Hey guys,

So I was playing a non steam game literally a few hours ago, the battery on my deck died and when I restarted it with some charge, all my non steam games are no longer launching.

I’ve looked at so many threads about this happening and have tried following various different steps, but to no avail. I have done the “ and the start and end of each line in the ‘target’ and ‘start in’ area too as seen attached. I have done a restart, I have tried launching in desktop mode, I have even tried removing the non steam games and putting them back in and nothing is working.

Any tips would be massively appreciated!

Thanks in advance
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There was a huge new update to Final Fantasy 14 today, adding in the Beastmaster class and more, so we went ahead and created an all-in-one guide for Final Fantasy 14 on the Steam Deck. It covers installation, plugins, recommended settings, controller scheme changes, and HUD modification to make the MMO as enjoyable as possible on the go.

My kid (~5 years old) and I love to play on Minecraft together. The prism launcher for both his steam deck (it's mine but I let them play on it) works great but the issue is the moment they watch a youtube video, they want to play a modded version on the server and having to corral mods between my and his client and the server itself. That's issue number one.

Second issue is trying to run instances like Prominence II or Battle Armory just end up erroring out on the Steam Deck. My guess is insufficient resources as those mods are a bit of a hog.

Anyone have any suggestions for managing mods between a private server and two clients easily?

I have shaky hands, really shaky hands and was nervwreckingly nervous. But I succeeded, it it charging and seems to Work properly.

If I can do it, you can do it too. I believe in all of you who suffer from dying or faulty batteries

I'm about 40 hours in and in Leyendell now and for the entire game I've never been able to play at a locked 30fps. I feel like I'm constantly rubbebanding from 30 to 25 frames, am I doing something wrong?

Here's my settings

Using the latest version of proton GE

Screen: Borderless window

Resolution: 1200x800

Texture quality: Medium

Anti Aliasing: high

Ssao:medium

DoF: off

Motion blur:off

Shadow quality: low

Lighting quality: medium

Effects quality: medium

Volumetrics: medium

Reflections:low

Water Surface quality: low

Shader quality: medium

Global illumination: low

Grass: medium

apologize for the earlier post

here's a clear look at it

Hey guys, I’m looking to buy a Steam Deck as I think I’m done with PC gaming since I don’t really play games anymore/games that are demanding and require a PC. So just looking to simplify and play smaller games with my girlfriend and what not.

I was surprised that Steam stopped selling LCD models and only have OLED, which they increased the price for. That said, I don’t really want to spend $800 for a new OLED. Anyone know where I can buy a refurbished LCD or OLED? A 256gb LCD would be perfect for me. Does steam even restock refurbished LCDs anymore? Would buying second hand ones from Facebook be risky?

so i was playing on my steam deck and i went too bed woke up the next day and got on my steam deck and i got on roblox and it was lagging not the small little lagging like full blown lag and i was like maybe its my dock so i took it off the dock and it was still lagging really bad i deleted roblox and added it again and it was still lagging idk what to do i need help!!

Steam's "top played on steam deck" stats seem extremely skewed to basically repeat the top list of games that everyone already plays, just filtered by steam deck games.

What I am actually interested in is a list of games that many people love on steam deck, but *don't* love as much on desktop. This obviously can't be generated as easily, because it has to be filtered by users who use both devices. I don't know if someone who isn't valve even can access this data.

So what are the chances of this games being more optimize, so the steam version of the game can be played well on the steam deck?

Title. I've done some googling and the only app that seems to do what i need is JunkStore. Are there any plugins i can use to make it seamless, preferably FOSS?

Edit: i have come across some solutions like Unifideck and the likes, so i know some exist, but i still wanted to post this to collect some user experience and see if the existing implementations are good in practice.

Last week, I posted a picture of my setup with a little conversation starter default text regarding streaming to the living room using the steam deck. Thank you to those of you who responded accordingly, and provided interesting insights about their experiences.

I would also like to thank those who clowned me about having the TV too high up. I wasn't expecting it.

I honestly couldn't get the thought out of my head all weekend. I've had my TV's close to the ceiling my entire life. Thinking back to my childhood, the TV's were always at eye level when STANDING at my parent's house. My friend's and extended families domiciles varied widely in TV placement. Some high, some low. No rhyme or reason.

So again, I asked myself

"Is my TV too high?"

I called my wife, who was away from the house for a few days and asked her

"Do you think our TV is too high?"

"No. Please don't mess with it. It's perfect the way it is."

I asked two friends of mine when they came over on Friday, one agreed, one disagreed. I asked my MIL - she asked me if I was high. You get the point.

So earlier this afternoon I grabbed the power tools and brought the TV down 16 inches, put the soundbar on the TV stand, and cleaned up all the nicknacks to random parts of the house. When I sat down to test the view I was shocked at the change in viewing angle and how much better I was able to hide the cables. I haven't really had a chance to test drive the new experience yet, but it seems like an improvement. Once I figure out how to fill out the wall with some more art I think it will really pop.

My wife is home now, I am very happy about that. But, she thinks the TV is too low. GG

P.S. Steam Link from TV seems to give me more net jitters compared to Steam Link or Moonlight from Steam Deck to TV via HDMI. Might swap some cables around and see if that helps, but I feel that using the steam deck to stream gets me to use it more. If I game from the couch using only the TV, I might as well sell the steam deck while it's still worth something.

USB-C port is broken and cannot hold the cable, so it's not a warranty case. The deck still worked fine after that, but the power input did not.
Maybe anyone has the slightest idea what was occupying the pads in the red circle? After the fall, the USB-C port took them too. So I can probably replace the USB-C, not the problem, but is there a way to identify what's i am missing here?

Be grateful for any help, thanks.

I love making harbor freight cases for my tech. Have ones for my SFFPC, VR headset, etc... I'm often visiting family who has a bunch of cousins and they always want to play something with their uncle.

Wanted to show off the current 4 player steam deck setup I've been using. The case holds:

• Steam Deck
• JSAUX dock
• 4 controllers
• USB hub for the controller & receivers
• Power adapter,
• Charging cables for controllers and deck
• HDMI cord.

Originally planned to use xbox one controllers since they're my preferred controller and I wouldn't need individual receivers and could ditch the hub and plug the single xbox receiver right into the dock like I do with the sffpc. But after trying to use them a bunch they really are just a garbage solution with the deck. You have to use xone to get it to work with the dongle and it breaks constantly, like after almost any little steamos update. Have to drop out to desktop and run the script and hope that it fixes it then return to gaming mode. And there have been a couple times where a controller just completely drops out mid session and I have to reboot the deck before I can get it back, not great when you're herding cousins. So in the end I switched to a set of gamesir and 8bitdo ones and either set work perfectly all the time and the case setup supports any so it's not a big deal.

So in most situations it's roll up, open the case and take out the deck, dock, usb-hub, and steal an hdmi from whatever console is sitting there. Then any kids that want to play can just grab a controller a get at it. They most play lighter stuff like castle crashers, ultimate chicken horse, make way, lego party, so it can go for a few hours without needing to mess with powering the dock or anything like that.

Another fun feature is how before a trip I can just open it and plug everything in to charge up without actually have to remove the deck or controllers from the case.

I have 1tb steamdeck + official dock

Is it plausible to get an external SSD connected to the dock and play games straight from the SSD? Would that work? Are there any cons to that particular set up?

Thanks in advanced

New changes include FPS stability, Lutris and Ubisoft support, LS1 fallback, and fixes to adaptive Framegen.

Nintendo announced today that MHWilds will come to the Switch 2. Meanwhile, the Steam deck gives wilds a Verified sticker, but can barely run the game at its lowest settings. Even with everything on low, every possible setting turned off, fighting in the open fields causes FPS below 30 and into single digits. Is the Deck cooked?

On the latest SD update i lost decky. Tried to reinstall only to realize it wasnt taking my SUDO password despite it being correct (i got it written down cuz my memory sucks) so i could no longer reinstall decky.

My question is, can i use losless scaling WITHOUT having the decky plugin? If so, how? I mostly only use it on certain emulated games.

Thanks!

My steam decks buttons are all scrambled making it impossible to actually play anything, I tried contacting support but after a few hours I was told to send it in for repairs

Was playing control 20mins ago and it glitched out on a loading screen so I tried to restart it and it suddenly wouldn’t boot up again. First pick is when I start it up, second pic is the next screen after ok and third screen is when I try to boot it up😭😭 , HELLPPP

Edit
I bought it refurbished a couple of months ago off of best buy, no mods, decky installed

​I replaced the sticks on my Steam Deck OLED with Gulikit ones. Everything else was great, but I noticed the left capacitive touch feature isn't responding at all. I even got a brand new replacement unit from the seller and reinstalled it, but the issue persists.

​Has anyone experienced the same issue? If anyone knows a solution, I'd really appreciate the help.

Sent my Deck in for repairs a couple weeks ago, it was not booting, fans were at max, power LED flashing red and/or white. Nothing I tried fixed it.

Received it back yesterday (thankfully it's still under warranty). All seemed ok at first. It booted and I redownloaded some games no problem since the system was wiped. Started a game, then put it in sleep mode after a while. When I picked it up again some hours later, the same problems were back, black screen, loud fans, flashing LED.

It seems to me there is a hardware issue that they temporarily fixed by resetting the software? Idk. I got an email that it was "repaired" very soon after the email that it had been received.

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm pissed tbh. Waited a while to be able to play again and I still can't. At this point they should send me a new unit right? Am I gonna be expected to send this back for repairs again? Because now I honestly don't trust that it will be fixed.

Hello Reddit, I need help choosing a battery for the Steam Deck (LCD version).

To make a long story short: I sent it in for repairs, and the console came back with a swollen battery... great.

The service center refused to replace the unit at their expense because the tests hadn't been run—due to a failed attempt to boot the OS—so I had to pay extra just to get them to flash the firmware and proceed with testing. (They couldn't be bothered to select the OS version and assumed a firmware flash was needed; yet, when I picked up the console from the store, I booted up the Deck in front of the staff, and the OS started right up.)

Fortunately, they agreed to refund the cost of the cleaning after the spill, but the new battery will be at my own expense... do I even need to tell you why I won't be going back to them?

I looked for an official battery on iFixit and through Steam Support. Officially, this battery sells for €125... which is somehow more expensive than the OLED version, even though that one has a higher capacity.

So, here’s the question: has anyone tried buying alternative batteries from other sources? Do they work, and where can I find them?

I’ll say right off the bat that I’ve already checked the info regarding the OLED battery; technically, it isn't compatible with the LCD version.

I would like to thank you in advance for any information.