r/HeroicGamesLauncher

Hi guys, sorry to bother you. I'm new with the whole Linux environement and recently I intalled Fedora KDE and added Heroic to play my games.
I installed Fallout New Vegas after that Bioshock 2 had just too many issues to even launch. For the first days everything was alright, then I started noticing a few crashes every once in a while. Now basically I can't change area in the game because it looks like every loading screen ends up in a crash. I tried to solve the stuff through ChatGPT, but nothing. So now I'm here, hoping that you, wise people, could help me.

I have some GOG games installed with Heroic Games Launcher and I was wondering what compatibility layer I should use. Right now the options I'm considering are proton-ge, proton-cachyos-native, and proton-cachyos-slr. I understand that exact answers can only be given on a per game basis so I just want to double check that these three options are generally ok. Also if I should consider Wine or Wine-ge please let me know. I'm on CachyOS

Upon updating to 2.22.1 I was immediately logged out of my Amazon account and could no longer log back in (would just keep spinning for infinity at loading and grey out everything else).

Clearing cache, changing settings or resetting the client did not work.

Downgraded to 2.22.0 and everything runs fine again. Update to 2.22.1 once more and Amazon integration breaks again.

Hi everyone, I’m trying to get Red Dead Redemption 2 working on my Steam Deck and I’ve been stuck since yesterday.

Version: Epic Games version
Bought from: Green gift, redeemed through Epic Games
Launcher: Heroic Games Launcher
Heroic version: 2.22.1

The problem:
In Gaming Mode, when I try to launch RDR2 through Heroic/its Steam shortcut, I get:
“Steam failed to initialize. Please verify that the Steam client is running and try again.”
Then it says:
“Unable to launch game. Please try reinstalling the game.”
The game does launch from Heroic in Desktop Mode, so the game itself appears to be installed correctly.

What I’ve tried:
Added RDR2 to Steam as a Non-Steam Game
Added Heroic Games Launcher to Steam
Tried launching RDR2 directly from Gaming Mode
Tried launching it through Heroic
Disable UMU is already ON
Added environment variable:
USE_FAKE_EPIC_EXE= true
Restarted the Steam Deck
Tried different Wine/Proton settings
Installed Proton-GE and tried it
My current Wine prefix is:
/home/deck/Games/Eroot prefixes/reddeadredemption2
Tried adding/removing the Steam shortcut
Tried Gaming Mode and Desktop Mode

Another problem:
When I launch the game in Desktop Mode, Rockstar Games Launcher opens, but I cannot type into the Rockstar login fields.
The Steam Deck virtual keyboard appears, but pressing the letters doesn’t enter anything into Rockstar.
I also tried Steam Link from my iPhone to control the Deck. That lets me type, but the @ symbol gets entered as 2, and copy/paste doesn’t work through Steam Link.
I have never logged into my Rockstar account on this Steam Deck before.

I’m completely stuck at this point. 😭
Has anyone successfully gotten the Epic version of RDR2 working through Heroic 2.22.1 on Steam Deck, especially in Gaming Mode? Is there a workaround for the Rockstar launcher keyboard/input problem?
I don’t want to reinstall the entire game because it already works/launches from Heroic in Desktop Mode.
Any help would be massively appreciated

Hi, I wanted soon to replace Epic Games store and GOG app with Heroic Games Launcher on Windows 11, but i was curious if anyoane had any problems with the app? Like, do they get logged out frequently? Or It dosen't sync instantly? Or something else?

Hi,

Got my SM setup with heroic Launcher and logged into my Epic account. But when I try to login to my gog and Amazon account, the embedded browser always says incorrect password. I use KDE connect to copy my username and password from my password manager.

I tried on my PC and I can login to both accounts.

Has anyone got the same issue?

Thanks

Trying to mod Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 in Heroic games launcher on Linux and it doesn't seem to be working. I'm using Amethyst mod manager which works great with Steam games. Is there any arguments or winecfgs that will allow me to mod this game?

The game I’m trying to install requires files to run that aren’t the .exe but I don’t know where to put the folder can someone help me please?

I just updated Heroic and I see the new Proton-CachyOS manager. I assume they're downloading the default version of Proton-CachyOS. Is there no way to download the "_v3" versions of these that are made for newer CPUs?

Edit: In case what I'm talking about isn't clear I added these pictures:

https://preview.redd.it/61ddglfkigih1.png?width=686&format=png&auto=webp&s=7575666e4b1403bd5073d37a8f57d1296334812d

https://preview.redd.it/nqujqfgligih1.png?width=978&format=png&auto=webp&s=b45f7f2754e11d39d1b578829f09c1034c68fd46

Hello everyone, has anyone had this problem or know how to solve it? I have already tried restarting the download/installation from scratch multiple times, restarting the PC, etc.

The game is being installed in the folder that Heroic has by default and I don't think it has permissions problems.

I use CachyOS.

https://preview.redd.it/61s2eqomkyhh1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=2555b60a933596459289e84ccdad27ddb633dfbd