Also does this thing have a TV dock? It looks like it doesn't and that seems like a missed opportunity. My brother won't fuck with PC gaming but this would probably get him into PC gaming if it had a dock and he could play on his tv and portable like Switch.There's a dock and it works with any other USB-C dock as well.
I'm guessing there is a USB slot for external memory storage that you can run games off? Would be the only way to get around the 64GB limit for 100GB game installs.
Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Need my them for my PnC adventure games.
Then again I don't know why you'd need two?
And yeah, d-pad placement looks awful. RIP 2d indie platformers.
(https://i.imgur.com/83T6l69.png)
Cool that they're thinking about this, would be great if FG tournaments could start running using these instead of bulky ass new consoles.
Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Need my them for my PnC adventure games.
Then again I don't know why you'd need two?
And yeah, d-pad placement looks awful. RIP 2d indie platformers.
It's a PC- you can always use a wireless controller or plug one in.
Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Need my them for my PnC adventure games.
Then again I don't know why you'd need two?
And yeah, d-pad placement looks awful. RIP 2d indie platformers.
It's a PC- you can always use a wireless controller or plug one in.
Yeah but I'm talking about as a portable.
The handheld has Bluetooth and USB-C. The dock has 3 USB ports.
The handheld has Bluetooth and USB-C. The dock has 3 USB ports.
You gonna bring a mouse and kb with you on the go?
Can it run BotW at 60fps through CEMU? :doge
this could finally be Valve's big break in the console hardware market.
-I assume because of the hardware there's no way to use an external GPU with it? (Isn't that an Intel-only thing?)
Shit looks dope. Price looks about right too.Which price? I hope you're not talking about the 64GB option which is :point
Should be only a matter of minutes before the girl in red, jealous girlfriend meme has this against Smitch-O-Led.
-From my experience, micro SD cards and USB flash drives don't give the best performance and load times are longer. Would be fine for emulators and small games though. And of course you could always plug in a portable drive, but that kind of defeats the purpose of it being a handheld.
So 64GB is an issue given that there are easily Steam games that are 100GB just to have one game installed.
Bork, at the end of the day what should separate this from all the other similar devices is this being a native steam app and should have better steam integration.
Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Need my them for my PnC adventure games.
Then again I don't know why you'd need two?
Goddamn, this looks pretty nice.Valve have probably been manufacturing or stacking up parts for these for a while. The APU showed up in a number of different reports way back when people were keeping an eye on PS5/Xbox Series X APU manufacturing and yields.
I wonder if they'll have the manufacturing capacity to meet demand though...?Yeah, those ergonomics look horrible, why is so much room on the pad taken up by touchpads?
Need my them for my PnC adventure games.
Then again I don't know why you'd need two?
I assume those are intended to be the primary input mechanisms and work like the steam controller haptic pads did, so you can assign them to be whatever you want, and the other buttons / inputs are mostly there as training wheels until you get used to the steamcontroller style haptic pads
Valve have probably been manufacturing or stacking up parts for these for a while. The APU showed up in a number of different reports way back when people were keeping an eye on PS5/Xbox Series X APU manufacturing and yields.
I thought it was assumed this was a chip for another Xbox model first and then the Switch Pro but now we know better. (i.e. the rumor that Nintendo was switching to AMD for a new APU originated from these reports)
Price is funny, sticks are in a horrible position tooBut wait! You can use your games from EGS too!!!
who would buy this thing
lmao
Looks like the Steamdeck is going to have slightly better performance than the Aya Neo. For the price, this is going to absolutely kill anything else like it. Valve definitely knocked it out of the park. The battery is smaller than the Aya Neo and GPD Win, but it should be streamlined to give better performance and possibly the last as long or longer. However no idea how that might change if you were to install Windows on it.Like Sony attempted with PSVR, it seems like they're aiming for a sweet spot between quality and affordability. This is looking like they about nailed it. But I already would prefer a Steam Deck Go or Clam version. :P But damn... my biggest gripe of my PC gaming is playing my PC at my desk... this would stream line that with ease along with upgrading from my PC config.
I also wonder if they're going to do something about optimizing delivery like the Xbox systems do. After all at 800p you don't need 4k texture packs and that could save a ton of storage.
QuoteI also wonder if they're going to do something about optimizing delivery like the Xbox systems do. After all at 800p you don't need 4k texture packs and that could save a ton of storage.
I am thinking this is likely as well (obv not for everything).
I had 7 dollars in Steam wallet. Might have sped things up
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Back to this at least :doge
I'm glad this is literally something I don't need as it's just a better alternate way to play stuff I already can play. If this was a new system with exclusives or something I'd be pretty pissed. Just slightly annoyed at the process now. I can wait 6 months and get one later.
Steam Deck 256 GB DepositI've got no clue when I'll get it though :doge
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QuoteSteam Deck 256 GB DepositI've got no clue when I'll get it though :doge
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You guys trust Valve's build quality enough to preorder? :thinking
You guys trust Valve's build quality enough to preorder? :thinking
If they even support it that far. :dogeYou guys trust Valve's build quality enough to preorder? :thinking
Probably not, but the alternative is enjoy your revision #2 in 2025.
If they even support it that far. :dogeYou guys trust Valve's build quality enough to preorder? :thinking
Probably not, but the alternative is enjoy your revision #2 in 2025.
Valve said the goal is to have every Steam game working by launch. Apparently they have a new version of Proton not yet released.
I would be pretty surprised if this thing launched and wasn't basically just pick up and play for like 90% of shit on steam. You probably won't have to *do* anything with linux if you don't want to.
It might have problems with some obscure or very old games (that hardly run on Windows even)
They have Hades, DOOM Eternal, CONTROL and a bunch of other games running so I don't expect a lot of issues.
I would be pretty surprised if this thing launched and wasn't basically just pick up and play for like 90% of shit on steam. You probably won't have to *do* anything with linux if you don't want to.
Wellllll, I was reading the Proton compatibility thread on era and it seems like half the games you have to go in and download a file or edit a .cfg. Which is a 2-second thing in windows with a laptop/desktop/kb+m, but on a portable system with linux I'm gonna be lost.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6b2OFjX0AIHP4h.jpg)
...have you just ignored all the talk about proton or...???
Wait, this isn't Windows 10? Uhhhh, whyyyyy.Because they'd have to pay for Windows on each SteamDeck and then they're beholden to Microsoft.
I guess I’m just nervous because like Mac, I’ve never used Linux and have no idea how to use an operating system that isn’t Windows. I know Windows and DOS really well at this point.SteamOS is just a background layer to you using Steam like normal, especially in big picture mode. It's when you start wanting to install other stuff (non-Steam stuff) that you'll have to know anything about Linux. (Or install Windows)
I wonder if installing emus/romz on whatever shitfuck version of linux it comes with will be easy...You can probably just install a RetroArch package and immediately have a bunch of emulators for most every system you could want available along with controller support, etc. since it handles everything internally.
SteamOS is just a background layer to you using Steam like normal, especially in big picture mode. It's when you start wanting to install other stuff (non-Steam stuff) that you'll have to know anything about Linux. (Or install Windows)
Seems it'll be running KDE Plasma (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/KDE_Plasma_5.21_Breeze_Twilight_screenshot.png) which seems pretty easy to use for such times one would want to interact with the rest of the OS.Oh, then it'll be pretty darn easy to install/tweak stuff in a Windows-like environment if need be.
Seems it'll be running KDE Plasma (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/KDE_Plasma_5.21_Breeze_Twilight_screenshot.png) which seems pretty easy to use for such times one would want to interact with the rest of the OS.Oh, then it'll be pretty darn easy to install/tweak stuff in a Windows-like environment if need be.
Like for RetroArch, you would just need to install the snap store (if it's not already installed by Valve), then it's one click to install RetroArch from that. (Then just add a shortcut in Steam and you could stay in big picture mode or whatever.) All the emulator cores you grab from inside RetroArch, so you'd never have to leave a controller based interface except to install the snap store and since the Deck has those touchpads...
Interesting that SteamOS used to just be a barely repurposed Ubuntu and now it's ArchLinux running KDE with Proton and everything built for its own distribution like this. They've really been tinkering with this since the SteamBoxes.
https://twitter.com/afrouhhh/status/1450168156908138497
https://twitter.com/afrouhhh/status/1450168156908138497
“We’re sorry about this—we did our best to work around the global supply chain issues, but due to material shortages, components aren’t reaching our manufacturing facilities in time for us to meet our initial launch dates,” Valve wrote. “Based on our updated build estimates, Steam Deck will start shipping to customers February 2022. This will be the new start date of the reservation queue—all reservation holders keep their place in line but dates will shift back accordingly.”:doge
https://twitter.com/carygolomb/status/1489413836541247489(https://i.imgur.com/tOpPTDd.png)
Apple and IBM.
Gimme dat phat and thicc hog of a handheld. :phil
:lawdGimme dat phat and thicc hog of a handheld. :phil
Got u bro
(https://images.nintendolife.com/6458be80e27e9/so-long-old-friend.large.jpg)
Yeah, my main worry is that it's gonna be too big.
Switch size is just about the max a handheld should be.
I like how the Lynx was almost as a big as a Steam Deck and it has like a 2.4in screen. :whatisthis
The Switch is sized for babbies, only big dick chad gamers will be playing on The Deck™The console wars are about to get served balls deep with a fat steamy deck!
Legitimately thinking of picking one of these up at the end of the year and just using it like I use my Switch, aka 95% docked.
Just give me that stable target hardware and Valve hardware-software integration :obama
Never been a min-maxer :yeshrug
Edit- I'm also never going back to Windows. Ever.
My TV's still 1080p, I think I'll be OK. :P
if there was a version that was just a home streaming deck and offered WiiU like latency from your home rig, i'd be on it in a second.
Valve discontinued the Steam Link hardware device in November 2018, in favor of supporting its software-based Steam Link application for mobile devices and smart televisions, as well as providing Steam Link as a software package for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer.
if there was a version that was just a home streaming deck and offered WiiU like latency from your home rig, i'd be on it in a second.
They made that years ago I thought.
(https://i.imgur.com/OaOBp4R.jpg)
Edit-QuoteValve discontinued the Steam Link hardware device in November 2018, in favor of supporting its software-based Steam Link application for mobile devices and smart televisions, as well as providing Steam Link as a software package for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer.
RPi's are pretty cheap. I can vouch for the Android TV app, that's how I beat Omori.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKd0nr6uYw
Looking really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZ4POvk14c
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GPU blows competitors out of the water
Speakers are great
Battery life is great
Half the fucking price of competitors (it basically has no competition)
More games at launch than any other console in history
SD card loading actually fast
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Haptics aren't great
A bit wide
+/-
Some software issues and bugs
Golly, I know I'm a curmudgeon, but I sure don't need to see YouTubers faces next to products they're fondling, having had nothing to do with their creation or success. I understand the statistics probably support human engagement, and these guys have to get their brand locked in to compete with the other mugs displayed across YT. I just don't like it.Then I posit that the algorithm is broken or flawed as nothing makes me want to less engage with these humans than those thumbnails.
Don't kid yourself! The only reason Gabe created this product is to make a closed system, not to let you install Windows to play pirated games!
In the end, whether it's called the Steam Deck or Steam Deck XX, it's a closed system (capitalist will reveal its hideous face when there are enough users) and the hardware will prevent you from installing any third-party systems. You can only buy games from the Steam platform.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/som87v/gpd_steam_deck_is_worse_than_win_3_it_is_a_closed/Until someone jailbreaks it? :idont
:cornette
GPD are not taking the impending Steam Deck launch well.QuoteDon't kid yourself! The only reason Gabe created this product is to make a closed system, not to let you install Windows to play pirated games!QuoteIn the end, whether it's called the Steam Deck or Steam Deck XX, it's a closed system (capitalist will reveal its hideous face when there are enough users) and the hardware will prevent you from installing any third-party systems. You can only buy games from the Steam platform.
:woody
Until someone jailbreaks it? :idont
But yeah, I can see them going this direction, if they want to compete with MS and Sony on the hardware front. As long as they still have good sales and allow full fledged modding from Nexus/Vortex, I can see it working for them.
let you install Windows
to play pirated games!
[Steam Deck is a] closed system
What the hell is GPD?
:bow STEAM OS 3.0 :bow2
Linux :delicious
:piss Windows :piss2
What the hell is GPD?
Some weirdo commie handheld bork had a hard-on for a few months/years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/som87v/gpd_steam_deck_is_worse_than_win_3_it_is_a_closed/Until someone jailbreaks it? :idont
:cornette
GPD are not taking the impending Steam Deck launch well.QuoteDon't kid yourself! The only reason Gabe created this product is to make a closed system, not to let you install Windows to play pirated games!QuoteIn the end, whether it's called the Steam Deck or Steam Deck XX, it's a closed system (capitalist will reveal its hideous face when there are enough users) and the hardware will prevent you from installing any third-party systems. You can only buy games from the Steam platform.
:woody
But yeah, I can see them going this direction, if they want to compete with MS and Sony on the hardware front. As long as they still have good sales and allow full fledged modding from Nexus/Vortex, I can see it working for them.
TEH PC WORZ!?! :gddr5
A major knock in my eyes to the GPD Win 2 and 3 is they shipped with malware for various units, for years. Somehow I've never seen this brought up in reviews or general awareness despite the subreddit being filled with topics and posts about it. One of their spokeswomen even laughed about it when a user posted that they expected the malware by now.:mindblown
A major knock in my eyes to the GPD Win 2 and 3 is they shipped with malware for various units, for years. Somehow I've never seen this brought up in reviews or general awareness despite the subreddit being filled with topics and posts about it. One of their spokeswomen even laughed about it when a user posted that they expected the malware by now.
A major knock in my eyes to the GPD Win 2 and 3 is they shipped with malware for various units, for years. Somehow I've never seen this brought up in reviews or general awareness despite the subreddit being filled with topics and posts about it. One of their spokeswomen even laughed about it when a user posted that they expected the malware by now.:mindblown
Does everyone just wipe these things then?
yeah from the very start valve have said you can throw windows on there, it's just a computer
I don't know whether drivers to make it all functional will be there day 1, but it's an enthusiast device, people will get it figured out shortly
personally I don't understand the hostility toward putting windows on it, not saying that's bork, I've just seen the sentiment all over the internet and I feel like it's unwarranted
linux will be great for many/most things, windows will be nice to have for things that run better under it, I think it's pretty much required for gamepass
:mindblown
I remember seeing this reported by some people, but I want to say GPD had an explanation for it? Can't quite remember.
When this happened to my Win Max, GPD (Kendy) said it was most likely caused by an infected USB drive used for QC. At his request, I experimented a bit, and was unable to make the infection reappear using their factory image. So the malware or worm is introduced after the fact, and not part of their image or driver packages.
If memory serves, they use usb sticks loaded with software to do QC tests. The last time I heard of this, it was only some units, and they traced it back to 1 of the USB sticks was infected (so every computer it was used for QC on got infected).
Windows Defender successfully finds and quarantines it
Bit of a strange way for them to handle it if indeed the real responses to such incidents are tucked away in the Discord or only after users email them directly, given it'd been reported by users for a year and a half as of that thread. Perhaps it was convenient for rep damage if less were aware of it :doge
There are also results from September and October last year where it units were found with it still but one might explain that as from old batch if the QC issue is to be believed.
what level of retro gaming does the GPD get up to? can you play anything up to N64/PS1 flawlessly, after that it gets sketchy, something along those lines?It can run Yuzu just fine.... :win
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/mygames
steam deck library compat checker
Hmm. A lot less are listed as compatible than I expected.
Is anyone still playing TF2? Is Steam updating the game at all? I thought it was a wild-west kinda Mos Eisley bed for cheaters and Russian spies or something.
Is anyone still playing TF2? Is Steam updating the game at all? I thought it was a wild-west kinda Mos Eisley bed for cheaters and Russian spies or something.
I haven't played it in years, but its still in the Top 10 most played games available on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/stats/) :idont
Saw a camera crew going up to my neighbors house while I was loading stuff into my truck. My roommate recognized the guy being followed as Gaben, I didn't believe him, our other roommate then verified it was indeed Gabe. After delivering my neighbor's Deck, we yelled "Hi Gabe!". At which point he asked how many were living in the house, then he went back to his van and grabbed us each a Deck. Was also filmed receiving ours so I assume these will be used in some promo or online. Very cool day.
So Gabe was just giving away free Decks to people who didn't even order them?
Pretty much, my neighbor had pre-ordered one but I don't think they charged him for the one he was delivered. My roommates and I didn't order anything and each got one though. Right place right time sorta thing.
Holy crap, Gabe really is Santa!Dood is looking more like he's about to leave a bomb at your doorstep.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/how-valve-made-steam-deck-the-first-pc-to-smoothly-run-elden-ring/
Elden Ring now runs better on the Steam Deck than $1000+ PCs.
Da powa of Linux gaming 8)
https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1501982693231251459
https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1501982693231251459
But if I look for something like /app/share/libretro/info, I can't find anything under ~/.var/app that's even remotely like it.
Which suggests to me that these things probably aren't expected to live under ~/.var/app at all.
I then looked in my users whole home directory and something like /app/share/libretro/assets/ seems to have something much more like a match under:
~/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/x86_64/stable/a437b0ef4eb1f1563d84a8ec881b9f19eb9fb84c06b35ecafe4ce85d5aad918a/files/share/libretro/assets
I looked at a few more and they also seem to have matching things under ~/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/x86_64/stable/a437b0ef4eb1f1563d84a8ec881b9f19eb9fb84c06b35ecafe4ce85d5aad918a/files
One of those nights I find myself watching videos of the Steam Deck, tempted to impulse buy. Maybe it’s good I can’t.
Whatever ergonomic woes it has, it can’t be worse than the GPD Win. Cool device dropping at the start of these handheld pc boom. Unpleasant to use.
One of those nights I find myself watching videos of the Steam Deck, tempted to impulse buy. Maybe it’s good I can’t.
Whatever ergonomic woes it has, it can’t be worse than the GPD Win. Cool device dropping at the start of these handheld pc boom. Unpleasant to use.
It’s a couple things with my GPD Win 1. Placement and quality of buttons, heat and fan exhaust, no good grip. Of what I’ve used, Win 2 has improvements in every area. And to its credit, it remains the smallest of all these devices.
The type of design the Steam Deck went with appeals to me more.
One of those nights I find myself watching videos of the Steam Deck, tempted to impulse buy. Maybe it’s good I can’t.
Whatever ergonomic woes it has, it can’t be worse than the GPD Win. Cool device dropping at the start of these handheld pc boom. Unpleasant to use.
What's the delivery window for new orders at this point?
I pre-ordered in the first hour or two and I'm still Q3 2022.
One of those nights I find myself watching videos of the Steam Deck, tempted to impulse buy. Maybe it’s good I can’t.
Whatever ergonomic woes it has, it can’t be worse than the GPD Win. Cool device dropping at the start of these handheld pc boom. Unpleasant to use.
What's the delivery window for new orders at this point?
I pre-ordered in the first hour or two and I'm still Q3 2022.
Yes, the power of this thing is absolutely mind blowing. It also has to be the first device that pretty much everyone I talked to is happy with.
In fact for most people (including myself) it shattered expectations.
Looking through my library compatibility on ProtonDB, super impressed. Like 99% are native or platinum or gold. Only a few are unplayable and they're almost all FMV games.
Proton GE works with the FMV's. I think it has something to do with codec licensing?Looking through my library compatibility on ProtonDB, super impressed. Like 99% are native or platinum or gold. Only a few are unplayable and they're almost all FMV games.
Steam Deck seems to have a real problem with movies in games for some reason, but the workaround I posted earlier for Samurai Warriors 5 may apply to those games, too. Someone on Twitter mentioned to me that he couldn't play Chrono Trigger because the game crashes whenever it gets to the anime cut scenes.
Proton GE works with the FMV's. I think it has something to do with codec licensing?Looking through my library compatibility on ProtonDB, super impressed. Like 99% are native or platinum or gold. Only a few are unplayable and they're almost all FMV games.
Steam Deck seems to have a real problem with movies in games for some reason, but the workaround I posted earlier for Samurai Warriors 5 may apply to those games, too. Someone on Twitter mentioned to me that he couldn't play Chrono Trigger because the game crashes whenever it gets to the anime cut scenes.
It was fairly easy to get it running rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-install-proton-ge-on-the-steam-deck (https://rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-install-proton-ge-on-the-steam-deck)
Also lots of unplayable games actually work fine anyway. :doge
I was getting so into it that I kind of zoned out and forgot I was staring at a handheld for a minute, lol. This thing is amazing.
Valve really should fix their shipping. For a $600+ expensive thing, shipping it slowest possible Fedex and apparently not even packaged very well is pretty bad. Been following the tracking of mine for a week and it was supposed to come today but now this morning the package has a shipping exception because of WEATHER DELAY despite being in So Cal where it's nothing but sun 90F.
Guessing it'll probably come tomorrow, but I shifted around my schedule to be available to pick it up today so this sucks.
Valve really should fix their shipping. For a $600+ expensive thing, shipping it slowest possible Fedex and apparently not even packaged very well is pretty bad. Been following the tracking of mine for a week and it was supposed to come today but now this morning the package has a shipping exception because of WEATHER DELAY despite being in So Cal where it's nothing but sun 90F.
Guessing it'll probably come tomorrow, but I shifted around my schedule to be available to pick it up today so this sucks.
Mine came in just a couple of days.
:idont
Blame FedEx for the delays, not Valve.
Eh, I get a lot stuff via FedEx and even though everyone says FedEx sucks, I usually have no problem with them.
But usually people ship stuff overnight or 2-day FedEx. Valve is shipping these things using weeklong FedEx (mine shipped last week on Wednesday, it might arrive tomorrow Wednesday if I'm lucky) and cheap FedEx seems to be where FedEx fucks up a lot and causes people issues.
If they're going to use FedEx they should be sending these things 2-day or something. These are some $20 coasters, they're premium expensive electronics.
Also lotta photos out there of damaged decks arriving because they aren't packaged to withstand a ton of damage.
Got my Deck and it's been a nightmare to try to get working. Still can't get in a single game. :maf
The wifi on this thing is slow af. I can't image downloading large games on this. I'm trying to install Super Robot Wars 30 and it's 18gbs and it's going to take like 30 mins to download at this rate. Been downloading for like 10 mins and only at 6gb. Feels really slow compared to other gaming systems or my desktop w/steam.
If you install this Proton GE thing do you still run steam for the interface? Or do you have to use a custom interface to boot your games?
Also I just tried Fae Tactics which is supposedly supported with an all-green check. But it boots zoomed in to only 1/4th of the screen blown up and I can't see the in-game menu to change the resolution. What are you supposed to do in these situations? I went under properties and changed the resolution but it does nothing.
I'm going to try installing it on my desktop PC and changing the resolution and cloud saving out and then loading the game in deck.
Hmm, Deck seems neat enough. I really like the screen. I was expecting much worse given that it's not OLED but it looks really nice and colorful.
Performance is a tad slower than I'm used to on a PC. Not sure if it's the hard drive being slower compared to SSDs I use or just a weaker cpu. Load times seem a bit longer in everything.
Kinda disappointed in the trackpads for mouse. Was hoping it'd be a good mouse-based game portable, but trackpad feels kind of shitty moving the mouse around. Probably why all the PnC adventure games I tried have default template set to joystick controls instead of trackpad mouse. Works ok enough, I've just always preferred mouse controls for adventure games. Then again there are a ton of tweaking options for controls so it's possible with some type of setting the trackpad can feel like a decent mouse.
Oh and I tried a tate shmup and it looked GREAT, but the controls on this thing don't seem setup well for tate mode. Couldn't find a comfortable layout to play vertically and move and shoot while holding the system. Kind of a shame since it looks so good. I guess if there's a stand you can put it vertically on in tate mode and use a bluetooth controller it'd work. But that's not very portable.
Overall the first few hours make it seem like this is not the plug n' play solution to PC gaming that makes it like a Switch or PSP or console where you just boot stuff and everything is fine. Still seems like each individual game is going to need some tweaking, either in getting it to run, or resolutions, or controls. But still seems a step better than trying to play steam gaming on a tablet/phone using steam link and touch controls. If there's something I actually want to play, I'll spend the 30 mins getting it setup just right.
Also the d-pad is kind of ho-hum. I think the ideal system would be modular where you could swap the analog/d-pad/trackpad/buttons around. I wish there were portables that did that. Would much rather have the d-pad where the left trackpad is (and a better d-pad too). Can't see myself playing fighters on this.
Yeah, I googled those unsupported games and found that:
Dragon's Dogma - Works fine except the steam button crashes the game. So just don't ever press that until are ready to exit the game.
Bioshock Infinite - Apparently works fine? No one knows why it's listed as unsupported.
Divinity OS: EE - Native Linux version defaults to 1080p and has no controller support or something which is why it's listed as unplayable. Proton Experimental fixes those but apparently still has a couple of issues. And mods give it trouble, someone said like 10 min load times with mods installed. Sounds like this one is a pass on Deck.
The main issues are obscure launchers and/or FMV playback but Proton GE fixes the latter.
Steam Deck reminds me of the DS Phat. Gonna wait for the Deck Lite.
Honestly I kind of dislike Steam Deck. Been hitting so many bugs and crashes with the OS and UI. Seems like a mess and half tempted to sell it.
We really need better advancements in battery technology and for Steam Deck 2 to use them. Is it really draining that much more power than an ipad pro or iphone? I mean with those you get like 8-12 hours of battery life even when gaming and they're pretty powerful.
Gaben said I can get the deck, should I cop? :thinking
Most of the games I want to play on it aren’t even officially compatible, but it looks like a lot of things work if you install Proton GE.
I couldn't get DBFZ to work.
Return to Monkey Island looks and plays really really well on Steam Deck. Actually prefer it to playing on a desktop with a mouse.
I should play more point and click adventure games that have controller support on this.
It kills the battery life though.
Went from 100% to 51% in about an hour.
Return to Monkey Island looks and plays really really well on Steam Deck. Actually prefer it to playing on a desktop with a mouse.
I should play more point and click adventure games that have controller support on this.
I haven't tried it on there yet- played on my laptop last night. Does touch input work too?
Is there a good way to get GOG running upon it, or is it a case of resorting to hacky desktop mode kludges?
Whilst my Steamdeck is still stuck in courier limbo over in Super Nintex Land..... can anybody who has one tell me what's the average battery life of these like?
I get that it can vary wildly based on the type of game / screen brightness etc but I also think the proton and OS level optimisations may play a part in this as well. If they've patched the kernel scheduler to work in a more power efficent way, for example, it may well be that native ports of games squeeze more out of the battery without the extra cost of Wine's interpretation overhead.
tl;dr I'm going to take this bad boy on a few business trips with me instead of a gaming laptop. Can I expect similar battery life? Will it get me through a 4 hour flight?
I wonder what happens if you add non-Steam games to the library (such as DRM-free games from GOG), like you can do on the Windows version of Steam. As that would launch the game via Steam normally, with Steam's overlay IIRC.
Would first require installing the games though which would likely require fiddling via desktop mode.
I wonder what happens if you add non-Steam games to the library (such as DRM-free games from GOG), like you can do on the Windows version of Steam. As that would launch the game via Steam normally, with Steam's overlay IIRC.I’ve had the thing about a week so I won’t pretend to know the most optimal way to use other programs to manage installs. If it’s a portable directory you have you can just copy from a share directory on your PC. If it’s an installer you can first add the installer as a non steam game. Launch via Steam (probably need to set the compatibility to latest Proton or ProtonGE), install it, then you can clean up the install package and delete that link from your steam library.
Would first require installing the games though which would likely require fiddling via desktop mode.
Tasty with the deep cut Sid Meier lore :whew
Best strategy game EVAH :heartbeat
CoD: Modern Warfare II open beta won't run on Steam OS. Not sure if it's just the anti-cheat system it uses or something else, but it has been confirmed that Activision isn't going to do anything to get it working on Linux and you have to run the game on Windows for it to work.
CoD: Modern Warfare II open beta won't run on Steam OS. Not sure if it's just the anti-cheat system it uses or something else, but it has been confirmed that Activision isn't going to do anything to get it working on Linux and you have to run the game on Windows for it to work.
Be glad the game is a turd I uninstalled after 1 match 🤣
https://twitter.com/mplblm/status/1578875902637006849
Has anyone partitioned and installed Windows on the internal SSD? Have you run into any problems doing so, like updates eating your partition? I've got Windows to Go installed on an external SSD but I feel like a jackass with that thing dangling off the back. Linux a shit.
Has anyone partitioned and installed Windows on the internal SSD? Have you run into any problems doing so, like updates eating your partition? I've got Windows to Go installed on an external SSD but I feel like a jackass with that thing dangling off the back. Linux a shit.
I would like to, but when it was first rolled out it wasn't a smooth experience driver-wise (audio etc.) and I didn't follow later developments as to whether it improved
it would be great to have in order to skirt around all the little pitfalls that come with linux/proton but I've just been tolerating the many games that do work fine, it's easy to get complacent
Ordered one and it's being shipped, which is quicker turn around than expected because it says one to two weeks and I ordered it Sunday :leon
Let's see how long it takes to get here from the NETHERLANDS :nintex
This is weird because I strongly dislike the Steamdeck UI - it's the worst thing about it IMHO.
Has there been a firm consensus on what’s the best model to get? Limited reading, some don’t like the screen treatment of the 512 model.
Yesterday I was managing files on my oldish gaming laptop, noting what’d be good for the steam deck, and yeah. Xcom2 and Mad Max are 30 to 40GB. Hitman, as a package of all three, is over 100GB. Some games get up there.
With emulators, if it’s simple enough to manage files, I’ll keep an external hard drive plugged into the dock with all the CD and DVD systems. Worst case I’m on a flight hankering to play Radiata Stories and I don’t have access.
The fact Valve hasn't made a 100% forced solution of cloud saves and is still leaving it up to developers is pretty dumb.
My building sends photos of packages we get. Saw the Valve box. I only ordered this two days ago. Not complaining.
Past PS2 and GameCube, I don’t really care.
theres loads of hot shit that hasn't been ported, what are you talking about bruv?Yeah it sucks that you can't play any of the old Need for Speeds or Eurocom James Bond games because of these licensing issues. :fbm
anything with any form of licensing for starters.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0g5AXP93kI played the first demo, that was an absolute blast.
Heads up, new OS update breaks all your emu and non steam shit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/zs3i65/steamos_34_stable_release_apparently_changed_the/
Rollback has happened for the SD Card renaming. Just update SteamDeck to the latest, then update EmuDeck using the Quick Update function. It should fix all the paths.
Oh and remember to run SteamRomManager again to merge all your VDFs if you use it.
cp -rv path_to_source path_to_destination/30 * * * * /root/backup_to_dropbox.shyes|cp -ur path_to_source path_to_destinationThe -u checks if the file is newer than the destination file, the R includes subfolders.0 * * * * /root/load_from_dropbox.sh@reboot sleep 300 && /root/load_from_dropbox.shyes|cp -ur path_to_destination path_to_source ln -s ~/Dropbox/Steam ~/path_to_steam_saves
I've refunded games that didn't have cloud support before. It's super-annoying and inexcusable.
I picked up High On Life but haven't started it yet for this reason. Will probably just play it on my laptop and not worry about the Steam Deck.
Another option is to just stream the game from your PC to the Steam Deck. Shouldn't be a problem with Omori.
Bebpo, why not just play Omori on the Steam Deck? If you want to play it on a TV or monitor, you can still do that too.
Btw, I can't use the trackpad on the right-side worth shit. It keeps going where I don't want it. Is there some way to calibrate it?
Additionally, where do you go in Linux to sync a BT mouse and keyboard to your deck? Using the trackpand and OSD virtual keyboard is miserable for trying to learn how to navigate an OS you're not used to for the first time. Really is one of the main reasons putting me off messing with stuff in desktop mode and trying to learn Linux.
Unlike the 2280-sized M.2 SSDs that the Framework Laptop uses, the handheld Steam Deck relies on the physically smaller but less common 2230 format. As a result, it can be difficult to find legitimate sources for larger capacity drives like 2TB ones...
Since we order a huge number of Western Digital drives already, it’s relatively easy for us to add one more line item and stock 2TB SN740 2230 ones
Fuck this shader precache bullshit, every time I turn this fucking thing on every game has to update at the speed of molasses in winter and chew up more SSD space. I'm about a rat's asshair away from just wiping this thing and installing a debloated Windows.
Nah, I'm not going to leave a piece of electronics running all the time just because Valve can't get their shit together.
What possesses people to lie about the performance of games on this thing? You'll be watching some YouTube video and the dude will say the game is maintaining a solid 60 and I mean, dude, I can see the fps counter bouncing all over the place and the frametime graph line jittering like it has arrhythmia right there in your video. People on protondb do this type of shit as well sometimes. Also Valve needs to start clamping down on Verified ratings instead of just handing them out like candy just to boost their numbers. For instance Valheim runs like pure dogshit no matter what you do, imo it shouldn't even be listed as playable, that shit will drop into the teens sometimes. I like this thing and think it's worth the money I paid but I'm not going to pretend it's perfect and handwave away legitimate criticisms and problems.
maybe I'm stupid or doing something wrong but in my experience the Deck doesn't download anything in sleep mode?
I hit the power button and I watch it wake up and reconnect to wifi and queue up dozens of updates
if I use it once a day I only have a few updates each day, but if I don't use it for a month and take it out of sleep, it has to update everything at once and takes a long time
if I use it once a day I only have a few updates each day, but if I don't use it for a month and take it out of sleep, it has to update everything at once and takes a long time
GE Proton seems way better than the official version if you haven't tried that.