Steam Deck

[conkerman]

EA Have been cocking about with the launchers moving from Origin to EA App.

It has pretty much nuked all these games on the deck. Hopefully should be fixed soon.

[gotoPzero]

Been playing Civilisation 6 last couple of days. Still in my first game but quite enjoying it.
Got a bit further in vampire survivors too.

[Deadlysub]

I’m still loving my Deck, it’s such a great bit of kit just to pick up and play for 30 mins and put it back down again.

[TheLoraxxZeus]

I love my deck but I honestly don't play that many games on it via steam. I mainly use it for emulation.

I have put some hours into Rimworld and Slay the Spire though, not much, couple hundred maybe lol.

[ch37]

TheLoraxxZeus said:

I love my deck but I honestly don't play that many games on it via steam. I mainly use it for emulation.

We packed the Gamecube away, now 100% through the Deck (and Dock), it's amazing and pretty much flawless.

[Steven_RW]

ch37 said:

TheLoraxxZeus said:

I love my deck but I honestly don't play that many games on it via steam. I mainly use it for emulation.

We packed the Gamecube away, now 100% through the Deck (and Dock), it's amazing and pretty much flawless.

What games did you play on the gamecube? Are there any you recommend trying via emulation?

Thx

RW

[ch37]

Steven_RW said:

What games did you play on the gamecube? Are there any you recommend trying via emulation?

Thx

RW

Super Monkey Ball
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II
Paper Mario
Zelda Wind Waker
F Zero GX
Simpsons Hit & Run
Skies of Arcadia
Pikmin 2

and most importantly, Burnout 2 (still the best Burnout) with additional crash junctions. So many hours ploughed into those.

[conkerman]

PSA. - I bought and installed Fallen Order last night on deck and it works fine.

[ch37]

conkerman said:

PSA. - I bought and installed Fallen Order last night on deck and it works fine.

Seems to change daily at the moment as EA work on migrating away from Origin. Ours worked perfectly one morning and then just stopped when booting it up after lunch!

Making a copy of the save then deleting the Proton files (then pasting the save back in) gets it working again, bit of a faff though.

[Jezz172]

I've just got mine and loving it so far!

Mainly playing American Truck Sim, Cyberpunk and Day-Z

[gotoPzero]

tempted by day z

is it easy in regards controls ?

[ch37]

Update on EA titles, I was sure Fallen Order was Verified when purchased (I always filter for 'Great on Deck'), turns out it was...

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23495287/steam-...

[Jezz172]

gotoPzero said:

tempted by day z

is it easy in regards controls ?

I play it plugged into the Steam Dock, think it would be unplayable without a mouse & k/b

[gotoPzero]

k cheers thats what I was worried about

[ten200]

I ordered a Steam Deck on 1st December, and it arrived yesterday morning. 64gb doesn't go very far on these - I had a 256gb sd card ordered from Amazon within a hour of opening the box.

[ch37]

I'm enjoying having a Playstation without having a Playstation at the moment, Steam Deck on the telly via the Dock and a Dualsense controller connected. Got Spider-Man Remastered in the sale, it's fantastic and runs like a dream. Horizon Zero Dawn also cheap in the sale, will install that once Spider-Man is done with.

Just waiting for Miles Morales and Uncharted to hit the sale now.

[lizardbrain]

ten200 said:

I ordered a Steam Deck on 1st December, and it arrived yesterday morning. 64gb doesn't go very far on these - I had a 256gb sd card ordered from Amazon within a hour of opening the box.

Does that work? Using external storage?

Or would you go direct to the 256 with hindsight?

I’m not a big AAA type

[gotoPzero]

Get the 64 and then do a drive swap. Thats what I did.

My deck ended up just under £400 for a 500gig. I think the nvme I got was higher spec than what steam use too from factory.

Its just a few screws and then use a credit card to pry open the case and once you have the top open it just peels open.

Unhook the battery, remove the factory drive and then put in your new one. Put it back together and boot from USB.

Allow about 1 - 2 hours for the whole process depending on your internet speed to download the image and make the boot drive etc.

It sounds complicated but just follow the instructions on the various youtube videos and you cant really go wrong.

Then I put my games on an SD card. This means I know my internal drive will likely never run out of space as no matter how many updates and shader files end up on the internal drive in theory its big enough to last for a very long time.

If I fill my SD card (likely) I can always just put another bigger one in in 2 seconds or have multiple sd cards.

IYSWIM.

[lizardbrain]

gotoPzero said:

Get the 64 and then do a drive swap. Thats what I did.

My deck ended up just under £400 for a 500gig. I think the nvme I got was higher spec than what steam use too from factory.

Its just a few screws and then use a credit card to pry open the case and once you have the top open it just peels open.

Unhook the battery, remove the factory drive and then put in your new one. Put it back together and boot from USB.

Allow about 1 - 2 hours for the whole process depending on your internet speed to download the image and make the boot drive etc.

It sounds complicated but just follow the instructions on the various youtube videos and you cant really go wrong.

Then I put my games on an SD card. This means I know my internal drive will likely never run out of space as no matter how many updates and shader files end up on the internal drive in theory its big enough to last for a very long time.

If I fill my SD card (likely) I can always just put another bigger one in in 2 seconds or have multiple sd cards.

IYSWIM.

Cheers, that sounds like the first game I'm likely to play on it!

[gotoPzero]

Just remember you will need a USB C memory stick or a usb convertor.