Kinda confusing but I’m trying to install the item randomizer mod for Dark Souls 3 and whenever I try to run the .exe file as told to do by the instructions it just opens Firefox. I downloaded protontrick as I saw in a different thread and it still doesn’t open the randomizer. When I run the game as normal, nothing is randomized. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be amazing as I’m at my wits end trying to figure this out.

  • Facehugger_35@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    whenever I try to run the .exe file as told to do by the instructions

    These instructions are for Windows machines, probably. The Deck runs SteamOS. SteamOS doesn’t actually read .exe files. It needs to use proton to understand them.

    So you’ve got a few options around this.

    Option 1: You add the mod’s exe as a “non-steam game” and then you set a proton version and its compatdata path to the game’s compatdata folder via the compatdata path launch option from its shortcut -

    STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/path/to/your/prefix/" %command%

    Replacing /path/to/your/prefix with Dark Souls 3’s compatdata path. Assuming you bought the steam version, it should be

    /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/374320

    Or somewhere near there. I don’t own DS3 so I can’t check.

    Alternatively, you could use protontricks/steam tinker launch to run your mod exe within the game’s proton prefix without messing with this. Probably easier that way.