Adding chiaki-ng to Steam

Automatic Process for Auto-connect or Standard LaunchManual Process for Automation Script

1. Choose Add Create Steam Shortcut from Main Menu

   

2. Fill in name for Steam Shortcut and optional launch options

   1. Fill in name for Steam Shortcut and optional launch options

      Launch Options

      In most cases, you can leave this blank. One scenario where you would fill this out is if you have multiple users on the same client device [i.e., Steam Deck]. In this case you can use --profile user1 for one shortcut and --profile user2 for another.

   2. Create Steam Shortcut by hitting Create button

   

Game (Mode) Time!

You have successfully added chiaki-ng to Steam with pictures and (if on Steam Deck) set the chiaki4deck+ mic Steam Deck controller shortcut.

You can now close any open applications and or terminals (forcing them to close if necessary) and then switch to Game Mode by clicking on the Return to Gaming Mode desktop icon.

Another Non-Steam Game

This is the same process as with other non-Steam games, tailored to the chiaki-ng script and images.

1. Open the Add a Non-Steam Game prompt

   Via user interface / application (GUI)Via konsole

   1. Launch Steam by double clicking on the Steam icon in your desktop or finding it in your apps menu.

      

   2. Click Add a Non-Steam Game from the Games Menu on the top left of the Steam UI

      

   1. Run the following command in a konsole window to bring up the Add Non-Steam Game prompt

   steam steam://AddNonSteamGame
   

2. Choose to BROWSE for the game

   

3. Show hidden files using the GUI or Ctrl+H (to see the hidden . directories)

   

4. Choose Chiaki-launcher.sh as your game

   If You're missing Chiaki-launcher.sh, You Skipped the Automation Section

   Chiaki-launcher.sh is a script to launch Chiaki without the main gui, resulting in a much better experience on the Steam Deck (click for details) and makes it easier to use the 3 games modes. If Chiaki-launcher.sh is missing, you almost certainly skipped the automation section. Don't worry, the fix is easy! Please complete the Automation section now and come back here afterward. It should take you ~ 5 minutes. Luckily, there is a helper script that does most of the work for you! You simply answer a few questions I walk you through.

   1. Choose File type: All Files at the bottom of the screen

   2. Choose /home/deck from the dropdown at the top of the screen and then navigate by clicking on each folder to the folder /home/deck/.var/app/io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck/config/Chiaki

   3. Click on the Chiaki-launcher.sh file in that directory

   4. Click OPEN on the bottom right

   

5. Click Add Selected Programs

   

Configuring Name and Game Icons

Steam Application Name Matters!

For Non-Steam games (i.e., chiaki-ng), the Community Layouts controller layouts are based on the name the user set for the game in Steam when they exported it. Thus, in order to find the controller profiles I created for the game in your Community Layouts section later in this guide, your game name will need to the same as mine, (i.e., chiaki-ng). This naming is done in step 4 (below) and it's recommended that you just keep your game name as chiaki-ng to make your life easier.

What if naming chiaki-ng something else fills me with determination...?

If you want to use a different game name (i.e., Playstation Launcher Thingamajig) and want to use some or all of the controller layouts I have created (either directly or to download them and use them as a starting point to tinker from), name your game what you want in step 4. Then, when you get to the controller section, follow Retrieving chiaki-ng Controller Layouts when Using An Alternate Game Name. This walks you through temporarily renaming the app to chiaki-ng to access the controller layouts and save them as Personal Saves to access in the Your Layouts tab. Finally, you can rename you game to what you want and apply your layout to this differently named Steam game.

1. Acquire pictures to use for the game library in Steam

   1. Get the official chiaki-ng images here.

   2. Extract the package to a folder of your choice (such as your Documents folder).

      How do I extract the images folder?

      Double click on the downloaded package in your browser or find the file in your Downloads folder and right-click on it choosing to Extract To and then selecting the folder of your choice (such as your Documents Folder)

      

      Note

      This will create a folder named chiaki-ng-images in the folder you choose to extract to

2. If it is not already open, launch Steam and go to your game Library.

3. Right-click on Chiaki-launcher.sh in your Games on the left-hand side and select Properties

   

4. In the properties window that comes up rename Chiaki-launcher.sh and add the icon image

   1. Rename it chiaki-ng

   2. Click on the blank square to add an image and navigate to the chiaki-ng-images folder you created in step 1 above and select the icon image (steam_icon.png).

   3. Click the x to exit the window

   Finished chiaki-ng Properties

   

5. Go to your Library in Steam and select chiaki-ng from the left-hand list or one of the Library categories to go to chiaki-ng's game page.

6. Customize the background and logo for chiaki-ng

   

   1. Customize the background

      1. Right-click on the blank space and select Set Custom Background

      2. Browse to the chiaki-ng-images folder you created earlier and select the background image (steam_hero.png)

   2. Customize the logo

      1. Right-click on the blank space and select Set Custom Logo

      2. Browse to the chiaki-ng-images folder you created earlier and select the logo image (steam_logo.png)

   Finished chiaki-ng Home Page

   

7. Customize the wide capsule and capsule images

   1. Launch chiaki-ng via Steam by hitting the Play button or any other method and then close.

   2. Go to your Library in Steam and scroll to your RECENT GAMES section.

   3. Right-click on the blank picture for chiaki-ng (should be 1^st in RECENT GAMES and have a blank image with a landscape orientation) and select Manage->Set custom artwork

      

   4. Browse to the chiaki-ng-images folder you created earlier and select the wide capsule (wcap) image (steam_landscape.png)

   5. Launch a different game and close it (this moves chiaki-ng into the second slot in recent games)

   6. Right-click on the blank picture for chiaki-ng (should be 2^nd in recent games and have a blank image with a portrait orientation) and select Manage->Set custom artwork.

   7. Browse to the chiaki-ng-images folder you created earlier and select the capsule (cap) image (steam_portrait.png)

Game (Mode) Time!

You have successfully added chiaki-ng to Steam with pictures.

You can now close any open applications and or terminals (forcing them to close if necessary) and then switch to Game Mode by clicking on the Return to Gaming Mode desktop icon.