Aurora Features Requests Discussion

I followed the video instruction but not seeing steam thinker when I go to force the use of a specific steam play compatibility tool on the drop-down menu not sure what to do now. Just has Proton stuff on it.🙁

never mind had to restart my steam deck i followed the rest of the instructions but now its stuck on the game mode and won't let me switch to the cheat menu and I can't quit the game XD

i feel like the tutorial didnt really explain it properly... but remembering that this is linux and with steam games, you gotta do some steps to make it work.

IN DESKTOP MODE
1. download ProtonUp-Qt
2. install steamtinker and whatever protonge thats recommended for your game through protondb.
3. download aurora and unpack it.
4. run the game for the first time without changing anything, it needs to copy over all the emulation files to make it work on linux.
5. close the game after you made sure that it works on itsown, then go to the game's properties on steam, compatibility and change it to steamtinker, while at it, disable steam overlay for the game.
6. launch the game and open the steamtinker gamemenu, check "use custom command", then pick the aurora.exe file, UNcheck "fork custom command", if "fork custom command" is checked, it will disable all input while in desktop mode. scroll down and check "proton use wined3d".
7. select "save and play"
8. aurora will open, enter your login, check the save password.
9. an error message will open, you can ignore it, just close it.
10. click on your portrait, open "misc" and enable "auto login", disable "enable hardware acceleration (rendering)".
11. close aurora after making your adjustments, the game will open afterwards with input enabled, close it.
12. relaunch the game through steam and open the gamemenu through steamtinker.
13. check "fork custom command" and uncheck "proton use wined3d". then you have the option to select the proton version that your game supports properly, at least according to protondb. once you're done, hit "save and play".
14. the game and aurora should be launching at the same time, or with a delay between them, making sure that aurora logs in automatically, just force quit both and ignore the steamtinker message that shows up for closing the game too quickly.

GAME SCOPE MODE
1. launch the game you've adjusted
2. using the steam button, you can swap between windows, and input on aurora is through touch, and steam button + X (to open the keyboard).

this worked for me every time, so i hope this helps people.
by the way, you do have to repeat this process for every game.