Steam Deck is a relatively sensitive device when it comes to running games that are not officially Deck Verified. Although most games are playable on the handheld, some tweaking is required to run a non Deck verified game smoothly on it. Similarly, Last Epoch is a game that, although is available on both Windows and Linux systems, there have been many reports of players encountering frequent crashes when running it on the Deck. So, if you are encountering the same, consider reading this guide for more details on how to fix the issue.
Game crashes are quite common in new and old games. While most new games are susceptible to more frequent crashes, games that were released a few years ago aren’t quite behind in encountering bugs. Last Epoch, being a true hack-and-slash action RPG, is an ideal game to run on the Steam Deck. However, since it doesn’t have the Deck Verified badge, there are issues that you need to deal with when running it on the handheld; crashes being a major one. So, here’s what you can do to fix the crashing issues.
Last Epoch crashing on Steam Deck: How to fix it?
The cause of crashing issues in games can’t be determined so easily without proper log reports. So, it is quite difficult to recommend absolute workarounds that can fix it for good. Therefore, we have shared a bunch of potential fixes that are quite effective in fixing such issues. Make sure that you try each of them.
Restart Deck
Before trying any workarounds, it is highly recommended that you restart your handheld and then run the game to check if the issue persists. If it does, consider trying the next workaround.
Switch Proton Version
As mentioned earlier, Last Epoch runs natively on Linux systems. So, there is no need to use Proton if there aren’t any major issues. But if there is, such as crashes, you should consider running the game with Proton compatibility. To do this, go to the game’s tile in Steam, select Options>Properties>Compatibility>Force Use of Specific Proton Version. Now, switch between Proton Experimental, Proton 7.0-6, and Proton GE to check which works the best.
Set custom launch options
If the issue persists, you can set custom launch commands to run the game. This can result in mitigating the crashing issues. For this, head over to the Steam library and select Last Epoch>Options>Properties>General. Here, in the Launch Options textbox, add any of these commands:
- PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
- MANGOHUD=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_2 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1 gamemoderun %command%
Once done, launch the game and check if the issue persists.
Reinstall
If the game is still crashing on your Deck, then all there’s left to do is perform a reinstall. A fresh installation can get rid of any issues that are caused by software conflicts.
Well, these are the workarounds worth trying to fix the crashing issue of Last Epoch on the Steam Deck. We hope that you find this guide informative. For more such guides, consider visiting Android Gram for more such content. Also read: Boltgun Steam Deck controller not working: How to fix it?
