I just bought Firewatch, always wanted to play it and the sale price was really good. It’s also rated as confirmed on steamdeck, but it won’t launch for me. Does it work for others? Any idea of what I can do, or support I can get for it? Or should I just request a refund and be sad?
I occasionally have a game that suddenly won’t launch. You can try verifying the files.
Usually I have to restart, even if I just powered up the SD. Sometimes launching another game (like some simple platformer) then exiting and starting up the game will work.
I wish there were some easier way to see logs or output from failed launches.
If you’re wanting logs for a game that’s originally for windows and is running through proton, you can add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to your launch options in steam game properties. It will generate a log file in your home folder.
By chance It Takes Two decided it would not start shortly after this post. I tossed in the log command and it got my log file. lol. 8 can’t make yeada nor tails of it.
I verified files, rebooted several times, change proton versions and nothing worked.
On a whim I launched it in desktop mode and it fired up. And it now launches in game mode as well.
I love the SD but it is so temperamental!
I played through it before, and it ran great. I’d suggest trying the normal fixes:
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Verify game files
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Try a different proton version. I usually try both the highest version of proton 7 and proton experimental.
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Reboot.
If none of those work, put PROTON_LOG=1 %command% in the launch options for the game inside the steam game properties. This will generate a log file in your home folder that you can share to help identify what went wrong.
Loaded right up for me. Do you have any compatibility settings enabled?
I’ve had this happen on rare occasions with other games. Apart from what some ppl have been suggesting, sometimes a clean reinstall of the game just makes it work.
Not that you should have to for a confirmed game, but when in doubt ProtonGE tends to fix things.
