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BioShock games' “quality of life” updates actually break them on the Steam DeckInfinite and both remasters affected, but there are workarounds
Infinite and both remasters affected, but there are workarounds
As it happens, then, there’s a chance – if you’re trying to play on Valve’s handheld PC – that all these updates will do is swing a bloodied 9-iron into the Deck’s ability to launch the affected gamesat all. Whoopsie doodle.
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To check out the damage, I installed all three borked BioShocks onto my own Steam Deck, complete with the QoL updates, and both BioShock Infinite and BioShock Remastered failed to launch when commanded. I must have got lucky withBioShock 2Remastered, though, as this launched fine - it simply didn’t show the 2K Launcher when it would normally appear. Other Linux and Steam Deck users have reported it among the affected games, however.
(Possibly related: BioShock 2 Remastered is the only one of the three with aSteam Deck Verifiedrating. BioShock Remastered is rated as Playable, and Infinite as Unsupported, though the latter should still run on Proton 7.0 and later. It’s just not got the best performance in-game.)
How lame. It’s not like these updates even add much that actually improves “quality of life” as you’re playing: for all three games, the updates consist entirely of the 2K Launcher and the ability to link a 2K account if you have one. That’s it. Not really worth bricking Steam Deck compatibility, eh?
To fix BioShock Remastered, add the following:
bash -c ‘exec “${@/2KLauncher/LauncherPatcher.exe/Build/Final/BioshockHD.exe}"’ – %command% -nointro
To fix BioShock 2 Remastered, add this:
bash -c ‘exec “${@/2KLauncher/LauncherPatcher.exe/Build/Final/Bioshock2HD.exe}"’ – %command% -nointro
And lastly, here’s the text for BioShock Infinite:
bash -c ‘exec “${@/2KLauncher/LauncherPatcher.exe/Binaries/Win32/BioShockInfinite.exe}"’ – %command% -nointro
