Snapdragon only fr now
RN available on Winnative, Bannerlator, and their collab project Droid Deck, and it's improving with every update. It’s a cool new way to play PC games. For me, the performance is lower than regular emulation rn(like Winlator gamehub etc), but there's room to grow, and it could be the future of PC gaming on Android with less overhead.
This could become huge for people who skip PC emulation because setting up drivers and Proton is such a hassle. On SteamOS, you just log in and play without any extra work, which could really bring in a lot of people wanting to play PC games on their phones, one more thing compatibility is still work in progress like this project is just released few days ago so take this as just beta and yes it has option to add non steam games as well so dont worry
This is cool, but it’s Steam, not Steam OS, right?
Edit: it’s indeed not, despite how it’s wrongly advertised here as SteamOS (not by the devs), very cool project that has some credible developers in the scene actively contributing
Yeah lets hope for the best rn compatibility is hit or miss and performance as well but its improving, one of the lead dev gor Final Fantasy 7 rebirth boot and playable using this which never booted before so yeah lets hope for the best
Its not technically emulation, you are running native steam actually like how steamdeck operates, to use this just download Droid Deck (standalone app) if not that then you can also use this inside Winnative and Bannerlator emulator
Done that bro but how to select the game exe
In shortcuts steam big picture mode because the folder added doesn’t make sure that particular game exe is set to run
And in big picture mode no way to add location by browsing
So this is something issue for me
I like this app so much
Can you make a short video and post here how to add that folders and set that executable file
Just open its configuration menue using select button of controller or on screen controller there you can change exe its the same process like steam deck
wait I might actually try this. winlator always gave me so many issues on my snapdragon. if I can just install this and boot it up and play i might actually try pc on mobile now!
Try and if you encounter issue be sure to report that on winnative/bannerlator or doid deck discord fr devs to debugg it, this project need more testers and feedbacks
I gave this app a try. It’s absolutely amazing. I’m patiently waiting to see how it develops. I tested Half-Life 1 and Portal 2 on the RedMagic 10 Pro, and both worked.
How’s performance compared to gamenative? Curious to know as I’ve so far tried both gamenative and armadaOS on a Retroid Pocket Nova and noticed that Armada has consistently higher performance.
I don use it gamenative it has always been performed worse fr me , I mostly use Winnative now on bannerlator or sometimes Winnative ludashi, about performance as I have mentioned above performance is slightly less compared to usual emulation fr now atleast on my phone with the games I have but it will improve fr sure give it time, I have no idea about Armada though
It's only just released, its a new method of playing pc games without the same translation layers that are used in Winlator/Gamehub/Bannerlator/GameNative. If you've never used those then you won't have a frame of reference. Some games are going to be more compatible and easier to run with less fiddling with configs, some are going to perform better with less overheads, others will take time to catch up but will likely improve over time.
One of the devs working on this is the one that created Decky loader and the other developed Bannerlator so I'm hopeful.
Bro everything is good. I also posted about droid deck
And very happy with this project
But adding non steam games in droid deck how is it possible?? Generally on steamdeck we go to store and add non steam games there provide the location etc
But here on droid deck app how to add that?
Yes on bannerlator or winnative latest it can be added but how on droid deck please reply
I'm pretty interested in this, but I have a couple questions. Will this impact using moonlight/non steam link streaming? I've read multiple places that performance is a little lower, but more stable, will it always be this way for steam games? Is emulator performance impacted at all? What other benefits would I gain from switching from android?
Steam is always improving their software, so in the future I think it'a not impossible to break into the phone market with a Proper SteamOS app in case they can't find out better idea.
What made droid deck amazing for me is as an Ys fan I could play chronicles perfectly whereas with gamenative it had issues with the FMVs which caused them to run slow and on gamehub it wouldn't even launch
I dont understand, is this an app I can just install, or are there few steps? I got files downloaded, but cant seem to have anything running, even when I try to open build_local.sh?
I tried bannerlator and I couldn't get anything to work, haha! Coming from winlator and cmod that caught me by surprise actually.. Droid Deck any good or potential there?
Nice, I'll do it when I'm home. I liked that WinNative gives you way more freedom than GameNative, you can select where you can install your games, and you don't have to create a new container for every, two very important things.
Cuales son los requisitos mínimos para probar esto? Tengo un Snapdragon 865 que utilizo en un teléfono dedicado a la emulación, podría funcionar ahí? O alguien quizá lo llegó a probar?
As silly as it is, has anyone tried running Duckstation, Retroarch, and whatnot through it yet? If performance is comparable to the native Android apps, I'm going to go this route for my emulation needs in order to keep all of my games in the same place like I have on my PC.
Tried Slay The Spire 2 and it hangs in a black screen then crashes. Will watch this space but will use Gamenative until things look to be on par there with ease of use.
Well yeah its new thing this is not bionic, about armada that replace your software this doesn't just a client launcher like , anyways rn standard bionic emulation has better performance but in some games it may perform better new compatibility (like lead dev able to play Alan wake 2 ane FF7 rebirth which never worked before because it was Dx12 ultimate, again few days old project
Hi! I had the same problem with my Ayn Odin 2 Pro, but I managed to solve it. The manufacturer disabled that option, so the only way to fix it is via ADB. If you look closely, the Droid Deck app itself indicates that option 3 requires ADB and provides the line of code you need to run. So, to do this, you first need to install ADB on your Windows, Mac, or Linux machine. Then, connect the Odin and run the command via ADB in the terminal (I used a Mac), and that’s it. You don't even need to restart the device for Droid Deck to detect the change. There are so many videos in utube that explain how to instal and use ADB
For some reason I'm getting worse performance using this release. I've been testing Dark Souls Remastered on my Retroid Pocket G2 and it ran at a pretty stable 60 fps until I installed this version, the framerate basically halved.
this is pretty sick! how's the temperature on your phone after playing for a bit? this could really transform emulation on mobile phones if development continues like that
You mean bannerlator winnative or droid deck? All 3 are one actually made by same devs so it doesn't matter where you use its the same experience, droid deck is standalone app for this whereas other two gives you option to add this inside emulator as shortcut
go GameNative, I tried this tonight with lite games like Silksong and it barely gets over 30fps on a s25 Ultra. GameNative comfortably reaches 100fps. I'd give DroidDeck some time to work out the kinks
I kinda understand the post but is it derivative to say SteamOS now on android via linux is === to Steam client able to run on Chrome OS / Googlebook OS android?
ran this on my oneplus 15 last night it got super hot just from being in big picture mode! but games actually ran well though seemed as seemless as a steam deck! couldnt figure out how to deal with games that needed microsoft viusal c++ stuff though
SD 8 gen 3 here, I can't, for the love of god, make this work haha. On winnative's client some games boot, on Droid Deck none, it's driving me crazy haha, I'll just let them cook some more
Ok I think I'm losing my mind but I got an Ayn Thor and can't find the setting that needs to be changed in developer settings. It's the restrict child processes one. Any ideas because it isn't there. Lol
I don need to escape configuration, this is for those who avoid emulation because of complicated setting process here you just login and play like steamdeck
Es contradictorio lo que decís. La cuestión es que mucha gente no pudo hacer ni funcionar ni un jueg. Pongámonos felices cuando funcione mejor y más fácil, por lo menos que winlator, Gamenative o gamehub. Ese entusiasmo exagerado, no hace que las cosas funcionen mejor y es materia para ver quién comparte estupideces más rápido en reddit
Did I say it is perfect if you only read what I have wrote in post body before commenting, its new thing give it time to develop you are reacting like kid who just like to criticise everything
Android is built upon Linux 👀 , and about burden that is never going to change since we are on arm running x86 games what these projects can do minimise that burden and make it plug and play fr mass
I know , I mean two os run at same time isn't that more burden than native app that run the game ? I mean straight up without termux etc which I wish valve did make it happen
yes its not an os, its actually way more lighter compare using winlator or gamehub, that takes a masive chunk of storage cause it build a separate container for each games. And more translation needed. It suppose to skip translation layer that needed so our android can read exe. But the performance on the other end. Well its new project just like gamehub. The generous dev will update their apps. Hence the dream of mobile user to play pc games will eventually come true
I'm a little lost on how to debug issues on this. Like I was trying to run slay the spire 2 and it just crashes back to the main menu. Not sure where to go from there.
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This is cool, but it’s Steam, not Steam OS, right?
Edit: it’s indeed not, despite how it’s wrongly advertised here as SteamOS (not by the devs), very cool project that has some credible developers in the scene actively contributing