¶ Steam Deck Install
¶ Step 1: Create an EQEmulator Account
Before logging into the game, you need an account on EQEmulator.- Visit the EQEmulator forum registration page.
- When asked, "What Game is this forum for?", the answer is EverQuest.
- Ensure you correctly capitalize your credentials, as formatting matters.
¶ Step 2: Create a Loginserver Account on EQEmulator
Once you have an EQEmulator account, you need a loginserver account to access the game.- Log into the EQEmulator forum.
- Visit the loginserver account creation page.
- Ensure you're logged in before proceeding.
- If you do not receive a verification email, request another one here.
*NOTE*
The entirety of this guide (with the exception of step 3.1 to verify Developer Mode is enabled) should be followed on the Steam Deck in Desktop Mode. Once everything is complete you can add it to your library as a non-Steam game to launch from Gaming mode.
¶ Step 3: Create a Games\THJ Folder in Your Home Directory
You need to create a dedicated folder for the THJ install. Mouse and keyboard recommended, or use Steam Link.
- Start your Steam Deck and ensure Developer Mode is enabled
- This is found under Settings while in Game Mode
- In your taskbar, open Dolphin
- Click on Home.
- Click on the hamburger menu (
) and select Create New --> Folder. - Name the folder Games.
- Enter the Games folder and repeat step 5, naming the folder THJ.
¶ Step 4: Add EverQuest to Your Steam Library
We are obtaining the RoF2 client from Steam but not downloading EverQuest.
- Open Steam.
- Search for EverQuest in the top-right search bar.
- Scroll down and click Add to Library.
- Do not download the game at this stage.
¶ Step 5: Install Everquest from Steam Depot
- In your task bar, launch Discover and download Konsole
- Launch Konsole and enter the below command
steam steam://open/console - The Steam console will open. Enter the below command
download_depot 205710 205711 1926608638440811669 - Once the download begins, you'll see a message like this:
downloading depot 205711 - There is no progress bar, and the process may take several hours depending on your internet speeds.
- One the download has completed you will be given the path to where Steam saved the files. Navigate to the given depot folder (you may have to traverse manually - the output path isn't formatted correctly to copy/paste at the time of this writing), copy the files in it, and paste them into the THJ folder you created in Step 3.
NOTE
Transferring the install files from desktop to the deck will not work. Game files must be downloaded directly to the Deck.
¶ Step 6: Download and Install the Patcher
- Download heroesjourneyemu.exe.
- Move it into
~/Games/THJwith your game files.
¶ Step 7: Install Bottles & Flatseal
SteamOS doesn't come packaged with Wine, so it doesn't know how to handle executables. We need to use a wrapper so SteamOS can launch the game. That's where Bottles (or Lutris, if you prefer) come in.
- On your Steam Deck, launch Discover.
- Search for Bottles and install
- Search for and install Flatseal
¶ Step 8: Configure your Bottle
Bottles is a wrapper that effectively "translates" Windows commands into ones that Linux can handle, allowing us to run executables
- Launch Bottles and find the button to create a new Bottle (
) - Create a new Gaming bottle - name it whatever you like
- Bottles will handle creating the Bottle and config. Just let it run until it says Bottle Created
- Select Add Shortcuts...
- Navigate to your THJ Install folder and select the patcher executable.
- Select the launcher submenu and select "Change Launch Options"
- In Command Arguments, enter the below:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%- Click Save
- Select the Settings menu and set the following:
- FidelityFX Super Resolution - OFF
- Discrete Graphics - ON
- Post-Processing Effects & Gamescope - OFF
- Advanced Display Settings
- Virtual Desktop & Mouse Warp -OFF
- Fullscreen Mouse Capture, Take Focus & Window Manager Decorations - ON
- All Performance options - OFF
- Windows Version - 11
- Steam Runtime - ON
- DLL Overrides THIS IS IMPORTANT
- Enter
in New Override, then click the blue check.DINPUT8.DLL - Ensure the overide is Native, then Builtin
¶ Step 9: Configure FlatSeal & Set Permissions
Flatseal gives us the ability to manage flatpak permissions to modify files in the game directory. This is necessary for patching.
- Launch Flatseal and select Bottles on the left
- Scroll down and find Filesystem - enable all four toggles
- Find your ~/Games folder in Dolphin & right click
- Select Properties
- Select Permissions
- Access Permissions
- Set all to Can View & Modify Content
- Ownership
- Change the Group to the group your Steam deck user is (mine's Deck)
- Click Okay, navigate to the patcher in your folder & run the .exe
¶ Common Issues
¶ Access Denied during patching
You have misconfigured file permissions somewhere. Double check everything is set as instructed in this guide in steps 7 & 8
¶ Getting spammed in game about game version
This is an issue with the dinput8.dll override. Most common issue here is a typo when setting the override. Refer back to step 7.
¶ All black textures when game launches
Most commonly seen with incomplete downloads, or clients downloaded on PC and transferred to the Deck. The ROF files must be downloaded onto your deck directly via Steam.