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BenTenpenny
Rising Novice
21 days ago
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The game wont launch on Steam Deck

I tried to play the game on my Steam Deck yesterday but it refused to launch. Not even the EA App seemed to load like it usually does. I changed nothing on my part - no custom proton settings or anyt...
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  • fatgiraffee's avatar
    fatgiraffee
    14 days ago

    This is a little technical but it did resolve it for me:

    1. Switch to Desktop Mode (Steam button -> Power -> Switch to Deskop)

    2. Download the EA App with Firefox

    3. Launch the Discover Store and search for protontricks and install

    4. Launch protontricks and select the game from the list

    5. Choose “Select the default wineprefix”

    6. On the next scren choose "Run Uninstaller"

    7. Click EA App and then choose "Modify/Remove" to unistall it

    8. Now choose "Install" and browse to the EA App you downloaded (most likely in Downloads)

    9. The EA app window will pop up and choose repair

    10. Once the repair is done it will show the login window. I just closed this and went back into Gaming Mode and my game launched fine.

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
21 days ago

BenTenpenny​  Yes, either of those should be fine.  Any game that says it requires the EA App in the fine print (for example, the Sims 4 page says "Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA online activation and EA app software installation and background use required") would work equally well.  And you're right, it looks like the TS1/TS2 Legacy Collections don't require the EA App.

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