Dude thank you sooooo much! Had Ghost Recon: Breakpoint installed via UbisoftConnect and while previously I was able to launch the game I was only able to launch Breakpoint via DirectX. Wanted to launch the Vulkan version as it seems to run smoother. This guide has allowed me to now be able to launch the Vulkan version! Was about to give up but this guide saved me. Thanks again man.
Found your Reddit post after trying to play a game, found a RUclips video, was irritated when I realized I had to watch other videos of yours, I soon understood why, and you gained a new subscriber. Thanks, bro!
@@fat3lwound Yeah, I don't own that game (nor do I care to) - and UbiSoft won't refund me when I'm done. I would post on Reddit for a possible solution.
@@Darkuni This is when I first open the programme, it goes straight to the “activate a key” screen, not the Ubisoft connect homepage, if I press cancel then it just closes
It isn’t any game, I haven’t downloaded any games yet. I try to open Ubisoft Connect and it immediately goes to the “activate key” page which I can’t get out of
@@Darkuni Great content. I was using your older videos as well as browsing the web (sadly less written word and many video results, and sometimes it is easier to follow written instructions). I'm slowly getting into understanding the deck. What is more with dock I also use it as a Linix PC in desktop mode (for example right now).
@@mravg79 I used to be a written tutorial author ... then it became clear nobody want to read anymore - so I moved to YT :D I hope this worked out okay for you. Can always drop into our Discord and chat with others that can help too.
@Darkuni way get force into beta Client mode don't see switch on it at all for my existence if don't have a keyboard and mouse work harder do. So ini file chaged do force into beta mode
@@INSULTKARI yeah it ended up working i just reinstalled and did the launch location again. I just wanted to play xDefiant but the game keeps crashing Ubisoft Connect is garbage for the steam deck so not really that surprised
Great Scott. Finally I know why games couldn’t be installed in other launchers as well. You are awesome. Could I link to my internal storage and in that folder link to my different SDCards as well?
I am LOVING your work related to the Steam Deck. Thank you! This video is exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. There are multiple ways to install other stores/launchers like Epic, GOG, Amazon, EA, etc. and it can be hard to figure out what is best. Because of your expertise, I'm wondering what you think the BEST method are for installing games on the Steam Deck from these alternatives to the Steam store? I'm hoping that there is a method for each alternative store/launcher that will keep cloud save functionality when that is a feature. I think a "Best Method" to these stores, like this Ubisoft Connect video, could be a good series of videos for you to do. THANK YOU!
@@Darkuni FYI - I mention in the cloud saves in the context that the many people use the Steam Deck along with another computer and that it's a big convenience to be able to share the save file among multiple devices. I appreciate you and your work. Cheers.
BE AWARE!!! The trick with the linked prefix folder at 14:26 is brilliant! HOWEVER, if in the future you ever remove the non-steam game from Steam (i.e. in this case if you remove The Lost Crown from Steam) it will DELETE the CONTENT of that linked folder and thus the content of the original Ubisoft Connect prefix. Which will stop working. So before removing the non-steam game from Steam make sure you first remove the folder link manually in Dolphin. Deleting the folder in Dolphin will just remove the link.
Thank you, no wonder everything in those folder gone including all the Ubisoft prefix. Can you explain lil bit detail in how can I remove the Non-Steam-Game from my library without accidentally removing everything from the prefix? Thanks!
Can't get past the login screen on ubisoft, the keyboard is blocked and corekeyboard doesn't work... is there some way past this problem without buying a keyboard?
Tank you for a video. But where is Beta switch? I can't find it on my deck, I've tried desktop mode, gaming mode, played with different resolutions... but still no way to switch to beta
I don’t understand anything past 14:22. I downloaded ghost recon breakpoint and it’s I’m the games folder. It hasn’t generated another folder in the comp data folder that I can see. Then when the big block of text goes on the right hand side, the video becomes impossible to follow with getting the game executable setup to launch the game. I understand I need to trick the system into thinking Ubisoft connect is in the same folder as breakpoint’s .exe but at 14:22 the video becomes super hard to follow. Why are you deleting that one folder? WHERE are you dragging the link you are then renaming after that?
Every non-steam game creates a proton prefix. In this case, Connect has it's own folder (which is actually filled with the launcher and proton files). When you create a direct link to the exe? That creates its OWN prefix. You don't WANT that prefix, because Connect isn't in it. So you're linking the new prefix number to where Connect is. Let's say Connect is 12345678 and the new pointer to the game's exe is 9876543. The launcher is in 12345678 right? There is NOTHING in 9876543 of use. It was created by default. So we DELETE 9876543 and create a new FAKE one - which is really just a link to 12345678. That way when you run the game exe, it can see and use the Connect launcher. Hope that helps.
I appreciate the reply. Your videos have been incredibly helpful. So my Uplay launcher doesn’t have a number in the compatdata folder, it’s named UplayLauncher. The app itself launches fine, and I downloaded ghost recon breakpoint after I was inside the launcher. I can’t find the corresponding folder with the random numbers you show in your video. I guess that’s where I’m getting lost. Assuming I can find the ghost recon random numbers folder in the compatdata directory, am I dragging the UplayLauncher folder to the ghost recon random number folder? Is it the other way around? I guess that’s where I’m lost because the video has us setup the Games folder, but then it never really gets referenced again. You also mention deleting a folder and I’m not sure how that ties to everything else. I totally get the idea of linking and all of that, but it’s that specific step above where I’m getting lost. I guess I can delete ghost recon and download it again to find the random numbers folder in the compatdata directory but once I have that I’m lost on what I’m dragging where.
@@roninchaos7650 So here is the problem. You likely used NonSteamLauncher scripts - which completely invalidates my videos because of the way they do it. You'll need to install Connect exactly as shown here. This HAS to be the problem, based on what you're telling me here. If not, come on over the the Discord and let's see if we can't figure it out.
I think that’s how it was added, yes. I already had to reformat my deck once so I’m not looking to do that again. Should I just delete the launcher from NonSteamLaunchers and the game and redo everything with yours?
@@roninchaos7650 I'm afraid if you want to use my tutorials, you'll have to get rid if that process, yes. Or, go make him help you. :) He won't engage with you like I will, though.
So I followed this word for word and did it all shot for shot, all without keyboard or mouse, and stopped at 12:00. Because I scroll down for a second and find a video you "specifically made" for breakpoint alone. Did it that way, so I guess I have two ubisoft connects now, and loaded it up. It crashed. Did it again, it played. I really over did everything just because I didn't know that vid existed. So I have a question. Everything you did in this video up to just before installing the demo, I did. even got the Ubisoft Connect to go to the C: games folder. I found that other Protontrick video you did, and did it that way. Do I just find a way to undo everything I did or just leave it all be and no performance side effects will occur. Cause I'm pretty sure I have two ubisoft connects now, if that means anything.
Two different things. If you bought a Ubisoft game .... ON STEAM ... you use the Breakpoint video. If you bought the game on Ubisoft Connect? You use this one. If you don't own any games on the Ubisoft locker? You don't need to do this video. Just do the five minute Connect injection. I hope that makes sense.
@@Darkuni the Ubisoft games is on steam. I did the protontrick way after I did this video. So I'm just left wondering if I leave everything I did in this video as is. Like the whole implementation of Ubisoft as a non steam game, ect.
So it seems there are multiple ways to accomplish having non steam games be able to be launched individually from their launcher. What you showed is one way. Another way seems to install the game so it's within the ubisoft folder in its prefix like normal, but then also add the game exe to steam separately (in order to launch the game directly), then either fake the prefix name (make a symbolic link) like you show OR put the steam compata data path command to point to ubisoft connect prefix ID as a game exe launch command (rather than creating a symbolic link). Do this sound accurate?
Sounds about right. I like "centralized storage" - so my game binaries are not part of the prefix. You could totally do it the other ways. Comes down to preference at the end of the day.
Great content - very informative and clear and concise. Quick question: would you recommend using Ubisoft Connect itself instead of say Lutris? Also: when installing and launching games via Ubisoft Connect - is there anything like Cloud Saving like with Steam Cloud? Thanks a lot and keep up the awesome work
Lutris and Heroic (based on Reddit reads) constantly seem to have issues with these third party locker cloud based saves. My preference is always putting your lockers into Steam as a non-steam game as it gives you visibility and control without YET ANOTHER abstract layer on top of it. Ubisoft Connect handles cloud based saves like Steam does. So when you exit your game? Do so properly (like QUIT TO DESKTOP) so that when you're done, Ubisoft can save up to the cloud. Hope that helps.
@@Darkunithank you so much for the answer. Somehow RUclips didn’t notify me of your message. General question: would you consider buying games on sale via Ubisoft Connect a viable option or is it better to wait for sales within Steam?
Got everything done up to the 7:15 mark, but when I launch Ubisoft Connect I get stuck at a grey screen with a "UBISOFT CONNECT" top bar that has a minimize and close button and a larger bar across the bottom of the screen with a rotating blue "loading" circle that seemingly goes on forever. Anyone have any ideas as to what happened/is happening and how to fix it?
@@Darkuni Tried Proton Hotfix, got the login page and got past the initial "UBISOFT CONNECT" colorful loading screen, got to another black loading screen with the white Ubisoft "U", and then it cuts to the same grey screen that seems like a loading screen, which just goes on forever
So, using the symbol link method, we can have just one instance of Ubisoft Connect, and all games (either installed via Steam or Ubisoft Connect) will launch the Ubisoft Connect client using the symbol link?
@@akayueh certainly for ubisoft connect purchases I've never tried to link it to a Steam game but I'm not 100% sure that would work cuz I think the depot would override something. Might be an interesting test though.
@@Darkuni I just tested this morning, it works. Ubisoft Connect also see what games you have installed on Steam, but you will not be able to launch from it, as Steam/Proton only allow one instance running. If there is a way to have Ubisoft running as a background program via Proton without letting Steam think it is running might just do the trick... More testing is needed.
Followed your tutorial but the Symlink won’t work. When I link my Games folder from my SD card to the fake „Drive C“ it won‘t show me the correct amount of leftover storage space. For Breakpoint it tells me it needs 63374MB and I have 65607MB of free space which is obviously wrong as I have over 400gb of space left. Any idea why that is?
Does not work at all. Tried downloading a demo and it says that I don’t have enough storage space. Tried the Division 2 demo which is over 90gb and UC tells me I only have 65gb left even though I chose the symlink folder which points to my SD card… Edit: what is strange is the following: when I want to install say the demo of The Division 2 and I simply choose my D drive which is my SD card then it shows the correct amount of leftover storage AND I also don‘t have the restriction of 7.something gigabytes. I really don’t understand what is going on 😂😅
Okay so I redid everything but the Symlink won‘t work. I see the Folder but it just picks the available space from my SSD. As soon as I click on „D“ for my SD card it shows the correct amount of storage. I don‘t know maybe it‘s because it‘s a newer version of Ubisoft Connect but I can‘t recreate your way of doing it. 😅
@@fanz798 I had a friend walk me through it for Ghost Recon Breakpoint. I will work on writing up steps based on my discord convo with him. Might take a bit though, as I am at work.
Nice tutorial! Quick question, I tried downloading a ubisoft game that is bought from Steam to a non-steam ubisoft launcher (I just followed this video). However, it redirects me to steam downloading instead of non-steam ubisoft launcher which steam installed another ubisoft launcher. Is this method only applicable to non-steam ubisoft games?
Can't get past the login screen, ubisoft somehow blocks the keyboard showing up, installed corekeyboard and it doesn't work... Don't want to buy keyboard to play one game, no way getting passed this without buying one?
Core Keyboard "doesn't work"? As in it doesn't come up or ..? KDE Connect might work. Bluetouch might work. Hit your local Goodwill and pick up $3 keyboard. This isn't likely the last time you'll use it. If I get a chance, I'll try some of these other methods personally.
@Darkuni Core Keyboard doesn't work as in i press the field to type in and as soon as I type something inn it's like I pressed outside the field and nothing appears, so no matter what I try with that keyboard nothing happens... But I'll have to try the other
Thank you for the excellent updated guide. Question: Does this method work the same with Ubisoft games that are linked via Ubisoft Connect's "Find already installed games" option? Would save me the hassle of redownloading them onto my Steam Deck.
Excellent video, I went down the Non Steam Launchers path first and Rockstar Social Club kept failing. Ended up with multiple versions of the rest of the launchers and still no Rockstar. I ended up factory resetting my Steam Deck. This video was a great help in getting it setup the right way. Only question I have is what is the purpose of the Games directories? It makes sense if you want to store the launcher on the SSD and the game files on the SD Card. But otherwise I don't see the point. If you delete the launcher files, the games are borked. If you delete the game files, the games are borked. Correct? It makes more sense to me to leave it in the same directory and manage everything through the launcher. One source of truth.
I have a video explaining this: ruclips.net/video/cA6h5JH2hCk/видео.html ... believe me .. Digital Lockers are delicate. The chances of needed to nuke/fix them are great.
how do i do the ubisoft trick since i have custom directories i have ubisoft installed on the steam deck directory as Ubisoft and the game is inside ubisoft folder
Sorry. I can't really help with those weird scripts that install game launchers. If you go back and install Ubisoft as a non-Steam game as outlined in my videos? I could help you a lot easier.
@@Darkuni all cool i dont use scripts i set custom directories as in ./ubisoft my game is located under ./ubisoft/games im giving the uplay://launch/GAMEID/0
Hey, man! This was great, I got this to work with the Epic Games Store verison (via Heroic) of Rayman Legends. I followed the principles and was surprised it worked still. Also tried the PoP demo and it worked fine too. I have a question though - Noticing that even when I shut down the game(s) properly, the shutting down splash screen of the deck doesn't go away. I get impatient and end up aborting the process after a couple of minutes. Should I be waiting longer? It doesn't seem like Ubi Connect is syncing my progress.
Great video Wondering if you have looked into easy anti cheat and ubisoft connect launcher I have the division 2 on ubisoft launcher and when I tried to launch game it hangs on EAC. But apparently, they have fixed it on the steam launcher. Thanx
@@cez7603 Well, if it helps at all? The Steam event price on that game is $8.99 - with a couple of drops to $5. Might be worth a double dip at that price?
Not unless you buy the game there. If you buy them FROM Ubisoft connect, you can run those games. If you buy a Ubisoft game from STEAM (which is what I recommend) then no. You cannot run it from Ubisoft.
@@phengchaokhio4904 It has to be in the START IN or TARGET ... I've accidentally put an extra space or character in there while doing the double quotes.
Can I use this to play Farcry 5 which islisted as unsupported? Are there risks like being banned or anything when downloading these third party launchers? Thanks so much!
Does this wrk for linux chimeraos or windows. Gotta switch from windows to linux or chimeraos bc any n everything steam related is explained for the steam deacks.
@@SaltandPepperXhey hey, do you have an update which you could share on this specific error? I am currently stuck with the same. Launching the game, 5-10 sec in loading screen (showing ingame stuff), close the game and being back at UbiConnect. @Darkuni Many thanks for that guide. Really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot for the video! But I'm having some issues with the symlink part. I have it set up the same way you do, but when I try to download, it is showing me the storage space left in my main SSD and not my SD card? I tried setting the download location directly to the folder via the full linux path, and it shows me the correct size then. Am I missing something? I did check in Dolphin and it is a symlink and if I open it, it shows the correct amount of free space in the bottom as well, so is it just Ubisoft freaking out? I don't have much space left in my main SSD, so I'm worried about downloading larger games this way where Ubi might reject it since it sees my internal and not my SD space. Edit: I tried installing a game and yes it does install to the SD, but the space Ubisoft sees is the bigger issue, since it won't even let us install larger games.
@@Darkuni Here is the scenario I think he is having, since it is the one I just ran into: SSD 512GB with ~48GB free SD Card 512GB with ~400GB free. Symlink C:\Games to the central storage 'Games' on SD Card. When going to install AC Odyssey which needs 85GB, even though there is room on the SD, it always seems to check disk space avail vs the SSD (presumably because this is where ubi connect's prefix actually lives). Will do some testing and report back edit: moved some items around; SSD now has 110GB free, SD has 244GB free. Can now install directly to SD via symlink, dialog box shows that it is checking against the 110GB free on the SSD (ie, where the symbolic side is not where the actual destination is.
@@davehemke7786 Weird ... I swear that's something I tested. Pretty much defeats the purpose... sigh. I'll have to refresh this video soon, I guess. Thanks for the data!
Hey Shane, Thanks for making all these videos. These guides have been super helpful for me. I just wanted to add a quick note, and you might consider making a video about this. Using your example, let's say you've played Prince of Persia, and you want to uninstall it. Normally, you'd think you would be able "Remove Non-Steam Game from Steam" from within Steam. However, I've run into an issue where when you do this it removes ALL the proton prefix folders (not just the one for Prince of Persia but also Ubisoft Connect). Perhaps I'm doing something wrong where you haven't had this issue. But I just thought I'd comment to let you know about this slight flaw in the process. EDIT: I figured out the issue. It was because I was pointing each new Steam entry to the Ubisoft launcher itself rather than the .exe file for the game. EDIT2: This actually did not solve the issue 😅. EDIT 3: I find the issue is fixed by sym linking the contents of the digital locker's prefix folder rather than sym linking the entire folder.
@@Darkuni Update: I got it to work using the NonSteamLaunchers method. Maybe it was the new protonGE 9-5 that was installed with it that got it working otherwise I'm not sure.
@@beanou1875 login with your Ubisoft account. If you don't have one you're going to have to make one. And make damn sure you use the same email address as your Steam account has.
@@beanou1875 This video isn't for games purchased on Steam. It is for for games bought on Ubisoft's locker. Search my channel for Syndicate - should be the same fix.
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FINALLY! So much searching on the internet for a straight answer on how to do this and you answer my prayers today! Thanks you, sir!
Great to hear!
The magic of SYMLINKS! :) Great video. Its awesome that you go through and explain the science behind the magic. Best videos ever!
Like every other weapon .. can be used for good (like this) or evil (moving shaders from a high speed drive to a slow ass one)
Thank you, man
This guide is one of the best I've seen overall, every detail is explained and showed
Dude thank you sooooo much! Had Ghost Recon: Breakpoint installed via UbisoftConnect and while previously I was able to launch the game I was only able to launch Breakpoint via DirectX. Wanted to launch the Vulkan version as it seems to run smoother. This guide has allowed me to now be able to launch the Vulkan version! Was about to give up but this guide saved me. Thanks again man.
Thank you for a very detailed information. I just installed AC odyssey and it works due to this video. Grateful for this!
Found your Reddit post after trying to play a game, found a RUclips video, was irritated when I realized I had to watch other videos of yours, I soon understood why, and you gained a new subscriber. Thanks, bro!
Thanks for understanding. They keep changing things. I try to put out new updates as fast as possible...
@@Darkuni Is there a way to play division 2 from the ubi launcher on steamdeck? I dont want to rebuy it again on steam.
@@fat3lwound Yeah, I don't own that game (nor do I care to) - and UbiSoft won't refund me when I'm done. I would post on Reddit for a possible solution.
@@Darkuni Thanks for the speedy response.
You're by far and away the most clear explainer about anything I've ever seen on youtube. Many thanks.
I am humbled. Thank you.
Saved me such a head ache (after two days of fighting with it). Thank you for the easy and detailed walk through.
I am pleased to have been of service.
I followed the guide but the programme opens on the “activate a key” screen which I cannot get out of when in gaming mode
There is a way to handle that. Ubisoft or Steam purchase?
@@Darkuni This is when I first open the programme, it goes straight to the “activate a key” screen, not the Ubisoft connect homepage, if I press cancel then it just closes
@@Dr_McKay What game is this and where did you buy it?
It isn’t any game, I haven’t downloaded any games yet. I try to open Ubisoft Connect and it immediately goes to the “activate key” page which I can’t get out of
@@Dr_McKay Try holding STEAM and using the right track pad? Touch screen should work too. I've never seen (or had reported) the issue you speak of :(
Thank you so much. Was having issues starting Prince of Persia and your fix helped me
great informative video as always !
Thanks so much. Glad it is 2024 and I have a solid reason to update it. Steam Deck moves too fast to keep these tutorials up to date sometimes.
@@Darkuni Great content.
I was using your older videos as well as browsing the web (sadly less written word and many video results, and sometimes it is easier to follow written instructions).
I'm slowly getting into understanding the deck. What is more with dock I also use it as a Linix PC in desktop mode (for example right now).
@@mravg79 I used to be a written tutorial author ... then it became clear nobody want to read anymore - so I moved to YT :D I hope this worked out okay for you. Can always drop into our Discord and chat with others that can help too.
@Darkuni way get force into beta Client mode don't see switch on it at all for my existence if don't have a keyboard and mouse work harder do. So ini file chaged do force into beta mode
@@morobest5351 Nice tip!
Trying to log into ubisoft and the screen is just blank with the spinning wheel at the bottom right???
Could be a network issue. Google "ubisoft steam deck mtu" .. that will find you a few things to try.
Have you ever fixed it, I got same problem. Tried changing MTU still same, I haven’t tried changing the proton version though
@@INSULTKARI yeah it ended up working i just reinstalled and did the launch location again. I just wanted to play xDefiant but the game keeps crashing Ubisoft Connect is garbage for the steam deck so not really that surprised
Great Scott. Finally I know why games couldn’t be installed in other launchers as well. You are awesome.
Could I link to my internal storage and in that folder link to my different SDCards as well?
You .. could ... actually. Getting a bit messy though ...
I am LOVING your work related to the Steam Deck. Thank you! This video is exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. There are multiple ways to install other stores/launchers like Epic, GOG, Amazon, EA, etc. and it can be hard to figure out what is best. Because of your expertise, I'm wondering what you think the BEST method are for installing games on the Steam Deck from these alternatives to the Steam store? I'm hoping that there is a method for each alternative store/launcher that will keep cloud save functionality when that is a feature. I think a "Best Method" to these stores, like this Ubisoft Connect video, could be a good series of videos for you to do. THANK YOU!
Thank you for the nice words and suggestion!
@@Darkuni FYI - I mention in the cloud saves in the context that the many people use the Steam Deck along with another computer and that it's a big convenience to be able to share the save file among multiple devices. I appreciate you and your work. Cheers.
BE AWARE!!! The trick with the linked prefix folder at 14:26 is brilliant! HOWEVER, if in the future you ever remove the non-steam game from Steam (i.e. in this case if you remove The Lost Crown from Steam) it will DELETE the CONTENT of that linked folder and thus the content of the original Ubisoft Connect prefix. Which will stop working. So before removing the non-steam game from Steam make sure you first remove the folder link manually in Dolphin. Deleting the folder in Dolphin will just remove the link.
Yeah, this trick is about protecting the games from an uninstall/thrashing of the locker. I will add this note to future videos.
Thank you, no wonder everything in those folder gone including all the Ubisoft prefix.
Can you explain lil bit detail in how can I remove the Non-Steam-Game from my library without accidentally removing everything from the prefix?
Thanks!
Thank youuuuu Merci !!!!
Thanks a lot. Could you turn down the background music a bit I is hard to follow your train of thought for non native speakers;-)
Noted! I try to be sensitive about that...
Can't get past the login screen on ubisoft, the keyboard is blocked and corekeyboard doesn't work... is there some way past this problem without buying a keyboard?
Tank you for a video. But where is Beta switch? I can't find it on my deck, I've tried desktop mode, gaming mode, played with different resolutions... but still no way to switch to beta
I don’t understand anything past 14:22. I downloaded ghost recon breakpoint and it’s I’m the games folder. It hasn’t generated another folder in the comp data folder that I can see. Then when the big block of text goes on the right hand side, the video becomes impossible to follow with getting the game executable setup to launch the game.
I understand I need to trick the system into thinking Ubisoft connect is in the same folder as breakpoint’s .exe but at 14:22 the video becomes super hard to follow. Why are you deleting that one folder? WHERE are you dragging the link you are then renaming after that?
Every non-steam game creates a proton prefix. In this case, Connect has it's own folder (which is actually filled with the launcher and proton files). When you create a direct link to the exe? That creates its OWN prefix. You don't WANT that prefix, because Connect isn't in it. So you're linking the new prefix number to where Connect is.
Let's say Connect is 12345678 and the new pointer to the game's exe is 9876543. The launcher is in 12345678 right? There is NOTHING in 9876543 of use. It was created by default. So we DELETE 9876543 and create a new FAKE one - which is really just a link to 12345678. That way when you run the game exe, it can see and use the Connect launcher. Hope that helps.
I appreciate the reply. Your videos have been incredibly helpful.
So my Uplay launcher doesn’t have a number in the compatdata folder, it’s named UplayLauncher.
The app itself launches fine, and I downloaded ghost recon breakpoint after I was inside the launcher. I can’t find the corresponding folder with the random numbers you show in your video. I guess that’s where I’m getting lost. Assuming I can find the ghost recon random numbers folder in the compatdata directory, am I dragging the UplayLauncher folder to the ghost recon random number folder? Is it the other way around? I guess that’s where I’m lost because the video has us setup the Games folder, but then it never really gets referenced again. You also mention deleting a folder and I’m not sure how that ties to everything else.
I totally get the idea of linking and all of that, but it’s that specific step above where I’m getting lost. I guess I can delete ghost recon and download it again to find the random numbers folder in the compatdata directory but once I have that I’m lost on what I’m dragging where.
@@roninchaos7650 So here is the problem. You likely used NonSteamLauncher scripts - which completely invalidates my videos because of the way they do it. You'll need to install Connect exactly as shown here. This HAS to be the problem, based on what you're telling me here.
If not, come on over the the Discord and let's see if we can't figure it out.
I think that’s how it was added, yes. I already had to reformat my deck once so I’m not looking to do that again. Should I just delete the launcher from NonSteamLaunchers and the game and redo everything with yours?
@@roninchaos7650 I'm afraid if you want to use my tutorials, you'll have to get rid if that process, yes. Or, go make him help you. :) He won't engage with you like I will, though.
So I followed this word for word and did it all shot for shot, all without keyboard or mouse, and stopped at 12:00. Because I scroll down for a second and find a video you "specifically made" for breakpoint alone. Did it that way, so I guess I have two ubisoft connects now, and loaded it up. It crashed. Did it again, it played. I really over did everything just because I didn't know that vid existed. So I have a question. Everything you did in this video up to just before installing the demo, I did. even got the Ubisoft Connect to go to the C: games folder. I found that other Protontrick video you did, and did it that way. Do I just find a way to undo everything I did or just leave it all be and no performance side effects will occur. Cause I'm pretty sure I have two ubisoft connects now, if that means anything.
Two different things. If you bought a Ubisoft game .... ON STEAM ... you use the Breakpoint video. If you bought the game on Ubisoft Connect? You use this one. If you don't own any games on the Ubisoft locker? You don't need to do this video. Just do the five minute Connect injection. I hope that makes sense.
@@Darkuni the Ubisoft games is on steam. I did the protontrick way after I did this video. So I'm just left wondering if I leave everything I did in this video as is. Like the whole implementation of Ubisoft as a non steam game, ect.
@@limboslam You could just remove this one. It serves you no purpose.
So it seems there are multiple ways to accomplish having non steam games be able to be launched individually from their launcher.
What you showed is one way.
Another way seems to install the game so it's within the ubisoft folder in its prefix like normal, but then also add the game exe to steam separately (in order to launch the game directly), then either fake the prefix name (make a symbolic link) like you show OR put the steam compata data path command to point to ubisoft connect prefix ID as a game exe launch command (rather than creating a symbolic link).
Do this sound accurate?
Sounds about right. I like "centralized storage" - so my game binaries are not part of the prefix. You could totally do it the other ways. Comes down to preference at the end of the day.
Great content - very informative and clear and concise. Quick question: would you recommend using Ubisoft Connect itself instead of say Lutris? Also: when installing and launching games via Ubisoft Connect - is there anything like Cloud Saving like with Steam Cloud? Thanks a lot and keep up the awesome work
Lutris and Heroic (based on Reddit reads) constantly seem to have issues with these third party locker cloud based saves.
My preference is always putting your lockers into Steam as a non-steam game as it gives you visibility and control without YET ANOTHER abstract layer on top of it. Ubisoft Connect handles cloud based saves like Steam does. So when you exit your game? Do so properly (like QUIT TO DESKTOP) so that when you're done, Ubisoft can save up to the cloud. Hope that helps.
@@Darkunithank you so much for the answer. Somehow RUclips didn’t notify me of your message. General question: would you consider buying games on sale via Ubisoft Connect a viable option or is it better to wait for sales within Steam?
Got everything done up to the 7:15 mark, but when I launch Ubisoft Connect I get stuck at a grey screen with a "UBISOFT CONNECT" top bar that has a minimize and close button and a larger bar across the bottom of the screen with a rotating blue "loading" circle that seemingly goes on forever.
Anyone have any ideas as to what happened/is happening and how to fix it?
What Proton are you using? These damn things break constantly, so Proton Hotfix may be required.
@@Darkuni I have it set to Proton Experimental like the video suggested, but I'll give hotfix a go
@@TheKingusDingus please let me know what you find.
@@Darkuni Tried Proton Hotfix, got the login page and got past the initial "UBISOFT CONNECT" colorful loading screen, got to another black loading screen with the white Ubisoft "U", and then it cuts to the same grey screen that seems like a loading screen, which just goes on forever
@@TheKingusDingus Did you DELETE PROTON FILES between the change?
So, using the symbol link method, we can have just one instance of Ubisoft Connect, and all games (either installed via Steam or Ubisoft Connect) will launch the Ubisoft Connect client using the symbol link?
@@akayueh certainly for ubisoft connect purchases I've never tried to link it to a Steam game but I'm not 100% sure that would work cuz I think the depot would override something. Might be an interesting test though.
@@Darkuni I just tested this morning, it works. Ubisoft Connect also see what games you have installed on Steam, but you will not be able to launch from it, as Steam/Proton only allow one instance running. If there is a way to have Ubisoft running as a background program via Proton without letting Steam think it is running might just do the trick...
More testing is needed.
Followed your tutorial but the Symlink won’t work. When I link my Games folder from my SD card to the fake „Drive C“ it won‘t show me the correct amount of leftover storage space. For Breakpoint it tells me it needs 63374MB and I have 65607MB of free space which is obviously wrong as I have over 400gb of space left. Any idea why that is?
Does not work at all. Tried downloading a demo and it says that I don’t have enough storage space. Tried the Division 2 demo which is over 90gb and UC tells me I only have 65gb left even though I chose the symlink folder which points to my SD card…
Edit: what is strange is the following: when I want to install say the demo of The Division 2 and I simply choose my D drive which is my SD card then it shows the correct amount of leftover storage AND I also don‘t have the restriction of 7.something gigabytes. I really don’t understand what is going on 😂😅
Okay so I redid everything but the Symlink won‘t work. I see the Folder but it just picks the available space from my SSD. As soon as I click on „D“ for my SD card it shows the correct amount of storage. I don‘t know maybe it‘s because it‘s a newer version of Ubisoft Connect but I can‘t recreate your way of doing it. 😅
Everytime I launch Ubisoft Connect it opens up the Activate Game window and I close that and it crashes Ubisoft Connect in game mode. Ideas?
Hmmm.... I haven't seen this - could be a new bug. I'll queue up and take a look this weekend and see if it is something new.
@@Darkuni Greatly appreciate the quick response and looking into this.
I got it to work using a slightly different method. Thanks though.
@@jsmcgreg Hello I've got the same problem, could you explain how you did, if it's not too long to write pls ?
@@fanz798 I had a friend walk me through it for Ghost Recon Breakpoint. I will work on writing up steps based on my discord convo with him. Might take a bit though, as I am at work.
Nice tutorial! Quick question, I tried downloading a ubisoft game that is bought from Steam to a non-steam ubisoft launcher (I just followed this video). However, it redirects me to steam downloading instead of non-steam ubisoft launcher which steam installed another ubisoft launcher.
Is this method only applicable to non-steam ubisoft games?
Can't get past the login screen, ubisoft somehow blocks the keyboard showing up, installed corekeyboard and it doesn't work...
Don't want to buy keyboard to play one game, no way getting passed this without buying one?
Core Keyboard "doesn't work"? As in it doesn't come up or ..? KDE Connect might work. Bluetouch might work. Hit your local Goodwill and pick up $3 keyboard. This isn't likely the last time you'll use it.
If I get a chance, I'll try some of these other methods personally.
I tested core and it worked just fine ... here ... ruclips.net/video/4mF2qe7F_1M/видео.html
@Darkuni Core Keyboard doesn't work as in i press the field to type in and as soon as I type something inn it's like I pressed outside the field and nothing appears, so no matter what I try with that keyboard nothing happens...
But I'll have to try the other
Can I follow the same general instructions for EA app and epic launcher? Sounds very similar to this ubisoft connect method.
Yep, this is just a "specialized" version of "add a non-steam game".
For some reason Ubisoft is not creating the compdata folder for the Game. Someone any ideas why?
Nevermind! I had to run the steam shortcut one with Proton Experimental compatibility! Thanks for the video!
@@fiddlerchains9372 yeah you always have to do at least one run before it makes the folder.
@@Darkuni Yes I did that, but it was not showing up, but it did with PE enabled. Thanks for the video!
If i intend to launch the games from the default folder, can i skip the symlink step?
I got through to the launcher app but it wants me to active a key before going through to the main ubisoft connect interface. i dont understand
What are you trying to install?
Thank you for the excellent updated guide. Question: Does this method work the same with Ubisoft games that are linked via Ubisoft Connect's "Find already installed games" option? Would save me the hassle of redownloading them onto my Steam Deck.
If you move them to the central storage location? Probably!
Can we use that separate game launcher trick symlinking to the original prefix with ANY launcher?
Should work fine.
Fantastic tutorial, thank you so much. Would a similar method work for GOG and Epic?
I followed this vid for GOG and it worked great.
Excellent video, I went down the Non Steam Launchers path first and Rockstar Social Club kept failing. Ended up with multiple versions of the rest of the launchers and still no Rockstar. I ended up factory resetting my Steam Deck. This video was a great help in getting it setup the right way.
Only question I have is what is the purpose of the Games directories? It makes sense if you want to store the launcher on the SSD and the game files on the SD Card. But otherwise I don't see the point. If you delete the launcher files, the games are borked. If you delete the game files, the games are borked. Correct?
It makes more sense to me to leave it in the same directory and manage everything through the launcher. One source of truth.
I have a video explaining this: ruclips.net/video/cA6h5JH2hCk/видео.html ... believe me .. Digital Lockers are delicate. The chances of needed to nuke/fix them are great.
Watching now, thanks@@Darkuni
Not launching for me when I copy the destination into the properties
@@DogDChris using the double quotes??
how do i do the ubisoft trick since i have custom directories i have ubisoft installed on the steam deck directory as Ubisoft and the game is inside ubisoft folder
Sorry. I can't really help with those weird scripts that install game launchers. If you go back and install Ubisoft as a non-Steam game as outlined in my videos? I could help you a lot easier.
@@Darkuni all cool i dont use scripts i set custom directories as in ./ubisoft
my game is located under ./ubisoft/games
im giving the uplay://launch/GAMEID/0
Hey, man! This was great, I got this to work with the Epic Games Store verison (via Heroic) of Rayman Legends. I followed the principles and was surprised it worked still. Also tried the PoP demo and it worked fine too.
I have a question though - Noticing that even when I shut down the game(s) properly, the shutting down splash screen of the deck doesn't go away. I get impatient and end up aborting the process after a couple of minutes. Should I be waiting longer? It doesn't seem like Ubi Connect is syncing my progress.
Which game?
@@Darkuni Rayman Legends. Again, I downloaded the game files from my Epic Games account via Heroic.
Great video
Wondering if you have looked into easy anti cheat and ubisoft connect launcher
I have the division 2 on ubisoft launcher and when I tried to launch game it hangs on EAC.
But apparently, they have fixed it on the steam launcher.
Thanx
If so? This is a "benefit" of buying and owning on Steam. They actually CARE if the games work on the Deck. Ubisoft? Does not.
@Darkuni agreed, I just can't bring myself to buy the stinking game again.
@@cez7603 Well, if it helps at all? The Steam event price on that game is $8.99 - with a couple of drops to $5. Might be worth a double dip at that price?
The last 3 minutes of the video showing how to remove the game folder then linking with the folder number doesn’t work.
Can you be more specific? I use this methodology all the time. I assure you it works.
you, so fast bro
Speaking too fast? There is a speed control ... some people play me at .75 ... can always slow it down ...
Can you run games directly from ubisoft connect?
Not unless you buy the game there. If you buy them FROM Ubisoft connect, you can run those games. If you buy a Ubisoft game from STEAM (which is what I recommend) then no. You cannot run it from Ubisoft.
Did everything and when I try and launch ti doesn't launch.
Missed the double quotes?
@@Darkuni nope I did everything you did in the beginning but when I press it. I wait a bit and nothing happens. In game mode and desktop
@@phengchaokhio4904 It has to be in the START IN or TARGET ... I've accidentally put an extra space or character in there while doing the double quotes.
Can I use this to play Farcry 5 which islisted as unsupported? Are there risks like being banned or anything when downloading these third party launchers? Thanks so much!
If you own Far Cry 5 on Ubisoft, yes. Own on Steam? No. No worries about banning. No one has reported anything.
Is this process same when setting up the epic store ?
I assume it would be close. I don't use Epic, so I don't know for sure.
Does this wrk for linux chimeraos or windows. Gotta switch from windows to linux or chimeraos bc any n everything steam related is explained for the steam deacks.
In theory, but I've never tested it.
Go to play but it just stops after awhile and net all ok totally copied everything you did but it does not load the ubisoft app up ?
Hop on the discord and one of us can help you find what's wrong...
@@Darkuni ok thanks will do soon as i am back home ;)
@@SaltandPepperXhey hey, do you have an update which you could share on this specific error?
I am currently stuck with the same.
Launching the game, 5-10 sec in loading screen (showing ingame stuff), close the game and being back at UbiConnect.
@Darkuni
Many thanks for that guide. Really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot for the video!
But I'm having some issues with the symlink part. I have it set up the same way you do, but when I try to download, it is showing me the storage space left in my main SSD and not my SD card?
I tried setting the download location directly to the folder via the full linux path, and it shows me the correct size then. Am I missing something? I did check in Dolphin and it is a symlink and if I open it, it shows the correct amount of free space in the bottom as well, so is it just Ubisoft freaking out?
I don't have much space left in my main SSD, so I'm worried about downloading larger games this way where Ubi might reject it since it sees my internal and not my SD space.
Edit: I tried installing a game and yes it does install to the SD, but the space Ubisoft sees is the bigger issue, since it won't even let us install larger games.
As long as your symlink is on the SD card and that is the one you dragged into drive_c? You should be fine. Strange thing though.
@@Darkuni Here is the scenario I think he is having, since it is the one I just ran into:
SSD 512GB with ~48GB free
SD Card 512GB with ~400GB free.
Symlink C:\Games to the central storage 'Games' on SD Card.
When going to install AC Odyssey which needs 85GB, even though there is room on the SD, it always seems to check disk space avail vs the SSD (presumably because this is where ubi connect's prefix actually lives).
Will do some testing and report back
edit:
moved some items around; SSD now has 110GB free, SD has 244GB free.
Can now install directly to SD via symlink, dialog box shows that it is checking against the 110GB free on the SSD (ie, where the symbolic side is not where the actual destination is.
@@davehemke7786 Weird ... I swear that's something I tested. Pretty much defeats the purpose... sigh. I'll have to refresh this video soon, I guess. Thanks for the data!
My screen looks way dif than mine my screen us black whit purple for ubisoft idk if that is someting dif but
Strange ... can you share a pic?
Hey Shane,
Thanks for making all these videos. These guides have been super helpful for me. I just wanted to add a quick note, and you might consider making a video about this.
Using your example, let's say you've played Prince of Persia, and you want to uninstall it. Normally, you'd think you would be able "Remove Non-Steam Game from Steam" from within Steam. However, I've run into an issue where when you do this it removes ALL the proton prefix folders (not just the one for Prince of Persia but also Ubisoft Connect). Perhaps I'm doing something wrong where you haven't had this issue. But I just thought I'd comment to let you know about this slight flaw in the process.
EDIT: I figured out the issue. It was because I was pointing each new Steam entry to the Ubisoft launcher itself rather than the .exe file for the game.
EDIT2: This actually did not solve the issue 😅.
EDIT 3: I find the issue is fixed by sym linking the contents of the digital locker's prefix folder rather than sym linking the entire folder.
Hmmm... I'll look closer at this. I didn't figure it would take the symlink with it - but that might be something "new". Thanks for the info.
great guide, so using things like nonsteamlauncher is not a great way to do this?
I would rather take the extra steps to do it correct
Ubisoft launcher wont load. It just hangs. In desktop mode you can force it by logging out but not in game mode. Hate Ubisoft
I hate Ubisoft too.
@@DarkuniCan you test it for yourself or should I just give up?
@@Ivan-O It works for me. i.imgur.com/gDLpKjp.png
@@Darkuni That's great. I don't know what I did wrong, I was following the video step by step.
@@Darkuni Update: I got it to work using the NonSteamLaunchers method. Maybe it was the new protonGE 9-5 that was installed with it that got it working otherwise I'm not sure.
IT WONT FUCKING LAUNCH IT WONT FUCKING LAUNCH IT WONT FUCKING LAUCH PLEASE HELP IM FOLLOWING ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND EVERYTHING
My guess is you're missing the double quotes in the start in and target
@@beanou1875 login with your Ubisoft account. If you don't have one you're going to have to make one. And make damn sure you use the same email address as your Steam account has.
@@beanou1875 This video isn't for games purchased on Steam. It is for for games bought on Ubisoft's locker. Search my channel for Syndicate - should be the same fix.
@@beanou1875 right. Do what I said on the last reply...
@@beanou1875 Did you inject Ubisoft Connect?