At around 5:44, I mention some gibberish about “updating gzdoom.sh”… what I actually MEANT to say is that I will upload or link to its contents (see description). Happy lickin’!
I really wanna play gzdoom on my deck. Whatever i do zdl wont open the game it says "cant open application executable" I did everysteps including the description. Please help
For those having trouble configuring the joysticks to work even after installing FLATSEAL and configuring the Axis things through the screenshot in the description, it’s “Joystick options > xbox 360 pad 0 > axis 3 should be none and axis 5 should be looking up and down” I found this while scrolling through the comments trying to find a fix, I did not find this info myself.
Hey man, glad you figured it out; there is a screenshot of my configured axes in the description. Weird how this has to be changed for a default controller layout 🤡
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
DUDE! I have been trying to figure out how to add ZDL to steam through multiple threads and none of them talk about how you can view hidden files or all file types in the browse option on Steam. You just solved a huge issue for me! Thank you so much!
Got the game running but it’s behaving like I’m always holding up on both sticks. In the menus it’s constantly scrolling up and if I manage to get into the game my view is stuck looking up.
9:23 "Failed to launch the application executable." Followed the tutorial to the letter, no idea why this is happening. EDIT: Well, that's 2 hours of my life I'm never getting back.
Hey man, the issue is within the text this guy provided for the ph text file. There is a space that shouldn't be there on Line 1. So on line 1 hit backspace right before the first # symbol and it will be fixed.
I've followed every step in this video, and when up until the parts about shortcutting it, when I try to launch it it gives me an error that says "failed to launch the application executable", also yes I made the sh file executable
I highly recommend to activate the gyro in steam input settings, set it to ‘always on’ and set the sensitivity such that 1 full 360 degree turn IRL = 720 degrees in-game. Your aim will be 10000x better
I can play Brutal Doom on desktop mode well, but when I try to play it on game mode, the launcher pops up and I press launch, but it just goes back to the steam start page again.
Thank you so much!! I have been tinkering in SteamOS for a month trying to get settings and mods just right!! Now I can finally RIP AND TEAR because of you!!
Hey man, sorry this didn’t work for ya. Perhaps check more of the comments and make sure you follow the video description… it’s tough to diagnose what’s doing this remote
@@Brando-wc8fz Nope, I haven't had the time to look at it again. I did find another video on getting ZDL to work, but I've just been so busy with work etc that I haven't had time 🥲 really would like to get BD working on my deck tho, so if you have any luck let me know ✌
I followed this tutorial and tried to get Brutal Doom Black Edition to run…it runs in desktop mode but when I try to launch it in gaming mode, it brings up the ZDL menu but when I click “Launch”, it crashes every time.
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
Hey Bradley, have you implemented some of the ‘best practices’ from the video description as well as the pinned comment? Some users have posted a couple of hints in the comments that made it work for them. It’s hard to diagnose these things from a distance tbh
Does anybody know the song that starts with the gameplay around 11:07? It's also the music in the video outro. It sounds amazing! Tried Shazam, but no luck. Guessing it's from a game.
@@SuperKEXTBros Thank you so much! 👌👍 Great OST, saved the playlist. I've only played a tiny bit of other Street Fighter games and don't really know all those iconic themes, but I've definitely heard "Strange Sunset" in other videos before - I love it.
Ty for the tutorial! One issue I've noticed is that when I launch the game from Steam, I can't type anything into the console. The system recognizes that I pressed the tilde key to bring the console up, but once the console is up it wont detect any letter or number key inputs. Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Good tutorial, but I cannot for the life of me get the Steam deck controller to work in game. Either the right stick works or the left stick works, but not both at the same time
I have issues where the dpad and the left stick is both being received as movement I belive this is due to them both being assigned to wasd would love to know how to fix im using just gzdoom in the desktop to test it
Standard gamepad… you need to go the the Joystick config page and configure your controller. I will upload a screenshot and link it in the description 👍
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
@@SuperKEXTBros I ended up getting it to run by clicking run konsole. Just now I’m having problems launching brutal doom mod. When I launch it keeps saying failed to launch application executable.
When I try to navigate to the .config folder to add the WAD file and the BrutalDoom.pk3 (through the ZDL app), the .config folder isn't showing up? How can I get it to appear?
@@SuperKEXTBros nope, but I learned you can press the left trigger (mouse right click) and show a dropdown menu to enable the show hidden folders option.
Considering the amount of questions here and lack of answers under some of them I decided to post a comment hoping you guys will find a solution and get your game going. I had some issues, but now the game is running and I enjoy it. 1. Error message: failed to run executable or something Solution 1: as the description suggests, right click the file -> properties -> permissions -> is executable should be ticked. Solution 2: make sure you copied two lines of code from the description link and paste it into the file. In my case, there was a space in the very beginning, I deleted it and game launched. 2. Camera/controls ain't working mate a.k.a. my guy keeps looking up Solution: there is an imgur link in the description with axis settings. Change your settings accordingly. I had to also custom-map every game action, but could not find a way to bring Escape menu. For that I mapped one of back buttons to keyboard Escape in Steam Controller settings. 3. Controls feel off and the cursor keeps running and messing up settings in the menu Go to your controller settings and configure deadzones. I changed mine to around .200 instead of .100. In case you messed up by accident, there is a reset button somewhere in the settings. Hope this helps. Yeah I forgot to mention that this video shows up first in search so that why I thought this would be relevant.
@@GuroBrant get it working? I just got the ashes/ afterglow mod running, but the controls are doing the same for me. Looks straight up and can only walk and shoot.
Nothing really (I suppose?). At the time of me making this video, GZdoom as it was available in the store did not support Brutal Doom OOTB. Perhaps give it a shot and let us know if it works, that would be the ideal situation.
Got it working, I copied my brutaldoom.pk3 from my windows pc to my deck (that didnt work), tried downloading a new one from moddb and overwrite the old pc one and now it works :)
I cannot for the life of me get the steamdeck controls to work. I have tried messing with the templates and switching it in the steamdeck UI but when I go into the game and enable controller support it does not recognize a controller as being attached.
@@SuperKEXTBros just restarted without luck. I can get it to work if I set the controls to emulate a keyboard/wasd but not any of the other profiles such as "game pad with mouse track pad". The game does not recognize a controller as being connected in the options menu.
That is so strange… really hard to diagnose from a distance to. Have you tried the things mentioned in the description/pinned comment? Flatseal permissions?
Heya, make sure the additional info from the pinned comment and video description is implemented. You have to add mods manually in zdl. Also try rebooting your device just to make sure. Hope you get things running!
@@SuperKEXTBros Thanks. I add them as I use the pc version so I know how to use it. Does it have to be in the same folder? That might be where I messed up.
Thanks for the tutorial. I had it all set up, but for some reason I messed with settings and now the deck controls don't work. I might try to delete and reinstall everything to see if that makes it recognitize the controller again.
@@SuperKEXTBros It's all good, I'm sure I'll get it to work. It's weird that it's not detecting the controller though. In steam desktop or if I launch in game mode. I also had to switch from beta to stable steam release during this time because I couldn't see my library on desktop mode for some reason. That got fixed, but now I have this error. It's all good, I'll update if I get it working when I get time to mess with it again.
Alrighty… could you maybe let us know if you got it fixed (and how)? I could then add it to the video’s description/pinned comment (obviously with the appropriate credit :-))
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
.sh file txt make sure there is no space before hashtag #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gzdoom.sh org.zdoom.GZDoom "$@"
@@enthrallingusername load your mods pk3 files and it should work just fine I’m not sure when I was trying to get the game to launch I was trying to launch brutal doom 64 which I got working with the Reddit post you have to have the mods loaded for it not sure bout the issue there
I've done everything but it doesn't launch :( When I press launch the GZDoom window appears, with the BD file on the left and my Ultimate Doom WAD on the right, but when it boots it gives me vanilla Doom, only with vertical look and jumping.
Got the game running but I’m having an issue where the game continuously scrolls down the settings randomly switching options on and off after I enabled controller support
![Installing GZDoom on the Steam Deck - [How to Tutorial]](/img/1.gif)
At around 5:44, I mention some gibberish about “updating gzdoom.sh”… what I actually MEANT to say is that I will upload or link to its contents (see description). Happy lickin’!
I really wanna play gzdoom on my deck.
Whatever i do zdl wont open the game
it says "cant open application executable"
I did everysteps including the description.
Please help
@@LEE-sh9um Did you ever find a solution to this? Im having the same issue
@@limpfall13 nope
Just wait till a proper video arrives.
These tutorials are outdated.
@@LEE-sh9um alright if you ever do find a solution do tell me
For those having trouble configuring the joysticks to work even after installing FLATSEAL and configuring the Axis things through the screenshot in the description, it’s “Joystick options > xbox 360 pad 0 > axis 3 should be none and axis 5 should be looking up and down” I found this while scrolling through the comments trying to find a fix, I did not find this info myself.
Hey man, glad you figured it out; there is a screenshot of my configured axes in the description. Weird how this has to be changed for a default controller layout 🤡
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
@@dubljay0612 HE KNOWS THE WAAAY!!!!!!! BROTHER!!!! THANK YOU I JUST SPENT 1 Hour trying to find the way!
i had it perfect and then launched it through zdl now its all wacky again and it saved the settings too so i dont know what zdl just did
DUDE! I have been trying to figure out how to add ZDL to steam through multiple threads and none of them talk about how you can view hidden files or all file types in the browse option on Steam. You just solved a huge issue for me! Thank you so much!
that was exactly my problem, happy to help man
Got the game running but it’s behaving like I’m always holding up on both sticks. In the menus it’s constantly scrolling up and if I manage to get into the game my view is stuck looking up.
9:23 "Failed to launch the application executable."
Followed the tutorial to the letter, no idea why this is happening.
EDIT: Well, that's 2 hours of my life I'm never getting back.
Sorry about your loss - not running a 24/7 tech support here. Check comments and read the description please.
Hey man, the issue is within the text this guy provided for the ph text file. There is a space that shouldn't be there on Line 1.
So on line 1 hit backspace right before the first # symbol and it will be fixed.
@@wizardfight didn't work lol
@@wizardfightworked for me!!
@@wizardfight fucking genius
I've followed every step in this video, and when up until the parts about shortcutting it, when I try to launch it it gives me an error that says "failed to launch the application executable", also yes I made the sh file executable
See my post bellow bud 👍🏻
Can you make an update video on this zdl isn’t launching anymore because some things have changed
7:18 can you please explain this step to me. My pk3s are @ home/deck/desktop, and NOT in .van. help! Thanks :)
It shouldn’t matter where they are located, but you can add them in the pop up window; or what is your question?
@@SuperKEXTBros in that case I don't know why I couldn't boot up the game with brutal doom :(
It’s kind of hard to diagnose from a distance if you know what I mean :/
I can launch this using zdl in desktop mode but it wont launch in game mode any ideas folks?
I highly recommend to activate the gyro in steam input settings, set it to ‘always on’ and set the sensitivity such that 1 full 360 degree turn IRL = 720 degrees in-game. Your aim will be 10000x better
Thanks a brunch, will give it a shot!
@@SuperKEXTBros and use stick to turn and aim, but use gyro to line up that head shot
i will never understand the gyro control in fps games
I can play Brutal Doom on desktop mode well, but when I try to play it on game mode, the launcher pops up and I press launch, but it just goes back to the steam start page again.
Same
Thank you so much!! I have been tinkering in SteamOS for a month trying to get settings and mods just right!! Now I can finally RIP AND TEAR because of you!!
Love to hear it!
I did everything and i keep gettind an error. Failed to launch application executable. How do i fix this?
Did you make your .sh file executable? Right-click -> Properties, second tab I believe
@@SuperKEXTBros Ill give that a try. Thanks.
@@SuperKEXTBros I just tried it. Still no luck.
Best to start from scratch and try again, it‘s hard to diagnose the issue from a distance 😕
Also which application fails to start exactly?
Is it possible to do a tutorial on Brtual Wolfenstein?
So ZDL opens, but when I hit launch on anything it just closes. .sh is executable. Followed the vid a handful of times and ZDL just does nothing 😢
Hey man, sorry this didn’t work for ya. Perhaps check more of the comments and make sure you follow the video description… it’s tough to diagnose what’s doing this remote
Having the same issue, did you get it working?
@@Brando-wc8fz Nope, I haven't had the time to look at it again. I did find another video on getting ZDL to work, but I've just been so busy with work etc that I haven't had time 🥲 really would like to get BD working on my deck tho, so if you have any luck let me know ✌
I followed this tutorial and tried to get Brutal Doom Black Edition to run…it runs in desktop mode but when I try to launch it in gaming mode, it brings up the ZDL menu but when I click “Launch”, it crashes every time.
I got the game to run but none of the controls work on controller
Thanks! Very useful and clarifying tutorial. It's awsome playing Brutal Doom on the go with Steam Deck.
Thanks man happy to help
Hay I can not get gzdoom to use the steam deck as a controller.
Mine says "NO CONTROLLERS DETECTED" when I enter the Controller Options menu.....
Figured it out, when you go to FLATPAK go down to DEVICE and toggle "ALL DEVICES"
@@dubljay0612 In the gzdoom settings?
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
I can’t seem to locate the WADs on the zdl application
I have no idea why they won’t show up…
At 6:25 you open zdl. I followed everything up to that point but zdl refuses to open. Any suggestions?
Hey Bradley, have you implemented some of the ‘best practices’ from the video description as well as the pinned comment? Some users have posted a couple of hints in the comments that made it work for them. It’s hard to diagnose these things from a distance tbh
@@SuperKEXTBros turns out I'm just dumb! I downloaded the x86 version by accident. I hot it running, thanks for the great video!
Glad you got it fixed!
Does anybody know the song that starts with the gameplay around 11:07? It's also the music in the video outro.
It sounds amazing! Tried Shazam, but no luck. Guessing it's from a game.
ruclips.net/video/cZMhDLXL3ZI/видео.html
The entire OST is a treat... "Strange Sunset" and "Rising Dragon" are amazing AF.
@@SuperKEXTBros
Thank you so much! 👌👍
Great OST, saved the playlist.
I've only played a tiny bit of other Street Fighter games and don't really know all those iconic themes, but I've definitely heard "Strange Sunset" in other videos before - I love it.
I thought that music from the video was in the game itself through a mod. I was like where can I find that?!
Ty for the tutorial! One issue I've noticed is that when I launch the game from Steam, I can't type anything into the console. The system recognizes that I pressed the tilde key to bring the console up, but once the console is up it wont detect any letter or number key inputs. Has anyone else encountered this issue?
I'm trying to add the source port but the hidden .var file isnt showing up and idk how to get it to show in the list
just press the left trigger to right click in the search window and it should pop up a box to enable show hidden files option.
The zdl comes up invisible whenever I add it to steam.
so for me it works up until i actually go to load a level, which then it crashes
OMG this is hilarious because I was just thinking about this this morning, and RUclips must have heard my thoughts
Good tutorial, but I cannot for the life of me get the Steam deck controller to work in game. Either the right stick works or the left stick works, but not both at the same time
I have issues where the dpad and the left stick is both being received as movement I belive this is due to them both being assigned to wasd would love to know how to fix im using just gzdoom in the desktop to test it
nice video :D how is the performance on the steamdeck with this?
It opens but it instantly closes, anyway to fix this?
What configuration are you using for the controls? Im using keyboard wasd and mouse. none of the joy sticks are working.
Standard gamepad… you need to go the the Joystick config page and configure your controller. I will upload a screenshot and link it in the description 👍
@@SuperKEXTBros Awesome. Thanks man.
Did you figure out how to properly configure it?
@@seb3522 Sort of. I just switched to steam deck controls then back to the controller. That seemed to fix the issue for me.
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
I’ve downloaded and done everything, even added the ZDL to the gz doom folder and extracted in documents. Still can’t get zdl to run… any ideas?
Mike, there is additional info in the video description and pinned comment, will that help?
@@SuperKEXTBros I ended up getting it to run by clicking run konsole. Just now I’m having problems launching brutal doom mod. When I launch it keeps saying failed to launch application executable.
Have you made the *.sh file executable by right clicking it?
@@SuperKEXTBros yes everything is set to executable through the right click, when originally setting up gzdoom I did this.
When I try to navigate to the .config folder to add the WAD file and the BrutalDoom.pk3 (through the ZDL app), the .config folder isn't showing up? How can I get it to appear?
did you make hidden folders visible as described in the video?
@@SuperKEXTBros nope, but I learned you can press the left trigger (mouse right click) and show a dropdown menu to enable the show hidden folders option.
Any idea how to get steam deck controls to work?
Whenever I boot up doom and use the controls it would keep scrolling up. Anyone knows of a fix
Considering the amount of questions here and lack of answers under some of them I decided to post a comment hoping you guys will find a solution and get your game going. I had some issues, but now the game is running and I enjoy it.
1. Error message: failed to run executable or something
Solution 1: as the description suggests, right click the file -> properties -> permissions -> is executable should be ticked.
Solution 2: make sure you copied two lines of code from the description link and paste it into the file. In my case, there was a space in the very beginning, I deleted it and game launched.
2. Camera/controls ain't working mate a.k.a. my guy keeps looking up
Solution: there is an imgur link in the description with axis settings. Change your settings accordingly. I had to also custom-map every game action, but could not find a way to bring Escape menu. For that I mapped one of back buttons to keyboard Escape in Steam Controller settings.
3. Controls feel off and the cursor keeps running and messing up settings in the menu
Go to your controller settings and configure deadzones. I changed mine to around .200 instead of .100. In case you messed up by accident, there is a reset button somewhere in the settings.
Hope this helps. Yeah I forgot to mention that this video shows up first in search so that why I thought this would be relevant.
I got it working. But the aiming is all crazy. My guy keeps looking at the ceiling and spinning around. Any fixes?
You gotta change one or two of the first 5 axes in the gamepad menu… I hear some people have this issue
@@SuperKEXTBros Ill mess around and see what happens. Thank you.
@@GuroBrant get it working? I just got the ashes/ afterglow mod running, but the controls are doing the same for me. Looks straight up and can only walk and shoot.
Check out description 😆🙈
@@SuperKEXTBros thank you!
What is stopping me from just Drag and drop the Mod on GZdoom program file
Nothing really (I suppose?). At the time of me making this video, GZdoom as it was available in the store did not support Brutal Doom OOTB. Perhaps give it a shot and let us know if it works, that would be the ideal situation.
I went and put the Brutal Doom file in my external files section but the mod wont start up when i launch ZDL. is there anything im doing wrong?
It’s hard to diagnose from a distance… did you add one of the original *.wad files to zdl? E.g. Doom.wad or one of the free wad files
@@SuperKEXTBros i added the wad files from my copy of the ultimate doom and doom 2 on steam
thank u senpai, gyro controls def the way to go once the settings are adjusted right
Cheers and yes - I only startes using gyro myself a little while ago (coz I am a thicc… eh thick idiot) and it makes all the difference in the world.
Got this error "Script Error, "GAMEINFO" line 1: Expected identifier but got '@' instead. Can you help me?
Hey man have you made the *. file executable by right-clicking > permissions? Also there is some extra important info in the description 👍
meant the *.sh file
Got it working, I copied my brutaldoom.pk3 from my windows pc to my deck (that didnt work), tried downloading a new one from moddb and overwrite the old pc one and now it works :)
Glad to hear! Happy bleedin’ ☠️
I cannot for the life of me get the steamdeck controls to work. I have tried messing with the templates and switching it in the steamdeck UI but when I go into the game and enable controller support it does not recognize a controller as being attached.
Hey man have you tried restarting your deck just to exclude it?
@@SuperKEXTBros just restarted without luck. I can get it to work if I set the controls to emulate a keyboard/wasd but not any of the other profiles such as "game pad with mouse track pad". The game does not recognize a controller as being connected in the options menu.
That is so strange… really hard to diagnose from a distance to. Have you tried the things mentioned in the description/pinned comment? Flatseal permissions?
Is flatseal necessary if I am not playing it on the desktop? I can try it but I didn't think I needed it in Steam OS mode.
You know great point… hmmm
Hello. I got gzdoom and zdl to work but no mods load. Any idea why?
Heya, make sure the additional info from the pinned comment and video description is implemented. You have to add mods manually in zdl. Also try rebooting your device just to make sure. Hope you get things running!
@@SuperKEXTBros Thanks. I add them as I use the pc version so I know how to use it. Does it have to be in the same folder? That might be where I messed up.
As far as i know they don’t have to be but you could try
Imagine hdoom on the steam deck that’d be an experience
I love the video but I keep getting "failed to launch the application executable"
Hey man, did you have a look at the video description and pinned comment?
Thanks for the tutorial. I had it all set up, but for some reason I messed with settings and now the deck controls don't work. I might try to delete and reinstall everything to see if that makes it recognitize the controller again.
Ah man sorry to hear, setting up controls seems to be rather challenging and I am not sure what makes it that way for some people :/
@@SuperKEXTBros It's all good, I'm sure I'll get it to work. It's weird that it's not detecting the controller though. In steam desktop or if I launch in game mode. I also had to switch from beta to stable steam release during this time because I couldn't see my library on desktop mode for some reason. That got fixed, but now I have this error. It's all good, I'll update if I get it working when I get time to mess with it again.
Alrighty… could you maybe let us know if you got it fixed (and how)? I could then add it to the video’s description/pinned comment (obviously with the appropriate credit :-))
So here's what the easy route it, switch control scheme on the Steam Deck to Keyboard / Mouse......This is the way! Then you just have to configure the buttons
my man copy and paste in the description the .sh text 😢
.sh file txt make sure there is no space before hashtag
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gzdoom.sh org.zdoom.GZDoom "$@"
I don’t have a Steamdeck yet so if this video gets deleted before then I’m gonna light myself on fire.
Only if the RUclips folks tear it off my cold, dead hands… 👀
i'm hoping you actually got your hands on that elusive steam deck
I'm too stupid for this. Brutalv21.pk3 isn't showing up in the iwads section of zdl and the external files side is totally empty.
Hey man you need to add them manually; you’re definitely not too stupid (
Can someone tell me how to get zandronum working on meh steam deck
Copied everything you've done and I'm getting " failed to launch the application executable"
same issue here
i tried posting the solution but my comment keeps being deleted for some reason maybe this wont
follow steps 2, 3 and 4 under installing qzdl. After you have finished that remove the old pathway in sourceports under general settings
@t-roy9148 all that happens now is GZDoom loads up without the mods working? It just wants to load vanilla doom 2 instead of brutal doom or ashes 2063
@@enthrallingusername load your mods pk3 files and it should work just fine I’m not sure when I was trying to get the game to launch I was trying to launch brutal doom 64 which I got working with the Reddit post you have to have the mods loaded for it not sure bout the issue there
Good vid works great thanks
This is fucking annoying. I do everything perfect but then it just says “ failed to launch the application executable”
Hey man, die you do what’s in the video description? Check out the comment section for those who got it working, there are just so many variables…
@@SuperKEXTBros I figured it out actually yes! In the text that you copy and paste, I had a space in the code at the very beginning lol
@@SCHAAAD glad you figured it out :)
👋Nice tutorial!
Thanks man, couldn‘t have gotten there this quick without your super helpful video!
...failed to launch 💀
thanks!
file gzdoom,sh in link is broken (contains invisible letters), just create it with the same text by yourselves.
Good guide. Brutal doom is awesome on the deck
ρгό𝔪σŞｍ 💘
I've done everything but it doesn't launch :(
When I press launch the GZDoom window appears, with the BD file on the left and my Ultimate Doom WAD on the right, but when it boots it gives me vanilla Doom, only with vertical look and jumping.
Got the game running but I’m having an issue where the game continuously scrolls down the settings randomly switching options on and off after I enabled controller support