I did this a bunch when I first got the Steam Deck. I've got burned a few times so now I try not to mod games until I'm actually ready to play them.
Yeah it's a bad habit I need to break honestly. Plenty to play but just like messing around with stuff
The deck is perfect for beat em ups, and those are perfect for co-op play. Here are a couple recommendations:
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/985890/Streets_of_Rage_4/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361510/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_Shredders_Revenge/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/885150/Capcom_Beat_Em_Up_Bundle/
Or you could play this, which is probably the best co-op game I have played:
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/
Oh, how could I forget... Though I've never tried it in co-op, this is a great game (this forum only allows 4 media links, apparently).
Oh. I'll ask him. Honestly didn't even know it has coop
Thanks!
Thank you, too! I even own some of them already, great games
As someone who has been considering a re-run of the Portal games recently, and just today downloaded them on Deck, this is a great recommendation grmlin
Wonder if anyone has started seeing slow download speeds for shader cache and games.
On both wireless and wired I'm getting 100mbps (yes 10MB/s) on my deck downloading to internal nvme. Transfer from another system in the house gets 600mbps and browser speed tests and network transfers in desktop mode show the correct near 1000mbps speed.
Region is US - Boston. My daughters deck doesn't see the problem on the same home network.
This is even after a factory reset. Limit download rate isn't on and transferring is really quick. Can't think what's changed. This is on a launch unit with stable build.
On both wireless and wired I'm getting 100mbps (yes 10MB/s) on my deck downloading to internal nvme. Transfer from another system in the house gets 600mbps and browser speed tests and network transfers in desktop mode show the correct near 1000mbps speed.
Region is US - Boston. My daughters deck doesn't see the problem on the same home network.
This is even after a factory reset. Limit download rate isn't on and transferring is really quick. Can't think what's changed. This is on a launch unit with stable build.
Anyone had issues with HDR on either official or third party docks? I have the OLED and when I was playing LAD: Infinite Wealth docked, it wasn't sending an HDR signal and my TV was not detecting one. Have the JSAUX dock.
The HDMI cable I have is working. I tested it on my PC and PS5 and both had my TV detect HDR, but the dock doesn't. The answers on the Amazon page says it does support HDR, but just unsure if HDR is supported docked.
Not a huge deal as I can just turn it off when docked, but was curious.
The HDMI cable I have is working. I tested it on my PC and PS5 and both had my TV detect HDR, but the dock doesn't. The answers on the Amazon page says it does support HDR, but just unsure if HDR is supported docked.
Not a huge deal as I can just turn it off when docked, but was curious.
My big hope for the new Deck is a better dpad. While it's OK for menu usage, the d-pad on my OLED is just awful for old-school 2D games. The diagonals are VERY tough to trigger. I recently picked up a bunch of shmups and they feel terrible on the Deck.
I have the same dock and HDR works fine for me on my LG OLED.
VRR doesn't alas.
It seems like OLED owners fall into two camps: people that have had zero wifi issues and users that have serious wifi issues. Just search online (steam deck subreddit, github, steam forums, etc) and you'll see tons of complaints. Clearly there is SOMETHING that is giving OLED decks various wifi issues.
When I first got my OLED and opened it up it refused to connect to my WiFi...the exact same WiFi that my LCD Deck worked with great. I restarted it and got it to connect, then I was able to update it and that seemed to help somewhat, but I found the speed to still be slow. Once I did the following I was able to get 900+ mbps speed tests.
WiFi fixes that worked for me (I have an ASUS RT-AX88U):
- Separate out the 2.4ghz network and 5ghz network. The OLED deck supposedly works with WiFi 6E/6ghz networks but I can't confirm as I don't have a 6E router, and I have seen issues online with it... For some people, having them combined and letting the device "choose" which one it wants to communicate with causes issues.
- If you are using 5ghz try disabling the 160mhz bandwidth option. The OLED Deck seems to have a a problem with certain routers on 5ghz and turning off the 160mhz bandwidth option, assuming your router has it, seems to help a lot of people. 160mhz is more prone to signal interference and it seems like the Deck is especially susceptible.
- Also you may want to disable the "Use DFS channels" option in your 5ghz settings, ESPECIALLY if you live near an airport or weather radar. If you are on a DFS channel and your router detects a radar signal it will literally shut off your wifi briefly to switch channels, giving constant disconnects or streaming issues.
- If you live in an especially dense area with lots of WiFi, use a channel scanning utility and try to find a channel that no one else is using, and then disable the "auto channel" option in your router and select one that is less busy.
- If none of that works, try disabling the WiFi power management in the Steam Deck settings. I haven't had to do this but it does seem to work for some people online.
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If you are getting 1000mbps speed tests than I think your Deck is fine - the limitation is probably Valve's servers. 100mbps is still pretty quick. It could be something on Valve's end too that limits bandwidth to multiple devices at the same IP/in the same location.
We do have about 5 devices that are always running Steam including two decks on different accounts. TBH I'll just download to a PC and then use transfer to get it on the deck for now.
Try a different region. Might sound weird, but I had an issue with the local Houston servers on my PC at one point and switched to Dallas and my speeds quadrupled.
Also just echoing advice I got a day or two ago, try changing the DNS.
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I tried US - New York and still the same. It's just this one device and only on Steam downloads which is maddening.
Wow, thank you so much for the comprehensive post. I'll definitely try some of these out and report back. Much appreciated!
I had issues with my OLED dropping wifi on my 5GHz network, but turning off the wifi power management ultimately fixed it for me
This recent 'stable' update was pretty rough.....
For some reason, Batman Arkham Asylum no longer launches for me. Tried various proton versions and tried reinstalling. Worked fine before the update.
Also when I launch a game, it looks like its trying to launch the game like 3 or 4 times.
For some reason, Batman Arkham Asylum no longer launches for me. Tried various proton versions and tried reinstalling. Worked fine before the update.
Also when I launch a game, it looks like its trying to launch the game like 3 or 4 times.
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Has anybody tried playing Dwarf Fortress on their Deck? It's on sale right now, but not sure if it makes sense on the small screen and with track pads.
Dark Souls is on sale on Steam, and DS Remastered is a must have on the Deck imo!
guess I'll complete my Dark Souls Collection on PC by getting III now
guess I'll complete my Dark Souls Collection on PC by getting III now
I've always had interest in it, since, forever, but still never played it. I'd be curious about trying it on the deck.
Also - should I be worried about updating my steamdeck? I have had it for a few months now and I see the little ! to update it presumably but I haven't messed around with it...
Love these two on the same page, but I'm more in with the ladder. Heck even the tiny face buttons are a problem for proper button mashing.
Might cave on DS Remastered.Dark Souls is on sale on Steam, and DS Remastered is a must have on the Deck imo!
guess I'll complete my Dark Souls Collection on PC by getting III now
I've been playing the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition since it first went on sale for 6 DOLLARS (!!!) and ME1 and ME2 look so good running at a locked 60. It's been a dream
so, we had some bad weather in Kentucky last night, and had some power surges then power failure. I was asleep during this time, or I would have kicked my surge strip off, but here we are. Steam deck comes up with just the valve logo and a "verifying installation" progress bar that never progresses.
A quick look on google led me to reddit where it looks like its from the deck trying to connect to the internet while it was out, and now stuck in a loop.
anyone else had this issue? is my only option at this point a complete wipe and OS install?
A quick look on google led me to reddit where it looks like its from the deck trying to connect to the internet while it was out, and now stuck in a loop.
anyone else had this issue? is my only option at this point a complete wipe and OS install?
I saw this error last night.
Hold the triple ... Button and turn on the power. It should boot up to a recovery menu. Choose the top option to load up A Os, see if that works. If it doesn't try the B OS recovery.
I did that and it worked. I also read that you need to dock/ethernet your Deck and it will verify installation.
Hold the triple ... Button and turn on the power. It should boot up to a recovery menu. Choose the top option to load up A Os, see if that works. If it doesn't try the B OS recovery.
I did that and it worked. I also read that you need to dock/ethernet your Deck and it will verify installation.
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So the mod helps, but this game feels to be made for the big screen. Comparable to games like Anno, which never worked for me on the Deck.
Good it was free to try then 🙂
thanks for this, will try this here in a bit when im back in the room with my deck, unfortunately i have a dock without ethernet and no ethernet to usb adapter, so hoping just loading the recovery will fix
Yeah, I mean it's how much you are willing to put up with to play it on the Deck. These types of games are definitely not designed with it in mind.
I have like 200 hours into Dwarf Fortress on the deck, and it plays perfectly. I think I had to change a few options to get the UI to scale correctly, but I installed it on my deck day 1. It controls very well with the controller track pad (you may need to download a community profile to get the correct binding for the other stuff like changing zlevels.)
Oh man, my Clonezilla transfer to my OLED worked 😓 Navigating that Windows 95-esque was stressful, and the new deck initially wouldn't recognize the external SSD, then the restoration took twice as long as it should have it... etc etc. Nonetheless, tis finished and it seems like full functionality restored (including my broken L1 which was the straw that broke the camel's back)
Nonetheless, if anyone is looking to do the same, as opposed to setting up new, this video is just a nice straight up walkthrough:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF6UAVfWKDs
Nonetheless, if anyone is looking to do the same, as opposed to setting up new, this video is just a nice straight up walkthrough:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF6UAVfWKDs
Is there no regular Steam OT on the site? I wanted to ask about people's experience with the new family sharing. A friend and I are doing it and it seems to work great, any reason not add another couple of friends?
Depends on the game. I modded new vegas the other day through desktop mode and after if just modded vampire the masquerade. The latter was much easier than the first. New vegas took a few days.
3.6 preview update is out. Seems to focus on Bluetooth, Display, HDMI-CEC for the dock, as well as the usual updates to core stuff like Kernel and Mesa.
View: https://x.com/carygolomb/status/1788734562186469850
Could also be some pretty good performance increases.
View: https://x.com/carygolomb/status/1788734562186469850
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It's not on beta yet. Will probably be in preview for a month first. I haven't had any issues yet though.