AKA-38CAUTION
Published
FPS is bit unstable from time to time; unstable as in Frame dropping for quick seconds (in range of 40-60) but nothing too severe that would greatly affect the game but its worth noting
This game just got out of Early Access back on September 30 (a week ago basically; been in early access for 2 years), so bugs are rapidly being patched at the time of writing this report.
Previously (like a few days ago), the native version was fucked, couldn't even boot it up at all; have to forced this game to uses Proton and picked "Steam Deck / Proton Exclusive" as startup, but now it seems that the Native version (at least on SteamOS/Steam Deck) is working now so I currently marking this as "Out of Box experience" for Steam Deck users.
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command%
protontricks 460120 quartz_feb2010 wmp11 qasf
TDP: 9 Watt // CPU Clock Speed: 1100 MHz
Keyboard and Mouse are default; you can uses "Dreadful QB! - THIS is the setup you were looking for" in Steam Controller Setting via Community Layouts but do be aware of Rigged Camera. If you want to uses Controller, you do need to use a mouse (STEAM + Trackpad) to navagtive the main menu and then select XBOX Controller.
// Only in World Map, there tend to be some quick shutter when selecting area and moving cursor as well. Gameplay is fine otherwise.
// This game also do NOT support Sleep mode. The moment you put your steam deck in sleep and boot right back up, the game just stright up crash so remember to save before putting in sleep (Since there is no auto-save).
This is, probably, the best I can get this to run under Linux+Steam Deck (You will need to go to Desktop Mode for this)
You do need to select Proton 8.0-5 (and stick to that; when switching to other proton after finishing setting up, the setup get fucked and you have to reinstalled the whole game and redo the setup again)
Protontricks is as follow: "quartz_feb2010" "wmp11" "qasf"
Without the needed Protontricks, The opening video (and probably other 3D Cutscene) will display black. This will fix that issues
(Terminal Command (sudo flatpak run com.github.Matoking.protontricks 460120 quartz_feb2010 wmp11 qasf) or GUI does work either way)
(!! If you using Terminal Command, Its recommended to disable Read-only restriction first (sudo steamos-readonly disable) !! )
- (Opitional) The game will locked in 1920x1080, no matter what setting you put, resulting of degraded battery performance (Deck Screen is 1280x800). For that, it is recommended to get tlaik "neptasm" mod (Link: https://github.com/tlaik/neptasm)
Extract the folder and copy those files to the root of game folder (Where NeptuniaVII.exe reside; in steamapp "common" folder). Afterward, go to nep.ini and adjust the screen size (1280x800 or 1280x720 or anything that suit your fancy)
After that, go to Steam > Click the Gear Icon > Properties, Scroll down to Launch Options and enter this:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command%
This is needed for Mod, other the mod will not work.
- (Opitional) My recommended adjustment in Steam Deck Quick menu is: 9 TDP + 1100 MHz. You can adjust whatever you like but this is sweet spot that i can find that managed to keep the game stable while saving some battery life (like additional 30-40 min - in total of 3-4 hours of gameplay).
Yeah I can see why this game is marked as "Unsupported". While these setup does make the game completely playable, I wouldnt recommended to the average users who expecting Out-Of-Box Experience. Because quite frankly, you will be spending quick minutes trying to figuring out how basic linux work and making the game work fully, rather than to see Neptune and Uzume in their birthday suit duking out in outside shower.
Literally out of the box: no tinker, no command launch, etc. Just install and play. Damn simple. Also work well in Steam Deck.
thcrap_proton -- %command%
Game just straight up work with no Tinkering at all; just launch and play
For English Patch, however, you do need to download tactikauan "thcrap-steam-proton-wrapper" via Github, which requires you to go through Desktop mode.
Here is the link and how to do it: https://github.com/tactikauan/thcrap-steam-proton-wrapper
