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Cannot run game bought from itch.io on steam deck because of missing licenses (piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago by falseprophet@piefed.social to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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I am trying to run a game that I bought on itch.io but I get no licenses error. Even if try to run it directly in desktop mode, steam just interrupts the game and displays no licenses error. Any ideas?

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[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I think the problem is that the itch release is literally the same build as steam's, but the dev didn't do a very good job of neutering the "ask a steam api" bit. They accept "lol what is steam?" as a valid answer, but not "steam is responding, and says you own 0 copies of game 8675309".

First, check protondb. Then put a comment up on itch.io. Is anybody else complaining? Is anybody else commenting on the game at all?

Add the game to heroic and let heroic add it to Steam? I recommend always using either the latest proton-ge, or the latest of the previous proton-ge (9.27).

Or remove the steamapi library from the game's folder. Or add a steam_appid.txt.

Or a last resort would be Goldberg.

[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm a little disappointed that Jenny's number doesn't correspond to an actual appid...

[–] colournoun@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

Try using it with a local area code for store loyalty cards. It usually works.

[–] falseprophet@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I found the steam library file but when the I delete the file the game crashes. With the heroic the game just crashes after a long black screen. No info on db or itch.io I left a comment on itch.io. The game is native Linux so no proton is needed. Maybe I should try running the windows version.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 5 points 5 days ago

You might be the first person to run the Linux build, including the developer. I have a few games where the Linux version is a mess, so I have to use the Windows ver. "Win32 is Linux's stable gaming API".

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You could also try replacing the steam lib with an emulator like https://mr_goldberg.gitlab.io/goldberg_emulator/

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

FYI: https://github.com/Detanup01/gbe_fork

Still gets updates, unlike original Goldberg

[–] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks, was wondering

[–] falseprophet@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

I will try it if I do not find another solution.