The implementation of the forced online mode was my biggest issue with D4 on the steam deck, so this is a welcome change.

I’ve tried to search around the web for this issue, but recently, (sometimes) after I exit a game and get dropped back into the steamdeck UI, I can’t click on some interface elements. If I go to a community tab and click on a post, nothing happens, some UI elements like the search bar don’t register as well (but they make the sound when I try) but worst of all, many of the menu options, specifically the power menu, I can no longer click. So of course, I can’t shutdown or reboot without doing a hard shutdown. Anyone else experiencing this lately? On the latest stable build as of this reply. I’m fine with switching to beta but I don’t want to break DeckyLoader, which tends to happen on the SteamOS beta channel.

Edit: the only workaround i've found so far is to add Konsole to the steamOS as a launchable item, then go into Konsole and type the linux command for rebooting: sudo shutdown -r now

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2209265

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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/je7ebel on 2024-02-19 10:49:35.

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1. install sunshine on host (and needed programs: moondeckbuddy, ViGEmBus)

2. download and install virtual monitor on host, save files on folder C:\IddSampleDriver

3. From Windows, open display settings and configure the new virtual screen with the steamdeck resolution 1280x800

4. download multimonitortool From nirsoft and unrar files on C:\IddSampleDriver folder

5. install moonlight on steamdeck from desktop mode with discover app

6. pair moonlight with sunshine

7. from first time run multimonitortool, and write down the names of the adapters, you should have a virtual monitor with adapter IddSampleDriver

8. write the following cmd scripts in C:\IddSampleDriver folder, note the display names are same From multimonitortool gui (this can vary From yours)

Steamdeck-on.cmd

cd C:\IddSampleDriver
MultiMonitorTool.exe /enable \\.\DISPLAY9
MultiMonitorTool.exe /turnoff \\.\DISPLAY1
MultiMonitorTool.exe /turnoff \\.\DISPLAY2
MultiMonitorTool.exe /SetPrimary \\.\DISPLAY9

Steamdeck-off.cmd

cd C:\IddSampleDriver
MultiMonitorTool.exe /disable \\.\DISPLAY9

1. Configure sunshine to run scripts when stream is launched and finished, inside Configuration -> General

now every time you launch a game in stream through moonlight + sunshine, the script Steamdeck-on.cmd, will turn off the “real” monitors you have, turn on a virtual monitor with the steam deck resolution, put this virtual monitor as primary and the game will launch and stream from this virtual monitor.

When you finish the game session, the script Steamdeck-off.cmd will disable the virtual monitor (you can add commands to turn on real monitors)

I hope you find it helpful.

Palworld is adding external anticheat, but it will only be required for official servers. Community servers, single player, and coop will have it be optional.

We don't know yet if the anticheat will be compatible with Linux yet, but the options to not use it means that it shouldn't be too disruptive either way.

Hey folks. I have been playing with my steam deck oled 1 TB version for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it. Very nice device on the go. The thing is I would like to use the device as a backup workstation for some quick important work on the go when I don't have my laptop handy.

I would like to ask if Bazzite is a viable option for this. I know the deck is primarily a game console, but I want to use this beautiful thing to the best of my ability.

But what do you guys think if I replace the Steam OS with Bazzite? Should I just use Tails OS on a flash drive and then use Tails OS for work? Or is the Steam deck not yet ready to be used as a laptop backup?

Thanks in advance and I'd love to hear what you all think.

I got an OLED 1 TB for my birthday yesterday and I'm looking for titles I can download to play when I'm off shore on a ship. I like FPS games but am always looking for the next adventure. What do you suggest?

Edit- are there any Lemmy communities I should be checking out too? Aside from this one?

My on-screen keyboard in desktop mode has somehow become undocked and wider than the screen, making it hard to press certain keys which are half off-screen. It still works otherwise - I can open the keyboard by pressing X and close the keyboard by pressing L4.

I don't know how this has happened in the first place, and I can't find a setting for it in Steam. Any idea how I can reset the keyboard position?

Hello! I've been playing the Bedrock version of Minecraft on Steam Deck with the help of MCPELauncher from the Discover store. Performance is generally great, except there are these massive performance spikes that cause the game to hitch every 30 seconds or so.

Sometimes specific actions can trigger smaller spikes, like when you open a chest or other inventory space, but the larger spikes happen pretty regularly and they don't seem to be triggered by anything in particular. It doesn't make the game unplayable, but it is a little distracting.

Has anyone else experienced this when using this version of MC on the Deck, or does anyone know of any solutions?

Notes: Non-OLED deck with CryoUtilities active. Minecraft is installed to an internal NVME drive and not a MicroSD card. Changing video settings doesn't seem to have an effect.

Thanks for reading o7

5/27 update: After putting MC down for several weeks, this doesn't seem to be a problem anymore. I am no longer noticing any performance dips during gameplay. 🥳

I noticed an identical issue when playing Elder Scrolls Online, and the culprit with that game was the launcher window running in the background. I suspect that the Bedrock launcher was causing similar issues, but I can't confirm that at the moment.

This is just my napkin math on a recent sample from the number of games added from February 7 to February 11 ProtonDB numbers.

Valve adds 16 games to steam verified games a day. That would be 5840 games a year at this rate (3.3%) . There are 175,547 listings on the steam platform, so at this rate it would take 30 years to verify the current steam catalogue if no new games are added.

13,668 games are verified or playable that is 7.8% of current catalogue.

Plenty of games still run just fine without the verified status but its nice to know what the status of your games are before you hit install.

I don't think it would take this long to verify the whole catalogue as Valve would become more efficient testing games and will invest more into Linux as the platform is more widely used.

Sources:

https://www.protondb.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=

Hi, first time posting on lemmy.(Yay!).

So I often put my steam deck into offline mode since I travel between places a lot . And when I was expecting another gaming session today(without internet), it was dead stuck in "loading user data" screen.

Some symptoms:

1. The wifi icon have a purple X on it , indicating it's still in offline mode.
2. Enabling internet does nothing.
3. Everything in desktop mode works(including internet), except steam.

I've faced this problem once before and had to resolve to a factory reset. Back then I tried

1. Get away from any Wifi signal and boot up
2. Go into desktop mode and wait for it"
3. Hard reboot and switch to a different Wifi network"

None of them worked.

I've heard that you can attempt to recover from this by copying steam user data files from a pc, but I can't confirm this right now.

I want to ask, had anyone encountered this before? Is there a way fixing it other than factory resetting? Thx for any help in advance!

I've mostly done joy sticks.

Is there a way to have deck open the library on power on by default? I have not figured that out yet, and the last plqyed section annoys me.

For it it has been Hollow Knight, Left 4 Dead 2, and Transport Fever 2.

I’m considering purchasing a steamdeck. I may be away from my computer when I get the steamdeck. Could there be any issues with setting up games without access to a computer with my steam account? I assume cloud saves will be available. What about setting up a game that requires rockstar launcher?

Edit: Thanks for the feedback. It looks like the answer is no, I don’t need access to a computer with my steam account.

RetroDECK 0.7.6b - Tiny PPSSPP Hotkey Update

This a minor update with PPSSPP fixes

Note: If you have logged in to RetroAchivements on PPSSPP you might need to do so again.

Updates

• PPSSPP

No other emulator updates??!

We are going to release a 0.7.7b soonish, with the rest of the emulators.

We are just waiting for a upstream fix in a certain emulator before we ship it (we have submitted the commit).

New Features

PPSSPP - Controller and Hotkey improvements

• The press Escape to Open Menu bind have been removed.
• Many of the standard combos and radial buttons now work

The upstream bug of combo hotkeys in the PPSSPP flatpak is now fixed. You no longer need to press Escape button bind / radial button to Open Menu.

Thanks to this fix, everything is now mapped as it should in uniformity with the other emulators where possible. The following binds are available:

• Quit Emulator
• Open Menu
• Save State
• Load State
• Previous / Next State
• Fastforward
• Rewind
• Rapid Fire Toggle
• Speed Toggle
• Record Video
• Fullscreen Toggle
• Emulator Screenshot

The wiki will be updated sometime today to reflect the changes.

Bugfixes & other changes

• Added more Easter Egg Boot logos for some Holidays (we won't spoil them)
• Some pipeline fixes for 0.7.7b and 0.8b

Hello to all deck users, I wanted to ask a question here: I'm about to go abroad for work and I've heard reports that the deck doesn't like to work on WiFi networks other than the one it was initially configured for, which I find strange, as I replicated my home internet with the same user and it went through my cell phone's hotspot.

But when I arrive at my hotel, will I have problems connecting to an unknown WiFi even with the passwords given by the hotel?

Thanks

#wifi #steamdeck

I finally managed to make some kind of dicttaion work in games (I mainly use is in socials games like Space Station 14)

I used the following steps:

• You may need some preriquisite : Use discover to install zip and git if missing

• Install PIP and VOSK in python In desktop run Konsole then the following commands :

python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
python3 -m pip install --upgrade
python3 -m pip install vosk --break-system-packages

• Install NerdDIctation

git clone https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation.git
cd nerd-dictation
wget https://alphacephei.com/kaldi/models/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15.zip
unzip vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15.zip
mv vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15 model

You may be able to use other languages by using other models.

• Configure xbindkeys With Nano edit the file /home/deck/.xbindkeysrc to add

#Start dictation
"/home/deck/nerd-dictation/nerd-dictation begin --vosk-model-dir=/home/deck/nerd-dictation/model"
   Alt + comma

#End dictation
"/home/deck/nerd-dictation/nerd-dictation end"
   Alt + period

• Restart the steamdeck

• Test the configuration In a fresh desktop session, open a konsole and call xbindkeys. Ensure that your buttons for starting and stopping dictation work.

• Adding a shortcut to game mode

  • The decky way : Install the plugin Bash Shortcut configure a new shortcut - Name : Dictation - Command : konsole --noclose -e xbindkeys
  • The old way : Add konsole as a non-steam game (no arguments needed, or at least -e didn't work for me) Restart In game mode, open konsole and run xbindkeys

• Bind two button in the steam controller configuration for the games you wish to use dictation with. I use this (I personnaly use R5 to start the dictation and L5 to stop the dictation) :

  • L5 as "Alt key" with ". key" as a sub key
  • R5 as "Alt key" with ", key" as a sub key

• To use normaly, run the bash shortcut before running a game.

Tell me if you got errors, I would be more that happy to help you solve problems

It also includes improvements to tracking on the OLED trackpads and bug fixes.

The improvements to ray tracing make a considerable improvement to the fps of Persona 3 (9fps to 15fps), but still leave it in the unplayable territory. To play the game on deck you'll still need to disable reflections in the in game settings or in the engine configuration file.

https://neo.manjaro.org/

Title pretty much, my brand new deck arrived today and I wasted no time loading up all my games and linux desktop apps onto it. I was pretty much firmly sold on it after having the opportunity to experience one 😁

Out of excitement I also impulse ordered a full replacement shell in advance, thinking I was prepared to also tackle the screen. Turns out I was wrong - the screen is so well stuck down that I couldn't get it to budge with a 2kw hot air gun. The battery was also getting quite warm from the heat.

Pretty much ended up putting everything back to the original casing before I damaged something, and settled for just changing the back cover instead 😢

Maybe I'll give the replacement shell another shot in future, but not too sure to be honest.

Anyone managed to do a full shell swap? How did you find it?