[FF7PC][FF7_SYW_Unified] 1.16 (2025/10/17) - PC installer + Steam deck + iros

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In case it helps, I THINK this is how I originally installed 7th Heaven and the Tsunamods on my original Steam Deck.

https://github.com/auntiepickle/ff7seventhheavensteamdeck

Maybe if the Bottles and Flatseal steps are followed, followed by the Unified mod install, that would work?

Basically, since getting a Steam Deck OLED, I have to reinstall the mod, but clearly a lot has changed since I did this installation back in May!
 
That's what I tried, ran into errors

Old version worked out of the box without 7th heaven. I have an OLED coming next month, let us know how you go
 
When I attempt to do the step with Winetricks on lutris it says prefix architecture cant be detected with no prefix path... Im new to all this what do i need to do to fix this
 
I ran into that as well

You can fix that by picking a folder for it to be installed to

I got all the way to the end and it's still full of errors + some options in the menu are still blank + it still hangs on FFNx when launching (left it for over an hour, it never launched)

https://i.imgur.com/GceuvN4.jpg

In fact, it seems to give more errors via this method of installation that it does if installed via the 'Add to Steam' method
 
This is working well on the Steam Deck OLED following the directions. You can't access Winetricks per the instructions without first defining a path for the installation. It may be that whoever developed the steps was using an older version of Lutris that automatically chooses a path?

The one "problem" on the OLED Steam Deck is that the package enables HDR which doesn't work on the Steam Deck right now. The Steam Deck doesn't offer a way to turn off HDR in Game Mode. This means the colors are completely blown out in Game Mode. HDR isn't supported in Desktop Mode on the Steam Deck so the modified game looks and plays wonderfully in Desktop Mode. The other problem in Game Mode on Steam Deck is that the configurator doesn't scale correctly and is off the screen on the right side cutting off the text. In Desktop Mode it's perfect and doesn't even take up the whole screen meaning all the text looks perfect.

It would be great if there was a way to disable HDR support in the configurator. I assume at some point Valve will add a way to turn HDR on and off for a given game in Game Scope but for now this patch looks very wrong in that mode. It's kind of like looking at a film negative instead of the photo.

Thank you, Satsuki! I never knew FF7 could look that amazing.
 
i can't test the Steam Desk myself as i don't own one.
if you want to do a full 'how to' i can update the instruction with it.
i'll add an option to turn off HDR in next update and i'll update the steam's deck profile to disable hdr by default.

as for hdr & squaling, if it's solved by the desktop mode, a good way to solve all that stuff would be to shortcut a script witch sitch to desktop, launch the game, then when you quit the game, switch back to game mode again, so the whole pack would work as intended ^^
 
It would have been more helpful if I had simply stated the minor difference in the installation instructions. My bad.


  • Run Lutris, click the + button, and then Add a locally installed game.
  • Name your game and select Wine from the Executor dropdown menu.
  • Go to the Game Options tab, Browse, and locate the pack's installation executable.
  • Go to the Wine Prefix field and identify a folder for the installation such as /home/deck/FF7_SYW_Unified then click Save.
  • Click on your game, and at the bottom of the window, click the wine glass icon, then select Winetricks. A new window appears in the taskbar, click on it.

Other than that, the instructions are great.
 
Jodpel thank you for the help worked like a charm. Satsuki great mod pack!!

Having issues getting the steam achievements to work gives an error saying steam must be running…?
 
Jodpel thank you for the help worked like a charm. Satsuki great mod pack!!

Having issues getting the steam achievements to work gives an error saying steam must be running…?
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yes steam must be running to geat achievement, on pc it's working like that, on Deck not sure
 
Jodpel thank you for the help worked like a charm. Satsuki great mod pack!!

Having issues getting the steam achievements to work gives an error saying steam must be running…?
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Is that happening on Steam Deck? Gaming Mode or Desktop Mode? I imagine Steam is already running and you enabled achievements in the mod selector?
 
Sorry clarification in both desktop and gaming mode on steam deck steam is running and it is not functioning and yes it is checked on inside the config
 
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Can confirm that the Steam achievements feature doesn't work on the Steam Deck in Desktop or Game mode. I never mentioned it because I don't think it's important and OP can't do anything about it anyway without a Steam Deck.
 
No achievement support for Steam Deck is a dealbreaker for me. Should I opt for the old 7th Heaven mod install then? Or I guess if I'm using the Steam Deck at home, I just stream the game from Desktop to Steam Deck.
 
It seems the reason Steam achievements aren't working on the Deck is because applications running in Wine aren't aware of the whole Linux environment and thus doesn't see the Linux version of Steam. I figured out a solution by installing the Windows version of Steam to my wine prefix and using that to launch the game as a non steam game. Through that I was able to get the game to recognize Steam and run. It's not an elegant solution, but if you want achievements, here's some instructions on how I did it.

I first configured my wine prefix to say it is Windows 10. This is necessary because wine prefixes are set to Windows 7 by default and Steam can't run past 30 days in a Windows 7 or 8 environment.
To do this select your game in Lutris, click the wine glass at the bottom, and select Wine configuration. At the bottom of the window that opens, change the bottom drop menu to Windows 10, click apply, and close the window.

I next installed Steam by opening up winetricks again and selecting "install an application." In the new window, scroll down to steam, select it's box and hit OK.
Something will pop up in the background a few times talking about 32-bit 64-bit prefix compatibility, those can be ignored. You can close the windows related to winetricks now.

Now add Steam to Lutris like you did with SYW with the + in the top left. Make sure you have the wine runner selected and you set the wine prefix.
When adding your Steam Executable your path will look something like this "/home/deck/<path to prefix>/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steam.exe" and then save this config.

I then just launch steam through Lutris and login. Now for me, some steam menus bug out but it's still usable. I go to the Games menu at the top left of steam and add a non-Steam game. Browse and select "/", "home", "deck", all the way up to where FF7.exe is located.

The final step is to add a Steam shortcut from Lutris into Steam for controller support in the desktop and to play FF7 from Gaming Mode.

Hopefully I didn't miss anything and this helps!   :mrgreen:
 
you may want to report it to FFNx dev team as steam'a achivment is done by FFNx ^^
 
Any chance we could get a trainer system like the consoles got?
 
Any chance we could get a trainer system like the consoles got?
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I've done trainer (for the french version) in the past but:
-it's exe lang dependent so all the work need to be done 4 times
-it's often reported as virus
-black chocobo can edit savegame so the needs for a trainer is almost unrelevant
 
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