Final Fantasy 14 Launcher Fix on Steam deck (Non-steam AND Steam version) | Steam Deck Tutorial

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Link: https://gist.github.com/Centzilius/57892e5d1aaea51b3f389e6f1d587c97#file-39210-py

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:33 – Non steam account FIX
02:40 – Steam account FIX
06:18 – Data Center Black screen issue FIX

Written guide:

How to fix FFXIV (Non-steam Version)
-Enter Desktop mode
-Install Gedit and ProtonUP-QT through Discover
-Open ProtonUP-QT and find the latest GE-Proton version under Proton GE; install it.
-Open Dolphin and make sure to have ‘Show hidden Files’ enabled.
-Navigate to:
(Free Version) $HOME.localshareSteamsteamappscompatdata312060pfxdrive_cuserssteamuserDocumentsMy GamesFINAL FANTASY XIV – A Realm Reborn
(Full Version) $HOME.localshareSteamsteamappscompatdata39210pfxdrive_cuserssteamuserDocumentsMy GamesFINAL FANTASY XIV – A Realm Reborn
-Open FFXIV_BOOT.cfg with Gedit
-Change the following parameters:
Browser 1
BrowserType 1
StartupCompleted 1
-Save changes and close
-Within Steam, open the properties to FFXIV
-In General, Launch Options, fill in: ‘NOSTEAM=1 %command%’
-In Compatibility, Force to use a specific Steam Play compatibility tool and select the downloaded GE-Proton version.
-Play!

How to fix FFXIV (Steam Version)
DOES NOT WORK WHEN INSTALLED ON SD CARD
-Open https://gist.github.com/Centzilius/57892e5d1aaea51b3f389e6f1d587c97#file-39210-py in firefox on the steam deck. (you can follow the steps in that guide as well)
-Go to Discover and download ProtonUp-QT and ProtonTricks
-Open ProtonUp-QT and find 6.21-GE-2 under Proton GE; install it.
-Open Konsole and paste the following to update this proton’s winetricks:
cd $HOME/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-6.21-GE-2/protonfixes
./winetricks –self-update
-Download the zip file from the Github page and extract it
-Copy and overwrite the 39210.py file to $HOME/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-6.21-GE-2/protonfixes/gamefixes/
-Open steam and download Proton 5.0 (This also has to be installed on the internal drive)
-Open the properties to FFXIV
-In Compatibility, Force to use a specific Steam Play compatibility tool and select the downloaded 6.3-8 version.
-Click play until you see the borked launcher
-Close the game and close steam completely and restart it
-Open the properties to FFXIV
-In Compatibility, Force to use a specific Steam Play compatibility tool and select the downloaded 6.21-GE-2 version.
-In General, Launch Options, fill in: ‘XL_NO_SPACE_REQUIREMENTS=true XL_WINEONLINUX=true DSSENH=n %command%’
-Hit Play and wait a little while until you see an error message whe you will need to click no
-Select the location to install FFXIV and enable Steam integration
-Leave Dalamud disabled if you wish, it is not necessary
-On the login page, fill in your credenials and tick ‘Use Steam Service account’
-Wait till the game is fully downloaded
-Play!

Troubleshooting Black screen on datacenter
-Reinstall the game.
-For the steam version, start over from the step where you initialized the game with proton version 6.3-8
-First delete the compatdata folder: $HOME.localshareSteamsteamappscompatdata39210
-Then Continue running the game with proton 6.3-8 and the following steps.

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16 thoughts on “Final Fantasy 14 Launcher Fix on Steam deck (Non-steam AND Steam version) | Steam Deck Tutorial”

  2. Great walkthrough, Getting error code still….. I have full version on steam but trying to log in with non steam account. Did the steps outlined in the first half of the video. Game downloads updates and allows me to log in on the normal log in screen. When I log in I get an error in Japanese wording (don't know what is says Cause I cant read Japanese). But it has an triangle error symbol in the front and Japanese lettering after. This is the furthest It will let me go.

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  3. I use the word version a lot and I seem to have mis-conveyed some stuff in my video.
    When I say Steam version or Non-steam version, I am actually talking about account version. Obviously the game you're running is the steam version, but not all accounts are steam accounts.
    So the first half of the video is for non steam accounts and the second half is for accounts activated through steam!

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  10. Worked like a charm. Well done.
    For non steam licenses, I found easier installing the DEMO version and downloading everything again. For who is struggling to transfer the windows version by SSD card to the steam deck.
    Using the "ADD GAME" option.

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  13. Did everything up to the point of navigating to .local/share/Steam/steamapps/compdata/312060/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/my documents….

    And there is no My Games folder. I also checked the documents folder, still nothing.

    I don't get it. This is the second tutorial to go through these exact same steps, and after following them to a tee, I keep getting stuck here.

    Even uninstalled and reinstalled the Trial, and attempted to run it, so maybe it would generate the folder.

    Seriously no clue where I'm going wrong here.

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  14. Thanks for the tutorial, the written guide is super helpful too. Non-steam account. Only caveat was that the FFXIV_BOOT.cfg file isn't created until I run the free trial from within gaming mode at least once. Don't have to do anything in the free trial, just run it, wait for it to get to the point where it stops loading stuff (it stopped on a blank grey-ish screen for me), then close the game, go to desktop mode, and the boot file will be there. Everything else worked perfectly, now I just have to set up my hotbars for controller, since I usually play on kbm on my desktop pc.

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