Can't open on Steam Deck

[Keldium]

Hi ! I tried to open the exe on Steam Deck using Wine from the Discover app but it won't open. Can someone give me a step by step guide to run the manager, or correct the issue ?

[ghost]

+1 really want to mod the game but cant, Steam OS is my only PC :(

[Keldium]

I found a way to open the exe !
Download the DotNetZip.dll and place it next to the exe, in the same place, while using Wine downloaded in the Discover app !
The dll can be found on Internet !

[AntonioDePau]

Thanks for the solution, @Keldium :) not sure why the embedded DotNetZip.dll is not being used on the Steam Deck. Is there any specific error when the .dll is not manually downloaded and placed next to the exe?

[ghost]

YES thank you!!! :D

[Keldium]

There's no error shown, the app just close itself without dll next to it !

[Dooroofoo]

I found a way to open the exe ! Download the DotNetZip.dll and place it next to the exe, in the same place, while using Wine downloaded in the Discover app ! The dll can be found on Internet !

What is the dotnetzip.dll? Where can I find that im new to modding lol. If anyone could help me getting it to start I’d great appreciate it ):

[Dooroofoo]

I found a way to open the exe ! Download the DotNetZip.dll and place it next to the exe, in the same place, while using Wine downloaded in the Discover app ! The dll can be found on Internet !

Hi can you explain what you mean? 😭 I made a new folder to put the patch manager in and put the .dll file in the same folder and it still won’t open. It opens for a second then closes

[AntonioDePau]

@Dooroofoo, have you used the Discovery App to install/download Wine? Please do some research on Google before posting here. This is for help regarding the tool, you're having issues running an executable on Linux, try to solve that first.

If you do have Wine already, try running the tool through a command line interface (console) so you can share the error message with us.

[Keldium]

@Dooroofoo Here a step by step guide with ugly pictures !
First : Open Discover app (the little blue bag) and search Wine
Two : Install Wine. It will help you to run exe !
Three : Search DotNetZip.dll on internet, download it
Four : Place it next to KHPCPatchManager.exe and Ressource
Five : Open KHPCPatchManager.exe with Wine and it will open ! (do not care about the other files in the last picture, they're useless !)

[ErlanPietro]

How can I find KH Steam folder using the patch manager running with Wine? I installed the DotNetzip.dll and now the patch manager runs fine, but when it ask me to find the folder where KH is installed, the directory appearing on wine is not the same as the Steam Deck/Linux directory

[Dooroofoo]

@Dooroofoo Here a step by step guide with ugly pictures ! First : Open Discover app (the little blue bag) and search Wine Two : Install Wine. It will help you to run exe ! Three : Search DotNetZip.dll on internet, download it Four : Place it next to KHPCPatchManager.exe and Ressource Five : Open KHPCPatchManager.exe with Wine and it will open ! (do not care about the other files in the last picture, they're useless !)

Thank you so much! I’m about to try now, but what is the resources folder? And where should the resource folder and patch manager exe be placed? Just anywhere?

[Dooroofoo]

@Dooroofoo, have you used the Discovery App to install/download Wine? Please do some research on Google before posting here. This is for help regarding the tool, you're having issues running an executable on Linux, try to solve that first.

If you do have Wine already, try running the tool through a command line interface (console) so you can share the error message with us.

Your right I’m sorry I did try researching but I couldn’t find anything so this page was my last bastion ):

[AntonioDePau]

@Dooroofoo, the Resource folder gets created when you start the executable. The executable can be placed wherever, but you'll have to put the DLL next to it.

[Dooroofoo]

@Dooroofoo, the Resource folder gets created when you start the executable. The executable can be placed wherever, but you'll have to put the DLL next to it.

Wow finally got it to work. Thanks guys sorry to bother!

[Dooroofoo]

@Dooroofoo, the Resource folder gets created when you start the executable. The executable can be placed wherever, but you'll have to put the DLL next to it.

I got the patch manager running but when I choose apply patch it says it could not find the installation path. Do you know how I would find the right installation path on the steam deck?

[TheFervidActor]

How can I find KH Steam folder using the patch manager running with Wine? I installed the DotNetzip.dll and now the patch manager runs fine, but when it ask me to find the folder where KH is installed, the directory appearing on wine is not the same as the Steam Deck/Linux directory

Instead of using wine to launch the patch manager install and use LuxWine. I tried it and it showed up

[TheFervidActor]

@Dooroofoo, the Resource folder gets created when you start the executable. The executable can be placed wherever, but you'll have to put the DLL next to it.

I got the patch manager running but when I choose apply patch it says it could not find the installation path. Do you know how I would find the right installation path on the steam deck?

use the solution I wrote above

[julianrios]

Can someone share a link to this DotNetZip.dll please?

I tried a few different ones on the first google links from search but none look like the screenshots shown here.

[julianrios]

For anyone else who struggles to find this: https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/dotnetzip/081c3e4b982ef5f2316bbdd31b324fc2/download

[julianrios]

How did others get past this? For me I can navigate to the folder not sure if its because its hidden

My file location is here but the gui only accepts \

So I tried to pass as this:
Z:\home\deck.local\share\Steam\steamapps\common\KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-\Image\dt

Deck Location:
/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-/Image/dt

[TheFervidActor]

How did others get past this? For me I can navigate to the folder not sure if its because its hidden

My file location is here but the gui only accepts \

So I tried to pass as this: Z:\home\deck.local\share\Steam\steamapps\common\KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-\Image\dt

Deck Location: /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-/Image/dt

Like i said earlier use luxwine

[GimmeDatHaki]

Luxwine works fine but for some reason the .local folder is nowhere to be found.

[NaomiReadbeforeint]

just move it to another folder, then patch the exes or whatever then move it back to steamapps/common

[RealoFoxtrot]

Alternate Solution to the .local file being hidden:

In a folder you can see (e.g. Documents), in Dolphin
Create New
Link to File or Directory
Copy the directory of the Kingdom Hearts install

In KHPC Patcher you can navigate to that link and it will allow you to patch it
As long as you can see the Image folder, you're good to click open and it should work