Steam Deck crash?

[Tau Settee]

This game crashes shortly after pressing the middle (Play) button on the first screen. Is there any way to get this working on the Steam Deck without installing Windows?

[The New Gamers]

So I got it to work, it's a very difficult task but u mainly want to go back and fourth on compatibility mode with experimental mode. Basically what this will do is skip the initial launch and go straight into the game. Also after that u want to disable and reinable the steam overlay and window and stuff I'll post a video if need be. So the main problem is not the game but the window before the game. So when the window closes the deck automatically thinks the is closing. So it's not a crash but a bug with the system. I hope this information is useful. BTW the game runs at steady 40-45 fps.

[Tau Settee]

I've tried and tried, but a large portion of the interest in the game is to be able to pick the Deck up and play - I work hard enough for work!

If you fancy doing video it would be appreciated. I wish I was as in to coding as I was 30 years ago - I might have been tempted to try and find out where thd problem was and either patch it or contribute a fix to Proton. Too old now, I don't have the tools or the knowledge for this platform :(

[Tau Settee]

Dagnabbit! There's a new revision of GE-Proton out today - 42 instead of 41, so I thought I would try my luck... and it worked! Once. But not since 😞

Just for a moment I thought someone with modern coding skills might have seen this thread and fixed the problem for me - but no such luck.

For whatever it's worth I used a Bluetooth keyboard to change the in-gamd control option to GamePad. I've been spoilt by modern two-stick shooters which allow you to shoot in a different direction to that of travel, but once I re-learnt the minimal controls I was well away. Until I decided to see if the game working was repeatable.

Oh well - it gives me hope that a fix is possible - so fingers crossed 🤞

[trailerpark1976]

I tried going back and forth and it didn’t change anything. Disabled windowed mode and corrected the resolution but the game still closes. Tried it on different proton versions down to 5.10 and instead of closing it would at least hang at a black screen. Not sure if that is progress or not lol

[MandøRandø]

To be fair, this was showing "unknown" for Deck. With our help, that might change, but it's difficult to get the powers-that-be to circle back on a 15 y/o game.

That said, I think I've cracked it. Here's what I did using Stable release.

If you installed it, uninstall it before you begin here.

If you're in BPM, (Deck "Gaming Mode") restart to Desktop and plug-in a keyboard and mouse for the desktop part.

Now, from the Steam window, (use 2nd icon) configure BZB before you install.

GENERAL TAB -- Select the stock resolution: 1280x800
COMPATIBILITY TAB -- Tick the force box and select Proton Experimental

Close configuration, then download and install, it will now run in that proton pack automatically.

Once you see it convert to Play button, try it once. You should see the launcher appear. (graveyard backdrop with some headstones: 'wrench' for settings, play and 'X') Try clicking the 'play' headstone and you'll see what usually happens. (DeepSix logo, then crash ... but if it does run, it will be lo-rez and letterbox, just exit this time)

This should leave you back at the Steam window, looking at BZB page again.

Enter BZB Configuration, go to Local Files and click Browse...
(If you've ever been into Steam/steamapps/common, this should be pretty familiar to you. If not, hang tight, it make take a few tries for this to make sense.)

You're in the main folder for BZB executable, and you'll find the settings.xml file here. Use the Kate editor (by default) or your fave txtedit. The color-mapping should show you the settings clearly.
"Resolution" should have 640x480 on the same line, change it to the Deck standard: "1280x800"
Change the line that says "Windowed" from a "1" to "0"
Gameplay might improve without a couple of older f/x techniques, no longer native to DirectX. Some f/x will appear as black boxes in-game, so you may as well disable them by changing values on these lines to zero ("0"): "Decals" and/or "Giblets"
Save and close settings.xml

Now, here's the magic part -- the suspected cause for the crash is how the launcher exits and takes the Proton environment down with it, rather than allowing the game to run. So now, let's just change that launcher to the actual game exe.

RENAME BZB Launcher.exe to BZB Original Launcher.exe
RENAME BZB.exe to BZB Launcher.exe

Simple, no?

Now, exit the folder window and try the Play button.
(this might NOT work, but it may still work in BPM)

Go back into BPM (Gaming Mode) and try it from there.

NOTE: If it seems sketchy, or hitches up a lot, go back to the BZB configuration and change the Proton environment to the latest release. (7.06 here) You can do this without resorting to Desktop mode this time.

For controls, I might suggest GamePad Mouse Trackpad if you're using the Deck itself to play, but this game was originally made for KBM, so you might try hooking those up, too.

Currently, I have a dock with KBM connected and it seems to work fine for either KBM or gamepad. It's been launching every time!

[TinMan1325]

The game loads fine on the Steam Deck (I use the beta instead of stable, not sure if that changes anything with Proton?) but the controls don't work at all. I would assume the controls could be configured properly somehow, I just don't feel like figuring it out

[Badstyles]

how to buy Burn Zombie Burn!??? i can not see the link to buy

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by Badstyles:

how to buy Burn Zombie Burn!??? i can not see the link to buy

It might not be available in your country? Maybe try buying a Steam key instead