Posted July 03, 2022
Anyone got the game on steam deck? And working? If so, any tips on how to do that?
This question / problem has been solved by boquepasha
TmTigran
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Registered: Sep 2011
From United States
boquepasha
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Registered: Nov 2014
From Spain
Posted July 28, 2022
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Hi, after a lot of tinkering I've got it working on my Steam Deck. I'll tell you how.
First you need to install the Heroic Game Launcher from the Discover menu. Once installed log in your GOG account from there and just install the game.
Once installed, download the Verok's patch from this URL:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2403-legacy-of-kain-blood-omen-veroks-gl-wrapper-patch/
Decompress this patch in your installation directory for blood omen (in my case it was /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Blood Omen). Be aware that there are a two items that you have to rename as they are in all caps, a folder named KAIN (change it to Kain) and a file named DDRAW.DLL (change it to ddraw.dll). You'll be prompted as if you want to rename your new files or overwritte the old ones, choose to overwrite.
Going back to the Heroic Launcher, if you go to "settings" for Blood Omen, the Wine version that worked for me was "Wine-Wine-GE-Proton7-20" (you may need to install protonup from the Discover menu to get it). Then click on "Wine CFG" and on the screen that shows up, select "Add new app" and browse for the "Kain.exe" on the installation directory. Make sure that Kain.exe is selected and go to the "Libraries" tab, and there add the library "ddraw" (a warning will pop up, just accept it). Edit that setting to "native then built in". With that, save and close the Wine window.
With all that done, try to launch the game from the Heroic Launcher. If it works, it should show a screen where you select the resolution and the language for the game along with some extras. Just click OK and everything should be working fine.
I hope this guide is helpful, as I had to go through a lot of research online for this to work.
First you need to install the Heroic Game Launcher from the Discover menu. Once installed log in your GOG account from there and just install the game.
Once installed, download the Verok's patch from this URL:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2403-legacy-of-kain-blood-omen-veroks-gl-wrapper-patch/
Decompress this patch in your installation directory for blood omen (in my case it was /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Blood Omen). Be aware that there are a two items that you have to rename as they are in all caps, a folder named KAIN (change it to Kain) and a file named DDRAW.DLL (change it to ddraw.dll). You'll be prompted as if you want to rename your new files or overwritte the old ones, choose to overwrite.
Going back to the Heroic Launcher, if you go to "settings" for Blood Omen, the Wine version that worked for me was "Wine-Wine-GE-Proton7-20" (you may need to install protonup from the Discover menu to get it). Then click on "Wine CFG" and on the screen that shows up, select "Add new app" and browse for the "Kain.exe" on the installation directory. Make sure that Kain.exe is selected and go to the "Libraries" tab, and there add the library "ddraw" (a warning will pop up, just accept it). Edit that setting to "native then built in". With that, save and close the Wine window.
With all that done, try to launch the game from the Heroic Launcher. If it works, it should show a screen where you select the resolution and the language for the game along with some extras. Just click OK and everything should be working fine.
I hope this guide is helpful, as I had to go through a lot of research online for this to work.
TmTigran
New User
Registered: Sep 2011
From United States
Posted October 28, 2022
First you need to install the Heroic Game Launcher from the Discover menu. Once installed log in your GOG account from there and just install the game.
Once installed, download the Verok's patch from this URL:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2403-legacy-of-kain-blood-omen-veroks-gl-wrapper-patch/
Decompress this patch in your installation directory for blood omen (in my case it was /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Blood Omen). Be aware that there are a two items that you have to rename as they are in all caps, a folder named KAIN (change it to Kain) and a file named DDRAW.DLL (change it to ddraw.dll). You'll be prompted as if you want to rename your new files or overwritte the old ones, choose to overwrite.
Going back to the Heroic Launcher, if you go to "settings" for Blood Omen, the Wine version that worked for me was "Wine-Wine-GE-Proton7-20" (you may need to install protonup from the Discover menu to get it). Then click on "Wine CFG" and on the screen that shows up, select "Add new app" and browse for the "Kain.exe" on the installation directory. Make sure that Kain.exe is selected and go to the "Libraries" tab, and there add the library "ddraw" (a warning will pop up, just accept it). Edit that setting to "native then built in". With that, save and close the Wine window.
With all that done, try to launch the game from the Heroic Launcher. If it works, it should show a screen where you select the resolution and the language for the game along with some extras. Just click OK and everything should be working fine.
I hope this guide is helpful, as I had to go through a lot of research online for this to work.
parseval43
New User
Registered: Jul 2013
From Germany
Posted March 26, 2023
Thanks!! Tried that but I always get the message “the memory could not be written”. I’ve tried installing in the ssd but I see the same error. Looks like a problem with the sram.
majbal
New User
Registered: Aug 2019
From Kuwait
Posted May 05, 2024
First you need to install the Heroic Game Launcher from the Discover menu. Once installed log in your GOG account from there and just install the game.
Once installed, download the Verok's patch from this URL:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2403-legacy-of-kain-blood-omen-veroks-gl-wrapper-patch/
Decompress this patch in your installation directory for blood omen (in my case it was /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Blood Omen). Be aware that there are a two items that you have to rename as they are in all caps, a folder named KAIN (change it to Kain) and a file named DDRAW.DLL (change it to ddraw.dll). You'll be prompted as if you want to rename your new files or overwritte the old ones, choose to overwrite.
Going back to the Heroic Launcher, if you go to "settings" for Blood Omen, the Wine version that worked for me was "Wine-Wine-GE-Proton7-20" (you may need to install protonup from the Discover menu to get it). Then click on "Wine CFG" and on the screen that shows up, select "Add new app" and browse for the "Kain.exe" on the installation directory. Make sure that Kain.exe is selected and go to the "Libraries" tab, and there add the library "ddraw" (a warning will pop up, just accept it). Edit that setting to "native then built in". With that, save and close the Wine window.
With all that done, try to launch the game from the Heroic Launcher. If it works, it should show a screen where you select the resolution and the language for the game along with some extras. Just click OK and everything should be working fine.
I hope this guide is helpful, as I had to go through a lot of research online for this to work.
They think that extracting the file to the game directory will make it run at 60 , actually it’s 40
Many thanks for your guide bro . Also add it to steam and lunch it in the game mode if you have an memory error
Run it in game mode that will bypass the error
Post edited May 05, 2024 by majbal
NuHalo
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Registered: May 2011
From Canada
Posted June 26, 2024
First you need to install the Heroic Game Launcher from the Discover menu. Once installed log in your GOG account from there and just install the game.
Once installed, download the Verok's patch from this URL:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2403-legacy-of-kain-blood-omen-veroks-gl-wrapper-patch/
Decompress this patch in your installation directory for blood omen (in my case it was /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Blood Omen). Be aware that there are a two items that you have to rename as they are in all caps, a folder named KAIN (change it to Kain) and a file named DDRAW.DLL (change it to ddraw.dll). You'll be prompted as if you want to rename your new files or overwritte the old ones, choose to overwrite.
Going back to the Heroic Launcher, if you go to "settings" for Blood Omen, the Wine version that worked for me was "Wine-Wine-GE-Proton7-20" (you may need to install protonup from the Discover menu to get it). Then click on "Wine CFG" and on the screen that shows up, select "Add new app" and browse for the "Kain.exe" on the installation directory. Make sure that Kain.exe is selected and go to the "Libraries" tab, and there add the library "ddraw" (a warning will pop up, just accept it). Edit that setting to "native then built in". With that, save and close the Wine window.
With all that done, try to launch the game from the Heroic Launcher. If it works, it should show a screen where you select the resolution and the language for the game along with some extras. Just click OK and everything should be working fine.
I hope this guide is helpful, as I had to go through a lot of research online for this to work.