Maiden Voyage
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Steam Deck |OT| Nintendo Switch 2
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IbizaPocholo
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kubricks
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Forza Horizon 4 really doesn't want to work in the Steam Deck right? Or am I doing something wrong?
Tried multiple proton versions, tried different resolution from native to lower + fsr upscale, tried graphics from low to high, tried limit fps. Nothing works, constant freezes while loading/saving.
What other good driving games do you guys recommend on the deck?
Tried multiple proton versions, tried different resolution from native to lower + fsr upscale, tried graphics from low to high, tried limit fps. Nothing works, constant freezes while loading/saving.
What other good driving games do you guys recommend on the deck?
Maiden Voyage
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Both FH4 & 5 are listed as Silver on protondb. Check the user reports as it does seem to be inconsistent from player to player.
For others, I am planning to give Art of Rally a try over the weekend.
I haven't played it on Deck but loved the hell out of Wreckfest on desktop. It's got a Gold rating over at protondb.
Horizon Chase Turbo is native on Linux but it way, way, waaaaaaaaaay more arcadey.
Maiden Voyage
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Topher
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I wish we could play Game Pass games on Steam Deck without having to use xCloud. Doubt that'll ever happen though. MS wants those Steam sales.
Mr Branding
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Yeah, super salty this doesn’t work proper. It always crashes or freezes after aprox. 40 mins of gameplay tops.
Really hope it gets updates but I won’t hold my breath.
In the meantime I was playing the 2012 Most Wanted but can’t say I enjoy the gameplay 100% even if the open world and car selection is ok.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Holy crap, man. You were right. I intended to just drive around a bit over lunch but I got completely hooked and put in 80 mins. I love this game so far. Thanks for the recommendation!While it's on sale for $15 check out the Art of Rally. Any racing fans with a Deck should grab this.
Maiden Voyage this is right up your alley. Sorry to potentially add to the backlog.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
There was some talk a while back about Gaben being open to Microsoft bringing PC Game Pass to Steam. My guess is that the legal hurdle involves all the other third parties that have their games on Game Pass and not Microsoft themselves. Hopefully some day they work that out.
Rex_DX
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I'm so glad you like it man!
It's funny because we just had a thread about this game's physical release and it seemed the consensus in there was that "it's crap."
I think a lot of people see the pretty pastel graphics and don't realize how unforgiving it is.
I love it though. Glad you do too. Happy drifting.
Maiden Voyage
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I tried playing with my wheel and pedals but can't wrap my head around the third person view with it. I'll stick to playing on my Deck.
I love the controls. I immediately turned off the assists and have damage modeling cranked to the most severe. I kept the AI difficulty at the default, though I may bump it up depending on how brutal the later classes get. I came up 2nd place on my first career race series. That was after making a few major mistakes on those 2 races. I think bumping it up a notch or two might help me get better over the long run. Regardless, it's been super enjoyable to play so far.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
This is why 64GB model with the 1TB 2230 upgrade+512GB/1TB microSD and SteamOS+Win10/11 is the way to go.
Topher
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Holly shit.....why do I keep forgetting you can do that.
Is there a guide for installing/dual booting SteamOS and Windows?
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Deck Wizard has good tutorials on dual-booting. This is the newer way that boots to a OS selection GUI automatically. Something to note is that the SteamOS 3.4 update temporarily broke this method and it required a quick fix.
Holly shit.....why do I keep forgetting you can do that.
Is there a guide for installing/dual booting SteamOS and Windows?
I still use the original method that boots to Windows automatically unless you power on with Vol-Down+Power. This way has worked for me for 7 months so I figured "don't fix it if it ain't broke".
Both ways it's best to have 3x 16GB USB flash drives. You can get a 3-pack of 32GB drives from Amazon for $17. I did text write-up of how I did it on Steam forums, but effectively you're making 3 drives: 1. Windows 10/11 installation drive 2. GParted 3. Steam Recovery drive. I add the Steam Deck Windows drivers to a folder on the Windows install drive.
I personally prefer Win10 over Win11, but either should work. I tried them both and I feel Win10 is more stable/reliable and I like the look better. There's a few quirks to understand when dealing with Windows on Deck:
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-You can play Steam games without controller emulating software, but we're mainly after Game Pass and maybe EGS and GoG on the side for convenience. Once you're done setting everything up I would leave Steam installed on Windows, but make sure you change it in the Steam settings so it doesn't automatically boot with the Windows. For certain games like MCC it will cause a double button press on the A button and it took me forever to figure out the issue.
-Sometimes the Windows clock will de-sync making GP games unable to launch. It takes like 5secs to fix it, but it's another thing that can drive you nuts if you don't know what the issue is.
-SWICD is the best way to go for controller support on Windows. It will open on startup and it's really convenient. You'll want to go into SWICD settings and under "lizard mode"(KB/M support), disable key and mouse inputs. This will stop double button inputs.
-I install the Steam Deck storage controller(SD slot), but afterwards I go to Device Manger and disable it. This stop Windows from fucking with your SteamOS microSD card and throwing errors at you.
-Windows makes it easier to do mods, including DLSS-to-FSR2 mods for games that support DLSS, but not FSR2.
-Having Lossless Scaling is a useful tool for Windows to force certain games to fullscreen.
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It seems like a lot, but once you do it it's something you can repeat without instructions, and you already have all the drives setup in case you need them. Videos like LTT's old "Windows sucks on Deck" put a lot of people off to using Windows on Deck. That shit is archaic and Deck users have really ironed out all significant kinks when dealing with the platform.
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Topher
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Wow. Thanks for that, man. Probably saved me a shitton of googling.
Alright......I'm on a mission now.
CrustyBritches
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Right on, man. I don’t know what model you have, but if you’re looking to do the 1TBWow. Thanks for that, man. Probably saved me a shitton of googling.
Alright......I'm on a mission now.
Kenpachii
recently upgraded to a Sabrent Rocket from Amazon and it seems really fast. I used a WD SN530.A page or 2 back there’s a big discussion on replacing the drive. There’s a couple other tips I was going to say like pinning the On-screen keyboard and Xbox app to the taskbar to make it fast and easy to open.
Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck.
Topher
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Right on, man. I don’t know what model you have, but if you’re looking to do the 1TB
A page or 2 back there’s a big discussion on replacing the drive. There’s a couple other tips I was going to say like pinning the On-screen keyboard and Xbox app to the taskbar to make it fast and easy to open.
Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck.
Not sure how it will go, but I'm going to try and run Windows off the microSD entirely. I have the 256gb and I really don't want to crack the thing open. Will see how slow it runs.
Topher
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Yikes. Hope you have better luck this time.
CrustyBritches
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Right on. I can’t really give you any pointers on that since I’ve never tried running windows off an SD card. I came to a point Where I just didn’t want to have to deal with swapping SD cards and such. Originally I had the 512 GB model and I had one SD card for steam and one SD card for windows. I ran out of space and I got sick of swapping. Let me know how it goes.
kubricks
Member
Especially when the Deck is perfectly capable to run the game smoothly. I get to enjoy driving around until it crashes when I try to enter a race. ;(
CrustyBritches
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I just bought a Silicon Power 1TB microSD for $79 from Amazon. It's normally $89, but was on sale for $85 for a while. It recently dropped down to $79, so I pulled the trigger. It's U3, V30, A1. The faster A2 they sell was on sale for $89, but now it's back up to $92. The A1 card should be fine for most of what I'll be using it for on the Deck. It has similar IOPS as the TeamGroup 512GB Go I'm using, and slightly higher read/write. Silicon Power is pretty good, I used to have one of their 1TB NVMe drives that's in my kid's PC now, and it's also what I use in my modded 2DSXL. Probably going to put my 512GB TeamGroup Go microSD into my son's Switch Lite.
This will put my Deck at 2TB storage(1TB SSD/1TB microSD). Probably will change my setup to allocate more space to Windows. This time around I'll go with something like 200GB SSD+1TB microSD for SteamOS, and 700GB SSD for Win10. This will give me a lot more room for emulation on SteamOS, and GP on Win10. Also I just like upgrading my Deck. Thought about doing a 2TB 2230, but that shit is like $250-350.
This will put my Deck at 2TB storage(1TB SSD/1TB microSD). Probably will change my setup to allocate more space to Windows. This time around I'll go with something like 200GB SSD+1TB microSD for SteamOS, and 700GB SSD for Win10. This will give me a lot more room for emulation on SteamOS, and GP on Win10. Also I just like upgrading my Deck. Thought about doing a 2TB 2230, but that shit is like $250-350.
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Maiden Voyage
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I wound up putting in around 4 hours on Art of Rally yesterday. That's an insane amount for me on a weekday. I was able to win a series with the Ai at the highest and damage model at the highest. The weird thing is, I moved the difficulty back down afterward to compare, and I couldn't really tell the difference with times. I was able to get first with no mistakes +28 seconds. The second race I had 2-3 mistakes and got second place. On medium difficulty, I had 3 mistakes and took 3rd. I might just leave it on the most difficult to force myself to get better.
Anyway, this game is my new obsession.
Anyway, this game is my new obsession.
Topher
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WalterSobchak
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So I was playing last night. And must have hit some weird button combo , because this damn thing pops up in the upper left corner .
Anybody know how to make it go away ?
Anybody know how to make it go away ?
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
So I was playing last night. And must have hit some weird button combo , because this damn thing pops up in the upper left corner .
Anybody know how to make it go away ?
That's the performance overlay. Hit the hamburger button, scroll to the battery icon, then see what "Performance Overlay Level" is set to. You can turn it off, 1 will just show the FPS in the corner, and each level beyond will add more metrics / counters. It looks like you're at level 3.
WalterSobchak
Member
That's still not getting rid of it. I already had it set at 0. I swear this popped up when some odd button combo was pressed. What a stupid feature to have. Any other ideas ?
Rex_DX
Gold Member
It's a known glitch. Try setting the slider to 4. Then reboot. Then set it back to off. If the problem persists try moving it back to 4 and then to off again several times.
Edit - also confirm you are on the latest stable version. This was supposed to have been fixed.
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
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Rex_DX
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Performance overlay permanently open :: Steam Deck Bug Reports
For some reason, the performance overlay has become permanently enabled for me. I recall it engaging when I accidentally hit the right touchpad with my palm at one point (I know that's not how it's supposed to engage, but that's what I recall happening). No matter the level of performance...
Seems to have been patched out once already, but I suppose the bug found it's way back. Some users also reported setting it to 1, and then to 2, then to 0 worked as well. I've actually experienced a bug in which I couldn't enable it - it would not show up regardless of setting. I had to set it to 3 and reboot for it to return.
WalterSobchak
Member
Thank you ! That seemed to get rid of it. It was updated with the latest firmware already. The setting it high and rebooting worked .
Dr.Morris79
Member
Can anyone help here, it's a simple one as i've fixed it before..
Currently playing my Ps2 Dropship through Emulation station (And Pcsx2..) and half the screen is missing, corrupted to a degree. I've fixed this before with a setting but for the life of me I cant remember what! I've checked Google but cant pin anything on the setting I need
Anyone know?
Currently playing my Ps2 Dropship through Emulation station (And Pcsx2..) and half the screen is missing, corrupted to a degree. I've fixed this before with a setting but for the life of me I cant remember what! I've checked Google but cant pin anything on the setting I need
Anyone know?
Maiden Voyage
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I haven't tried any emulation outside of Retroarch so I can't be of any real help here. Have you searched on Youtube as well? I've seen a decent number of guides on getting stuff set up before but haven't dived into those topics just yet.
Dr.Morris79
Member
Looked everywhere Maiden, the ironic thing is that I saw a fix less than a month ago, applied it to my series S Pcsx2 back then but had to scrub all the install, now i've come to the Deck and my brains utterly drawn a blank
I'll have a proper tinker later and stick the fix in here if I find it just incase anyone runs into it.
CrustyBritches
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IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Dr.Morris79
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Cheers Crusty
kubricks
Member
Seems like they fixed Forza Horizon 4 on Steam Deck or is it my imagination?
I follow the Forza official support FAQ for Steam Deck, stop using any form of proton, delete proton files for the game, update the Forza Horizon 4 game file, "Verify Integrity of Local Game Files" on Steam app then restart the system. It seems to work now? I have been playing on the Deck for almost an hour loading in and out of events and saving at the house etc and nothing is crashing.
If anyone have the game please try it out.
The link is here.
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
What is everyone playing on the Steam Deck currently?
I recently started Sunset Overdrive. And while it runs fine (apart from the corrupted save issue), I found the game extremely underwhelming. What a disappointment. I don't think I'll continue.
I recently started Sunset Overdrive. And while it runs fine (apart from the corrupted save issue), I found the game extremely underwhelming. What a disappointment. I don't think I'll continue.
TheSHEEEP
Gold Member
On normal Linux, you can show/hide the MangoHUD overlay with Shift+F12.So I was playing last night. And must have hit some weird button combo , because this damn thing pops up in the upper left corner .
Anybody know how to make it go away ?
On Steam Deck:
Maiden Voyage
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After finishing 100% achievements on Elden Ring I am playing through Dark Souls 3 for the first time. I've also got Art of Rally and Tiny Lands in my rotation for relaxing games.
DARK SOULS™ III on Steam
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
JCK75
Member
Has anyone been playing Elden Ring recently and noticed a new bug?
I was playing the deck docked with a stadia controller and I just lost the ability to control the game, assumed it was the Stadia controller that was at fault so rebooted it and played it handheld..
happened again yesterday where the controls just stopped working entirely.
I was playing the deck docked with a stadia controller and I just lost the ability to control the game, assumed it was the Stadia controller that was at fault so rebooted it and played it handheld..
happened again yesterday where the controls just stopped working entirely.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
That happened to me a few weeks ago. I always play in handheld mode so no external controller. Happened twice and hasn't happened again since.
Rex_DX
Gold Member
Tunic, The Witness, Death's Door; a lot of these stylized indies have been my bread and butter on the Deck. They run smoothly and are great to play on a handheld.
DUSK and Amid Evil, too are amazing though I do miss mouse aim.
AAA stuff I'd rather play on my TV or in ultrawide for the fidelity but it's cool to have the option to get them running on a portable.
I also second Art of Rally. It's kind of got a brutal learning curve though but not that bad and worth checking out for sure if you like racers.
I'm on mobile or I'd provide some links.
Maverick074
Banned
West of Loathing and Shadows over Loathing both play great on Steam Deck and you should 100% check them out
Kupfer
Member
After I finished Max Payne on saturday, I started Max Payne 2 yesterday. Looking forward for Max Payne 3.
Maiden Voyage
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CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Still playing FFVII remake and Hot Wheels Unleashed.
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Got my 1TB microSD, so I spent yesterday reinstalling my dual-boot setup and games. After installing OSes I ended up with about 700GB(Win10) and 220GB(SteamOS)+1TB microSD for games. I’ve installed 20 games on Win10 and 21 games on SteamOS, and there’s still over 200GB available on Win10 and 220GB(ssd)+400GB(sd) on SteamOS. Tonight I’m going to load up EmuDeck and roms on SteamOS. Should take around 200GB.
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Got my 1TB microSD, so I spent yesterday reinstalling my dual-boot setup and games. After installing OSes I ended up with about 700GB(Win10) and 220GB(SteamOS)+1TB microSD for games. I’ve installed 20 games on Win10 and 21 games on SteamOS, and there’s still over 200GB available on Win10 and 220GB(ssd)+400GB(sd) on SteamOS. Tonight I’m going to load up EmuDeck and roms on SteamOS. Should take around 200GB.
kvltus lvlzvs
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Im currently playing Persona 5, while trying to get emulation set up slowly. I've been running into issues with Saturn emulation, but everything else I have thrown at it works like a breeze. I spend about 80% of the time with the deck playing games and 20% tinkering, which is a fun place for me to be. Added a new ssd (64 > 256) and may upgrade other stuff in the future.
All in all, the deck is the best vidya related purchase I have ever made.
All in all, the deck is the best vidya related purchase I have ever made.
Maiden Voyage
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Steam Deck - Steam Deck Client Update - February 1st - Steam News
We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable (default) channel. This update includes all the changes and improvements that have been undergoing testing in the Beta and Preview channels. General Replaced launch option dialog with new UI that includes a checkbox to remember the...