[@jackiepointer2584]

Hey man this worked for me for my games the wemod didnt but this works 10 times better for me i appreciate you

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Glad you got an alternative

[@leemurphy4124]

Ironically shadow of war was the exact game i wanted a trainer for, the grind is too much, thanks

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Yes grindy game 😅

[@cameronweston1038]

Thanks alot bro. Tried it for Titanfall 2 with Tinker launch but the game would not start up. Will keep trying.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

good luck! let me know if it works!

[@cameronweston1038]

@GrownUpGamingGUG will try and update trinket. Think i might have an older version.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Good luck 👍

[@jayjack6928]

Yeah, there are just a lot of games that will not start with tinkerlaunch. Cheat Happens uses the same method and no one there has solved the problem.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

I find it not working on non-steam games that open the official steam game app, try removing the steam_appid.txt. It works fine with steam games.

[@qwertybron]

Hi , I am having issues with my cheat deck after a while of use. When I try to change windows, the 2 options that are given to me are no longer working. Cheat engine is also no longer changing windows properly. Last time my deck had this issue, i had to factory reset to get things working like in your video again. Do you have any advice ?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Did you enable developer mode?

[@qwertybron]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG Thanks. FOR some reason, it turned itself off.

[@MrSteviebuttons]

Hi steam tinker launcher seems to work but after i have hit the save and play button it goes to a window saying installing mod organizer doesnt load and goes back to game screen. Any help would be great.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

I'm having issues with steam tinker launch too, use this instead kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6S4i2SMl712aZY

[@mattw4218]

Every time I try to use cheatdeck it opens a wemod window not a cheat deck window and, IDK how to use wemod. How do I get rid of wemod so I can just use cheatdeck?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

It's not cheatdeck that's doing that. It's the trainer you downloaded. You got an installer program instead of an actual trainer.

[@LexiLee-jc2mh]

Hello. I'm trying cheats with Dying Light 2 and I got the cheat screen to pop up but the game just refuses to launch. I had the same problem on several other games like days gone and resident evil. I also tried different trainers and it all has the same problem. Can you please help me? 😭

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Stand alone trainers are a hit or miss honestly.

[@JXB25]

Does this work for the new Dragon Ball Sparking zero because for some reason its not working it just launches the game and not the trainer

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

i haven't tried but i think it should work as i've tried wemod and they are also using fling trainers. make sure you get updated version of the trainer.

[@ggmasterguiltygear6315]

Thanks, ive been having a hard time finding the cheats for the games i play. Ill try this(really just want infinite money for guilty gear strive).

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

hope it helps!

[@justinsherrill2153]

Hey man. No matter how many times ive closed steam, steamtinker wont show up under the compatability drop down box on my games.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

That's strange. Try restarting the steam deck. also go to home/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/ and see if there's a folder called SteamTinkerLaunch.

[@rusiamohiuddin2193]

steam link doesn't seem to load any games as of oct 2024. ive followed a number of videos with the same instructions and none of them loads the game to be able to use the trainer. any thoughts or its just dead at this point? tried for several games, gow, odyssey, horizon. not a one worked even once. thx in advance

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Last time I tried wukong trainer worked fine. Even have a video of it. Depends on the trainer and game version.

[@JX-JNS]

tried it on two games, one cancels startup after the tinkerlauncher window comes up and the other one starts perfectly fine, but there is no second window (developer mode ist activated). any suggestions?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

steam tinker launch has been giving me issues too, try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6S4i2SMl712aZY

[@JX-JNS]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG thanks, but I found the probelm. I just forgot to unzip the trainer. Once booted with the .exe it works like a charme. Thanks for this tutorial as well 👍🏽

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Good job!

[@Ssjmonkeydbankai_Uzuneel]

Disgaea 2 game just starts up nothing changes when I use steam tinker launch instead of a proto. To start the game it won't show me a steam tinker launch menu

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

i think steam tinker launch is broken, check this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6S4i2SMl712aZY

[@kakaiskidoo]

Hey boss, still getting the 'Game is not detected please launch the game before activating cheats' error message. FOR ALL GAMES. Help! :(

[@kakaiskidoo]

I went back and did some troubleshooting. Apparently you can't use trainers for games installed via Lutris. That's the reason why I can't get it to work.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Try using cheatdeck kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGtn39mj56MbpY

[@unikomunity1164]

I don't know why, but in my SD I always get ERROR when I want to install "steamtinkerlaunch". Can someone tell me, what should I do?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGtn39mj56MbpY

[@robertwelles627]

Could I use num lock only trainers with a wireless keyboard for the dock station?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

@@robertwelles627 I think so

[@innout2024]

nice works.. uncharted working well but Last Of us nothing happened

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Depends on the trainers. Most stand alone trainers online don't work.

[@innout2024]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG last of us lutris game i found solution your another video thnx brother ❤️🇧🇩

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Happy Gaming 🎉

[@brendenprice1592]

Having an issue where the menu is popped up but I’m not able to click on any of the sliders

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Did you try holding the steam button and use right touchpad as mouse, R2 as left click?

[@LeeRoyJuniour]

Same issue here mouse won’t appear in windows mode

[@Mrfearknowone]

Does this work with non steam game? I've tried and the trainer does not recognize game running?I'll try again...

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

It does work.

[@Stacio88]

Hello, I installed a trainer for reaident evil 2 remake but when it loads up im unable to select any kn the cheats. Using the steam button and R2 wont select them. Would you be able to help me figure this out?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

I don't have that game. I suggest you use another trainer. There's so many options out there.

[@VenBaysa]

just wondering, will it also work with fitgirl games installed in steam deck? thank you.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

yes

[@Chris-oy3zn]

I have a trainer with sliders however on some games when I switch windows it won’t allow me to select any of the sliders. I’m only able to select cheats in a two second window prior to the game loading so I can only select a few cheats in that time window. Anyway to fix this?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Are you holding the steam button and using the right touch pad as mouse?

[@S4b3RX]

Try to run the game in borderless full screen

[@Shadow__133]

The main menu button doesn't even show for a second for me, impossible to click it. The game loads instantly.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

That's odd, something must be wrong. When you launch the game with steam tinker launch selected as force compatibility, do you see icons popping up in taskbar bottom right?

[@congratulations-]

same but I get a popup about app image and fuse

[@Shadow__133]

@@congratulations- I got that too, failed to load appimage blablabla. It's completely user unfriendly and it sucks. Eventually I managed to use a couple commands to force it to launch to menu, increased the menu access duration and reinstalling the entire thing got rid of the error. I cannot find the command I used on konsole now, but it was a launch one. Linux sucks, it's like going back to MS-Dos.

[@congratulations-]

@@Shadow__133 ughh exactly i am a computer engineer major and i hate linux with my guts. Wish you could have remembered but oh well. Back to the research 🙄

[@Shadow__133]

@@congratulations- It was a simple steamtinker launch command to force it to open without the game, but on the correct folder. After that I could make all changes to click increase the time to click the main menu. I started from here: "You can run "steamtinkerlaunch help" for a full list of available commands, or if SteamTinkerLaunch is not in your path you can run "sh steamtinkerlaunch help" from the folder where you downloaded SteamTinkerLaunch.

[@khalilurtv]

Hello! Awesome vid btw. Do you mind if i ask how to fix the error Game is not detected please launch the game before activating cheats? I did everything in your guide. I tried using different games and different trainers applied the steps you mentioned, but i still cant get the trainer to detect the game.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Maybe try another trainer. Stand alone trainers are a hit or miss.

[@khalilurtv]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG thanks for the response, will do!

[@kakaiskidoo]

@@khalilurtv Did it work in other trainers? I kept trying but I keep having the same issues you have.

[@ELGXiaoReal]

thanks for teaching, but I keep having a problem, that I want to use hunterpie v2 when i play MHWIB or MHRSB, but it always need to install .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0, at the first time, I find your video'Fix Visual C++ Runtime Error for Non-Steam QUACK Games ' and follow the steps, the hunterpie v2 can be work but can't detect whether MHWIB or MHRSB has been executed, so I followed this video, but there was an error again, which need to install .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0, can you help me? I have no idea.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

What does hunterpie v2 do? For monster hunter rise, I have a video to install reframework. You might want to check that out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpaqqaWqaqlskLMsi=YYnfmjznxf-qa3-J

[@ELGXiaoReal]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG hunterpie can track information about monster, damage meter, active buffs and debuffs more information, the video teaching how to install reframework, that I have watched and followed steps, it's a great video, but this mod is only for MHR or MWSB, MHWIB is another system, currently the mod of track information can be used on MHWIB only 3 mod, the other two mod attempts failed to use, so I'm tring to use hunterpie.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

sounds interesting. i'm a monster hunter fan too. okay i will do this request. stay tuned.

[@ELGXiaoReal]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you very much !!!

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

@@ELGXiaoReal i got it to work, but only on desktop mode. it doesn't work on gaming mode. is that ok?

[@chiropractor2791]

Will this only work with trainers that have sliders? and is it possible to have it working with games added via Lutris?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

It doesn't work for lutris as you can't run steam tinker launch with lutris. As for the slider, it's much easier in gaming mode.

[@chiropractor2791]

​@@GrownUpGamingGUGCould you please do a Cheat Engine tutorial next? Thanks for these videos. Super helpful!

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

@@chiropractor2791 i thought about it, but it's hard to use cheat engine on the go without keyboard and mouse. what do you think?

[@chiropractor2791]

​@GrownUpGamingGUG Worth a shot! Cheat Engine tables can be loaded for each game. Online tables can be found. Each cheat can be activated/deactivated using the cursor.

[@jcalm1]

I got the trainer screen to show up but I couldn't enable any of the cheat, i even tried the hold the steam button and use the trackpad to activate the mouse. Any help is highly appeciated.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

does the trainer you're using have a slide bar? i think every trainer is different, if one doesn't work, use another one.

[@jcalm1]

The trainer is from Fling. Same type of trainer you used for the Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat video.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

@@jcalm1 if it's the same, should work like it did for me. Not sure what your issue is. Come on my discord server and share some footage.

[@jcalm1]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG I got it to work by changing the in-game setting from Full Screen to Windows. After that, the cheat sliders start to work. Thanks.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

good job troubleshooting! thanks for the info.

[@jayjack6928]

I have been using this method for a while. Many games just will not run with the forked command. Before I try finding a cheat I try this procedure using a random trainer I already have just to see if the game will run . If not, I learned this in a minute or two instead of spending 10 minutes setting up wemod to find out a cheat will not work.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

yes, i normally download a few trainers just to be safe.

[@zhuyaj]

Thanks for the tutorial! I cannot get the switch windows option. Even activated developer mode in settings and on stable. So im stuck on the fling window unfortunately. Any help is appreciated!

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

You only need to toggle enable developer mode in system settings in order to switch windows so I'm not sure why you can't.

[@zhuyaj]

@@GrownUpGamingGUG thanks! I figured out my issue, was on Main. Switched back to stable and we are all gravy!

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Cool 😎

[@galvanicmass]

Trainers always the best for single use games. Wemod can go suck a.....full sub backwards

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

😂

[@ismail1976]

Hi buddy. What to do trainers without sliders?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

stand alone trainers are a hit or miss. try another one.

[@julindaongkiko8584]

how do you bring up the trainer while the game is playing? I know it has something to do with developer mode but im not sure how to bring it up

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKPdf62kd9N-otEsi=a86qY8HKMRPDH2rX it's in this video

[@julindaongkiko8584]

I still don't understand how to bring up the trainer. Everything works but the trainer and the game starts at the same time, and I can't bring up the game trainer. I think I need something like an alt+tab like you do on a computer. I'm doin this on desktop mode. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

@@julindaongkiko8584 desktop mode just use alt-tab. Gaming mode, enable developer mode so you can switch windows by pressing steam button.

[@JosePerez-uq8zz]

Do you recommend upgrading to the new steam deck OLED???

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

I won't as I don't game outside a lot, mostly have a power plug around. If you need the extra battery and want a better screen, go for it.

[@aziziezizie4247]

Thanks a lot for video..may I know can use on emudeck cheatdeck?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

Most emulators have their own cheats or mods to cheat. Cheat deck is for pc games and not emulators.

[@a1a281]

Anybody have recommended trainers besides Fling? Any scam trainers to avoid?

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

as the trainers exe will be run on the prefix folder which is pretty much a contained environment, and assuming your steam deck is just a gaming device without any confidential or personal information, it's pretty safe. however, if ever in doubt, don't do it.

[@a1a281]

Excellent, thanks :) @@GrownUpGamingGUG

[@Bullersconi]

I might buy gta IV then On steam I already have trainers for rdr2 and gta 5

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

That's great. I like those trainers too.

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

you play super mario wonder on steam deck? lol how??

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

I actually played the game on switch hardware. But I'm also testing a new mod to stabilize the fps on emulation with the steam deck. Quite promising.

[@zackromanenko9327]

I’m having trouble with gta v

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6DOgHSpbsyZpM0

[@talbokflashteun8695]

Hello friend, i tried with Sekiro, but when i launch the game i see the Windows pop up with SteamTinkerlaunch but i get this error : Appimage cannot mount Appimage, please check your Fuse setup..... Do you know what it means ? Thanks from France.

[@GrownUpGamingGUG]

i'm not sure. maybe try change the proton version inside steam tinker launch game menu. not sure if that helps. i don't use stand alone trainers that much as i can use other options like aurora or wemod.

[@gorkenhewitt5322]

Same for me, I'm stuck 😢