Steam Deck
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Saves for some systems are not stored in the Emulation/saves folder
I learned now about the export/import tool, but this wouldn't help me anyway since my steamdeck couldn't boot neither of the 2 boot environments.
After reinstalling the OS and emudeck I noticed some systems still had saves but others didn't.
I dig into it and found that the save folders for thoses systems were just links to the home partition. Since I lost my OS and had to reinstall I also lost the data on my home, including those saves.
I would expect the saves to be all in the Emulation/saves folder on my SD card so I could easily reinstall the whole system without loosing them.
It seems the easiest way out is to create symlinks from the SD card to the home partition, not the other way around. First one needs to move the folders to the ad card.
The emulators I use and don't save directly to the SD card are:
retroarch
riujinx
citra
Ppsspp
dolphin
When I find motivation I will write a shell script to make the links for me and move things around.
The export/import tool wouldn't even be needed if the symlinks were correctly created, with that said, probably the emudeck team found problems with that approach (the folders must be moved and links created after the emulator is installed), but I don't see how that approach wouldn't work on Linux.
Thanks emudeck team for automating playing retro games on my steamdeck, your work is really appreciated.
Would be nice to have all the saves stored on my SD card.
- kotaku.com Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale
Valve's 64GB and 512GB Steam Deck LCD models are both less than $390 until next month
- www.eurogamer.net FromSoftware warns new Elden Ring Steam Deck bug making game unresponsive
With one hand FromSoftware giveth (a goat-horse in a more opportune location, for instance) and with the other it taket…
- www.rockpapershotgun.com The Steam Deck is one of the best ways to play Elden Ring, and now Shadow of the Erdtree too
The Steam Deck is a uniquely stutter-free Elden Ring machine, and with our settings guide, you can secure smoother performance in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
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Question about playing Palia on Steam Deck
So, I installed Palia on Steam Deck. First, it failed to start till I chose to run it with Proton Experimental.
Then, the problem I’m running into - I want to log into my account. But every time I select the email/username field and then bring up the Steam virtual keyboard, the form field loses focus. That means I’m typing and nothing is getting typed.
How do I fix this? Is the only option to use an external physical keyboard?
- www.gamingonlinux.com SteamOS 3.6.4 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for DualSense, DisplayPort and more
Valve has released SteamOS 3.6.4 Preview for Steam Deck, a small update to the upcoming release aimed at addressing a few problematic bugs.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Moonlight PC for game streaming via Sunshine gets HDR support for Linux / Steam Deck
Moonlight and Sunshine together are awesome, giving you a great open source way to stream games from one device to another and the latest Moonlight PC release brings in some big new features.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Enshrouded gets a major update and Steam Deck optimizations
Enshrouded, the big open world survival and crafting game from Keen Games, just had the big Enshrouded: Melodies of the Mire update released. Should be good news for Steam Deck players.
- www.pcgamer.com Capture up to 4K gaming footage from your Steam Deck with Avermedia's new X'Tra Go docking station
No additional hardware is required, just an SD card for the dock.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck
A moment I've no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.
- www.siliconera.com Capcom Will Promote Steam Deck With Street Fighter 6 in Japan
Capcom will set up public demo booths that let people try out Street Fighter 6 on the Steam Deck in select amusement centers across Japan.
Original press release from Capcom (Japanese): https://www.capcom.co.jp/amusement/game/event/6steam_deck.html
- www.gamedeveloper.com Why some games can't work well on Steam Deck
PCcontroller support is just one hurdle games like Besiege would need to overcome; Spiderling Studios says it's not as simple as copy-and-pasting the console's code.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Steam Beta adds Bluetooth device battery info for Steam Deck, various desktop PC updates
Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck.
- www.pcgamer.com It Takes Two's Steam Deck update broke old cloud saves, but EA has an old-school workaround
It Takes Two is now fully Steam Deck verified, supports the Steam friends list, and no longer requires the EA launcher. But there's a catch.
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Do you play non-steam games?
How many of you install games outside Steam on your Decks? Do you find the process easy?
I'm a hobbyist game developer myself, and I'm looking into making games especially designed for the Steam Deck. However, for freeware games, the $100 price per title on the Steam store is a bit too steep. I wish there was an easy-to-use alternative store on the Deck, but since that's not the case, I'm wondering if it would make any sense to develop games for the Deck and publish them, for example, on Itch.io.
(As a proof of concept, I created this step-by-step guide for a hacky Steam Deck version of my old game, Soccer Physics. I think it still applies, even though it's a year-old build/guide: https://www.ottoojala.com/soccerphysicssteamdeck/ )
- www.gamingonlinux.com Latest stable Steam Deck update fixes a boot game mode issue
Valve released a small stable update for the Steam Deck, while work continues on SteamOS 3.6 that's currently in Preview.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Steam Deck hits 15,000 games rated Playable and Verified
Valve's popular Linux-powered gaming handheld the Steam Deck has hit a new milestone, with 15,000 games now rated either Playable or Verified. And it continues to sell well.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Tchia updated to improve text on Steam Deck plus performance improvements
Tchia is a cute looking tropical open-world adventure from Awaceb and Kepler Interactive that released in March and now it should look better on Steam Deck.
- www.pcgamesn.com Valve is making a huge mistake with Ghost of Tsushima on Steam Deck
Sony's latest PS5 to PC port holds an Unsupported rating for Valve's handheld gaming PC, but it is completely misleading for players.
- www.collabora.com SteamOS 3.6: How the Steam Deck atomic updates are improving
Highlighting some of the key changes Collabora worked on with Valve to improve the system update tooling on SteamOS.
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Need a game for a flight
Flying to Greece this weekend and it’s my first flight with my OG Steam Deck.
Got Balatro, Vampire Survivors and Chrono Trigger (first play through) loaded up, might also play some RimWorld if I can handle the controls.
I’m tempted by Hades while it’s on sale and I love Dunkey, so Animal Well is also tempting.
What suggestions can y’all make?
Edit: thank you everyone! Went for Hades due to the sale and I love a good rougelike game! Wishlisted a bunch of suggestions and keeping an eye out for a Midnight Suns sale.
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Paradox Games on Steam Deck in 2024 – Crusader Kings III, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria 3, Europa Universalis IV, and More Tested
toucharcade.com Paradox Games on Steam Deck in 2024 – Crusader Kings III, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria 3, Europa Universalis IV, and More Tested – TouchArcadeParadox Interactive's grand strategy (and other) games have been the most interesting PC games to follow when it comes to all things relating to the Steam Deck.
- www.theverge.com Valve just made fast, furious, precise aiming easier than ever with Steam Deck.
Ever heard of Flick Stick, which rotates your camera a number of degrees when you flick a joystick that way? How about gyro aiming to precisely nudge a crosshair simultaneously? New “Dots per 360” and “Turn Camera 360” features make calibrating them easy. Add the new “Turn to Face Direction” key, an...
- www.gamingonlinux.com Hades II gets Steam Deck Verified and a surprise Early Access release
If you're a game developer I hope you weren't planning to launch soon, as Hades II just sneakily dropped into Early Access on Steam. It's also Steam Deck Verified right away!
- www.gamingonlinux.com Steam / Steam Deck stable client update released fixing lots of bugs
Valve have released the latest stable update to the Steam Client today for PC and Steam Deck, which fixes a whole lot of issues.
- www.gamingonlinux.com Proton 9.0-1 released with expanded game support for Steam Deck / Linux
Valve today released the first version of Proton 9.0, the newest stable version of the Windows compatibility layer to run games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
- www.pcgamer.com Hallelujah, Nvidia will now take care of the fiddly GeForce Now set-up on Steam Deck for you
It's not quite a dedicated app but it's a big improvement on tweaking the settings yourself.
- www.eurogamer.net Steam Deck has quietly become a reasonably capable ray tracing handheld
Oliver Mackenzie investigates ray tracing on the Steam Deck - is it viable, and what are the best games to try?
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Sailing away on the Steam Deck with OpenShift Virtualization (Part 1)
www.opensourcerers.org Sailing away on the Steam Deck with OpenShift Virtualization (Part 1) – Open SourcerersWhen on the road, some of us bring a handheld Linux computer such as the Steam Deck for entertainment. But after some time of hunting ghosts and shooting portals the desire to be productive returns. How about quitting the game and starting OpenShift on our handheld gaming companion? In late 2023 I w...
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SteamOS 3.7 Makes First Appearance on Steam Deck's Main Update Channel
steamdeckhq.com SteamOS 3.7 Makes First Appearance on Steam Deck's Main Update Channel - Steam Deck HQA new version of SteamOS has arrived on the Main update channel of the Steam Deck, possibly teasing the next update getting closer to release.
- www.gamingonlinux.com SteamOS 3.5.19 for Steam Deck out now for everyone
After two recent Preview releases of SteamOS for Steam Deck, Valve has now put out the latest Stable update for everyone with SteamOS 3.5.19 code-named Grey Park Seagull.
- kotaku.com Fallout 4’s New Update Removes Graphical Settings On Steam Deck
It seems all Bethesda did to get the RPG verified on Steam was remove the launcher
- www.gamingonlinux.com Semi-open world paper plane adventure 'Paper Sky' coming to Linux and Steam Deck
I do love how indie developers come up with all these unique and quirky game ideas, and now Paper Sky is on the way from developer BRUTE FORCE who also made the dynamic physics platformer Crumble.
