you're a lifesaver, man. this was quick, concise, to-the-point, and EXACTLY what I needed. I NEVER subscribe to help videos bc they rarely ever solve my problems but I'm subbing to your channel right away.
simple Mac gamer here, just bought a Deck a few months ago, having the time of my life with 🦆 games. thank you so much for this guide!!! i have no idea wtf a visual c++ error is or what Wine is, but your guide got all my games working. huge, HUGE thank you!!!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Hey so i had to do a factory reset and i download the right Visual C++ Runtime and proton set to experimental and no the game will not even load it just crashes it worked fine before i did the factory reset what should i do now ?
Love the videos , thanks for you help , do you know anything about using decky cloud saves to sync game saves between the deck and pc , keep up the great work
This worked for Robocop Rogue City. At the start, the screen had rainbow stripes and a small square box in the bottom right corner with static for about 10 seconds. Don't know if this is part of the game but afterwards the game worked fine.
Have you ever experienced quacked games disappearing from the Steam Deck? They're installed on the SSD and play fine then after a while the shortcut in the game library no longer works and the folder where the game was installed is gone when you look on desktop mode.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I’m struggling to find the wine prefix folder location. Can you point me in the right direction please. Also, how do you run the game with an internet connection…?
@@Braddas1977 it's normally in home/.steam/steam/steam apps/compatdata/. Then there's many folders with numbers. Open protontricks to find your game and see which number is at the end and that matches the number of the folder in compatdata directory.
hi i did all the steps, the error message disappeared but now i try to launch it and it does absolutely nothing, says “running” for a while and then stops, what could be the issue?
The game you're trying to run may need other dependencies. You can check on steamdb.info, look for your game and click depots to find out what dependencies your game needs. Most likely something like directx jun 2010.
Hey so it only shows the games that are installed on the steam deck and not on the SD card where the game I'm trying to fix is, how do I get the SD card games on proton tricks?
If you tried to open the game once, it should create a prefix folder in compatdata directory and it should show up on protontricks even if the game is stored in SD card.
I was following some guys guide, that is supposed to be reliable, but is apparently outdated among other things. I followed his advice to use this trick to install vc++ 2019 for some fallout 4 mods that required it. It has bricked my fallout 4. It will not run period and stays endlessly looped. How do I uninstall everything protontricks installed after I selected Fallout 4 in its menu? Please help, there’s no way I’m reinstalling the entire game and that massive amount of mods lmao.
If you can make a overclocking & underclocking video like a how to video would be great. I know that every steam deck in terms of undervolting or overclocking is not the same.
@GrownUpGamingGUG while i wouldnt recommended over or underclocking either, increasing vram to 4gb was pretty strait forward and gave me an immediate performance boost in yuzu. Idk ab other stuff since ive just left there ever since
I encountered a problem after launching the proton tricks. There's an error message and after I click OK, the game that I'm trying to fix (sand land) doesn't appear in the list.
do you have a tutorial for heroic launcher I’m having an error with infinity nikki the microsoft visual c++ installation just loops everytime I start the game 😥😢
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I'm trying stray, I had it working fine before, then removed it, now I tried everything, lutris wont do it, proton tricks wont do it, i can launch it in port proton in desktop mode, but it doesnt pick up controller, I had it on gaming mode before. I have tried installing multiple versions, every time it says c++ install is done then I open the game and get the same runtime error
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Hi bro, do you know how to solve the problem that when you try to start a cracked game from steam it crashes without giving any errors or anything? I tried to change proton but it doesn't work 😔
Hello dear friend. after your video, visual c++ error disappeared in Hogwarts Legacy, but a new one appeared, the game doesn't run on the experimental proton, and on GE it gives the error "windows 10 or later is required to run the game" :(((
it didn't work for me. the game has to have had run on the steam deck before inorder to show up on the protontrick. since i can;t get it to work it would not show up on the list of games
@@GrownUpGamingGUG No point having a 2TB internal, + 1TB Card, + 4TB for backup, if your not going to use it. Besides, I hate switching out Micro SD Cards. Anyway, if your going to do something like that, if it's worth doing, then you might as well do it right. Great thing about the Ex Fat format, is that it can hold higher capacity files than Ex Fat 32, and it can still be used between Windows and Steam, making game and file copying exceptionally easy. Run out of games to store (unlikely), turn it into a complete emulation platform too :).
great video very helpful. unfortunatly even after following the game doesnt open and doesnt even give me the C++ error any longer. just tries to boot then doesnt. :( and im literally doing the hogwarts one
well, that worked. I no longer get this error so I assume this issue is fixed but the game still doesn't open and doesn't even give any error :( thanks anyway
@@nikro7239 most likely your game needs other dependencies other than visual c++ runtime. Most common is directx. You can go to steamdb.info to search your game and click on depots to see what dependencies your game needs.
@@GrownUpGamingGUGI installed the direct X June 2010 dependency along with following the tutorial from this video but my Sparking 0 still didn’t work. When I click to play it on my steam deck, it says “running” and then it stops and does nothing
When I try to install Protontricks I get an error: Aborted due to failure (Error pulling from repo: GPG verificatio enabled, but no signatures found (use gpg-verify=false in remote config to disable)) What do I do then?
you're a lifesaver, man. this was quick, concise, to-the-point, and EXACTLY what I needed. I NEVER subscribe to help videos bc they rarely ever solve my problems but I'm subbing to your channel right away.
Thanks for the sub. I do a lot of steam deck related video which should help you out. Check them out when you have time 🙂
Been trying many ways to bypass that VC++ but this guide hit the spot. This earned my subs!
thanks for the sub! :)
Yours the only one that worked of all the youtube videos I countlessly watched. Simple and easy, thanks so much bro
Thanks for the comment ☺️
simple Mac gamer here, just bought a Deck a few months ago, having the time of my life with 🦆 games. thank you so much for this guide!!! i have no idea wtf a visual c++ error is or what Wine is, but your guide got all my games working. huge, HUGE thank you!!!
You're welcome 🤗
Bloody brilliant! Worked like a damn charm! Thank you for the vid!
You're welcome! Happy gaming! 🤗
help me bro how?
Do we have to do it for each and single games with this dependency or one time is good for all
Thank you so much this worked like a treat. I tried other methods and only frustration in the end. Yours is simple and works straightaway.
Thanks for the comment. Glad it helped! :)
thank you! used this to run tetris effect and it worked with the 2015-2019 version of vcrun.
You're welcome 🤗
Holy cow dude! This helped me to play Coral Island on my Steam Deck. Simple and concise. U da man!
Excellent 👍
Man.. I just got my son a steam deck and one of the games from the store Skibidi invasion threw up this same error. You literally just made his day 🔥
Hope your son enjoys his gaming 👍
thanks man it works!
saw another video that didnt help me but your solution work like a charm!
Happy Gaming 🥳
Your videos are amazing dude, thanks for helping out! Worked for Stray 👌
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment!
Ah wtf, this guy is such a legend! Well done mate!!!
Thanks mate 😁
thanks for all the help running games through the steam deck!
Glad to help!
Yes!!! It worked with lies of p. Thank you so so much!!!
@@blake9870 Happy Gaming 🎉
Thanks mate! been looking for solutions everywhere.
Glad I could help :)
Thanks man it worked, I had an issue with Proton Experimental, I kept trying each one till Proton 6 worked like the video. Thanks
Glad it helped
Wait... what? So, somewhere in the video it says to NOT use PEx... but P6? I totally missed that. T
You deserve a subscribe. It finally worked on my Tekken 8 Quack. Thank you!
Thanks for the sub! 😁
That's an awesome fix! Thank you, it allowed me to run Pacific Drive demo on my steam deck 😃
Have fun! Happy Gaming! :)
THANK YOU! NOW I CAN PLAY THE AMAZING WINDOWS REMAKE OF LINK’S AWAKENING ON MY STEAM DECK!
@@nermalmovement excellent 👍
Thanks. Quick and easy... this guide still works and exactly how you do it today.
Thanks for leaving a comment! ☺️
This solved my problem! Such an easy guide. Thank you!
You're welcome 🤗
Thanks so much, dude. Your video was incredibly concise and straightforward, keep up the good work. Your work is a godsend, I'm subbing.
Glad it helped! Thanks for the sub! 🙂
Thank you broooo, been looking for so long keep up the good work much love
@@sw3zy-im5qw you're welcome, thanks for the comment 😊
Great video helps me a lot when one of my games ask for visual cc
Great 👍
your a bloody legend pal thx a million man most helpful vid ive found to fix this and easy as pie love ya for it
Glad it helped 😀
Thanks man for your great tips! Worked like a charm.
Glad it helped!
This is fantastic. worked a charm for Ocean Horn 2
You're welcome 🤗
you're a lifesaver, worked for my quacked tekken 8
😃
my quack tekken 8 still asking c++, whic c++ version do u install ?
use proton-experimental on this polaris/binaries/win64/polaris-win64-shipping.exe
Great vid, it helped a lot. I can't remember if you mentioned it, but you do have to do the C++ installation step for EVERY game that gets this error
Yes, as everytime you add non steam game it creates a separate prefix folder for that game. You could use lutris to put all games in same pfx folder.
Maybe I'll just try a different game tomorrow. Maybe then it'll be an *easy way* to add a quackers game.
Fixed my issue defo worth a sub !!
@@core-computinglab thanks for the sub 😁
IT WORKED THANKS BRO
Liked the video
Thanks for the comment and support 😁
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Hey so i had to do a factory reset and i download the right Visual C++ Runtime and proton set to experimental and no the game will not even load it just crashes it worked fine before i did the factory reset what should i do now ?
That's should be the case. I think you left out some details? What game are you trying?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Hogwarts Legacy DODI Repack
I have a video for that game. It's not easy to install. You should follow that video.
YOU SIR ARE LEGIT THE BEST GUY AROUND IVE BEEN TO 5 DIFFRENT VIDEOS AND NO ONE COULD DO WHAT YOU JUST DID.......YOUR A GOD BRO A GOD!!!!!!!
thanks for the comment! really appreciate it! :)
Bro just saved me hours of trying out different protons. Thank you!
Thanks for leaving a comment 👍
Amazing this worked! You earned a sub!
Thanks for the sub! ☺️
Bruhhhhh .. I literally have the same quacked game dead ass doin the same exact thing and still getting the error … steam deck man.
This video shows how to fix missing visual c++ dependency required by some games. The game in the video needs more tinkering to get it to work.
Do you have a vid on it? And how do I know when it needs dependencies?
th-cam.com/video/G7PPCYJCOmo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Xqx7RhnAqEzzbXlx
As much as I dislike steam it's not valves fault that Linux sucks ass
God bless u! Finally able to play all my non steam games :)
Glad to help! Happy gaming!
Love the videos , thanks for you help , do you know anything about using decky cloud saves to sync game saves between the deck and pc , keep up the great work
i do it a different way, check this video out. th-cam.com/video/QOgalYK83Ao/w-d-xo.html.
Thanks dude! awesome work! :)
@@kreature6618 you're welcome 🤗
straight to the point, thanks!
You're welcome 🤗
thank you so much, bro! That was really needed for me
Sure thing! Thanks for commenting!
Worked for me! Thanks man ❤
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks! love your videos. You are one of the few channels I've actually subscribed to. Any chance of trying out 30XX?
thanks for your sub! i'll try, but no promises.
Seriously dude you are the best youtuber going !
Subbed
Thanks for the sub! and thanks for the comment! :)
You're the best. You earned a subscriber.
Wow, thanks! 🙏
God Tier!! this worked straight up, I'm trying to run the outer worlds, after this vid it booted up straight away, thanks 🙏
Glad it helped!
This worked for Robocop Rogue City. At the start, the screen had rainbow stripes and a small square box in the bottom right corner with static for about 10 seconds. Don't know if this is part of the game but afterwards the game worked fine.
Thanks for sharing and glad it worked out for you! 😊
Super helpful. Thanks so much 👍
you're welcome! thanks for the comment!
Spot on! Worked a treat
Great to hear!
Mennnn you are the besttt you save my life thank youuu 😁😁
@@Rogelio564 thanks for leaving a comment 😁
Brilliant. the only workaround that worked for me
You're welcome 🤗
Thanks alot man, I appreciate your help
Thanks for leaving a comment 😁
Have you ever experienced quacked games disappearing from the Steam Deck?
They're installed on the SSD and play fine then after a while the shortcut in the game library no longer works and the folder where the game was installed is gone when you look on desktop mode.
Nope.
please help, after completed install c++ i click the button play and the nothing happen, just back to play buttom
Your game may have other dependencies like directx.
I’ve done this but still get the error, it might because I have an older version installed. How would I remove it to install the correct one?
You can delete the prefix folder and run the game again so it will generate a new prefix folder.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG ok nice one, thanks.
You're welcome 🤗
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I’m struggling to find the wine prefix folder location.
Can you point me in the right direction please.
Also, how do you run the game with an internet connection…?
@@Braddas1977 it's normally in home/.steam/steam/steam apps/compatdata/. Then there's many folders with numbers. Open protontricks to find your game and see which number is at the end and that matches the number of the folder in compatdata directory.
Worked for me, thank you!
You're welcome! 😁
This worked for me! Wow and thanks! Steam deck community verified ✅
thanks for the verification! :)
hi i did all the steps, the error message disappeared but now i try to launch it and it does absolutely nothing, says “running” for a while and then stops, what could be the issue?
The game you're trying to run may need other dependencies. You can check on steamdb.info, look for your game and click depots to find out what dependencies your game needs. Most likely something like directx jun 2010.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG yes! thats exactly the one i need but i cant fine it on wine tricks
Try d3dx9
@@GrownUpGamingGUG it didn’t work 💔
@@mendng www.microsoft.com/en-hk/download/details.aspx?id=8109 then you need to download it and use protontricks to install it.
Hey so it only shows the games that are installed on the steam deck and not on the SD card where the game I'm trying to fix is, how do I get the SD card games on proton tricks?
If you tried to open the game once, it should create a prefix folder in compatdata directory and it should show up on protontricks even if the game is stored in SD card.
Thank you. This helped alot
Thanks for the comment! Appreciate it!
Thank you! Big help.
I'm happy this helped you out! happy gaming! :)
worked great, thanks bro !
@@japacitator you're welcome 🤗
Thank you so much this worked for palworld!
Glad it helped! 🙂
Thank you , it worked flawlessly
You're welcome 🤗
Very helpful! Auto-subscribed
Thanks for the sub ☺️
I was following some guys guide, that is supposed to be reliable, but is apparently outdated among other things. I followed his advice to use this trick to install vc++ 2019 for some fallout 4 mods that required it. It has bricked my fallout 4. It will not run period and stays endlessly looped. How do I uninstall everything protontricks installed after I selected Fallout 4 in its menu? Please help, there’s no way I’m reinstalling the entire game and that massive amount of mods lmao.
this is how i mod fallout 4 on steam deck th-cam.com/video/E5rawN1fxVg/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming
Thank you bro, you really helped me
Glad I could help 😃
If you can make a overclocking & underclocking video like a how to video would be great. I know that every steam deck in terms of undervolting or overclocking is not the same.
yes, it's kinda dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. could break the thing.
@GrownUpGamingGUG while i wouldnt recommended over or underclocking either, increasing vram to 4gb was pretty strait forward and gave me an immediate performance boost in yuzu. Idk ab other stuff since ive just left there ever since
@@johnnymathes5215 yes, i have a video for this here th-cam.com/video/wflo6zCHGGU/w-d-xo.html. easy and safe to use with a good performance boost.
thanks a lot mate, you deserve that like and subscribe!
Glad it helped! Thx for the sub!
I encountered a problem after launching the proton tricks. There's an error message and after I click OK, the game that I'm trying to fix (sand land) doesn't appear in the list.
You need to run the game at least once with proton so it generates a prefix folder for protontricks to manage.
Thank you for helping me out on this one. Its ok now ❤️
@@ttl8me good to know! Thanks for commenting 🙂
It really helps!!!many thanks,man!i have alredy all tried,butnothing hepls!
Glad it helps!
@@GrownUpGamingGUGbut,unfortunately,it doesn’t work in gaming mode,only in desktop.In gaming mode it starts,than close(((
I am talking about Hogwarts legacy
seems weird it works on desktop mode but not on gaming mode. it works for me.
do you have a tutorial for heroic launcher I’m having an error with infinity nikki the microsoft visual c++ installation just loops everytime I start the game 😥😢
Heroic has built in winetricks and you can do the same thing.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you! I fixed it
Brilliant! But now my problem is No Licenses error when running the game
lucky i got this video for you then: th-cam.com/video/p10_bayT-F8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eSwnqr2B67dmthi2.
Can you show me how to install the PlayStation bat file so I can sign to my PlayStation account for god of war
th-cam.com/video/TuwRl0DaNXA/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming
@@GrownUpGamingGUG 🙏
@@GrownUpGamingGUG that will uhelp me sign in on the quack version of the game right
I've installed c++ already and it still asks for it?
There different versions like 2015, 2019, 2022, maybe you need a different one for your game?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I'm trying stray, I had it working fine before, then removed it, now I tried everything, lutris wont do it, proton tricks wont do it, i can launch it in port proton in desktop mode, but it doesnt pick up controller, I had it on gaming mode before. I have tried installing multiple versions, every time it says c++ install is done then I open the game and get the same runtime error
@@GrownUpGamingGUG don't worry, I figured it out, I wasn't using the shipping exe in binaries, that's why, damn that was a headache for nothing
you are genius. Very helpful. thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment.
Thanks man, you are the best ❤️
You're welcome 🤗
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Hi bro, do you know how to solve the problem that when you try to start a cracked game from steam it crashes without giving any errors or anything?
I tried to change proton but it doesn't work 😔
Keep up the good work! TY
You bet! :)
thanks broo 🙏 you got my subscribed
Thanks for the sub! 😁
Really thanks for sharing
You're welcome 😁
Youre a life saver man !!! thanks
Happy to help
Worked like a dream. Cheers
Great to hear!
The best, easy . Works, thanks
You're welcome! :)
legend this worked amazingly
Thanks 👍
Thank you for the video. Where can I check for game dependencies? Sometimes game does not tell what it wants and crash directly.
steamdb.info/
find your game and click depots.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you!
You're welcome 🤗
Hello dear friend. after your video, visual c++ error disappeared in Hogwarts Legacy, but a new one appeared, the game doesn't run on the experimental proton, and on GE it gives the error "windows 10 or later is required to run the game" :(((
Run protontricks, run winecfg, change to windows 10.
this doesnt work for me , it says my VCDist 2015 is interfering with my install but i keep getting the message after i unistalled VC2015
Try installing 2015-2022 one.
it didn't work for me. the game has to have had run on the steam deck before inorder to show up on the protontrick. since i can;t get it to work it would not show up on the list of games
You just need to launch it so it will generate the prefix folder. Doesn't need to boot inside the game.
thanks my friend you helped me alot :)
Glad to hear that!
Super big help im gonna save this video 100%
Happy Gaming 🎊
It just opened up an entire plethora of possibilities on my 3TB Steamdeck, with it's 4TB External Hard Disk Drive Backup.
Wow, that's a lot of games :)
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Yeah... :). What can I say? I don't like uninstalling games.
That's crazy 🤣
@@GrownUpGamingGUG No point having a 2TB internal, + 1TB Card, + 4TB for backup, if your not going to use it. Besides, I hate switching out Micro SD Cards. Anyway, if your going to do something like that, if it's worth doing, then you might as well do it right. Great thing about the Ex Fat format, is that it can hold higher capacity files than Ex Fat 32, and it can still be used between Windows and Steam, making game and file copying exceptionally easy. Run out of games to store (unlikely), turn it into a complete emulation platform too :).
I have 4 x 5tb external HDD for emulation alone. I'm thinking about moving that to a nas instead. Headaches.
Bro proton experimental not opening the game.. and what the tweaks u did to run it
depends on the game mate. some games require you to do more before it plays.
Does it work in gaming mode after you do all these steps ?
Yes if the game works in desktop mode it should work in gaming mode.
great video very helpful. unfortunatly even after following the game doesnt open and doesnt even give me the C++ error any longer. just tries to boot then doesnt. :( and im literally doing the hogwarts one
Then it might require more dependencies like directx.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thanks brother!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Thanks mate! Any idea how i could go about getting those dependencies in Protontricks?
@@VisionofTomo check steamdb.info for your game and click depots to see what dependencies your game needs first.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG i appreciate it. ill have a tinker around. hopefully i find a solution, :)
well, that worked. I no longer get this error so I assume this issue is fixed but the game still doesn't open and doesn't even give any error :( thanks anyway
@@nikro7239 most likely your game needs other dependencies other than visual c++ runtime. Most common is directx. You can go to steamdb.info to search your game and click on depots to see what dependencies your game needs.
@@GrownUpGamingGUGI installed the direct X June 2010 dependency along with following the tutorial from this video but my Sparking 0 still didn’t work. When I click to play it on my steam deck, it says “running” and then it stops and does nothing
@@idontplaytoowell8542 try lutris wine instead of proton.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG how do I do that if you don’t mind me asking😅
@@idontplaytoowell8542 th-cam.com/video/n4mDRWK4DkE/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming join my discord, another viewer asked the same thing
When I try to install Protontricks I get an error:
Aborted due to failure (Error pulling from repo: GPG verificatio enabled, but no signatures found (use gpg-verify=false in remote config to disable))
What do I do then?
What steamOS version are you on?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG 3.5.19
@@Privateer1981 Same
So if this is correct, does that mean that my grounded game is actually drm free?
Isn't grounded a online multiplayer game?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG it is. But the exe file looks to be drm free, not needing Steam to run. Pretty sure you need Steam for multi-player though.
hey man, did vcrun 2019 for db sparking zero but it's not fixing the error. c++ runtime
Use the binaries/win64/***-shipping.exe instead
@@GrownUpGamingGUG where to find binaries?
@@furyasian6083 in the game folder, dig deeper.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG can you make a short video on that?
th-cam.com/video/6sSL_JPvxO8/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming watch step 1, every game is different name but the structure is basically the same.
thanks for the help but the game I am trying to install also need direct x runtime, could you do a tutorial on that as well. thanks
Thanks for the request!
Hi Man, Do you know how can i use protontricks to solve Missing overlay dll error?
i've not had that error, what game does it show up on?
lifesaver! thanks ❤
Glad it helped! ☺️