Hey everyone, I’m trying to install some HD mods for Final Fantasy XIII on my Steam Deck. The mods come as .bat files that I need to run to set up everything properly. I’ve tried using Wine, but it doesn’t open the .bat files. I also tried Bottles, but the .bat files won’t launch there either. Q4Wine got the .bat files to open, but I hit errors when trying to install through that. I also tried protontricks, but it only detects games from my Steam library, and since I can’t add the .bat files directly to Steam, protontricks doesn’t find them. Even right-clicking and trying to launch the .bat with protontricks does nothing. I don’t have access to a Windows PC right now. Can anyone help me figure out how to run these .bat files on Steam Deck?
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It seems like adding the .bat files directly to Steam so protontricks can detect them isn’t possible. But running the .bat files via Wine’s command line interface is one of the cleaner ways to do it on the Steam Deck. Since you’re trying to mod FFXIII and already have protontricks installed, using protontricks to manage the game’s prefix is your best bet. Alternatively, you could try creating a small script that launches the .bat file via Wine, then add that script as a non-Steam game to Steam. From there, you could use protontricks on it. It’s a bit of a workaround, but it might get the job done if direct methods don’t work.
You can run your .bat files on Steam Deck by using Wine’s command prompt. First, install Wine if you haven’t already. Then open a terminal and run `flatpak run org.winehq.Wine cmd` to open the Wine command prompt. From there, navigate to the directory with your .bat file using commands like `cd`, then run your .bat file by typing its name. This method works well for simple scripts. Keep in mind that if the .bat script is complex or relies on Windows-specific stuff, you might encounter issues.
If you install protontricks from Flathub, you can actually select your installed copy of FFXIII in protontricks and then use the uninstaller feature to run your .bat files. This might sound weird, but the uninstaller function lets you run batch scripts within the game’s proton prefix, so it runs in the right Windows-like environment. Just pick the game in protontricks and look for an option to run the uninstaller or custom scripts. That should get the mods installed.
Thanks, that’s helpful! Could you explain a bit more about what to do once FFXIII is selected inside protontricks? I’m new to this part.