Play RuneLite as "Old School RuneScape" on Steam Deck

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Zidane@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this I just figured maybe someone has experience with launching a non-steam game as a steam game through launch options.

I’m trying to play RuneLite through Old School RuneScape (number go up make feel goooood). My issue is that it loads for a second or two then closes…

What I’ve done:

Went into desktop mode and downloaded RuneLite.AppImage from RuneLite.net
Marked RuneLite.AppImage as an executable
Launched RuneLite and set setting according to Reddit user squeezeme_juiceme here (probably not relevant)
Closed RuneLite to save settings (also probably not relevant, just recanting my process)
Set my launch options as /home/deck/Downloads/RuneLite.AppImage ; killall -9 RuneLite.AppImage # %console%
cried because it’s not working

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UnhingedStopa@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If your command goes in that order

Downloads/RuneLite.AppImage ; killall -9 RuneLite.AppImage

Then you are first opening it and then closing it. Maybe get rid of the killall part or place it at the beginning?

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- Zidane@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Forgot to mention I tried without the kill command first and it does the same thing :^(
  
  Also, from my reading it’s needed so when I hit exit game it closes rather than me having to reboot the steam deck
  
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  - UnhingedStopa@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’d try adding it to steam if possible and trying to launch it from there. I can try getting it to work in a few hours.
    
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IronSage@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s much easier than this. Runelite is available on the software center. After installed it will appear on the list of apps in steam when selecting add a non steam game.

Use the steam grid db decky plugin to add art. Make a controller profile or use community made. I’ve played a bit of osrs this way

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- andrew@radiation.party ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They’re trying to make steam think they’re actually running osrs so it tracks their playtime. Steam doesn’t track playtime of nonsteam games.
  
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  - IronSage@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’d recommend a decky plugin. github.com/ma3a/SDH-PlayTime
    
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shigutso@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Use Luxtorpeda as a compatibility tool and OSRS will run using RuneLite and track time:

github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/luxtorpeda

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