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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve fixes Baldur's Gate 3 issue on Steam Deck / SteamOS⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
This is why I always force the Windows version of stuff by using Proton on everything. I hate to say it, but the native Linux versions of a lot of games are inferior.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - September 2025⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
No mods or anything, if that’s what you’re asking. I just got proficient and practiced with quickly setting it up over multiple runs and character types. I normally use the same logic for almost every character for consistency:

Generally wheel one is going to be standard melee and ranged attacks that all characters have. I’ll also put stuff on wheel one that some characters will use as much, or more than, their standard melee or ranged weapon attacks, like their most-used ranged attack cantrip, or Booming Blade for melee characters who have that. Weapon-specific attacks (like lacerate, charge, et cetera) can go here if there’s room… otherwise I’ll get them onto the first wheel with open slots after this.

Wheel two will be standard actions… stuff like toggling lethal / non lethal damage, the disengage/sprint/stealth buttons, et cetera. Class actions (eldritch knight weapon bind, hex blade warlock weapon hex, barbarian rage, et cetera) go here too.

Wheel 3 (and 4 if needed) I primarily reserve specifically for item toggling. If you didn’t know, you can shortcut equipment changes on the wheels by putting items in these quick slots, so for example: if I have the the lock-picking character using the advantage on lock-picking gloves when they open something, but a different set of gloves at all other times, then I can make a shortcut for both gloves and put them on the wheel, and switch them from there really quickly when needed, instead of digging through the character inventory screens and searching for them every time. Same goes for necklaces and rings that have a once a day effect and then you switch to something else, or that Dancing Lights necklace that you occasionally wear when you need to see something better and then afterward you put your normal necklace right back on, et cetera.

Then the next wheels are for the spells for casters. Cantrips on the first, level one on the next, et cetera. If they don’t have many total spells (like an eldritch knight or a pure melee warlock or something) I might combine a couple of levels per wheel.

Last wheels, finally, are consumables like potions, throwing items, attack items, et cetera.

It can be a pain to organize these for a few minutes at the start of the game, or each time when you first gain a new companion, but once you have them set up, it’s silky smooth from there and all your characters flow with the same logic regardless of class.

There might also be a mod out there that helps do this, I’m not sure. I haven’t seen one yet, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, there are half a bajillion mods for this game and I doubt I’ve seen anywhere near all of them. Hope this makes sense and helps, and have fun!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - September 2025⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Once I got used to sorting stuff on the wheels, controller and the controller UI became my favorite way to play the game. I use it even when docked.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Time Flies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Isn’t there an easy Decky plugin that lets you set a visible timer for yourself? I don’t really need it but I thought I saw it going through the Decky store one day.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
There’s also the fact that even in the future, you’ll be able to have a current-for-the-time PC, and still be able to stream to the Deck locally anywhere in the house if you’re playing then-modern games.

It just has the perfect form factor and ergonomics to be the champion of that job, and i don’t see that changing any time soon.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve 'Fremont' APU breaks cover on Geekbench, most likely for a future console⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t know about their next console, but I’d love that new Steam Controller. Hop to it Valve!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What's something that has improved your Deck experience?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Hardware-wise:

I have to say that when I’m docked, it’s my 31" 1440p monitor. I love the way it looks, and it perfectly integer scales with 720p, so I have the option of running stuff in 720p native with no jaggies, and it looks fantastic.

When I’m handheld, I use a pair of light and thin bone conduction headphones so I can be anywhere in the house and have my ears open. I also use a simple pair of clip on 2x reading glasses to blow up the native screen, they cost me maybe $10 and really help out my 40s eyes.

Software wise: This is my main PC, and you know I always sing the praises of Nested Desktop because I’m always needing to bounce to Desktop mode. Decky has been transformative over the years with so many good plug ins.

But finally, I would have to say that the most impactful thing in recent times has been the Lossless Scaling frame gen… that’s a literal game changer. If you had told me three months ago that I’d be playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on my Steam Deck at 90 FPS, I’d have looked at you like you had a third eye growing out of the middle of your forehead, but here we are.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] Swapped nvme from old deck into new deck, now headphones don't work⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yay! Glad to hear that you found the solution!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] Swapped nvme from old deck into new deck, now headphones don't work⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not that I’m an expert, but I could have sworn I’ve seen people in the past who were talking about accidentally messing with the physical stuff involved with the headphone jack when they hard drive swapped.

I might be misremembering but just wanted to suggest that you may want to check into whether it could be physical, and not software related, because if you’re troubleshooting the wrong cause you can get stuck on it for quite a while.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is now a Decky Plugin to use Lossless frame gen on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Hey, I figured out what I had done wrong, I dropped the files in the wrong place. Everything seems to be working now.

If you’re still struggling, this YT video shows you where you have to put everything to get it all to work.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is now a Decky Plugin to use Lossless frame gen on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
So I’m 0-1 so far (Samsung-screened SD OLED). Tried Baldur’s Gate 3 with a large variety of settings, it either crashed upon boot or booted with no video.

I know it’s a DX11 game so it rarely agrees with tools like this, but I was hoping, lol. If I try anything else, I’ll edit this same post so as not to take over the thread.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is now a Decky Plugin to use Lossless frame gen on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Since it didn’t crash you, but didn’t seem to kick in, check and make sure that you’re not full screen on your in-game settings. Go windowed or bordered instead.

I have used it a handful of times on Windows and that was always a prereq to get it to do anything.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is now a Decky Plugin to use Lossless frame gen on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Thanks for the heads up!

I have a couple of RPGs where I have zero concern on input lag, but they could definitely use a frame boost. I’m going to give this a try today. 😀
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a decky plugin that allows GE-protons from Gamemode?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Like the others said, you should probably clarify your question, it’s kind of unclear what you’re asking.

If you mean using GE Proton versions, they are just available in your game management options in Gaming mode once you’ve installed them, just like any other Proton version is.

If you mean downloading / installing them, I’m not sure what your objection would be regarding doing that in Desktop mode… using ProtonUp-Qt to do it is really quick and simple.

If it’s the length of time for booting back and forth between Gaming mode and native Desktop mode that’s your pain point, you can always just use Nested Desktop to flip over to your Desktop mode functions while you’re in Gaming mode and eliminate most of that wait time. I cover how to set that up in this post here.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Power LED is switching between white and orange when unplugged and plugged.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
If you have an alternating orange and white power LED, it means that the Deck is struggling to charge at at least the rate that it would on the official chargers (40W or 45W).

This could be you using an alternate (and lower power than the official) power adapter, or it could have been an electrical issue where you were plugged in, and there was some issue with the current you were drawing.

For your future reference, here’s an old Reddit thread I found back when I got my OLED Steam Deck; I bookmarked it to keep the light codes handy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the charge limit actually work?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’m on the current beta stable release, and it’s working fine for me.

Be aware that if you’re already charged to 100%, and you play primarily plugged in and/or docked, it’s going to take to a while to work down to the level you set it at.

I do, and I set mine at 85%… it probably took 10 to 15 hours to go from 100% -> 85%. Now it sits consistently between 83% to 85% while plugged in.

Pretty sure it’s doing that slow drain on purpose because it’s better for long term battery health.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
All Steam Decks come with an SSD of varying sizes for their base storage, so you definitely have one. If I remember correctly the original 64GB LCD model had a slower nvme SSD, but all the other models should be similar performance SSD-wise.

Maybe if you have an LCD Deck, and I have an OLED, that was the difference? I know they don’t function much differently in most ways, but I have heard that there are some slight background tech differences between them that have them perform differently in some scenarios.

Can’t say we didn’t try though!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I did get into the game, I was playing it for almost half an hour the other day.

Did you run Heroic using Proton? Because if so you definitely don’t want to do that, Heroic itself should be run without compatibility tools.

Let me give it another go today, I haven’t changed anything since I ran it over the weekend.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You’re welcome! Have fun!

This one doesn’t seem like it’s my normal cup of tea but I might have to give it a go further than the first ten minutes, I really like the aesthetic lol
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, but crucially, in Desktop mode, not Gaming mode. It didn’t work when I tried it from Gaming mode!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Never mind, I got it running!

So, I realized that I hadn’t tried it in native Desktop mode, and it can be important, it works a little differently to Gaming mode in the background. And that was it.
1. Go to Desktop Mode (native Desktop mode using the power menu option, not Nested Desktop)
2. Right click Steam icon on the taskbar > Library
3. Find Heroic Games launcher on your library list and run it
4. Just launch the game in Heroic like you normally do. My launcher knew to use a recent version of GE Proton automatically, I didn’t have to tell it.
5. Worked like a charm.
Super cute game btw lol
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
For reals though, there aren’t many Proton DB entries for this one, but one Deck user reported they used GE-Proton 9-16. So I’d download that version of GE Proton if you haven’t and give that a go.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ogu and the Secret Forest via Epic Games - keeps freezing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Ah, see, you misheard.

That wasn’t the free game of the week, it was the FREEZE game of the week.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED 1TB Certified Refurbished back in stock in the US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
We’ve definitely sen in the past that availabilities vary by region.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the Steam Deck docked has been a dreadful experience for me. Is it just me going wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There’s some component in your docking setup (the dock or the TV) that’s causing this. I regularly dock to a 1440p monitor and a 1080p projector with zero issues.

That being said, there are multiple docks out there (even the official one) that don’t jibe with both the Deck and every display and thus give a subpar experience, as there are widespread reports of that. You kind of have to luck into the compatibility of both of those components, and even then there are also TVs out there that aren’t really dock-happy with anything.

Try docking to someone else’s TV next time you go visit someone, if it’s fine then you know it’s either your TV or your TV and dock not liking each other.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants a slice of Valve's pie (and more Deck gaming news)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
If Microsoft doesn’t 1) come at this from an angle of adjusting Windows into a good handheld experience, and 2) releasing this as an open platform PC, they’re toast.

There are a handful of people who don’t have a handheld currently who will blindly follow the branding, but I doubt a single person who is currently enjoying the openness of a Deck, Go, Ally, et cetera will voluntarily blunder back into a freedom-restricting walled garden of any sort.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some light-hearted, feel-good, comforting games to play on the deck?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I recommend Cobalt Core. Super cute characters and story, and very satisfying even after completing the main quest. It and Balatro are currently my standing “twenty minutes on a lunch break” games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’m curious about the Go 2. Huge OLED screen… I know it’s not supposed to come out for a minute, but it’s tempting.

The ergonomics put me off of the first Go, it was not comfy to hold when I tried the display model. But I think they’re addressing that. We’ll have to see how it goes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad news for portable Monster Hunter Wilds hopefuls: the Steam Deck can't manage 30 fps, even in maximum potato mode⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Fortunately there’s still a zillion super-fun games that the Deck can handle fine. Also if you have another, beefier PC, streaming to the Deck is a thing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What are you playing on your deck? - February 2025⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Playing Baldur’s Gate 3 again, after a several month hiatus from it. But this time I’m doing Honour Mode for the first time, currently working through Act I.

It’s tough! Especially early game. I decided for some hard-to-kill character builds, to try to avoid team wipes.

Playing as Gale, target build is Drac Sorc (Cold) 1, Abj Wiz 11, specced on INT. Idea is to get utility cantrips, scales, and Armor of Ag from sorcerer, everything else goes into making Gale an Arcane Ward tank. He sprints into melee combat, the enemies kill themselves on the Armor of Ag retaliation when they hit him, rinse and repeat as much as needed.

Also having Karlach be the BarBearian, taking half damage from everything as she rages, and healing with that heal mace you pick up in Act 1 every time she clocks someone with it. It’s working well so far, hopefully it stays viable as the game goes on.