How to fix Ubisoft Connect crash on Steam Deck

[Darrek]

If you're having a crash on the Steam Deck, you can follow this procedure:

Search for Proton Experimental in your library, select properties -> Betas -> Bleeding edge. Go to Trackmania -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Select Proton Experimental

You can do this to all the games that use Ubisoft Connect.

[zelwess]

Escrito originalmente por Toodice:

I'm getting the same issue of Ubisoft Connect not being installed. This is a brand new Steam Deck out of the box, so it's not like I've installed something that's causing an issue. When setting the game to use Proton Experimental it did install something the first time that I ran it, but the same error persists.

Edit - Got it working. The solution wasn't too fiddly in the end either. I've written the steps below and tried to keep them as basic as I could for those who (like me) are new to the Steam Deck, but the actual procedure is fairly simple.

• Install the Steam version of Trackmania as normal. Attempting to run it shows the "Ubisoft Connect is not currently installed" error. Configure Trackmania as above to use "Proton Experimental". If you still get the error, continue.
  
• Drop back to Desktop mode. If you're unfamiliar with Desktop mode you need to hold the power button until you see the power menu, and choose "Switch to Desktop". You can control the mouse with the right trackpad, left click with the right trigger and right click with the left trigger.
  
• Use "Discover" to install "Protontricks". Click the shopping bag at the bottom of the screen, and type "Protontricks" into the search box in the top left. To get the keyboard to show you'll need to hold the "Steam" button and press "X". Click the "Install" button next to Protontricks.
  
• Once installed, launch Protontricks. Use the bottom-left icon to bring up the list of installed programs, and you'll find it under "Utilities".
  
• Choose Trackmania from the games listed.
  
• Wait for what seems like an age. It's genuinely doing something, I promise. It may launch minimised, so click the icon that looks like a notepad that's appeared on the taskbar below if it does.
  
• Choose "Install an application".
  
• Select "Ubisoft Connect" from the list and install it. I used the default install location even though it's a Windows path, and it worked fine.
  
• If you choose to launch Ubisoft Connect upon completing installation, you may have a nightmare getting the keyboard to work to enter your username and password. Use the "Return to Gaming Mode" icon to get back to normal Steam and launch Trackmania from there. I was able to get the keyboard to work through that without issue, but you will still need to use the steam button + X to get the keyboard to show.
  
• Play the game, smash your Steam Deck in a fit of rage after messing up the perfect run during the last second, and then order a replacement.

Do note that for anyone doing this, it will change the Proton Experimental version being used by all games that use Experimental. So if another game breaks, check if it was using experimental, then either disable the beta or try a stable Proton version. As far as I'm aware there isn't a way to set the beta setting on a per game basis, but if there is, that'd be a better way to do this fix till it is in stable.

Edit -
So this so far has managed to fix the issue that would cause the game to hang until the Steamdeck restarted itself. But the game still crashes, which I'm assuming is what was causing the hang and restart issue before.

Edit 2-

[BOT Ivan]

can ubisoft please fix the launcher for steam deck over on trackmania turbo?

we've been asking for over a year over there and clearly no developers are following anymore. you took the time to fix it here. please fix it there.

the uplay launcher is truly an incredibly awful piece of malware.