Compatible with Steamdeck

[Macleod904]

Anyone tried Bloodlines on Steamdeck?

[Vepar]

Not steamdeck, but i play Bloodlines on linux. It's basically the same thing. Works great once you install the Unofficial Patch. Without the patch it also "works", but it's buggy like the game was, and you have to use Proton 3.16-9, others don't work for some reason.
Currently playing it on patch 11.5 with Proton 9.

[Macleod904]

Thanks!

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Not steamdeck, but i play Bloodlines on linux. It's basically the same thing. Works great once you install the Unofficial Patch. Without the patch it also "works", but it's buggy like the game was, and you have to use Proton 3.16-9, others don't work for some reason.
Currently playing it on patch 11.5 with Proton 9.

How exactly do you even install it on Linux? Either my incompetence(likely), or simply the incompatible language formatting whilst attempting to install the patch through protontricks is preventing me from even being able to install the patch. Please help!

[Vepar]

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

Originally posted by Vepar:

Not steamdeck, but i play Bloodlines on linux. It's basically the same thing. Works great once you install the Unofficial Patch. Without the patch it also "works", but it's buggy like the game was, and you have to use Proton 3.16-9, others don't work for some reason.
Currently playing it on patch 11.5 with Proton 9.

How exactly do you even install it on Linux? Either my incompetence(likely), or simply the incompatible language formatting whilst attempting to install the patch through protontricks is preventing me from even being able to install the patch. Please help!

Don't use protontricks for executables. Protontricks i think installs programs and libraries into the game's prefix, not the game folder. System wine works better for programs like this.

The patch is just an installer that installs extra stuff into the folder, not the prefix, so using proton is not ideal.

First install the game naturally, and cleanly, if you have something in the folder of the game from a previous install, delete it.

Next, Idk how steam deck works, but i assume you can install wine, right? Or does it come with wine installed? Anyway, use wine to launch the unofficial patch, and see what happens.

If there's still language issues, change your language in the settings for the time being until you install the patch, then set it back. You might have to re-log for the language settings to take effect. Idk how system language would mess with the installer, it shouldn't, but if you think that's the case, change it for this one install.

So when it works, either immediately or after you change the system language, click next until it asks you where the game is located. Now, steam deck doesn't have "desktop steam" so not sure how you'd see the folder, but if there's something similar try that. In desktop steam you right click on the game in library, then manage, then browse. It will open up the game folder for you then. If you don't have that, just open the file manager and search for vampire.exe.

The folder is hidden, so make sure you enable showing of hidden files. The game folder should be somewhere like this:

/home/.steam/steam/steamapps/common

(The .dotfolder is the hidden one)

Then remember the folder and find it again with the browse button, it will be in the "Z" drive and find it, point the installer to it.

Then select basic or plus patch and let it do it's thing. As long as you used wine to run the installer program you should be fine. No protontricks necesary because you're not installing the patch into the game's prefix, you're installing the patch into the game folder.

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

How exactly do you even install it on Linux? Either my incompetence(likely), or simply the incompatible language formatting whilst attempting to install the patch through protontricks is preventing me from even being able to install the patch. Please help!

Don't use protontricks for executables. Protontricks i think installs programs and libraries into the game's prefix, not the game folder. System wine works better for programs like this.

The patch is just an installer that installs extra stuff into the folder, not the prefix, so using proton is not ideal.

First install the game naturally, and cleanly, if you have something in the folder of the game from a previous install, delete it.

Next, Idk how steam deck works, but i assume you can install wine, right? Or does it come with wine installed? Anyway, use wine to launch the unofficial patch, and see what happens.

If there's still language issues, change your language in the settings for the time being until you install the patch, then set it back. You might have to re-log for the language settings to take effect. Idk how system language would mess with the installer, it shouldn't, but if you think that's the case, change it for this one install.

So when it works, either immediately or after you change the system language, click next until it asks you where the game is located. Now, steam deck doesn't have "desktop steam" so not sure how you'd see the folder, but if there's something similar try that. In desktop steam you right click on the game in library, then manage, then browse. It will open up the game folder for you then. If you don't have that, just open the file manager and search for vampire.exe.

The folder is hidden, so make sure you enable showing of hidden files. The game folder should be somewhere like this:

/home/.steam/steam/steamapps/common

(The .dotfolder is the hidden one)

Then remember the folder and find it again with the browse button, it will be in the "Z" drive and find it, point the installer to it.

Then select basic or plus patch and let it do it's thing. As long as you used wine to run the installer program you should be fine. No protontricks necesary because you're not installing the patch into the game's prefix, you're installing the patch into the game folder.

i finally installed it, but now the game isn't able to load at all. I'm unable to delete the old saves. as well as starting a new game. Both do nothing, and in the case of the new game it just never loads.

[Wesp5]

Try deleting the d3d9.dll file from the main folder, it's know to not work with Linux.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

i finally installed it, but now the game isn't able to load at all. I'm unable to delete the old saves. as well as starting a new game. Both do nothing, and in the case of the new game it just never loads.

Does it say in the options menu that you're running the patch?
Also, try what wesp5 said.

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Wesp5:

Try deleting the d3d9.dll file from the main folder, it's know to not work with Linux.

Will test out right now, gonna report in afterwards.

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

i finally installed it, but now the game isn't able to load at all. I'm unable to delete the old saves. as well as starting a new game. Both do nothing, and in the case of the new game it just never loads.

Does it say in the options menu that you're running the patch?
Also, try what wesp5 said.

Not sure what that looks like, is it extra command/settings options? Also, the d3d9.dll deletion didn't work. I'm just gonna see if I can refund this ♥♥♥♥.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

Originally posted by Vepar:

Does it say in the options menu that you're running the patch?
Also, try what wesp5 said.

Not sure what that looks like, is it extra command/settings options? Also, the d3d9.dll deletion didn't work. I'm just gonna see if I can refund this ♥♥♥♥.

Here's my entire setup. I'm using the Unofficial Patch plus, version 11.5.

https://imgur.com/a/uancDON

I'm using ProtonGE, but experimental and Valve Proton 7-9 shouid work as well. Older protons, maybe even 7, have a weird bug that makes it so you have to manually close the game from steam, otherwise it's always on upon exit for some reason.

You can see the exact launch options, folder structure and main menu, with the options>gameplay noting the patch.

If you installed the plus patch, you'll have the flaming main menu with the symbols.
Patch version is under settings>gameplay.
-game Unofficial_Patch is mandatory to play the patched version - otherwise you're running unpatched, and could be the reason you're having issues.

This should work.

You can try installing ProtonGE. Use protonUPqt app to do so, just pick a proton, install it, then tell it what game to be associated with in Steam. Next time you load Steam, you should have it as an option. Another good app is Proton plus, it does the same thing, but maybe simpler. This one is gtk, so looks like gnome, but works fine on KDE as well.

You can also try using Patch version 11.4.

Or... You can run the game from the "loader.exe" file in the main folder. Not sure how that works on the deck because Steam on the deck requires a re-log, but you can try it as a last option.

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

Not sure what that looks like, is it extra command/settings options? Also, the d3d9.dll deletion didn't work. I'm just gonna see if I can refund this ♥♥♥♥.

Here's my entire setup. I'm using the Unofficial Patch plus, version 11.5.

https://imgur.com/a/uancDON

I'm using ProtonGE, but experimental and Valve Proton 7-9 shouid work as well. Older protons, maybe even 7, have a weird bug that makes it so you have to manually close the game from steam, otherwise it's always on upon exit for some reason.

You can see the exact launch options, folder structure and main menu, with the options>gameplay noting the patch.

If you installed the plus patch, you'll have the flaming main menu with the symbols.
Patch version is under settings>gameplay.
-game Unofficial_Patch is mandatory to play the patched version - otherwise you're running unpatched, and could be the reason you're having issues.

This should work.

You can try installing ProtonGE. Use protonUPqt app to do so, just pick a proton, install it, then tell it what game to be associated with in Steam. Next time you load Steam, you should have it as an option. Another good app is Proton plus, it does the same thing, but maybe simpler. This one is gtk, so looks like gnome, but works fine on KDE as well.

You can also try using Patch version 11.4.

Or... You can run the game from the "loader.exe" file in the main folder. Not sure how that works on the deck because Steam on the deck requires a re-log, but you can try it as a last option.

Thanks for the guide. After a few days of other stuff, I properly reinstalled it, and now it works. I'm genuinely thankful for you and Wesp's help, and I'm sorry for my sheer retardation.

[serb cutter]

Update: it just remains stuck on the embrace screen, even after proper install + deletion of d3d9.dll + verifying etc etc. Gonna try to fix this.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

Update: it just remains stuck on the embrace screen, even after proper install + deletion of d3d9.dll + verifying etc etc. Gonna try to fix this.

Don't verify when you have the patch installed, it might download some files and change something.

If you want to start from scratch, uninstall the game, delete the folder it leaves, and install the game clean, then patch it.

And what do you mean embrace screen? Character creator or the intro cinematic?

[serb cutter]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Originally posted by OOOOOOOOOO:

Update: it just remains stuck on the embrace screen, even after proper install + deletion of d3d9.dll + verifying etc etc. Gonna try to fix this.

Don't verify when you have the patch installed, it might download some files and change something.

If you want to start from scratch, uninstall the game, delete the folder it leaves, and install the game clean, then patch it.

And what do you mean embrace screen? Character creator or the intro cinematic?

Ah ok, i'll do that. And yes, the intro cinematic. I deleted the old saves, along with a file labeled 'incompatible.' Just gonna reinstall.

[serb cutter]

Update: still broken. 11.5 has been installed and runs, but is stuck on the cutscene loading with a mouse in the middle. Gonna check some other threads.