Error on Install Step 7

[digidude512]

On Step 7 after selecting Drive F I just get

"Application encountered an error during this operation [ cannot read list: unable to get source directory: readdir Z:\home\Games\Heroic\Fallout London: Invalid function. ].

[krupar101]

Can you please share the whole output that you get in Konsole? Also, is this error appearing in GoG installer or the Konsole?

It would be great if you could also share a screenshot of this.

[digidude512]

Can you please share the whole output that you get in Konsole? Also, is this error appearing in GoG installer or the Konsole?

It would be great if you could also share a screenshot of this.

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/overkillwtf/folon-steamdeck-installer/main/fallout.sh && chmod +x fallout.sh && ./fallout.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 41570 100 41570 0 0 172k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 172k Fallout 4 recognized to be installed on Internal SSD Continue from last known step. Step 7: Manual Installation of Fallout London Proton Experimental is installed on Internal SSD. Continue... Fallout London installation path found. Drive F: successfully created pointing to /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 4

GoG installer for Fallout London will now launch.

1. Click Install
2. Select Drive F:
3. Click Install Here

Close the installer after it's done to continue the setup process.

wineserver: no process found wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. fsync: up and running. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. wine: using kernel write watches, use_kernel_writewatch 2. Correct. Game does not launch with standard launcher You are using a downgraded standard Fallout 4 launcher exe. ERROR: Fallout London is not installed or installation was not successful. ERROR: Please run the script again and select 'Continue from last known step' (1)(deck@steamdeck ~)$

[krupar101]

1. Do you have any external drives connected to the steam deck other than the internal SSD and microSD card?
2. Where is Proton - Experimental installed (If it's on microSD card try to reinstall it on the SSD).
3. Have you tried reinstalling Fallout London from Heroic?

[digidude512]

1. Do you have any external drives connected to the steam deck other than the internal SSD and microSD card?

   2. Where is Proton - Experimental installed (If it's on microSD card try to reinstall it on the SSD.

   3. Have you tried reinstalling Fallout London from Heroic?

1: No Externals, Only SSD and microSD 2: Proton only on SSD ever 3: I've tried completely reinstalling Fallout 4, Fallout London, Heroic and starting as fresh as I can.

[krupar101]

Please try to run this command in Konsole: ln -s "/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:"

Then run the script one more time -> 'Continue from the last known step".

[digidude512]

ln: failed to create symbolic link '/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:/': No such file or directory

[krupar101]

In this case run this first: mkdir -p "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices"

then: ln -s "/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:"

then rerun the script :)

[digidude512]

(deck@steamdeck ~)$ ln -s "/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:" ln: failed to create symbolic link '/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:/': No such file or directory (1)(deck@steamdeck ~)$

Edit: OK looks like I have some weirdness going on

Z: looks like it's my rootfs partition or something

Not sure why it can see this

[krupar101]

Can you also provide what you see under the F: folder in the meantime?

[digidude512]

[krupar101]

Ok then. Let's try one more thing. Run this: rm -f "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:"

Then this: ln -s "/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:"

Then re-run the script

[digidude512]

Still no change

[krupar101]

Do you have a microSD card in your steam deck?

You can try to uninstall Fallout London from Heroic -> Install Fallout London in heroic again on the microSD card. (You will need to change the default install path. On the window where you select the directory SD card can be found on the bottom of the left side of the window.)

Then try to run the script one more time.

Looks like proton does not have access to your home directory. Not sure why that could be.

[FitzWM]

I'm getting exactly this issue when trying to install on an Arch system (not a Steam Deck). Obviously, mine isn't the intended environment, but I was getting similar access errors with other methods, so I thought I'd try this script. Unfortunately, I've hit the same wall here. The FOL installer is the only game or mod (or EXE, really) I've ever installed via Wine or Proton, manually or through one app or other, that didn't have full access to the same folders as my user on the Z: drive.

It's not just this script, either. It happens however I run the FOL installer, whether via Heroic, Lutris, Steam, Dolphin, or the terminal. The really weird thing is that it gets access to different sets of directories, depending on how I run it. If I run it from Steam, it can see etc, run, and var. If I run it from Dolphin or in the terminal with a WINEPREFIX, it can see a lot more, but never home. I guess the difference is from the installer thinking it's under steamuser or my actual user? I tried making a symbolic link to my games directory in opt, since the installer could see that, but it looks like it can't see symlinks, and I'm reluctant to create a hardlink just for this. I also had FOL installed via the AUR version of Heroic at first, so I tried uninstalling that and reinstalling it via the Flatpak version, but no dice. I suppose I could try copying the FO4 install to one of the directories it can see and then copying it back. Maybe that would work?

I'm not sure what to try next, honestly. I've literally never seen this behavior before, and I've probably installed around 200 games, old and new, and a lot more mods and external programs since moving fully to Linux last year. I'm pretty familiar with the various processes at this point, so I'm happy to test things if it'll help. I'd love to try this mod out, but now that I've finally cut the cord, I'm extremely reluctant to remake my Windows partition for anything short of a national emergency.

[digidude512]

Do you have a microSD card in your steam deck?

You can try to uninstall Fallout London from Heroic -> Install Fallout London in heroic again on the microSD card. (You will need to change the default install path. On the window where you select the directory SD card can be found on the bottom of the left side of the window.)

Then try to run the script one more time.

Looks like proton does not have access to your home directory. Not sure why that could be.

IT FINALLY INSTALLED!

I had some visual problems with the tube at character creation but the mod is finally running!

Thank you!

[krupar101]

I'm getting exactly this issue when trying to install on an Arch system (not a Steam Deck). Obviously, mine isn't the intended environment, but I was getting similar access errors with other methods, so I thought I'd try this script. Unfortunately, I've hit the same wall here. The FOL installer is the only game or mod (or EXE, really) I've ever installed via Wine or Proton, manually or through one app or other, that didn't have full access to the same folders as my user on the Z: drive.

It's not just this script, either. It happens however I run the FOL installer, whether via Heroic, Lutris, Steam, Dolphin, or the terminal. The really weird thing is that it gets access to different sets of directories, depending on how I run it. If I run it from Steam, it can see etc, run, and var. If I run it from Dolphin or in the terminal with a WINEPREFIX, it can see a lot more, but never home. I guess the difference is from the installer thinking it's under steamuser or my actual user? I tried making a symbolic link to my games directory in opt, since the installer could see that, but it looks like it can't see symlinks, and I'm reluctant to create a hardlink just for this. I also had FOL installed via the AUR version of Heroic at first, so I tried uninstalling that and reinstalling it via the Flatpak version, but no dice. I suppose I could try copying the FO4 install to one of the directories it can see and then copying it back. Maybe that would work?

I'm not sure what to try next, honestly. I've literally never seen this behavior before, and I've probably installed around 200 games, old and new, and a lot more mods and external programs since moving fully to Linux last year. I'm pretty familiar with the various processes at this point, so I'm happy to test things if it'll help. I'd love to try this mod out, but now that I've finally cut the cord, I'm extremely reluctant to remake my Windows partition for anything short of a national emergency.

I will play around with settings to check what could cause this. Will update this over the weekend. Maybe creating the z: symlink while the app is running would work?

[krupar101]

I'm getting exactly this issue when trying to install on an Arch system (not a Steam Deck). Obviously, mine isn't the intended environment, but I was getting similar access errors with other methods, so I thought I'd try this script. Unfortunately, I've hit the same wall here. The FOL installer is the only game or mod (or EXE, really) I've ever installed via Wine or Proton, manually or through one app or other, that didn't have full access to the same folders as my user on the Z: drive.

It's not just this script, either. It happens however I run the FOL installer, whether via Heroic, Lutris, Steam, Dolphin, or the terminal. The really weird thing is that it gets access to different sets of directories, depending on how I run it. If I run it from Steam, it can see etc, run, and var. If I run it from Dolphin or in the terminal with a WINEPREFIX, it can see a lot more, but never home. I guess the difference is from the installer thinking it's under steamuser or my actual user? I tried making a symbolic link to my games directory in opt, since the installer could see that, but it looks like it can't see symlinks, and I'm reluctant to create a hardlink just for this. I also had FOL installed via the AUR version of Heroic at first, so I tried uninstalling that and reinstalling it via the Flatpak version, but no dice. I suppose I could try copying the FO4 install to one of the directories it can see and then copying it back. Maybe that would work?

I'm not sure what to try next, honestly. I've literally never seen this behavior before, and I've probably installed around 200 games, old and new, and a lot more mods and external programs since moving fully to Linux last year. I'm pretty familiar with the various processes at this point, so I'm happy to test things if it'll help. I'd love to try this mod out, but now that I've finally cut the cord, I'm extremely reluctant to remake my Windows partition for anything short of a national emergency.

Potential solution:

1. Run the script one more time
2. Click on "Change location" as you see here:
3. While on this screen open a new konsole window:
4. Type in the following commands to recreate the symlink:

rm -f "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:" ln -s "/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/dosdevices/z:"

5. Select Drive F:
6. Try to install.

If that doesn't work you can also try reinstalling proton experimental.

1. remove,
2. install again.

If steam shows you some dependency problem that it cannot remove it then just remove this folder: "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental"

command: rm -rf "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental"

then go to steam -> Find Proton Experimental in your Steam Library (Not the store) -> Right click -> Properties -> Installed files -> Verify installed files.

[zee5679]

Can report try everything suggested here and no dice. I am also getting this issue

[krupar101]

Ok, here is a workaround:

1. Open Heroic Launcher
2. Go to Fallout London's Page
3. Click the button with the 'sliders' icon.
4. Change the game to run with proton experimental
5. scroll down in this window
6. open WINECFG (If it doesn't open install wine from discover store)
7. go to Drives tab.
8. Add a new drive pointing to Fallout 4 directory. For steam deck the paths are as follows

SSD Installation: /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 4

SD card installation: /run/media/mmcblk0p1/steamapps/common/Fallout 4

9. Confirm the action
10. Launch Fallout London from heroic manually and proceed to install
11. You will see your added drive in the installer. Select it.
12. Proceed with the installation
13. After that is done run the script again -> Continue from last step
14. As soon as the GoG window appears close it -> The script will continue.

[FitzWM]

Alright, I've tried both the workarounds posted above, but unfortunately, both give me the same error: cannot read list: unable to get source directory: readdir Z:\home\<redacted>\Games\Heroic\Fallout London: Invalid function. I also tried installing manually, but the method I used to use to get MO2 working on Linux no longer works because some random Python dependency for it is apparently now abandonware ;_;

I did try meddling with Flatseal settings and using the non-Flatpak version of Heroic, but no dice with either method.

[krupar101]

Alright, I've tried both the workarounds posted above, but unfortunately, both give me the same error: cannot read list: unable to get source directory: readdir Z:\home\<redacted>\Games\Heroic\Fallout London: Invalid function. I also tried installing manually, but the method I used to use to get MO2 working on Linux no longer works because some random Python dependency for it is apparently now abandonware ;_;

I did try meddling with Flatseal settings and using the non-Flatpak version of Heroic, but no dice with either method.

This is very interesting. Have you tried to go to Heroic Launcher's wine manager and installing proton ge?

From my experience 9-10 works quite well.

Please also make sure to run the game with this proton version:

Also if you have the GoG version of the game feel free to try the scipt that is currently in testing and allows to automatically install Fallout London for GoG Version.

Source Code: https://github.com/krupar101/f4london_steam_deck_ini/blob/main/fallout.sh

To run it you can paste this into the konsole window: bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/krupar101/f4london_steam_deck_ini/main/fallout.sh)

UPDATE: The Overkill Script was already updated and contains all the changes from the beta version I shared.

[krupar101]

Issue closed after 3 weeks with no response.