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Adding Chiaki4Deck to Steam

  1. Choose Add Create Steam Shortcut from Main Menu

    Choose Create Steam Shortcut

  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 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

    Fill in Steam Shortcut

🎮 Game (Mode) Time!

You have successfully added chiaki4deck 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.

Go to Game Mode

Another Non-Steam Game

This is the same process as with other non-Steam games, tailored to the chiaki4deck script and images.

  1. Open the Add a Non-Steam Game prompt

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

      Launch Steam

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

      Add non steam game GUI

    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

    Browse Games

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

    Show Hidden Files

  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

    Chiaki Launcher Select

  5. Click Add Selected Programs

    Add Selected Program

Configuring Name and Game Icons

Steam Application Name Matters!

For Non-Steam games (i.e., chiaki4deck), 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., chiaki4deck). This naming is done in step 4 (below) and it's recommended that you just keep your game name as chiaki4deck to make your life easier.

What if naming chiaki4deck 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 chiaki4deck Controller Layouts when Using An Alternate Game Name. This walks you through temporarily renaming the app to chiaki4deck 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 images I used here for chiaki4deck on my Steam Deck.

    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)

      Extract Images

      Note

      This will create a folder named chiaki4deckImages in the folder you choose to extract to

    SteamGridDB

    The images I provided are from Steam Grid DB and I do not own these images, I'm simply directing you to them for your convenience. You can find these and other images yourself on SteamGridDB as well as via other sources of your choosing.

  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

    Chiaki Launcher Properties

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

    1. Rename it chiaki4deck

    2. Click on the blank square to add an image and navigate to the chiaki4deckImages folder you created in step 1 above and select the icon image (icon-chiaki4deck.png).

    3. Click the x to exit the window

    Finished chiaki4deck Properties

    Finished Chiaki4Deck Properties

  5. Go to your Library in Steam and select chiaki4deck from the left-hand list or one of the Library categories to go to chiaki4deck's game page.

  6. Customize the background and logo for Chiaki4deck

    Set Background and Logo

    1. Customize the background

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

      2. Browse to the chiaki4deckImages folder you created earlier and select the background image (background-chiaki4deck.png)

    2. Customize the logo

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

      2. Browse to the chiaki4deckImages folder you created earlier and select the logo image (logo-chiaki4deck.png)

    Finished chiaki4deck Home Page

    Finished Background and Logo

  7. Customize the wide capsule and capsule images

    1. Launch chiaki4deck 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 chiaki4deck (should be 1st in RECENT GAMES and have a blank image with a landscape orientation) and select Manage->Set custom artwork

      Custom W Cap

    4. Browse to the chiaki4deckImages folder you created earlier and select the wide capsule (wcap) image (wcap-chiaki4deck.png)

    5. Launch a different game and close it (this moves chiaki4deck into the second slot in recent games)

    6. Right-click on the blank picture for chiaki4deck (should be 2nd in recent games and have a blank image with a portrait orientation) and select Manage->Set custom artwork.

    7. Browse to the chiaki4deckImages folder you created earlier and select the capsule (cap) image (cap-chiaki4deck.png)

🎮 Game (Mode) Time!

You have successfully added chiaki4deck 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.

Go to Game Mode

Last update: March 16, 2024
Created: September 1, 2022