morgan_423

@morgan_423@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else use their steam deck as a PC? How's it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who replaced a dying laptop with a Deck, I can tell you that it’s simply this: it functions great as BOTH a handheld and a regular portable PC, both docked and not docked.

  Granted, I was lucky in that I already had one of the more expensive needed extra components (a really good 1440 gaming monitor that my sister gave me after she upgraded to 4k for her rig), but I literally only had to grab a dock, a couple of cables, and a bluetooth keyboard / mouse / headphone combo, and I was good to go. Far cheaper than a new (even-low tier) laptop, and it still would have been even if I would have had to buy a monitor… and honestly, I don’t miss getting crouch-heat blasted in the least.

  Also, FWIW, I don’t think the Deck is particularly good at anything that is not gaming.

  Honestly, that feels like an opinion from someone who hasn’t used it in that way. It works great for non-gaming stuff, even while mobile. 800p is totally okay on a sub-8 inch screen, which isn’t too small at the distance you view it from when not docked. I also don’t have issues with needing to one-hand the Deck often, but when that happens, laps and chests exist, depending on where I’m using it, so it’s never really been a problem.

  As far as desktop navigation goes, it’s great. It has a touch screen, but if you’re someone like me who doesn’t like to touch the screen and print it up, you can just make up whatever control scheme is most comfortable to you. I use the joystick instead of the touch pad, I just find it easiest.

  All in all, the Deck a great experience while mobile, and isn’t anywhere near as bulky as a gaming laptop to carry around.

  Literally the only thing I ever miss is the ability to easily text chat in games while docked, but most stuff I play now, I can just use the mic if I have to talk to other players.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else use their steam deck as a PC? How's it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s my daily driver as well, I’ve had both LCD and OLED, and native display is normally off for both when I’m docked to my monitor. Personal preference, I don’t need the small Deck screen as a second monitor 99% of the time when I’m setting five feet (1.5m) away, and I don’t like losing my mouse cursor in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else use their steam deck as a PC? How's it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m one of those weirdos. It’s my daily driver desktop PC.

  I ordered mine with the same intentions as everyone else in the Great Queue of 2022 and waited patiently until it arrived in June. The week before it did, my old laptop finally kicked the bucket.

  At first I intended to replace that laptop, but… I docked up the Deck and fell in love. I had already divorced Microsoft and was on Linux anyway, so it was an easy transition, and the Deck is far more capable than that old laptop was, so weirdly… it was an upgrade. More capable on daily tasks, and more portable when I had to be on the go with it. It’s been a great several years, and no regrets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 introducing a native Steam Deck build that improves performance by reducing CPU load and memory usage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I play with a controller or the Deck controls all the time, and I actually prefer the controller UI to the M&K UI; once I got used to the way everything was laid out, and how to manipulate the wheels, it just felt like a better experience to me. To answer your original question, there are no functions or information missing from the controller UI, nor is any of it particularly difficult to get to in normal play… you just have to get used to where everything is.

  They are radically different UIs though, and I wouldn’t expect everyone to like them both. If you give the controller UI a solid try and it doesn’t click for you, it’s definitely okay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 introducing a native Steam Deck build that improves performance by reducing CPU load and memory usage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s great and all, but it’s locking up my Deck for quite a bit of time while it slowly and painfully downloads and patches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck LCD 256GB on sale for 20% off ($400 -> $320)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a specific use case: absolutely. If you want to dock it a large percentage of the time and use it as a PC console, plugged into power and hooked up to your TV / projector / monitor / whatever:

  1. You’re not going to care about the built in screen as much
  2. You’re not going to care about the lesser battery as much
  3. The huge savings over an SD OLED will help you get over the 1 or 2 FPS you’ll lose in most games.

  If you’re that person, you should definitely go for it. And even if you find yourself playing handheld more than you thought you would, it’s still not a big deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve fixes Baldur's Gate 3 issue on Steam Deck / SteamOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve definitely sen in the past that availabilities vary by region.