gamefiles VS ProtonUp-Qt

Yes, Football Life works perfectly on a Steam Deck. There is a Lutris script to install it. Here's the link: gamefiles/sp-football-life-2023 at main · eskay993/gamefiles · GitHub

This assumes you installed the game in Lutris (see my install script on Github for info).

That’s the problem, FL23 doesn’t show in Lutris to be able to edit even though I installed it via that onto my SD card. https://github.com/eskay993/gamefiles/tree/main/sp-football-life-2023

I've been following https://github.com/eskay993/gamefiles/tree/main/sp-football-life-2023 to see if I can install this game on Steam Deck. During the install Lutis asks if I want to install into a Windows directory so I point to a new folder on my SD card in /run/media/mmcblk0p1/FL23

yeah I followed https://github.com/eskay993/gamefiles/tree/main/sp-football-life-2023 this guide to get it set up

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Lutris is a launcher for applications that run on Linux, that's the most comprehensive answer. It is highly configurable and supports scripting. Probably the most common use is launching non-steam Windows games with Wine and DXVK/VKD3D (I recommend a tool called ProtonUp-Qt for managing versions of this software). However, it can be configured to launch just about anything, including native Linux executables etc. Many popular titles will have scripts that automate the installation and setup, making them plug and play (if the script is good, that is). But everything the script does can be done manually too.

Try Installing proton up qt (haven’t tried it yet, I have the same issues as you). You can find it here (use dxvk): https://davidotek.github.io/protonup-qt/

Easiest way is to ise ProtonUp-Qt: https://github.com/DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt

Install ProtonUp-Qt from the Discover store and open it

/// protonGE downloader ensures you have the latest version

In the discover store you can find https://davidotek.github.io/protonup-qt/ that will download the latest.

Try installing it through Steam instead of using Wine directly. Mine is currently set to "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" and GE-Proton7-41, so try installing that one if none of the Proton versions that come with the Steam client works. Installing a custom version of Proton is fairly simple if you know the command line, basically just unpack it into the right folder. But if you prefer graphical tools you can use ProtonUp-Qt instead.

I'd try that since it's something you haven't tried at least. Check the first comment - all you have to do is install protonUp-Qt and then launch it. Use protonup to install Proton GE 7-55. Then, when you go to steam (might require a restart, don't remember) in the compatibility settings for the game you can set it to the Proton GE version.

Bit late but luxtorpeda has gzdoom as an option along with qzdl for launching with mods. You just gotta install protonup-qt from the discover store in desktop mode. A quick YouTube/Google search can show you how but that's the rough gist of it.