NeryK
@NeryK@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
I have noticed that trying to return to gaming mode after a long period in desktop mode triggered a reboot more often than not. My impression was that Steam updates that occur in desktop mode would trigger a restart, when attempting to return to gaming mode. That made the SD feel janky, with long restart times.
Don’t get me wrong, I found the SD to be a very versatile device, priced very competitively (compared to low-end gaming laptops for example). I will likely buy its successor if and when it comes out. As a portable gaming device, it’s the best deal around. As a daily driver PC, it’s okay but not great.
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
I’d say there is nothing too wild about my peripherals: 1080p60 display, USB mouse and keyboard and the occasional PS4 controller. Everything is indeed pretty much plug n play. However in my experience things go south after a while (sometimes days, sometimes weeks) and get fixed after a full restart cycle. Hard to say where it comes from exactly but the dock is a prime suspect.
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
Bought these to make the most out of those shipping costs. I do not tinker all that much, but having adequate tools like those certainly is a big help.
I also used them to replace the sticks of a Nintendo Switch joy cons with hall effects ones. I saw that similar components are available for the SD, but I currently have no drift problem, so …
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
I am not aware of better options than the Huaying fan for an OG Steam Deck LCD. Did you have something specific in mind ?
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
It was OK but not great. I used the official dock and had frequent peripherals issues which could were only solved by rebooting both the SD and the dock. Turning it off and on again is more a Windows that a Linux thing usually, so that was disappointing.
On the software side, the “flatpak” way of applications delivery usually works well, except when the Discover “store” randomly chooses to offer downgrades instead of upgrades. I used software such as Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice, OpenShot, OpenRGB, LosslessCut, LocalSend with no hassle.
As expected, gaming performance on a 1080p screen was not as smooth as the native SD screen resolution. I would not recommend it for games needing a bit of oomph unless you are fine with sub 30fps.
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 5 months ago:
Not sure what you mean. I got this one: www.ifixit.com/…/steam-deck-original-model-fan?va…
- Submitted 5 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 20 comments
- Comment on Do you still use your Steam Deck much? 5 months ago:
It was setup as a desktop PC for my kid, (official dock, 1080p display, kb+m) for the last year and a half. Bit of an experiment on my part here, because I was curious to know if it was really viable.
The short answer is: yeah, kinda, but with big caveats.
The long answer is:
- It’s alright to watch youtube, browse the web and such.
- It’s perfectly fine for creative tools (GIMP, OpenShot, Libreoffice, etc).
- It’s unsuited for games kids actually want to play (no Fortnite, no more Roblox as of this year, no Valorant, etc).
- It’s surprisingly unreliable. We have had frequent issues (once every two weeks or so), with peripherals suddenly stopping to work for no apparent reason, or the system being slowed waaaay down. Turning it off and on again worked most of the time, but that is not something I expected from a Linux-based machine.
- Comment on Goodbye Roblox on Steam Deck 8 months ago:
Just in case there is any misconception: this particular post does not emanate from anyone at Roblox. This is the Vinegar team closing shop and giving context. Vinegar was an open source project which made it easy to run Roblox on Linux.
Roblox Corporation is the one telling a (likely very small) portion of their paying userbase to fuck off.
- Comment on Goodbye Roblox on Steam Deck 8 months ago:
I do not know, but the Vinegar people give it straight:
Also last time around Wine support was broken for like 6 months and no one found a workaround. It was Roblox devs who re-enabled it later.
- Submitted 8 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 29 comments
- Comment on I've never had a Steam account or done PC gaming. I have a OLED SteamDeck coming. what do I need to know? 10 months ago:
Welcome, you’re in for a treat !
- If you stick to verified games on Steam, there is little need for tinkering, if at all.
- If you do want to tinker, this well is so deep it can become a hobby in and of itself.
- As for recommendations for single player games, there are so many and often heavily discounted. Somewhat randomly, I’m going to suggest Prey (FPS, scifi setting) and Sniper Elite 4 (TPS, WW2 setting). Get them on sale !
- Comment on I've never had a Steam account or done PC gaming. I have a OLED SteamDeck coming. what do I need to know? 10 months ago:
Seconded !
- Comment on [Game] New Elden Ring patch - fixes broken EAC on Steam Deck 10 months ago:
I mean, it would be a bad look if one of the 8 most played games on SD in 2023 was gimped in 2024…
- Comment on The Anacrusis IGN Review (4/10) 11 months ago:
Yes the issue with these L4D clones is that they have to improve upon the L4D formula, or have an interesting take on it. Vermintide and Payday succeeded on their own merits even though the core gameplay loop is very close (and it took each of them two games to get there).
I have tried both Back 4 Blood and the Anacrusis (in early access), and was pretty much over them after a couple of rounds.
- Comment on What are the games featured in the Steam Deck OLED video? 11 months ago:
It was ! The HUD elements and reverse image search helped though.
- Comment on What are the games featured in the Steam Deck OLED video? 11 months ago:
Found the last one: The Knight Witch
- Comment on What are the games featured in the Steam Deck OLED video? 11 months ago:
- Slime Rancher
- Persona 5
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
- Midnight Suns
- ? Not sure, looks familiar though.
- Comment on Steam is giving me options for a return and I'm hoping for advice 11 months ago:
If you’re not in a hurry, get the OLED.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - November 2023 1 year ago:
Mine has mostly become a YouTube player for my kid. It also runs Roblox, and the occasional Counter-Strike 2.
- Comment on [News] EA expanding EA Anti-Cheat - bad news for Steam Deck / Linux 1 year ago:
Thanks for the heads-up. I’m going to try that out very shortly.
- Comment on [News] EA expanding EA Anti-Cheat - bad news for Steam Deck / Linux 1 year ago:
It’s not just EA unfortunately. Plenty of multiplayer titles that could run on SD are prevented to do so because of anticheat.
Hell even Roblox used to work until they broke it with anticheat a few months ago. My kid was not happy with that.
