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lizardbrain said:
Does that work? Using external storage?
Or would you go direct to the 256 with hindsight?
I’m not a big AAA type
Yes, it works well. I've got Snowrunner installed on the microsd card. It takes quite a while to start up, and changing between maps is a bit slower than it would be on a PC, but during gameplay it's absolutely fine.Or would you go direct to the 256 with hindsight?
I’m not a big AAA type
conkerman said:
I can only find the base game for £4 GOTY is £7. (I already have the vanilla game so didn't want to buy it again)
It was on offer before Christmas so I swiped it quickly as you say it’s gone up again now.I sometime get my steam games from green man gaming too, but it’s also the same price on their now too.
https://www.greenmangaming.com/
I still think £7 is a bargain when you consider I probably paid over £60 for the Xbox version I have that my Son Tom is playing again!
But I know what you mean, it would be great if one licence allowed play on different platforms so you didn’t have to buy the same game all over again.
So for no reason at all my fallout 4 has stopped working on my steam deck.
I had just got to Diamond City, just left it to start the he next mission, searching for Valentine the detective I think, but it just sat there trying to load.
I quit the game and restarted it, but now all o get is this screen and nothing else.
I have restarted my steam deck and it then did a steam update, but the game still won’t run.
Any ideas what to try to fix first?
I had just got to Diamond City, just left it to start the he next mission, searching for Valentine the detective I think, but it just sat there trying to load.
I quit the game and restarted it, but now all o get is this screen and nothing else.
I have restarted my steam deck and it then did a steam update, but the game still won’t run.
Any ideas what to try to fix first?
Steam Dock now getting some proper use.... It's great to be playing games on the main TV ( some at 120fps no less ! ) then just grabbing it off the dock and carrying on when the Mrs wants to watch TV or on the main PC.
Fantastic device I've already started putting cash aside for version 2 !
Fantastic device I've already started putting cash aside for version 2 !
ten200 said:
While I said that Snowrunner isn't quick to load when running from sd card, I can't say if it's any slower than it would be than running from internal storage as I've only used the internal storage for much smaller games.
I don't know what the Steamdeck is doing but generally games aren't that much slower from SD than SSD when gaming (there are a few exceptions). However, the SSD is measurably quicker than SD if you drop to desktop linux mode and time raw reads and writes on large files.My desktop PC with a simple large SATA SSD for my games library simply smokes the Deck when it comes to Steam game load times (off either the NVMe SSD or SD) so there must be a strong element of decompression and doing other CPU stuff in parallel with the load process on a lot of games. Maybe that's why SSD and SD load times are generally similar on the Deck itself.
My steam deck arrived in 5 days. It feels much better than the switch I tested. Happy with it so far. I think there is a decent chance I'll ditch my gaming pc at some point.
So far I've mostly played rocket league native and Red dead 2 streaming from the gaming PC , both work great.
Side question, what would be the child friendly equivalent of RDD2 on the steam deck that works natively? In terms of story content, not controls. My kid is too young to play himself, but loves watching me play and tell me what to do.
So far I've mostly played rocket league native and Red dead 2 streaming from the gaming PC , both work great.
Side question, what would be the child friendly equivalent of RDD2 on the steam deck that works natively? In terms of story content, not controls. My kid is too young to play himself, but loves watching me play and tell me what to do.
Hmm, it's a struggle to find open world/adventure games that are child friendly in terms of story content (I have an 8 year old, he loves them but there aren't many that are suitable!)
Zelda: Breath of the Wild is probably the single best example but it's not native and would take some work to get running on the Deck (we have it on Switch but he wanted it with mods on the Deck too!)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is one that comes to mind, frequently cheap in Steam sales. Horizon: Zero Dawn also, but maybe pushing it depending on their age.
Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga is native too and excellent to sit down together and play through.
Very different genre but my son actually cries with laughter playing Untitled Goose Game, and it's fun to watch others playing it too.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild is probably the single best example but it's not native and would take some work to get running on the Deck (we have it on Switch but he wanted it with mods on the Deck too!)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is one that comes to mind, frequently cheap in Steam sales. Horizon: Zero Dawn also, but maybe pushing it depending on their age.
Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga is native too and excellent to sit down together and play through.
Very different genre but my son actually cries with laughter playing Untitled Goose Game, and it's fun to watch others playing it too.
Edited by ch37 on Friday 6th January 09:45
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