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So I've been considering switching to Linux for quite a while now and finally I got a new laptop and thought I'd make the jump. The only thing keeping me hesitant is Infinty Nikki, since it's basically the only game I actually play regularly right now.
I've seen that someone managed to make it work in a post in this subreddit (will link it below), but it was made around 5 months ago and I was worried the new updates might have impacted it.
Could anyone tell me if the game is working? Maybe if there are any problems I should expect?
The post I was talking about above:https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1l74wuk/psa_infiniti_nikki_works/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
tldr: non-steam game runs on steam deck but doesn't run on desktop, is there any way to like trick it into thinking I'm on a steam deck and if not is there anything else I can try?
Hi I'm trying to run Infinity Nikki on my machine, but in the launcher the install button just says "Game Update" and when pressed it shows progress at 0% for awhile then just goes back to "Game Update"
Looking online for a solution I found that pretty much everyone trying on linux is running into this issue, usually given that the game has kernel level anticheat I'd just give up on getting it to run but the weird thing is that it seemingly can be installed and ran on steam deck just fine.
I saw a game named "Forspoken" had a similar issue which got fixed by adding a launch option in steam, this did not work in this game (I'm running the launcher through steam). Is there any other way I can get it to work like it does on steam deck? or do I just need to dual-boot for now?
Happy to post any logs requested (sorry I don't really know which logs would be relevant here)
So I recently had to change from Windows to Linux because my PC simply HATED its native operative system... which means I cannot play any non-steam games! yay /s so devs? Will Infinity Nikki ever work on Linux? Will you ever even consider it?? I really miss playing it...
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I used the same method used by this youtuber to install Genshin, you can use the video to help give guide you through the process as it is very similar to what I did to install Infinity Nikki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZ2LToUHds&t=296s&ab_channel=dustyflyguy
How to install infinity Nikki on Steam deck:
Open your steam deck and go to desktop mode
Download Infinity Nikki launcher from the website by clicking on “windows download” (https://infinitynikki.infoldgames.com/en/home)
open steam (still in desktop mode) and click on the plus icon and add “non-steam game”
Click on browse and select your installer in the downloads folder and “add selected programs. Steam will make a Game page for the launcher.
on the game page make sure to click the Settings cog icon > properties > Compatibility and enable proton experimental
Press play and launch the install launcher and follow instructions to download the game
After download is complete - close launcher and go back to the game page for the installer and click on the cog again > properties>shortcut
You can change the name here to “Infinity Nikki”
Go to Dolphin and locate the “launcher.exe” you will need to find out which PFX folder steam created but an example path would look like this “/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compactdata/#########/pfx/drive_c/program files/infinityNikkiGlobal Launcher/launcher.exe” - The ####### will be a unique number that will differ from person to person
Once you have located the launcher file in the infinityNikkiGlobal Launcher folder - right click (hover mouse and LT) and ‘Copy location’
Go back to steam and paste this into the “TARGET” text input - This should look something like this “/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compactdata/#########/pfx/drive_c/program files/infinityNikkiGlobal Launcher/launcher.exe” - make sure to add “quotation” marks at the start and end of the path
Now we need to paste the same link into the “START IN” text input however this time we are removing the “launcher.exe” from the end of the path. This should look something like this “"/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compactdata/#########/pfx/drive_c/program files/infinityNikkiGlobal Launcher" making sure that they have quotations as well
And that should work!
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Requirements:
You need to have Dolphin file manager and make sure you can see hidden files
You’ll need Proton installed as well
There are heaps of videos on YouTube for these
Note:
You need to make sure you’ve established your file location before installing the launcher as you wont be able to change the download location after the launcher as installed.
If you’re struggling with the launcher saying you have no space when you do, follow this video as your very first step: https://youtu.be/cA6h5JH2hCk?si=kTthtS_GDncAa5NN
This is just how I installed the game, we still don't know if it is going to be playable when the servers go live.
Good Luck!
Instructions of how i did it:
install lutris
install latest wine-tkg. place it in /home/$USER/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine. the one that worked for me was wine-tkg-staging-fsync-git-10.9.r1.gdf97d6c3. you can download it from thier git repo.
Create a wine prefix with wine-tkg-staging 10.5 or newer. Go to the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug, leave Auto at 1, set debugger to winedbg.
Install Infinity Nikki launcher from its website, don't bother with Steam version. Let it download first 1 GB and fail, you should have "game update" button.
-Click on "game update". You will be prompted for Visual Studio C++ installation. Click Yes. If the next prompt offers "Uninstall" option, click on Uninstall then Close. If the next prompt offers "Install" option, accept the EULA, wait until installation finishes, close.
Game should update and/or launch.
if there is enought intrest, ill make a youtube video guide.
I would like to know if anyone has played it on Linux and how the game runs. All my games run on Linux, and I don’t want to switch to Windows just to play it.