Steam Deck

Been thinking about getting a steam deck. Talk me in or out of it. I've got a desktop, but thinking something handheld would be good when I want to sit on the couch. What are your favorite and least favorite things about your steam deck?

I had a good run but ever since getting to the fire temple it's crashing every 5 minutes

What shoots well on the deck?

https://github.com/nbusseneau/hephaistos

Hephaistos patches Hades to allow for custom screen resolutions, including enabling 16:10 support for the Steam Deck. Simply run it in Konsole, and you can select the right aspect ratio. But I play both in handheld and docked, meaning I have to switch between the 16:10 mod and 16:9 each time I play. I currently have two *.sh scripts that I have added as non-Steam games:

• hephaistos patch 1280 800
• hephaistos restore

So I just select the correct one, from Game Mode, before launching the game. But launching the game then stalls sometimes, and I have to restart the device to get it to launch.

I have also tried the Bash Shortcuts DeckyLoader plugin, but I cannot get that to work at all

Any ideas for the best way to handle this? Preferably, it would be nice to have a script that finds the current display's resolution/aspect ratio and then use Hephaistos to patch the game accordingly. That way I would not have to make sure I am selecting the correct shortcut before launching the game, it would just be one shortcut to handle the right scenario.

Hi Folks, I tried to get Spiderman Miles Morales to run on the Deck. But sometimes when I load the game it freezes after the PlayStation Logo loading into the main menu, or after loading the savegame it crashes or gets 5-8 FPS. Settings are at very low ( couldn't change after applied).

Does anyone got a helpful idea?

Have you upgraded your internal storage? How did it go? Did you reinstall steamOS from scratch or clone the original M.2/eMMC?

If this is good, I might never talk to my family ever again. I was hesitant to get used to community control configs - no excuses anymore.

Is this the precursor to the future portal turrets?

"Lviv IT developers have developed a machine-gun turret remotely controlled with the Steam Deck game controller"

I'm playing rocket league through the heroic games launcher on my SD, but I can't see other languages in game(Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, etc.). I'm pretty sure I'm lacking fonts, but I don't know how to fix the issue (I have the same problem on my Linux desktop with the system fonts installed). Thanks.

Big improvements and new features for the Steam Desktop client are now out of Beta!

Looking for something that won't kill my battey and has some depth. I have Vampire Survivor but that get stale after about 30 minutes.

I just updated my Steam Deck to the latest stable update patch and now the drawer menus when clicking Steam and the ... buttons do not show up. I can hear the drawers opening, but they're invisible on screen. My view stays on the home view pretty much. I've restarted multiple times, but they never come back.

Anyone else experiencing the same issue?

Edit 19:17 ET: I'm able to use the search bar to open my library and the Wifi icon to open settings. They will have to do I guess.

Edit 22:33 ET: Surprisingly, Steam has issued an RMA. Fast response though!

Edit 00:00 ET (June 15, 2023): After a few hours of resetting, factory reset through settings solved the issue, including after an update to the latest version again.

Don't normally post on Reddit but figured I'd give it a go here. Excited to see ray tracing on the Steam Deck even if it's not great, as my desktop GPU is an aging rx580 thus incapable of RT. Would like to try RT Minecraft, or other older games with this feature.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/amd-gpus-to-get-ray-tracing-turned-on-for-mesa-232/

It posts every time a link + first few lines of text of any new Steam Deck update blog post that is published, polling from the RSS feed Valve officially provides!

If there's any feedback, I'm all ears to improve the bot further.

I'm going on a trip tomorrow and want to be able to access jellyfin remotely but port forwarding JF isn't an option. I already have Wireguard set up on my pfsense router and my phone can VPN in just fine. I used to have a tablet so I reused its config for my steam deck. I SSH'd the config file over, imported in Network Manager. But when I activate the Wireguard VPN nearly the entire UI stops responding. The power button works and I can bring up the on-screen keyboard but that's it. My only option is to hold down the power button to force the deck to shut down.

Anyone have any ideas what's going on?

Customizing your boot video that shows up when you turn the Steam Deck is one of the most entertaining things of it outside of gaming. What are your favorites?

I used to use Apollo daily. I'm so glad someone suggested that I set up this sublemmy as a backup. Loving lemmy and this community so far.

I restricted the subreddit to allow any guides etc to be available again, but such that no new content can be posted. If Reddit really goes back on their changes, I might public it again, but tbh that's unlikely.

I have been blown away by the amount of people that have already jumped ship, and joined this little community. Honestly had almost forgotten I had set this up. Glad to see you all here!

Edit: just to be clear, I was the mod of r/steamdeck_linux, not the larger r/steamdeck. It was a smaller, but more linux focused, subreddit.

Game has been on my radar for a while and it's got a decent discount right now. Wondering if it's too difficult to play on the deck though.

There was a post with an archive for the convergence mod on steamdeck, I really want to get it :) I will be very grateful

I'm looking something to take up the time I'd normally spend scrolling reddit.

Something that's reasonable to play for 2-5 minutes or for over an hour.

My current go-to is Alto's adventure or doing laps in Assetto Corsa Competizione.

hi, just wondering if I could extend the right angle cable coming from the dock- that way the ugly dock + cables could vanish in the drawer while my deck is ventilated and easily accessible on top of the lowboard.

A list of different resources that should be useful for Steam Deck users.
Add-Ons

• Decky Loader Swiss Army knife group add-ons in your left bar in game mode with customizable applications for easy access, system changes, and game tweaks.
  • Site: https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader
  • Install Guide Video: https://youtu.be/eiINSEvGs_8
• Heroic Launcher Add your games from other market places.
  • Site: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
  • Install Guide Video: https://youtu.be/j8YdKoC6-nE
• CryoUtilities 2.0 performance boost for gaming and memory on Steam Deck.
  • Site: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities
  • Install Guide Video: https://youtu.be/C9EjXYZUqUs
• EmuDeck one-stop shop for installing emulators on Steam Deck.
  • Site: https://www.emudeck.com/
  • Install Guide Video: https://youtu.be/Y5r2WZAImuY
• Proton GE change proton versions for specific games for compatibility issues.
  • Site / Guide: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-install-proton-ge-on-the-steam-deck (NOTE: Link is a little old but as it is installed through the application store should work all the same.)

Sites

• https://steamdb.info/ Check Steam game prices, see trends, get notifications of when games are at the lowest price.
• https://www.protondb.com/ check configurations and Proton GE versions to get your games to work.

Community suggestions

• (Alpha testing only) OpenGamepadUI An open source replacement for Steam’s gamepad UI.
  • Comment below: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/89865
  • Commenter / Developer: @shadowapex@lemmy.world
  • Site: https://github.com/ShadowBlip/OpenGamepadUI
• chiaki4deck PlayStation Remote Play on the Steam Deck.
  • Comment below: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/102668
  • Commenter: @derbolle@feddit.de
  • Site: https://streetpea.github.io/chiaki4deck/

I hope this has helped someone in the community. If anyone has any more suggestions of tools or useful sites to add please add them below.
Hopefully we can get this community going!

EDIT: This is intended to be a living post. I will try to update when I can.