Can’t play oblivion

[Bloodyrain989]

Factory reset my deck downloaded lotro and oblivion can’t get either to play I swear I got the glitchiest deck ever

[Bloodyrain989]

Factory reset…. Again…. No oblivion won’t even install someone plz tell me wat I’m doing wrong this is starting to look like i wasted 450 bucks on a glitched toy

[Drak3]

Have you tried changing proton versions for Oblivion? LOTRO is listed on ProtonDB as needing to be tweaked to run properly.

[Bloodyrain989]

Idk which proton to use tho guess I’ll try ‘em all

[Bloodyrain989]

I can’t believe I spent 450 bucks just for this thing to not work

[Bloodyrain989]

I can’t figure out how to change proton

[@R+5]

Originally posted by Bloodyrain989:

I can’t figure out how to change proton

have you tried youtube? there are a lot of tutorials so you dont have to "figure out" and guess, unless you changed permissions and modified the os or stuff like that.

[Bloodyrain989]

Literally tried everything I can think of

[Haruspex]

ProtonDB page for LOTRO.[www.protondb.com]
ProtonDB page for Oblivion.[www.protondb.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wilUcrHNaCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-XrmlBvKfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umZgqwc2ZRg

Your first games on the Steam Deck should be Steam Deck Verified titles. Only after you've gotten comfortable with the console-like, it-just-works nature of the verified games should you branch out into "playable" or other unverified. Particularly if you're uncomfortable or unfamiliar with tinkering and troubleshooting. At the end of the day, the Steam Deck is not a console. It's a PC and it stands to reason that sometimes you'll need to do a little fiddling to get things working.

[Bloodyrain989]

I don’t understand any of this >< y can’t the deck be simple u buy I download it works

[Mahjik]

Originally posted by Bloodyrain989:

I don’t understand any of this >< y can’t the deck be simple u buy I download it works

Install Windows 10 on it.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Bloodyrain989:

I don’t understand any of this >< y can’t the deck be simple u buy I download it works

It is if you stick to verified games. Oblivion and LOTR aren't verified, merely playable. They might take some tweaking.

See how it works with a verified game or two first rather than trying something that's not officially supported then getting frustrated the moment it doesn't work immediately first try.

[Bloodyrain989]

Doesn’t work first try r u kidding me I’ve factory reset three times watched every YouTube subject and nothing helping

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Bloodyrain989:

Doesn’t work first try r u kidding me I’ve factory reset three times watched every YouTube subject and nothing helping

Return it. The Steam Deck is not for you.

[Jâbbérwôkkï]

Like stated above, start with games that have the verified rating first. They have been tested to work with the Steam Deck. Any other rating besides that requires a little tinkering & even then some older titles just plain don't work. It is up to the games developer as to if the games has been verified to work on the Deck or not. You should always research your hardware & or software purchases thoroughly before you hit the BUY button. Some devices/software require a little knowledge to get the best experiences with them. Just blindly buying something then getting frustrated when it doesn't work like your used to is on you unfortunately. Take some time to get to know your device though before you get angry & say it doesn't work. Many people here & online will be happy to help you but you do need to plan your purchases a little better. This is a Linux os based portable pc, if you have little knowledge about Linux & have only worked on Windows based devices, then only buy the games that are verified, as that will save you the headache of why something doesn't work.

[Bloodyrain989]

Oblivion and lotro both say playable and I can’t even launch either this isn’t on me people be jaded