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I had 3 configs I was testing for No Man's Sky, and since the last couple updates the community configs are broken. If I launch the game those configs come up as totally empty of assigned controls. I can switch to a Hello Games config and it works fine. I can't seem to find any way to delete a configuration once it's been downloaded. I was hoping that deleting and re-download would fix the issue.

The controller doesnt appear at all in the list of avialable bluetooth devices on the deck

• I've updated the controllers firmare via accessories app
• I've also checked in desktop mode its not showing
• Putting a cable in it connects but I'm aiming for wireless so it can go on the TV

Its a 3rd gen xbox one controller - works fine with the PC

I've been trying to install rocm on the deck following this guide

(https://old.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckTricks/comments/102xxww/guide_how_to_install_rocm_for_gpu_julia/)

with the only exception that i used a generic ubuntu container on podman instead of using distrobox; I reach to the point where i need to use amdgpu-install to run rocm, but when i do it tries to install 30gb of files; which unfortunately it's not feasible on my metered connection and storage (╥﹏╥). From what i saw from this issue on github there should be a way to select only the needed binaries for the specific chipset;

The question is, what should i do to install only the stuff necessary for the deck?

Sorry for the long post.

Steam deck (LCD model) will, at no point, turn on unless plugged into charger or hooked up to the dock, regardless of how much battery is left. No response when trying to do things like booting into bios or anything else. Works perfectly fine when plugged in, docked to TV or standalone. No feedback at all, either, from buttons or trackpad haptics either when unplugged.

I've done a bios/firmware reset thing while plugged in and let that go for a while, following the advice of a Steam community forum (not sure whether the blinking power indicator thing is supposed to stop blinking when it's done, but I definitely let it go for longer than the forum post was saying). Went through the process of going through and enabling the main channel OS updates as well through dev settings and updating didn't fix it.

Have taken the backplate off and everything looks fine (I'm not an expert on mechanical things, though) and thankfully no spicy death pillow.

Any advice? At this point I'm even willing to back up anything important and do a factory reset if I have to. Also, if need be, I have a photo of the internals just in case I need to show it (again, not good with electronics on the hardware side of things).

Getting my steam deck tomorrow. Already had Linux like steam deck on my laptop a while ago (didn't work well because fuck Nvidia)

But wanted to know what you all think is important to put on a steam deck, that's not something that's not what duckduckgo says with the websites it has. (I worded that horribly)

What are some niche things can I could do/install/play on the steam deck that most people wouldn't really do or think about doing?

I don't know a lot about Linux as I wish but I know a ok ish amount. Just wanting to find anything really interesting or useful to do with my steam deck

Also anybody know any casual games I can play randomly on public transit and don't have to sit down and play. Things that I can just easily stop. (Something like balentro kinda way you can just stop whenever)

I've had my deck for 2 years now and it's been my main gaming device since the day I got it. I take it on trips and use my 3rd party dock and controller to hook it up to whichever TV is at my location.

My only regret is that this way I'm limited to controller-only games, and I really want to play some of the keyboard + mouse games in my library.

Whichever kb + mouse I buy needs to be as portable and lightweight as possible, but still functional with near full-size keycaps (chiclet keys are ok).

I have a folding Bluetooth keyboard, but the build quality is absolute trash.

Any recommendations will be gratefully added to my research list!

Hey everyone,

I'm planning to play SCP: Secret Laboratory (among other titles) on Steam Deck OLED. From what I've gathered online, it runs at about 30-40 fps on the lowest settings. Since the game is really designed for a mouse and keyboard, I was considering using the Dock to connect to an external monitor for a better setup.

I have both a Full HD and a 4K monitor. Of course, I'd prefer playing on the 4K screen, but I'm skeptical that the performance would hold up. Full HD is more realistic, and I'm totally fine with that if it means better gameplay stability.

So, my question is: How does it affect performance, especially for games like SCP: Secret Laboratory? Would there be a significant fps drop when using a monitor, particularly with 4K versus 1080p?

Any advice or personal experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks!

So I'm trying to play Ready or Not on my steam deck. But ever time I try to launch the game, it's telling me that I need to install Microsoft visual C++.

I have tried using Winetricks, Protontricks, Lutris, and Bottles to install C++, as well as trying to launch the game with every version of Wine and Proton. I've also installed a C++ all-in-one.

But still I get the popup that I need to install Visual C++ when I try to launch the game. So frustrating.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

I installed EmuDeck on my Steam Deck. I haven't done any custom configs or anything, just using the EmuDeck installed defaults. To run Pokemon SoulSilver it is using the retroarch core melonds. I can load up my saves on the deck, play them, then save a new one no problem. I recently got syncthing running on the deck to sync my saves to other devices. On all my other devices when I start the game (using the same core in retroarch) and press start I get an in game error that seems to be from the core or rom itself, definitely not from retroarch, that reads "A communication error has occurred. You will be returned to the title screen. Please press the A Button."

Is there something EmuDeck changes from the standard RetroArch settings for saves? I've tried to find something that could cause this issue but I cannot find an important seeming setting in the UI that could cause this and I'm starting to lose my mind.

Hey there, in the past week I've noticed my steam deck having way more issues with rubber-banding while playing online multiplayer games. I tested the same games on a laptop and no issues there. The steam deck is up to date as well. Any other ideas where I can check to see what might be causing this issue?

Hi, I looked but did not see this posted before. I installed PLEX on the SDeck and only can navigate through the keyboard, which covers half the screen & is awkward.

Has anyone else had this issue?

The searches related to this came up with a reddit question similar. but the results from troubleshooting that way didnt work.

Suggestions?

I installed Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen (bought from GOG) via the Heroic Game Launcher to an SD card on my steam deck. Game runs fine except for there is a connection failure pop up anytime I try to access the rift to hire pawns and when 1st loading a save file.

I've reinstalled it. I've tried protons 7, 8, and GE. Rebooted the deck. Has anyone run into this issue before? Any help would be much appreciated!

I’m new to the Steam Deck and I haven’t really been in the PC gaming scene since Quake 3/Unreal Tournament more than 2 decades ago. So, I have a lot to learn. (I have a small child and we’ve been exploring the world of games on the Switch)

Said small child is really into hot wheels, so we picked up Hot Wheels Unleashed on the last steam sale. We’ve played it successfully for the last couple of weeks, but all of the sudden (today) the game stopped working right. When driving a car, the joystick won’t let the car turn left. It works going to the right, and it works going left on the in-game menus. (And it works on other games, so it’s not a hardware issue)

Since I’m so new to the steam deck, I really haven’t learned how to debug it yet. I tried changing the Proton version with any success, and I’ve tried some different keyboard layouts without success. I’ve tried the reboot solution and verified that I’m on the latest version of steamOS and the game.

Is there a standard set of steps to debug these type of problems?

Hello everyone,

I have posted this question already ten days ago, but apparently federation was broken so it didn't actually reach your lemmy instance, so I am posting it again, apologies if it appears twice:

recently I noticed that my steam deck has serious connection issues, but only when downloading content (games, updates shader caches etc.)

The steam deck will download at full blast for a few seconds, then drop slowly to 0kb/s, eventually stopping with the error “content server unavailable” or “no internet connection”.

The status bar will either show a steam logo with an exclamation mark indicating it can’t reach steam, or an exclamation mark on the wifi signal indicating it can’t reach the internet at all.

When I put the steam deck into sleep mode and wake it up again, it will download a few hundred megabytes at full blast, only to stall to 0kb/s a short time later. Very rarely will it manage to download a few gigabytes at a time.

Downloading larger titles therefore requires me to regularly put the steam deck to sleep and waking it up again.

The deck never seems to lose connection when I am just gaming, only when downloading content off the CDN.

I am using a pihole, but I can not see any blocked traffic from the steam deck in the query log, in fact, all DNS requests made by the steamdeck get forwarded to and replied from the upstream DNS servers. I tried openDNS as well as Google servers, both with the same results.

I even tried disabling the pihole altogether, with the same result.

I tried disabling wifi energy management in the steam deck developer settings, but that also did not increase stability.

The Router I am using is a TP-Link Archer c7 v5 running DD-WRT (I updated to a very recent build to see if it increases stabilty, unfortunately it did not), the steam deck connects to the AP using 5Ghz wifi, I tried a few different channels but it still is very unstable.

Does anyone have any idea how I could solve this? Has anyone had a similar issue and was able to solve it?

UPDATE: For a follow up post with a fix to my issue, follow this link: https://feddit.de/post/8299615

I've set my sd cards to mount to a folder in my home directory and pointed the default installation folder of lutris to that directory, so when i swap cards lutris reads the games that i have on it, but now every game has a d: drive that points to that folder, when i try to change the path to a folder placed a level deeper or when i try to remove that drive entirely, after i close and reopen the wine configuration panel it reappears. Is there any way to prevent lutris from changing it back? I have the same setup on my laptop with linux mint and the same version of lutris and it doesn't happen, so I'm at a loss about what could be the problem.

Hello,

I recently got a Steam Deck and, since at the moment only my Steam account is logged in, I was wondering what happens when someone else logs into their Steam account: will the KDE session as well as Firefox's and Spotify's data be separate for their account or not?

My hunch is that it won't since as I understand it, Game Mode is completely separate from KDE and both seem to run with the deck user. Am I right?

Thanks in advance

Hey, I use a lot my steam deck as a PC, but everytime there is a "new" sound (I start a video, a game, i change some setting etc) there is a sound coming from the speaker. (Like when you plug a cable jack with the speaker on). Is there a way to fix this ?

Hey everyone,

I took the gamble on Starfield on the Deck and am honestly having a good time. The Bethesda jankiness is bringing me back to playing Oblivion. I have never used a controller with back pedals and really want to dive in. I went through the controller settings but couldn't find a way to pass through the back pedals to be assignable buttons.

What I would like to do is be able to toggle the in-game flashlight or pulling up the map. I can do the binding in game, but I just cannot figure out how to pass through the buttons to the game itself.

Would this be something the Deck would be capable of doing, and would anyone have some recommendations on good ways to use the extra rear buttons inside controller oriented games?

Hello!

I've been trying to get chivalry 2 working on my steamdeck. I've done the following things:

• set the launch options to those described here: https://www.protondb.com/app/1824220
• Use proton GE and proton 8.0-1
• Verify the files of the game

But it keeps on kicking me out of games after 1 or 2 minutes saying that the easy anti cheat connection didn't work. I'm out of things to try, so I'm hoping any of you know something I can try (:

Thank you in advance.

Hello,

Edit thank to PriorPtoject I discovered the modlog : https://sopuli.xyz/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemovePost&userId=1683334

I recently posted a tutorial to pirate on steamdeck which was removed.

I checked th rule and it doesn't appear to be forbidden are the rules out of date or did I miss a rule ?