Rewizja Playing Watch Dogs 2 on Steam Deck (Ubisoft Connect)

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README.md

			@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Be sure that the Executable is already set to the installed Ubisoft Connect, not
20	20
21	21		## Play
22	22
	23	+	In Lutris, create a Steam shortcut so that you can access it via Game Mode on the Steam Deck. I would recommend you play in Game Mode, as controls are wonky in Desktop mode.
	24	+
23	25		Run the Ubisoft Connect and the launcher should boot as normal. Login to your Ubisoft account and install Watch Dogs 2 and DLCs(if you have them).
24	26
25	27		> This guide may also work for other games installed via Ubisoft Connect, but not tested in this case, only Watch Dogs 2 and it's DLCs.

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README.md

			@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
1		-	![Watch Dogs 2 running on the Steam Deck via Steam Client](https://ocean.sudovanilla.org/media/images/2025-11-18-16-15-08-805.jpg)
	1	+	# Playing Watch Dogs 2 on Steam Deck (Ubisoft Connect)
2	2
3		-	For last resort only if all other methods to boot Watch Dogs 2 fails on the Steam Deck. This already assumes you own Watch Dogs(WD1) and Watch Dogs 2(WD2). In my case, I own WD1 via Steam and WD2 via Ubisoft Connect.
	3	+	This guide assumes you already installed Ubisoft Connect via Lutris.
4	4
5		-	I've only been able to get WD1 to boot via Steam client and all other methods to boot WD2 do not work as Ubisoft Connect tends to crash on boot.
	5	+	## Configuration
6	6
7		-	Instead, since I am no longer interested in playing WD1, I went ahead and swap out the files in the Steam folder for WD1 with WD2, also making sure the executable still matches the target path so Steam boots it. This appears to work in tricking Steam to boot WD2 without issue and Ubisoft Connects boots properly.
	7	+	Game options
8	8
9		-	### File Structure
	9	+	Be sure that the Executable is already set to the installed Ubisoft Connect, not the installer itself.
10	10
11		-	This is in `./steamsapps/common/Watch_Dogs/`, I moved original WD1 files completedly somewhere else.
	11	+	Runner options
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13		-	```
14		-	└── Watch_Dogs/
15		-	├── bin/
16		-	│ └── watch_dogs.exe <-- WatchDogs2.exe renamed to watch_dogs.exe(for Steam)
17		-	└── WATCH_DOGS2/
18		-	├── EasyAntiCheat
19		-	├── bin
20		-	├── Support
21		-	├── bin
22		-	├── bin_plus
23		-	├── data_win64
24		-	├── uplay_download
25		-	├── EAC.exe
26		-	├── uplay_install.manifest
27		-	└── uplay_install.state
28		-	```
	13	+	- Set Wine version to Proton 9.0 (Beta).
29	14
30		-	When booting, install Watch Dogs 2 on Ubisoft Connect and set the install path here. The installer will discover the files and will see that the Watch Dogs 2 files are already install and you'll be ready to play once it's done scanning(2 - 5 minutes).
	15	+
	16	+	System Options
	17	+
	18	+	- Set variable `UMU_NO_RUNTIME` to `1` in Environment variables.
	19	+	- Disable Lutrus Runtime.
	20	+
	21	+	## Play
	22	+
	23	+	Run the Ubisoft Connect and the launcher should boot as normal. Login to your Ubisoft account and install Watch Dogs 2 and DLCs(if you have them).
	24	+
	25	+	> This guide may also work for other games installed via Ubisoft Connect, but not tested in this case, only Watch Dogs 2 and it's DLCs.

Korbs zrewidował ten Gist 9 months ago. Przejdź do rewizji

1 file changed, 2 insertions

README.md

			@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
	1	+	![Watch Dogs 2 running on the Steam Deck via Steam Client](https://ocean.sudovanilla.org/media/images/2025-11-18-16-15-08-805.jpg)
	2	+
1	3		For last resort only if all other methods to boot Watch Dogs 2 fails on the Steam Deck. This already assumes you own Watch Dogs(WD1) and Watch Dogs 2(WD2). In my case, I own WD1 via Steam and WD2 via Ubisoft Connect.
2	4
3	5		I've only been able to get WD1 to boot via Steam client and all other methods to boot WD2 do not work as Ubisoft Connect tends to crash on boot.

Korbs zrewidował ten Gist 9 months ago. Przejdź do rewizji

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README.md

			@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ This is in `./steamsapps/common/Watch_Dogs/`, I moved original WD1 files complet
23	23		├── EAC.exe
24	24		├── uplay_install.manifest
25	25		└── uplay_install.state
26		-	```
	26	+	```
	27	+
	28	+	When booting, install Watch Dogs 2 on Ubisoft Connect and set the install path here. The installer will discover the files and will see that the Watch Dogs 2 files are already install and you'll be ready to play once it's done scanning(2 - 5 minutes).

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README.md(stworzono plik)

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1	+	For last resort only if all other methods to boot Watch Dogs 2 fails on the Steam Deck. This already assumes you own Watch Dogs(WD1) and Watch Dogs 2(WD2). In my case, I own WD1 via Steam and WD2 via Ubisoft Connect.
2	+
3	+	I've only been able to get WD1 to boot via Steam client and all other methods to boot WD2 do not work as Ubisoft Connect tends to crash on boot.
4	+
5	+	Instead, since I am no longer interested in playing WD1, I went ahead and swap out the files in the Steam folder for WD1 with WD2, also making sure the executable still matches the target path so Steam boots it. This appears to work in tricking Steam to boot WD2 without issue and Ubisoft Connects boots properly.
6	+
7	+	### File Structure
8	+
9	+	This is in `./steamsapps/common/Watch_Dogs/`, I moved original WD1 files completedly somewhere else.
10	+
11	+	```
12	+	└── Watch_Dogs/
13	+	├── bin/
14	+	│ └── watch_dogs.exe <-- WatchDogs2.exe renamed to watch_dogs.exe(for Steam)
15	+	└── WATCH_DOGS2/
16	+	├── EasyAntiCheat
17	+	├── bin
18	+	├── Support
19	+	├── bin
20	+	├── bin_plus
21	+	├── data_win64
22	+	├── uplay_download
23	+	├── EAC.exe
24	+	├── uplay_install.manifest
25	+	└── uplay_install.state
26	+	```

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