I have followed all of the steps to the letter yet I can’t find the rockstar folder. I even paused your video and manually typed in the directory into the Steam folder to make sure I didn’t get anything wrong, but as soon as I reach the folder with random strings of numbers, none of them are long enough, and none of them contain the rockstar launcher
Thanks but: you explain everything so nice but not how to find the folder where the Launcher gets installed. Also my Steam-button stopped working and I wasn’t able to get the keyboard by pressing x anymore. Maybe due to version 8.4, haven’t tried anything else yet. Decided not to do it for now 😕
I don't think I'm following the TARGER and START IN paste step correctly. Are you deleting what is pre populated first? I'm not sure what I'm missing here.
Basically, delete everything that's already in it. In the top one put the full path including the filename and extension with double quotes at the start and end. In the second one, that same again, but remove the filename and extension
"To play any of the games you install, though, you'll need to do the same thing you did earlier, where you add that game to Steam and then force it through Proton" Is there a time stamp when you are doing this?
So say I had already done this for Red Dead Online back in December, and now I want to add GTA V. At 3:50 I just find GTA V's file location and replace Red Dead Online's shortcut in the Rockstar Launcher?
The target should be pointing to the executable file itself, the start in field should just be the folder that contains that executable file. In this case the executable file is the rockstar games launcher.exe
That is very odd. Will it let you type into a notepad and copy I from that? If not, you might just have find the characters on website and copy them from there
Ok but after installing and adding shortcuts for Rockstar launcher and GTA5 i have an issue: Running the launcher does not find the game that I have just installed, i can see the install button instead of play button. Trying to run the game shortcut (shortcuts because gta5 has 3 different EXEs and tried all 3) says that rockstar launcher is not installed. Scanned for games in launcher settings but issue persists. Am I missing something?
I think this happened to me. From what I remember, just click install, and it should quickly "install" it, I think it just indexes all the existing files and might do some direct x installation.
The latest version of Proton for me is version 8.0-3 and unfortunately it does not work. Whenever I want to open the launcher after installation, it does not work. Is it because of the Proton version? Because there is no newer version for me. Please help
I have the saame problem as you i have the proton 8.3 and i follow every step of the video and it dosnt work i try to find the proton 8.4 but the newest proton is the 8.3
@malte9797 @xxmelcromxx1529 hey guys, try this: when pasting the path location DO NOT JUST PASTE! make sure to delete the whole path first and then paste your path location. Otherwise it’ll just paste into the path location already there. Let me know if this fixed your guys issue.
tried to follow these steps but at the 2:50 mark I am unable to find a file with the same or even similar number string that you have. I have checked all the folders just in case and in every one I can't find anything, they are all empty. No files called RockStar Launcher. I got to user and desktop but in desktop folder there was nothing. Not sure what step I did wrong
If you can go into /run/media and in there will be your sd card, just created a games folder in there and point Rockstar installation to the path /run/media/name of your sd card/games
Worked great thanks. For people doing this make sure you select "show hidden files" or it will drive you mad. Also despite sorting my folders the one with the rockstar launcher was still at the very bottom of the list. Always seems to be a long number starting with 4 so have a good look. On another note does anybody know how to change the install location of games? I want gta 5 on my sd card but the windows interface is only giving me c drive as an option.
Can you please make a video on how to sign into Rockstar games launcher. Rockstar seems to have made an account for me and I do not know the password and it doesn't let me use any other account because its linked to steam
Bro, you are the man. Been looking for this for a while now and got it going thanks to your vid! Now I can finally fucking play red dead without buying it on steam. How ridiculous man. Again thank you brother!
@@thegamesapprentice unfortunately not working my man, at least for red dead redemption 2. I go to start it up and it comes up with a Error Code 18 and states “social club failed to initialize graphics device” I looked it up and possibly can find a fix but it’ll take a little bit. What a pain in the ass
Hopefully you get it sorted. I've seen a few suggestions, but as I don't own it I can't really endorse any. Nothing's ever easy with the Steam deck unfortunately
Hey mate, great videos! Helped me get Epic Launcher running on my deck. I followed this guide, but when I try to sign in to Rockstar games, no matter what I do, it says "email not found or password invalid". I've reset my password and everything... it works just fine on my PC. Any ideas?
Try a different version of proton, and double check the link in the properties. If there's anything wrong it'll likely be at the start or the end. Missing quotes, space, extra character, something like that
How do i sync GTA 5 I bought from Steam deck store (not the rock star "store") to the Rockstar Social club? It still says I need to buy from the Rockstar Sovial club
Im confused you copied file location then the next step you hit paste and all that you pasted was quotation marks. Its like you skipped a step in between. On my "target" it shows "/home/deck/downloads/Rockstar-games-launcher.exe" do i delete this and paste the file or do I paste the file at the end of that?
I have an issue. I follow all the steps until we are searching for the launcher in c drive. I have tried multiple installs to different paths in c drive and can not find the launcher or rockstar folder after the install. Weirdly if i let it launch rockstar after install its fine and i am now installing RD2 but dont know if i will be able to play after it has installed. Any ideas? Ps i have hidden files ticked and all files still nothing.
If you've managed to start installing it you should be fine, but you'll then need to figure out where rockstar is installing it to, to link it to steam
Hey mate, I managed to install launcher and it ran fine and installed the game. When I go to run the game it tells me there's an error and it was unable to find the files. I downloaded the launcher to my sd card and installed the game there too as I had no room on internal memory. What exactly have I done wrong? If you could help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
You can create a symlink for the compatdata that you create at the actual location of the compatdata and let the symlink point to a folder on your sd Card. That way your Steam deck thinks your Files are stored in the internal storage but they are in fact on the sd card. That way, your shader caches are also stored on the sd Card and your internal storage doesnt go full. when then installing Rockstar Games lauchner, you can just use the standard path and it works just perfect
Does anybody know how to get past the logging mine just stuck there the keyboard keeps popping up but I'm not able to type in my acount can anyone help?
The on screen keyboard is really tempormental where it just doesn't let you type. Usually restarting steam/whatever program you're using, will sort it, or restarting the whole thing.
Already installed the launcher , but i'm trying to install GTA on the internal storage but i'm unable to , it's saying insufficient the storage but still enough. I installed it on my sdcard. Free space is bigger on internal than my sd card.
This is a really misleading tutorial ... you go to steamusers/desktop and you copy that .lnk file location yet you paste a totally different path !!!! WTF ???
Did all the steps, launcher doesn't launch. Tried different proton comp abilities, nothing worked
Yep same. Hope someone replies to this comment
Did you put “ “ at the beginning and end of the target and start in text box? That might be the problem. The dude kind of glossed over that
Thank you
Remove laucher exe on start in. He barley shows it when adding quotations
@@suiton20thx dude
When I launch the launcher, I loose all controls. Can’t pull up the key board, can’t use the cursor, nothing. Have to hard reset my Deck to fix it.
all you have to do is hold the steam button while you use the cursor
I have followed all of the steps to the letter yet I can’t find the rockstar folder. I even paused your video and manually typed in the directory into the Steam folder to make sure I didn’t get anything wrong, but as soon as I reach the folder with random strings of numbers, none of them are long enough, and none of them contain the rockstar launcher
same
View > show hidden files
It say that I have 0 GB but i have 16 GB
Thank you man, this helped alot!
Thanks but: you explain everything so nice but not how to find the folder where the Launcher gets installed. Also my Steam-button stopped working and I wasn’t able to get the keyboard by pressing x anymore. Maybe due to version 8.4, haven’t tried anything else yet. Decided not to do it for now 😕
Just did this and GTA IV works pretty well.
Yea been loving GTA IV on the Deck
Too darn difficult, About to sale my steam deck and get the Asus Rog allly to run games without all this headache.😮💨
It's not that difficult. This is a tiny challenge in the game of life. Overcoming this will help you in future challenges. I believe in you!
Why do you need to add the downloaded game to Steam? Can’t you just launch the game via the launcher?
Cause that’d be too easy lmao
Launcher doesn’t show up for me ?
Cant launch the ".lnk" file, tried with every proton version. What can be cause?
Did you find your answer? I'm stuck on this
I don't think I'm following the TARGER and START IN paste step correctly. Are you deleting what is pre populated first? I'm not sure what I'm missing here.
Basically, delete everything that's already in it. In the top one put the full path including the filename and extension with double quotes at the start and end. In the second one, that same again, but remove the filename and extension
"To play any of the games you install, though, you'll need to do the same thing you did earlier, where you add that game to Steam and then force it through Proton"
Is there a time stamp when you are doing this?
Other than downloading the Rockstar installer, it's the entire video
So say I had already done this for Red Dead Online back in December, and now I want to add GTA V. At 3:50 I just find GTA V's file location and replace Red Dead Online's shortcut in the Rockstar Launcher?
Yea you could just do that, might need to change to version of Proton if it doesn't work.
Did everything u said and does not launch
Bro whaaat!!!! You can add apps on steam?!!!
After scan gta v shows as buy now even though I already own it
What's the difference between the "Target" and "Start in" field I didn't get the remove the "remove the rockstar game launcher" part?
The target should be pointing to the executable file itself, the start in field should just be the folder that contains that executable file. In this case the executable file is the rockstar games launcher.exe
Doesn’t work because I can’t type anything or delete anything in the ‘target’ and ‘start’ box.
Followed all steps to the T, and the launcher opens and says it’s an incomplete installation.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Humble sent me a code thats not even the right format for the Rockstar store. 🤦♂️
Big Thanks Bro its Works
I don't really understand what the problem is with my deck... I cannot put quote mark or any other characters with the virtual keyboard...
That is very odd. Will it let you type into a notepad and copy I from that? If not, you might just have find the characters on website and copy them from there
tried this 3 times doesnt work for me sucks cause i wanna play gta 5
Thank you 🎉
Ok but after installing and adding shortcuts for Rockstar launcher and GTA5 i have an issue:
Running the launcher does not find the game that I have just installed, i can see the install button instead of play button. Trying to run the game shortcut (shortcuts because gta5 has 3 different EXEs and tried all 3) says that rockstar launcher is not installed. Scanned for games in launcher settings but issue persists. Am I missing something?
I think this happened to me. From what I remember, just click install, and it should quickly "install" it, I think it just indexes all the existing files and might do some direct x installation.
@@thegamesapprentice oh man you amsweared so fast and It’s still too late, just removed it… well I will give it one more try from scratch it seems.
I cant find the exe. Follow you through pfx, drive_c, users, steamuser, desktop but theres nothing in there at all
I wish Steam Deck used Windows. Would save everyone a headache. 🥴
You can install windows on it
The latest version of Proton for me is version 8.0-3 and unfortunately it does not work. Whenever I want to open the launcher after installation, it does not work. Is it because of the Proton version? Because there is no newer version for me. Please help
I just updated to the same Proton version as you. Unfortunately, the launcher just won't start.
I have the saame problem as you i have the proton 8.3 and i follow every step of the video and it dosnt work i try to find the proton 8.4 but the newest proton is the 8.3
GE Proton 8-4 that I got working with. Should be upto to 8-11 now. I don't know about regular proton, I've not tried it
@malte9797 if your using the same proton version that's in the video, then double check your path in the game properties and the start_in
@malte9797 @xxmelcromxx1529 hey guys, try this: when pasting the path location DO NOT JUST PASTE! make sure to delete the whole path first and then paste your path location. Otherwise it’ll just paste into the path location already there. Let me know if this fixed your guys issue.
tried to follow these steps but at the 2:50 mark I am unable to find a file with the same or even similar number string that you have. I have checked all the folders just in case and in every one I can't find anything, they are all empty. No files called RockStar Launcher. I got to user and desktop but in desktop folder there was nothing. Not sure what step I did wrong
Not sure why you'd be going to user and desktop. You can see the full path I use at 2:56. I don't use user or desktop
@@thegamesapprentice It clearly say go users/steam user/ desktop ?!? ruclips.net/video/kLZw1VokV50/видео.html
@@thegamesapprentice same no desktop file. bad tutorial
Cant install any games because i dont know how to choose sd card and the deck itself has way less space than the sd card....
If you can go into /run/media and in there will be your sd card, just created a games folder in there and point Rockstar installation to the path /run/media/name of your sd card/games
Worked great thanks.
For people doing this make sure you select "show hidden files" or it will drive you mad. Also despite sorting my folders the one with the rockstar launcher was still at the very bottom of the list. Always seems to be a long number starting with 4 so have a good look.
On another note does anybody know how to change the install location of games? I want gta 5 on my sd card but the windows interface is only giving me c drive as an option.
Exactly what I need to figure out did you find a solution?
You sd card is under a different drive name, you just have to see which drive matches your sd card storage. 👍
Did every single step and I couldn’t install nothing from the launcher
I’m stuck in step three my epic gaming files doesn’t pop up or any
Thank you 🥳🎉
No problem
Can you please make a video on how to sign into Rockstar games launcher. Rockstar seems to have made an account for me and I do not know the password and it doesn't let me use any other account because its linked to steam
You'll probably need to get in touch with rockstar support, unfortunately I don't own any rockstar games through Steam so can't advice
well this doesnt work
take it you need a k/m coz when i try to rename the start folder the keyboard refuses to do anything and then dissapears
I usually use a mouse, but I've never used a keyboard with my steam deck
Bro, you are the man. Been looking for this for a while now and got it going thanks to your vid! Now I can finally fucking play red dead without buying it on steam. How ridiculous man.
Again thank you brother!
Nice one, let me know how it runs
@@thegamesapprentice for sure will my man! Going to try it out tonight on my graveyard lol!
@@thegamesapprentice unfortunately not working my man, at least for red dead redemption 2. I go to start it up and it comes up with a Error Code 18 and states “social club failed to initialize graphics device”
I looked it up and possibly can find a fix but it’ll take a little bit. What a pain in the ass
Hopefully you get it sorted. I've seen a few suggestions, but as I don't own it I can't really endorse any. Nothing's ever easy with the Steam deck unfortunately
I downloaded gta through steam and it installed rockstar launcher but when I run the launcher it just won’t connect to rockstar servers any help ?
Try restarting the deck and launching the game via desktop mode the first time
Hey mate, great videos! Helped me get Epic Launcher running on my deck. I followed this guide, but when I try to sign in to Rockstar games, no matter what I do, it says "email not found or password invalid". I've reset my password and everything... it works just fine on my PC. Any ideas?
Cheers. Sorry I've no clue, I didn't experience anything like this
My Proton is 8.3 and won't launch after copying link in proprties section?? Just says Play then Launching then back to play? Please help 🙏🏻
Try a different version of proton, and double check the link in the properties. If there's anything wrong it'll likely be at the start or the end. Missing quotes, space, extra character, something like that
Does somebody know how to fix this error: err_gen_zlib_2? Occurs after started the story mode in loading screen.
How do i sync GTA 5 I bought from Steam deck store (not the rock star "store") to the Rockstar Social club? It still says I need to buy from the Rockstar Sovial club
Sorry only Rockstar game I have on Steam is GTA IV and that doesn't require it
I hate the R* launcher so so much
did not work for me at all
The launcher doesn’t show up anymore I click play and it just takes me back to the same play screen
Make sure you add the quotation marks at the start and end of each line in the properties tab
hello i hope to find fix how we can add black desert online launcher on steam deck
Cant get this to use the SD card. Keeps trying to use the 64gb internal drive 😢
Have a look into how to create Symbolic Link/Soft Links in Linux
Im confused you copied file location then the next step you hit paste and all that you pasted was quotation marks. Its like you skipped a step in between.
On my "target" it shows "/home/deck/downloads/Rockstar-games-launcher.exe" do i delete this and paste the file or do I paste the file at the end of that?
Delete that and paste the file
@@thegamesapprentice okay cheers mate 👌
no no no you skipping steps here,
Didn't work for me it jush dont load up press play it says loading then nothing happens
Only time I've had that happen is when I e not forced it to use proton. Check that's ticked and maybe try a different version
@@thegamesapprentice I have it working now i used another teckniq found on another video that worked with out issues thanks tho
@@LegendRockPlothey mate, where did you go to, to get this working?
Can i pleget some help i did all steps and i press play and nothing
Do you have the proton ge? Did you add quotation marks on the properties section?
Can I play Rockstar games offline mode after adding the RS launcher on my deck?
No. The DRM is through rockstar, not steam.
I have an issue. I follow all the steps until we are searching for the launcher in c drive. I have tried multiple installs to different paths in c drive and can not find the launcher or rockstar folder after the install. Weirdly if i let it launch rockstar after install its fine and i am now installing RD2 but dont know if i will be able to play after it has installed. Any ideas?
Ps i have hidden files ticked and all files still nothing.
If you've managed to start installing it you should be fine, but you'll then need to figure out where rockstar is installing it to, to link it to steam
Hey mate, I managed to install launcher and it ran fine and installed the game. When I go to run the game it tells me there's an error and it was unable to find the files. I downloaded the launcher to my sd card and installed the game there too as I had no room on internal memory. What exactly have I done wrong? If you could help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Not sure, I've come across that one before. I've never tried to run it from SD card though, it could be down to that
You can create a symlink for the compatdata that you create at the actual location of the compatdata and let the symlink point to a folder on your sd Card. That way your Steam deck thinks your Files are stored in the internal storage but they are in fact on the sd card. That way, your shader caches are also stored on the sd Card and your internal storage doesnt go full.
when then installing Rockstar Games lauchner, you can just use the standard path and it works just perfect
This is too confusing to play a video game on the deck. Guess ill stick to my steam games.
Fundamentally, you're literally just installing Rockstar launcher and telling Steam where you installed it
It does not work, I have the new proton -22
I can only confirm it works with the proton version in the video
Does anybody know how to get past the logging mine just stuck there the keyboard keeps popping up but I'm not able to type in my acount can anyone help?
The on screen keyboard is really tempormental where it just doesn't let you type. Usually restarting steam/whatever program you're using, will sort it, or restarting the whole thing.
Launch it via the gaming mode, Keyboard works much better there
Already installed the launcher , but i'm trying to install GTA on the internal storage but i'm unable to , it's saying insufficient the storage but still enough.
I installed it on my sdcard. Free space is bigger on internal than my sd card.
I got so lost…😢😅
rockstar launcher doesnt show on desktop 3:12
I don't mention desktop at all
3:44 it doesnt show in the desktop folder@@thegamesapprentice
Do you mean it doesn't show in the compatdata folder?
I think they mean 3:40, mine saved in a different location as well
Same,desktop is empty
Microsoft Edge 💀💀
This is a really misleading tutorial ... you go to steamusers/desktop and you copy that .lnk file location yet you paste a totally different path !!!! WTF ???
Install Rockstar, Find where it is, Copy path into Steam. That's literally all you have to do, there's no magic and wizardry going on here
I hate the steam deck so much. Mine won’t let me type in the shortcut field for no other reason than spite
Same,I can't type in the start in portion... had to cut and paste over target after many tries
I used a dock a keyboard and mouse to be able to do this. It was fairly easy.