FIX cutscene skipping on Steam Deck.

If you try to play Darksiders Warmastered Edition out of the box on the steam deck, suspicions will soon begin to creep in... Where is the video? Cutscenes? Why, having reached a certain point, the player is instantly transported to a new location with new conditions, as if you missed something?
On Windows, as I understand it, this problem is rare, they advise you to remove some codec and they say everything will work, but on the deck everything is a little more complicated, on the deck the problem will be 100% and everyone will be faced with the lack of cut scenes, and remove any codec already will not work. I tried to solve the problem myself, tested it and will try to explain in the most understandable language how to do it in the least painful way.

This guide was written by someone who doesn't have a good relationship with Linux, and for those who don't have a good relationship with Linux.

Solution

Unfortunately, this process is not the most trivial, especially for those who are used to just “download and place some file in the game folder”, here everything is somewhat more complicated and you will have to do some “Linux perdoling”, I found on the site ProtonDB instructions from user x9sim9, I attach a screenshot to it.

But don’t worry, if it seems difficult to you, I will try to explain all the points to you in as much detail as possible, the main thing is to follow them and you will succeed.
And so point by point:

1. Download the archive and unpack it somewhere

I apologize right away, but I don’t dare insert links in any form (even censored) into my guide; more than once this led to a ban and deletion of the manual (the automatic content verification system on Steam is now merciless)
But instead, I'll tell you how to find the file:
›Type in Google “Darksiders Warmastered ProtonDB”, the link we need should be in the first place, go
›Then you go down a little further and notice how people leave some links, we are specifically interested in the one that leads to the site “gitlab” and which ends with “mf-installcab_steamdeck ”
›We go through it and then download the archive as shown in the screenshot below, for those who prefer it and as far as the archiver allows, I downloaded zip

›Next, we just unpack it all somewhere, it doesn’t really matter where, for example, I just created a folder in the downloads folder called “1” and unpacked everything there

Don’t pay attention to the file marked with an orange frame for now, this file appears only at the final stage of installation, you won’t have it initially.

2. Installation

So, I hope you are doing all this in desktop mode on the steamdeck itself? Otherwise there wouldn't be much point

›In any case, leave the folder with the unpacked files open for now
›And let’s launch the “Console”, in the so-called “start” you should have it by default, its absence will be extremely strange

›A console prompt will appear, now if you did the same as me, you will only need to enter “cd /home/deck/Downloads/1/” ( in the screenshot above this moment is marked with a red stripe), and press the “A” button if you are not using an external keyboard. If you unpacked the files into another folder, you will need to copy the folder path and paste it into the console after cd separated by a space.
›From the yellow stripe in the same screenshot above, you can see that the console has moved to the folder we specified, in this case it is “1”, now we just take, copy and paste all this here (as it looks like on screenshot above with a green stripe):

PROTON="$HOME/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Proton 8.0" WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/462780/pfx" ./install-mf-64.sh -proton

In the console, press “A” (or Enter on an external keyboard) and just wait, the installation will proceed automatically and its duration will depend on the Internet speed (on networks they say about 30+ minutes, but my Internet is 200 MB/s and the installation does not complete in more than a couple of minutes)
›I don’t have a screenshot where it says that the installation is complete, but I think you will understand when this happens, at the end of the console line something like “now you will have to put mfplat_dll in the game directory should appear”, correct me if it is written incorrectly

3. The final stage of installation

Now do everything clearly in the order in which it will be written here, do not deviate from the route, I tried it in different ways, and if at least somewhere the order of actions is confused or not completed, then most likely you will need to do everything again, do not be like I.

›After the installation is complete, we can safely close the Console and in the folder where we unpacked everything we will find a new file exe, we are not interested in it, it has already fulfilled its role, instead we find the file "mfplat_dll" and simply copy it to the game folder (the game folder can be opened via Steam, in properties), it should be located in the same folder as "Darksiders1_exe"
›We just close everything, and RESET our deck, not just steam, but the entire steam deck, restart it
›Once in game mode, DO NOT HURRY launch the game, open properties, compatibility, force use of proton and select EXACT version 8.0- 5 like this, as shown in the screenshot below:

›...Now everything is ready, you can safely launch the game and test it, everything that I described to you here has been tested by me personally and everything works, the proof of this is the screenshot below, it was taken on the deck during the cut-scene
Have Fun!



My English is poor, there may be many errors in the instructions, if anyone is ready to put things in order in the text, a vacancy for a contributor is open.

[kebabfotografen]

This is a game marked "Great on Deck". What a fucking joke.

[Calyx Deuced]

I know its abit of a long stretch, but maybe you know how to fix og darksiders on steam deck too?

[criscross]

thank men is work for me thank a lot

[♐Raptor227™]

The original studio that developed Darksiders went bankrupt a long time ago, and the warmastered was made by other people who apparently don't care how it works on the Steam Deck.

[xKernalSandersx]

This is kind of crazy in 2025 we have to do this for a verified game...are the devs blind to this issue?

[Ashley Wagner]

thx a lot

[Dreny]

Proton Experimental Кат сцены лагают в 20 фпс, а игра все равно идет в 60, итого идет жесточайший рассинхрон, сначала звук, через 10 секунд видео ряд под этот звук.

[Kairi・かいり]

Proton Experimental fixes this issue now

[♐Raptor227™]

Interesting methods, I hope it helps

[Lucho Buerle]

Use the Storage Cleaner plugin to clear any shaders that may be left over for Darksiders Warmastered Edition, and delete any compat data for Darksiders Warmastered Edition, and any compat data for Proton 8.0-5

Now, download Darksiders Warmastered Edition

Once it is done downloading, make sure to force compatibility with Proton 8.0-5

Now run the game (there will be no cutscenes, don't panic), and play it for a little bit, then quit out

Now go to desktop mode and follow Raptor227's guide exactly

That is what worked for me

Thanks again Raptor227, I'll leave you alone now.

PART 2