This project has been deprecated in favour of MateriaForge

MateriaForge has support for the GOG and 2026 releases while also supporting 2013. This repo will be kept online in a read-only state for ease of reference.

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7thDeck

Installer & launcher for 7th Heaven on SteamOS and other Linux distros

Purpose

This script will:

• Apply patches to FF7's proton prefix to accomodate 7th Heaven
• Install 7th Heaven to a folder of your choosing (you must create this directory beforehand)
• Add 7th Heaven to Steam and the KDE Launcher using a custom wrapper
• (SteamOS Only) Add a custom controller config, so you can control the mouse with the trackpad without holding down the STEAM button
• (SteamOS Only) Install a mod to 7th Heaven which automatically sets recommended graphics settings

Requirements

• A fresh installation of FF7 via Steam

Prerequisites

GNU Awk (Ubuntu-based Distros Only)

Ubuntu-based distros ship a different version of awk which throws a syntax error when 7thDeck tries to detect FF7/Proton/SLR installation paths. Open the terminal and follow these steps:

1. Install gawk

sudo apt install gawk

Ubuntu (23.10 and later)

bwrap needs to have the proper permissions in AppArmor. Open the terminal and follow these steps:

1. Install apparmor-profiles

sudo apt install apparmor-profiles

2. Link the bwrap profile to AppArmor

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apparmor/extra-profiles/bwrap-userns-restrict /etc/apparmor.d/

3. Load the profile into AppArmor

sudo apparmor_parser /etc/apparmor.d/bwrap-userns-restrict

NixOS

1. Run nix develop to enter the shell with necessary dependencies
2. Install 7th Heaven using steam-run: steam-run ./install.sh
3. Launch 7th Heaven through Steam (desktop entry does not work due to non-FHS system)

Usage

1. Download and extract to a folder of your choosing
2. Run install.sh (Right-click -> Run in Konsole)
3. Launch 7th Heaven from Steam or Desktop Shortcut

Support

• Video Guide
• Tsunamods Discord

Donate

• https://ko-fi.com/dotaxis