Splinter Cell Conviction on Steam Deck Launch issues

[ShadowPrime]

Yo fellow gamers. I bought Splinter Cell Conviction on Steam on Sale to play it on my Steam Deck. But I get the error message saying " the following errors were found: No audio device detected
Operating System not supported".

Does anyone who owns a Steam Deck got the same issue with launching this game on Steam Deck and how did you solved this issue?

[king]

First thank NexusOA not me. I had the same problem yesterday and found this lol. You also need to download ubisoft connect launcher

While glitchy, I have been playing this on Linux with Proton.

Go into "/Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction/src/system" and remove systemdetection.dll. Click play and it will say there is no systemdetection.dll. Click OK and let it run Uplay. Then it will say it again. Click OK. Hopefully, it will run after that. The systemdetection.dll is Ubisofts way of blocking bad system configurations so blame it on them.

There is also a mod that is supposed to get rid of it but I have not tried it out yet. It's called Splinter Cell Conviction Fusion Mod.

[ShadowPrime]

Thanks for the reply. I removed the systemdetection file and the game still doesn't run. Any suggestions?

[king]

you have the ubisoft connect launcher?

[Darkpressure]

Try replacing your systemdetection.dll with mine from the archive. It contains only two .dlls and they disable detection error window for good. Then try to launch the game. It used to help one of my friends with such issue. Link is on GDrive, put a dot between google and com.
drive.google com/file/d/1dIyPITQJce-pSA8ToWnu9S8PffYY6aWX/view

[ShadowPrime]

Originally posted by evan:

you have the ubisoft connect launcher?

Yeah I have the Ubisoft Connect Launcher but it is asking for a CD Key which I dont have even though I bought the game on Steam

[king]

sorry idk what else helps :(

[Darkpressure]

Originally posted by Maestro NL:

Yeah I have the Ubisoft Connect Launcher but it is asking for a CD Key which I dont have even though I bought the game on Steam

Check the CD key in steam. At the game window press "Settings" (gear icon in the right near "game info" and "favourite game" star)
In the pop up menu click "Manage" -> "CD Keys".
It should show you the CD Key. After that put that CD key into UbiLauncher and activate it.

[ShadowPrime]

Thank you guys for your feedback. Much appreciated. Btw in de gear settings the CD Key option is not visible or available on Steam for this game......Ok update regarding this issue. When I logged out of Steam and logged back in and launch the game it booted up Ubisoft Connect and I had to log in again and link my Steam Account. As a result the game appears in My Games in the Ubisoft Connect Application but I still can't launch the game because I get the same error messages. I tried to boot up the game on my laptop Windows 10 and got the same issue as stated with the Steam Deck. Im out of options and if anyone knows a work around it will be much appreciated. On YT I saw a person playing SC Blacklist on Steam Deck so it must be possible to play Conviction as well.

[Darkpressure]

Originally posted by Maestro NL:

As a result the game appears in My Games in the Ubisoft Connect Application

You're half way done with CD key problem gone.

Originally posted by Maestro NL:

I still can't launch the game because I get the same error messages.

You should download the archive, the link to it I sent earlier. Try this on your laptop first.
Download and open the archive. Open conviction folder (your drive/gamepath/Splinter Cell Conviction/src/system). Copy systemdetection.dll and winmm.dll from the archive to your src/system folder, replace if asked. Run the game.
If the game doesn't run do next - right click on conviction_game.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Change to Windows 7 compatibility -> OK. Run the game.

[NexusOA]

I can't say for sure if Darkpressure's solution will work but seems to know something about it. Playing this on linux requires tinkering. Look up ProtonDB Splinter Cell Conviction for more info. The general idea is the following.

1. Remove systemdetection.dll
2. Install Uplay using Protontricks.
3. Install d3dcompiler_47 using Protontricks to get it to play movies.
4. The affinity on it is always forcing it to one core whenever a level is loaded. So you need a script running in the background that is constantly forcing it to higher cpu affinity.

I am running it on Linux Mint but Steam Deck may be different. Even then its still glitchy and will crash on you. I have narrowed it down to getting into heavy firefights with automatic weapons causing some error that causes the game to crash. Still looking into why its happening.

[Kidm0bius]

Originally posted by Darkpressure:

Originally posted by Maestro NL:

Yeah I have the Ubisoft Connect Launcher but it is asking for a CD Key which I dont have even though I bought the game on Steam

Check the CD key in steam. At the game window press "Settings" (gear icon in the right near "game info" and "favourite game" star)
In the pop up menu click "Manage" -> "CD Keys".
It should show you the CD Key. After that put that CD key into UbiLauncher and activate it.

sry to necro but i dont have a cdkey option under manage..i have the cdkey dlc.