Here’s how to get a game working in the meanwhile.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2But the reality is that this will likely affect most games that use the EA App, a launcher that Electronic Arts created to replace its previous Origin client. Valve confirms that the issues stem from the EA App, and asbelow, it can interfere with the way Windows games launch on the Linux-based Steam Deck. You’ll likely see a Steam logo circling the drain instead of the game you hoped to play.
Windows games run on the Deck because of Valve’s Proton compatibility layer — which fakes a portion of the Windows filesystem so that games know how to load all their prerequisite parts. And because Proton developers have already shipped EA App fixes to the “Proton Experimental” version, turning on Proton Experimental in your game’s Compatibility tab might be enough to get it to temporarily work.
But as Dawe and I both discovered, it’s not a permanent fix because new updates to the game can break the Proton files and send your game launch spinning down the drain once more.that Proton devs are working to fix that, too, but it sounds like they may have to tackle some issues on a game-by-game basis.
EA is looking into it as well: “While we don’t officially support the Steam Deck, we understand the player frustration and we’re always looking for ways to improve their experience everywhere our games appear.
In the meanwhile, you can still get these games to load with one simple trick — if you’re comfortable. To protect your savegames, hold the Steam Deck power button and switch to desktop mode, then follow the instructions in Dawe’s video to locate your saves and make a copy elsewhere.. That should recreate everything the game needs to run, including the EA App, and the game should launch afterward.
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