How to Install Scarface: The World is Yours Remastered Project on Steam Deck

Scarface is an unreal movie, I don’t think that’s even up for debate. Scarface: The World is Yours is a pretty ambitious what-if story wrapped in a GTA-style package released back in 2006 on PC, PS2 and Xbox. A bit of hype recently surrounded it when the developers teased a potential re-release, but this was quickly shut down when it was revealed they hadn’t actually acquired the rights, or even permission for it. Will a re-release or remaster ever be available? I have my doubts, but I’m also still holding out for the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake so I’m probably not the best person to ask. In the meantime, fans took matters into their own hands and have remastered it themselves, as is tradition. The final version of the mod released in 2022 and it’s truly worthy of a playthrough. But, be aware it still carries some of the jank of the original game and may crash without warning.

Install Scarface: The World is Yours Remastered Project on Steam Deck

Disclaimer: For this guide, you’ll need a copy of the Scarface ISO and the official 1.00.2 patch. I’m using the US version which I happened to have, uh… lying around. I use a tool called ‘Mount Unmount ISO’ from the Discover Store to mount the game ISO. It’s pretty basic, but gets the job done. We’ll be using Lutris for this guide and it follows my general Lutris install guide.

1. Swap into Desktop Mode on your Steam Deck.
2. Mount the Scarface ISO, open Lutris and click ‘+’ in the top-left corner.
3. Select ‘Install a Windows game from an executable’, give your game a name, keep the installer preset as the default and click install.
4. Click install again, choose your install path and click Continue.
5. Click the ‘…’ button, navigate to the Scarface ISO, select ‘Setup.exe’ and follow the install prompts.
6. Once installed, in Lutris select Scarface and at the bottom near the play button, click the up arrow next to the wine glass, select ‘Run EXE inside Wine prefix’, navigate to the 1.00.2 patch exe and follow the install prompts.
7. Head over to the Scarface Remastered Project Nexus Mods page, create an account if you don’t have one and download the mod.
8. Head to the C: drive of your Scarface install and unzip the mod to C:\Program Files (x86)\Radical Games\Scarface.
   
   Don’t delete the ZIP file just yet.
9. Edit Installer.bat with Kate to remove the admin check by removing the following:

rem https://ss64.com/vb/syntax-elevate.html
rem Restart the script as admin if it wasn't the case already
echo Checking if the script is run as admin…
fsutil dirty query %SYSTEMDRIVE% > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL%% == 0 (
echo OK
) else (
echo ERROR: admin rights not detected.
echo.
echo The script will now restart as admin.

echo set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^)> "%TEMP%\ElevateMe.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute """%~f0""", "%*", "", "runas", 1 >> "%TEMP%\ElevateMe.vbs"

"%TEMP%\ElevateMe.vbs"
del "%TEMP%\ElevateMe.vbs"

exit /B
)
echo.

Save the .bat file.
Without removal, the admin check will fail and get stuck in a loop. Linux will run the file as admin by default.

10. Head to the same arrow next to the wine glass and select ‘Open Wine console’ to open a command prompt.
11. Navigate to the Scarface folder in command prompt and run the installer:
    cd drive_c\program files (x86)\radical games\scarface
    [Press enter]
    Installer.bat
    [Press enter]
    I couldn’t enter brackets with Steam’s on-screen keyboard and used CoreKeyboard for this step. You could also use a physical keyboard.
    
12. I selected option 2 when Installer.bat ran as I wanted the movies, but you do you, wait for it to complete and then close command prompt.
13. After the installer has finished, copy everything in the ‘Mod Content’ folder from the mod’s ZIP file into the Scarface folder, overwriting any files if prompted.
14. Find yourself a Scarface v1.00.2 NoCD patch and apply this.
    Ensure your exe is named ‘Scarface.exe’ and includes no other files
15. Download and install the Xbox Button Prompt mod.
    Ensure you overwrite everything when extracting the .ZIP file.
16. Right-click Scarface in Lutris and select ‘Create Steam shortcut’.
17. Head back into Gaming Mode and into non-Steam Games to launch.

And that’s it. Scarface: The World is Yours Remastered Project with (mostly)correct button prompts running on your Steam Deck.

You’ll also need to set your graphics settings from the options menu and it’s pretty safe to crank it to 11.

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Further Notes:

Audio Crackling

I tried a few things to fix the audio crackling issues, but the only fix I found to actually work was updating the audio buffer size.

To do this, add the following Launch Option in the non-Steam shortcut:
PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 %command%

You can replace ’60’ with whatever you like, but 60 worked for me.

If you followed the above guide and added Scarface via Lutris, you will need to add this command before the Lutris run command.

Reshade Graphics Tool

Included in the mod, and you’ll notice it on startup, is Reshade. In Reshade, you can adjust and add different included filters to your liking. I mapped my L5 button to ‘*’ to bring this up in-game.

How you adjust this will depend on your personal prefrence.

Xbox Button Prompts Mod Issues

I did a fresh install (well, a couple) while writing this guide and I can confirm, this mod should only be installed at the very end.

The mod initially didn’t work for me. I found that there was an additional .RCF file in my NoCD patch which caused it to fail, so as above: ensure your NoCD includes no other files. If it does, extract only Scarface.exe.

This mod will also automatically set your control scheme and I’ve found it to be solid.