Steam deck and EverQuest

[Haggis]

Will EverQuest play on a steam deck?

[Yuki Almasy]

Originally posted by Haggis:

Will EverQuest play on a steam deck?

try it

[Haggis]

I don’t have a steam deck yet and I’m weighing my options vs a onexplayer

[Vantose]

i'm pretty sure they wouldn't play everquest. I tried to do my eq key bindings to a controller a few years back and it wouldn't take any the buttons. Though that could have changed in the years since.

[Yuki Almasy]

Originally posted by Vantose:

i'm pretty sure they wouldn't play everquest. I tried to do my eq key bindings to a controller a few years back and it wouldn't take any the buttons. Though that could have changed in the years since.

which app did you use? maybe you didn't use a good one

[SLAIN]

Originally posted by Vantose:

i'm pretty sure they wouldn't play everquest. I tried to do my eq key bindings to a controller a few years back and it wouldn't take any the buttons. Though that could have changed in the years since.

People are playing games like mario and call of duty on a guitar hero guitar..

[Handoiron]

Originally posted by SLAIN:

People are playing games like mario and call of duty on a guitar hero guitar..

Games like Mario and Call of Duty don't have the dozens upon dozens of mapable hotkeys that you use in EQ on a regular basis. Even if the way you use them is with mouse clicks.

You aren't going to be anywhere near as capable using an 8-12 button controller instead of the dozens of options you have with a keyboard and infinite options you have with the intuitive and quick action of mouse clicks.

[Geeks On Hugs]

Originally posted by Vantose:

i'm pretty sure they wouldn't play everquest. I tried to do my eq key bindings to a controller a few years back and it wouldn't take any the buttons. Though that could have changed in the years since.

You can't compare the Steam Controller built into the Steam Deck with any other controller.

Far far beyond the extra controls you have (like trackpads', back buttons and gyro) various powerful features like mode shifting (pressing one button makes all the other buttons do something else and you can do multiple of them) and customable pop-up menus makes them extremely configurable and powerful.

I'm not playing an MMORPG right now but if I were I'd want to do it on a Steam Controller.

Incidentally it says EQ is rated as 🚫 Unsupported on Deck, does anyone know why? I was really just curious I just found out this was available here.

[Danny in Space]

Macros would make using a controller easy as hell and everquest isnt exactly a fast paced mmo. I dont know how the steam deck works but on PC you would install a program that turns controller input into keystrokes. Idk if something like that exists on the steam deck. Though the other handheld steam deck copies have windows and anything would work on them

[SLAIN]

Originally posted by Handoiron:

Originally posted by SLAIN:

People are playing games like mario and call of duty on a guitar hero guitar..

Games like Mario and Call of Duty don't have the dozens upon dozens of mapable hotkeys that you use in EQ on a regular basis. Even if the way you use them is with mouse clicks.

You aren't going to be anywhere near as capable using an 8-12 button controller instead of the dozens of options you have with a keyboard and infinite options you have with the intuitive and quick action of mouse clicks.

To be fair, people play everquest with mouse only...

Getting used to having too many "macros"

[Geeks On Hugs]

Originally posted by Danny in Space:

Macros would make using a controller easy as hell and everquest isnt exactly a fast paced mmo. I dont know how the steam deck works but on PC you would install a program that turns controller input into keystrokes. Idk if something like that exists on the steam deck. Though the other handheld steam deck copies have windows and anything would work on them

I've only scratched the surface of it but Valve's "Steam Input" software should cover all that. It appears pretty amazing and easy to use and will let you program any controller.

Also there are community profiles you can download (and upload) so any reasonably popular title will likely already have a few good community profiles.

So you don't have to start from scratch. I mean you could use a downloaded profile as is or tweak it. And if you think your improvements are worthwhile you can upload for others to try.

Also devs sometimes make their own official Steam Input profiles too.

[CptCosmonaut]

works well for me on steam deck. i setup my steam controller pretty well and can handle all content so far :)

[ozoned]

Originally posted by CptCosmonaut:

works well for me on steam deck. i setup my steam controller pretty well and can handle all content so far :)

How did you get it to work? I installed it on my Deck and I get just a white screen, which I think is the launcher not loading properly so I can't log in or see where the start button is or anything. Tried Proton-GE, multiple versions, Proton-Experimental, Proton-Hotfix, Proton 7, Proton 6, etc.

[ozoned]

Originally posted by ozoned:

Originally posted by CptCosmonaut:

works well for me on steam deck. i setup my steam controller pretty well and can handle all content so far :)

How did you get it to work? I installed it on my Deck and I get just a white screen, which I think is the launcher not loading properly so I can't log in or see where the start button is or anything. Tried Proton-GE, multiple versions, Proton-Experimental, Proton-Hotfix, Proton 7, Proton 6, etc.

Actually just found someone that did the work:

https://www.redguides.com/community/threads/everquest-on-a-steam-deck.84190/

Gonna summarize their work here as to what I did:

1) Install EQ on the Deck
2) Get a console on the Deck, I ssh'd to my machine and ran the following:
$ flatpak install com.github.Matoking.protontricks
$ alias protontricks='flatpak run com.github.Matoking.protontricks'
$ protontricks 205710 d3dx9_43
$ protontricks 205710 corefonts
3) In the Launch Options for the game add: %command% --disable-gpu
This allows the launcher to show up and helps with Lutris or anyone running EQ on Linux desktop.

[Anwar Holyforge]

Thanks for posting this. Appreciate sharing what you found from Red Guides and not just telling us to go search that site.
Simply adding the "%command% --disable-gpu" to the game options in Steam, worked on my POP OS Linux box when I was stuck at the loader with a white screen. It had me stumped for hours.

[Nabbs1]

youtube search .. people are playing eq on steamdeck