XWAU / TFTC on Steamdeck?

[groundzeroday]

Hi all,
Recently discovered this game and the mods, been having a blast playing in VR with VoiceAttack, really blows my mind that a 20+ year old game modded is the best VR experience at the moment.
Anyways has anyone been able to get TFTC, or even XWAU installed on Steamdeck?
I want to give it a shot and am pretty tech-savvy, but if someone's already tried to no success I might not waste my time trying.
Thanks!

[Thermal Lance]

if the piece of ♥♥♥♥ I use as computer can run it. Surely the deck can.

[Calmputer]

There are a few threads on the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade forum about people playing it on Linux and the Steam Deck. but the XWAU team itself doesn't seem to have any people knowledgeable about Linux.

[---O MOLEY O---]

I've managed to get it working on Deck after some tinkering. Prepped it all on my desktop Linux and then copied game and proton prefix over to deck (compatdata) as I'll probably want to play on both when i have time :D. Haven't actually spent much time playing yet so might be issues but i can get into a skirmish and the first mission. These are the steps i used (requires winetricks and protontricks):

Install XWA and launch it to test it works and create the initial proton prefix. I didn't pick any specific proton version. Left it on default (8.2?).

From the terminal (obvs change to the correct path for your Steam installation):
WINEPREFIX=%PATH_TO_STEAM_LIBRARY%/steam/steamapps/compatdata/361670/ winetricks dotnet48 (for me protontricks always fails installing dotnet so used winetricks)
WINEPREFIX=%PATH_TO_STEAM_LIBRARY%/steam/steamapps/compatdata/361670/ winetricks
override dinput ddraw to native, builtin
Install a DLL -> install latest dxvk
Copy XWAU executables in to steamapps XWA game dir
Run wine uninstaller gui
Install XWAU2020.exe
Install XWA Mega Update 5
Install XWA latest mp 5.x
Run xwahacker-qt and set required resolution (protontricks should kick in to ask which prefix to launch it under if you run it from desktop file manager). Deck resolution = 1280 x 800

Compress the game files and scp them over to deck and replace existing deck game files.
Compress the proton prefix (.../compatdata/361670) and scp that over to deck as well. again replacing existing.
Launch on Deck. Will maybe go through first time run (directx install, etc) but for me at least, it worked after that.

Give it a go. Hopefully will work for you as well.

[m0rgg]

I made some new installers for XWA Upgrade in Lutris:
https://lutris.net/games/star-wars-x-wing-alliance/

You will need to install Lutris and launch the installers in Desktop Mode.

[Spoon my Meat Folds]

Originally posted by m0rgg:

I made some new installers for XWA Upgrade in Lutris:
https://lutris.net/games/star-wars-x-wing-alliance/

You will need to install Lutris and launch the installers in Desktop Mode.

Doesn't work anymore, lmao