Still trying to get the game working through Game mode on Steam Deck. I tried a Lua file adjustment someone recommended and still no dice. Same error as shown. Anyone who might be able to tell me how to remedy this please let me know. Some have said it was as simple as transferring files, adding to non-steam games and running the .exe, but I've not had such luck. Works fine desktop but its far from ideal.
I posted over on the Steam Deck sub but although it had lots of views there were no replies. Perhaps someone here may have some insight.
I wanted to play Might and Magic Merge on my Steam Deck so zipped up the file on my PC and sent it over to my Deck. Unpacked it and ran it through Wine in Desk Top mode. It worked! Game booted up, save files all intact, and could start playing no problem. Of course, there's an issue with input buttons because these games had no controller support. r/L sticks work as expected and the A button pauses (for combat). After some fiddling around I was able to map a few keys to buttons while other ones are unrecognized and so cannot be used. Overall, however, it's very much playable. And now here is where we run into problems: trying to play via Game Mode instead of needing to be in Desk Top Mode.
I've tried adding the .exe to non-steam games, I've tried adding it through Lutris, and I've tried forcing compatibility to many different Proton versions. Game will boot up, go to main menu, but no matter what I do if a game is started the debug menu pops up with a moderate list of errors. I've tried to research and attempt numerous fixes for literal hours, but nothing I have found works, and I've tried just about everything besides re-downloading and re-patching the game. I figured this would be fruitless as it works in Desk Top, so it's fine.
Anyways--has anyone got this to work on Steam Deck through Game Mode? I'd prefer to run it through this mode for 2 reasons: 1) no need to go to Desk Top only to run this game and, more importantly, 2) Steam controller. I can map commands this way. Playing through Desk Top is limited, and while playable, I do have to do without some keys which makes it a bit annoying.