Install quack games using Heroic Games Launcher

[@JDRos]

if you cant find a Prefixes folder, make one.

[@msab4883]

Thanks for the tuturials i'm finding lots of issues with older windows games (way of the Samurai 4, el Shaddai, Outruun 2006 etc) do you think it's better to install windows? I'm liking steam os/Linux though

[@rpgatch]

Hi JD Ros. I've been following you since I got my steam deck. You've been a great help :) Can you teach how you upload a quacked Forza Horizon 5 and Guardian's of the Galaxy on Steam Deck? I followed your instructions in uploading Hogwarts Legacy and it was beautiful :D Thank you and more power!

[@JDRos]

@@rpgatch GOTG requires vcredist if a remember correctly. try following this video. For Forza Horizon 5, that requires LinuxRulez. Which is hard to download because of lack of seeders

[@JDRos]

@@msab4883 Some games may run better on one or the other. The good thing about windows is that there's little to no troubleshooting required for a game to work.

[@911canihelpu]

hey, how can u assign controls to spiderman since you cant disable steaminput anymore? :(

[@av3477]

If you encounter a problem with prefixes folder. This folder can be created wherever you want. You do not have to download anything. Just create a folder with the name you want and select it as your prefix folder. Make a new folder for every new game you want to install. :D I hope this help

[@D71Gaming]

Awesome guide. One question from a nood. Does VCRedist has to be install per game or once installed its good for all games?

[@Ruffffff]

Did you find out anything regarding this in any other forums?

[@D71Gaming]

@@Ruffffff I started using bottles and installed it on each bottle that required it if the game didnt launch.

[@iammarkjlee]

Thanks it worked! I have watched the show and wanted to play

[@jasonbunk4811]

Hey man I have been watching forever and I watched the installing quacked games using Lutris. I have Heroic installed but would you recommend this way or the lutris way and if one why? Thanks!!

[@AsherGaudreau]

im wondering the same! I tried to install TLOS on Lutris and I get a windows like error saying system isnt updated

[@kavishgour3267]

Noob question(don't own a deck). Do we have to wait for the shaders to build upon each launch of the same game or only during first launch?

[@shahzebahmed5774]

Pretty sure only official stream games are able to make their shader cache on the deck

[@kavishgour3267]

thanks mate.

[@jaded_titan8204]

WOW! just WOW! Linux gaming sure has come a long way!

[@TarekArnaout-u2w]

Hey, I'm new to to is. Do you download the files of the games on your computer prior to adding it to the deck?

[@antonioscognamiglio6212]

Thanks man! I have a question in case I need to run the installer first, which directory should I select for the installation? I mean when the installer ask you where you want to install the game

[@JDRos]

Make a "Games" folder wherever you want. If you're gonna do it in the Internal, atleast put the Games folder in the home.

[@antonioscognamiglio6212]

@@JDRos I created but the installer doesn't show up that folder ...

[@JDRos]

You may be browsing on the wrong folder. Join the discord server and show us the directory that you're browsing in the installer

[@HeyWOOL]

Thanks mate. Do you know, how the uninstall process works? Like, what steps do i have to take to fully remove the game from the system after i´ve finished it?

[@MemeJuicee]

I personally could not get last of us to run past 30 fps. It is a buggy mess on steam deck, it says 300% vram usage on the lowest settings.

[@HyperHunt621]

Very cool! I remember subbing to you a while back when the process was a bit more complex, so this seems like a breeze in comparison. This might've been asked before, but what's that Switch-like UI you're using for your Deck? Seems pretty cool!

[@JDRos]

I used Decky Loader. Thankyou for tuning in. 👌

[@Jiruhba]

Does anyone know where the savegame files are saved if you do that ?

[@bryn7294]

Nice video! You explain very well, continue with the excellent work. I'm kinda new on steam deck scene, in your opinion... is this method better than using Lutris? Normally I install direct on steam with non steam game, and as an alternative, by lutris but never installed by heroic...

[@JDRos]

I wouldn't say better but this is more beginner friendly.

[@bryn7294]

@@JDRos I see. Thanks for the reply.

[@bonssc]

Followed your guide and everything seemed to go ok but when I try to launch the game it just goes back to the play game screen

[@yuyu-ld4tw]

Yes for me the same

[@BeBoe69]

+1

[@RoxasHyuga14]

I know this video is 1 year old but for some reason, I added this exact same game but it doesn't launch at all. Same GE Proton version.

[@roxsonixx]

The winecfg button does nothing when I click on it.

[@seboune1351]

Must i install my quack game on pc before and then copy it to steam deck or install it from the beginning on the deck ? And my sd card must be format ext4 or it doesn't matter ? Sorry for my english and thanks a lot.

[@ChristianDrewing]

How did you manage to run the installer on Ubuntu? When I click on "run installer first" I get my file selection box, I select the .exe file, nothing happens and I got back to the window before. chmod +x was applied.

[@JastaCon]

sadly, you have to double click the exe file in the selection instead of marking it and then pressing save. dont ask me. just worked for me.

[@khalIlIsml]

Hi. Great content you've made here. I have followed your tutorial religiously. But the game just won't launch. I have version 1.0.4 from Dodi, the game installed at root/home directory. Can you advise?

[@Loko_Gaming]

is it better than lutris? I think lutris has more bugs than heroic, and i even use heroic on windows instead of epic

[@SKY_ENTITY]

Could you do how to run games that don't start directly like ( SNIPER ELITE 4 ) ? .. On Steam deck Desktop mode, Whenever i click on the "EXE" game icon, an interface shows up ( Cancel , Play ) if i click play, the game starts. But on GAMING MODE, the interface ( Cancel , Play ) doesn't show up, and the steam logo keeps booting..!! I would appreciate if you could help me through this 🙏

[@ekapangsit5627]

Hey JD Ros, once again thank you for ur video, i'll ask again about how "run installer first" on heroic to detect the sdcard, i can find the installer.exe in sd card, but when the installer run it cant fine the sdcard drive, is there some command to input somewhere like steam compat mouts ? thank you again

[@JDRos]

When in the installer. There should be something there called like "My Computer", and inside that 2 drives may appear. C: and Z: Go to Z: , inside you should find a folder called "run" then "media", inside it you will find your sdcard.

[@ekapangsit5627]

@@JDRos wow it's works thank you so much, you really awesome man.

[@PadhleBete]

Which is better to run qucked games,heroic or lutris?

[@elwen8525]

Man this is a way easier way than the luutrice version

[@WhOCArEzNepTuNe]

Hello, can i do this on nba2k23 pc games it would work or only the last of us? I think this is much easier than lutris method

[@Donesyboy]

You're a genius! Thanks so much!

[@snaithmusic]

This method doesn’t seem to work anymore, it did once but then accidentally deleted game, now when I try to reinstall it same way it will not launch? Any solution? Any help appreciated

[@nikosantos6821]

it seems this is better that running through lutris.

[@izsaiah]

Hey bro. I tried following all your instructions. But when I run the game, it doesnt load. It goes back to Steam library

[@jophus0124]

Hello, I have a question,, do you have to download the quack from the site mentioned earlier or heroic contain the files for the quack .. Thanks In Advance

[@JDRos]

you have to.

[@jophus0124]

@@JDRos Thanks 😊

[@MikuCobraCole]

Why you select windows if you're playing on steam Os? I'm a noob, sorry xd

[@bambi1669]

Used to have the games folder within my home/deck, but i factory reset. And now i dont see it. Any help on how or where i can find it?? If not then where should i install the games??

[@BigBoss-gb4cx]

Hi! How do you sync your save files between a Win PC (cracked game) - and Steam Deck quacked game installed like this?

[@CapivaraMan]

I've done this for forza horizon 3, and still the game doens't open. What should I do?

[@AdamBera]

I cant install any game from heroic, I tried using it as a lutris replacement but it fails to open installer, and when it somehow start installing im getting error, everytime when i open it, it will create "games" folder, even if i specify to install games/prefixes in different folder. I used wine-ge and proton-ge from lutris, nothing works.

[@vicv4920]

I followed these exact steps with spiderman, didnt work do you know any work arounds?

[@Ghostfr55]

good evening I have a problem, I followed all the steps in your video and so I installed Evil within 1 which is free on the epic game store until October 26 and I would like to launch the game but it does not It doesn't launch even though it says: play it now. Do you have a solution?

[@wayne2629]

Hey I did everything but game doesn’t start (hog legacy)is it proton version or do I need to install again?

[@Mcleod4004]

Having the same problem with hogwarts legacy

[@sandervos9972]

is this a better way than doing it with lutris?

[@WillyManchester10]

I followed tutorial perfectly but it runs at 10-20fps. Haven’t started playing just building shaders right now now but menu is supper buggy. Graphics and everything’s on low.

[@gabronson]

Hey man! Thank you for your videos, I recently bought a steam deck and I'm thinking of installing some quacked games I have on PC. I already use heroic games launcher to install epic games, do you think this method is better than your Lutris method? Thank you!

[@ibex33]

Whenever I try to add a new game in heroic launcher if I type in the title of the game, the finish button is greyed out. Do you know why this happens?

[@socinety]

did you find a solution?

[@ibex33]

@@socinety no, I gave up and installed Tiny 11 on a separate v30 A2 sd card. Now running every game smoothly.

[@socinety]

@@ibex33 thanks

[@socinety]

I ended up using lutris btw, was trying to install fifa 19 and couldn’t run the game. but turns out I just needed to tinker with configuration a bit.

[@samsunghandy]

​@@pawelsili6925 this has worked for whatever reason lol thx

[@Daeserk]

Hey ! I followed your instructions but in game it only recognizes 2gb of vram. The game is therefore very slow. Have you ever had this problem ?? Thanks in advance ! It was an excellent video!

[@JDRos]

Yes, same problem as well. Even if you set your UMA to 4GB, the game will still detect 2GB.

[@kavishgour3267]

@@JDRos hey! so it's not playable ?

[@kavishgour3267]

Noob here, how do you know if a game needs vcredist ?

[@dronedude9877]

This method doesn’t work on internal drive, it only works on sd

[@bghimself440]

Interesting , are you sure ?

[@max_gametest]

Could you try using the "Run installer first" pls. Cuz on mine, the games I tried running from the Run installer option later crashes after installation is completed.

[@stevricmas]

Sorry kinda OOT is there any chance i can install and play genshin impact from heroic games launcher

[@fireclash7653]

wdym by run installer of the game and then install it ? i dont understand and im stuck on this step

[@keepitshort4208]

Most of my games are non-steam games so i just use heroic launcher only or should also add it on my steam too.

[@Mcleod4004]

I did this for Hogwarts legacy. The game runs in desktop mode but will only use keyboard and mouse controls instead of controller controls. In gaming mode the game launches but crashes on the seizure warning screen every time.

[@lovegen2484]

Hi JD, can you please make a quick installation help for AC Valhalla for steam deck please

[@tore8940]

hello i installed the dodi repack i loaded the shaders but when i start it from the steam deck it gives me the vram at 230% more to premise that the game goes i'm on patch 1.1.2 it doesn't keep the 30 fps stable all basic do you have any solution for the vram?

[@nathanvella960]

Is this still possible? I can't seem to find the option to add games to heroic. Edit- Updating heroic launcher solved that one

[@shazebdevilz]

I tried your method to install snowrunner, did everything still it doesn't work. tried both fitgirl and dodi

[@beshonashaat7755]

Is this general procedure? That can use it on rog ally installed with chimera os or nobara steam deck edition

[@JDRos]

Yes. it is general procedure.

[@blueblase9981]

Is it possible to get FFVII Remake running through this method?

[@pavtod9311]

Help when I try to run RE Village on steamdeck it stutters a lot in game. I'm using ge proton on game mode. How can I get rid of this shader cache stutter?

[@ANIMEZONE27]

I downloaded and installed final fantasy xv but it won't run in windows and steam. Can you help me?

[@GUY-on-Earth]

When I click on WINCFG nothing happens is there a reason? I download the VCdist file

[@H_mzaS]

I've been trying to install Spiderman Miles Morales. I have basically followed this video to install the game. But I can't seem to run it correctly. The game sometimes starts up but doesn't accept the input from the joysticks/buttons in game mode. When I try to run it using proton compatibility in steam it just doesn't start up at all. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

[@Nick_XP]

You have to disable steam input for that game or else the controller will not work

[@Ironfist76]

Do I have to do the "VC redist" part for every game I add?

[@yuyu-ld4tw]

No you don't have to unless the game needs a new vcredist.

[@HoLeeFvk6945]

​@@yuyu-ld4tw how do you know if the game needs a new vc?

[@kavishgour3267]

@@HoLeeFvk6945 found the answer ?

[@gamerheart6876]

Which would you recommend more for stability? This or lutris?

[@JDRos]

It really depends on the game if it doesn't require much troubleshooting, stick to Steam or Heroic

[@JosePerez-uq8zz]

Would this work for any game i want to install house simulator 2 for my deck

[@AsherGaudreau]

Ive done everything on this video. when I go to launch, I get the error saying out of date drivers detected. and the game wont play. I get an error message after the logo too

[@TheUnknownNover]

Should i add the games to the non steam game libary on linux pc?

[@fwanzki6607]

Doesn't work on game mode. Juat keeps loading "starting application"

[@febriansyah3212]

hey jdros, can you help me, my deck suddenly injected by ground.exe virus i think its becos my data game from laptop, i can't find any hint to delete/find the core of the virus on linux [steam os] , i have deleted the virus on my laptop, on app data /roaming and it is success, but on linux i dont know how to do / find that virus.. thank q

[@voldy3565]

There is no Heroic Launcher in the store.

[@7585gz902]

Having followed your instructions in the video, I'm getting the error message "Windows 10 version 1909 or higher is required". What should I do now?

[@joshuacastro779]

same

[@scrummaster2878]

yes thanks so much its work fine for me

[@worldstarkeys8328]

Any idea on how to get the cracked version of the ascent to launch properly? It crashes after the splash screen.

[@subplayz132]

How can I install Hogwarts Legacy that I bought on Epic Games using Heroic Games Launcher. Please help!

[@jemuzu6882]

Hey, where do we get Quaked games from??

[@nixxxgaming]

Is it possible to track gametime on non steam games such as quacks?

[@roninreef90]

I did everything in this guide but used kingdom hearts 3 instead however the screen goes black after the copyright section I need help!

[@JDRos]

KH3 has it's own method. It's also in my channel.

[@yuyu-ld4tw]

Hi, im having a Problem When im doing this method. When i want to start the game it starts in steam but then it goes back to play game scene.

[@michaelpaustian5462]

You ever figure this out I’m having the same problem

[@biohazardtvcanada]

Ok i watched how to make you prefix folder but it doesnt make sense to me

[@JstMst]

How can I cheat in single-player games but in crack versions? For example, can I run a trainer while playing GTAV? GTAV was not started with Steamtinkerlaunch. I was going to try aurora, I could not enter the menu.

[@lovegen2484]

I tried same steps with the same game downloaded from Dodi, still no luck 😢

[@jemuzu6882]

Where do we get Quaked games from??

[@killaki_]

Can someone please tell me where I can get the actual quacked game file? This is my first time doing something like this and I'm confused

[@ungnomeuser9624]

Dodi repacks

[@LOOKMAN-d5d]

I try nfs heat and it didn't work,same thing with lutris

[@nixxxgaming]

Can this work with need for speed most wanted black edition?

[@skyecraig]

I followed your directions but it doesn't work. Just wont load up.

[@JDRos]

Different games may require different methods to run, different dependencies, even different troubleshooting. This video is the basics, you may have to experiment until you can make your game work.

[@simitchill8043]

Please could you explain me where I can download the prefixes folder? , because I did what ever you did and I doesn't have a prefixes folder.

[@JDRos]

Make a Prefixes folder

[@simitchill8043]

@@JDRos it will be an empty folder correct?

[@JDRos]

Yes. And then make a folder inside it specifically for your game

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

Any idea why is doesn't work on lutris?

[@jasoncasem4307]

Can i add it as "non steam game" then run the setup.exe through steam?

[@kingvon0125]

Are the games downloaded from heroic or are the from a “site”?

[@JDRos]

from a site.

[@Ginpachi_Sensei9_9]

Says the game is running but not opening

[@tuaninh7339]

my Heroic doesn't have ' Staging " tab ....

[@parthbansal9260]

it always take take back to steam store even txt file of build has been created, tried also withfh5 and Miles Morales

[@Salehalanazi-7]

Thanks man.

[@danilkurylenko6988]

You can also launch pirated games through the Heroic launcher. Well, or those that are no longer on sale, like Cleve Baker Jericho, you are empty, classic assasin 3, itch io games

[@markatwork3835]

Hi. I tried this with Hogwarts Legacy and Spider-man Remastered but no luck. Any tips?

[@mubarak7885]

Try his last video, it's hogwarts legacy

[@markatwork3835]

@@mubarak7885 That worked, thanks!

[@VanessaDgsgsh]

When i try to instal the proton, It fail.

[@gatk3492]

what kind of repack installer did you use?

[@Edenz-v9x]

Same questions

[@fazliserin]

Heroic launcher or lutris in your opinion?

[@JDRos]

Keep both, more options for you the better. :)

[@marksheenedwardtagra5293]

Why does mine Crash? Im installing elden ring :(

[@lericruz4079]

I tried to install Ghost Recon Wildlands using this method but it didn't work for me? Can you help me sir?

[@JDRos]

Try Steam Method instead. I believe Wildlands don't actually require any dependency to run. Add it to steam then use latest Proton.

[@lericruz4079]

@@JDRos appreciated your response bro. I will go back to your previous tutorial, hopefully it should work. Thanks a lot!