OP
- Thread Starter
- #2,251
i guess someone at Valve got annoyed about people asking what Q1/Q2/Q3 means
|OT| Valve's Steam Deck - OLED refresh shipping to folks
- Thread starter prudis
- Start date
I think many asking just wanted to know if they were April, May or June, not April-June. Making people wait each Monday is bad enough for Q1 folk, who only have to wait in March.
People in the nebulous "Q2" timeframe are going to be going insane every Monday evening for the next 3 months.
I should play something on the Deck. I don't know what to play on the Deck. Beginning to think this little beauty just exacerbates my choice paralysis.
Emulate Soul Hackers to be ready for the second one in August ?
Emulate Soul Hackers to be ready for the second one in August ?
Last edited:
Oh no! That sounds worrying. Quick, send it to me to alleviate the symptoms.I should play something on the Deck. I don't know what to play on the Deck. Beginning to think this little beauty just exacerbates my choice paralysis.
Emulate Soul Hackers to be ready for the second one in August ?
/jkI made a Perfect for the Deck category in the library. Slowly adding games into it now. Here are the games inside so far (other than Retroarch):
Currently on my "only playing on Deck" games are.I should play something on the Deck. I don't know what to play on the Deck. Beginning to think this little beauty just exacerbates my choice paralysis.
Emulate Soul Hackers to be ready for the second one in August ?
Warframe.
Dirt 5 / Rally 2.0
Double Dragon Neon (that game rules)
Dysmantle
Darksiders Genesis
Orcs Must Die 3
Those are some "hop in for 10 minutes" games
As mentioned earlier I also play ME: Andromeda, Shadow Warrior 3, Dead Island Riptide but I "main" them on the Desktop PC.
Cacher
I tried Hardspace but I had problems with creating a game and entering your name with the keyboard.
Ive been mostly playing Shenzhen Solitaire on the Deck
and also Syberia 4 – but really, all I play is Elden Ring on my laptop
isometric action rpgs, like Tunic, Bastion, Hades or Hob are probably a good choice (or Deaths Door?), jump n runs like Super Meat Boy or They Bleed Pixels.. action- adventures like God of War maybe? anything that plays great with a controller and doesnt need a huge screen
To get to grips with the Gyro aiming, Ive heard a great game to start is Portal 2, so I tried that, its kinda weird, but it does work
and also Syberia 4 – but really, all I play is Elden Ring on my laptop
isometric action rpgs, like Tunic, Bastion, Hades or Hob are probably a good choice (or Deaths Door?), jump n runs like Super Meat Boy or They Bleed Pixels.. action- adventures like God of War maybe? anything that plays great with a controller and doesnt need a huge screen
To get to grips with the Gyro aiming, Ive heard a great game to start is Portal 2, so I tried that, its kinda weird, but it does work
Hopefully they will address it in the upcoming full launch then!
Let's goooo
I kept clicking the Tracking link throughout the afternoon and there is no info yet though
I kept clicking the Tracking link throughout the afternoon and there is no info yet though
Ok without tinkering Soul Hackers runs between 45-60 fps, sound wise, it's horrible. Changing resolution scaling doesn't seem to affect image size either.
Are you telling me I will have to play this on real hardware ? I'm, uh, looking for a good game to play on the Deck, not on a 11 years old console.
Are you telling me I will have to play this on real hardware ? I'm, uh, looking for a good game to play on the Deck, not on a 11 years old console.
Are you talking about the first game here, on 3DS? Anything above 10 FPS will be fine, trust me. It's a VN, plus very simple dungeon crawling. Even on real hardware it doesn't feel like it manages 60 FPS, at least it didn't feel very smooth. Just lock it to 30 and call it a day.
So it's tied to the framerate then? That's unfortunate of course. Citra is surprisingly taxing on the CPU, so maybe the 2 Ryzen cores of the Deck just don't cut it there.
I suggest anyone getting this thing installs Proton GE just in case you run into games with codecs issues, meaning cutscenes of (mainly japanese) games not working
github.com
GitHub - GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom: Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components - GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
github.com
3DS emulation is still lacking, so I honestly suggest everyone getting a 3DS / 2DS asap. The console and games' prices are hiking.
Sure, and I just charged the little thing yesterday myself, to leave every possibilities open. But I mean, it did it's time, the yellowy tint of the upper screen on mine is grating, and again personal, there is something eminently idiotic to start a JRPG on a dead portable when you were trying to figure out what to play on your new portable.
And as everything I do has failed lamentably for two days, I nearly bricked my 3DS while updating the firmware. Fixed it, sorta, but it now works only when the SD card is in. Which is not how I would describe as working flawlessly. NOW, there must be a way to fix things, but again, it's a 11 years old portable and I'm conflicted between keeping it for retro gaming and throwing it away.
Basically, I did a booboo to my 3ds and I'm pissed.
Wow, absolutely don't throw it away! Replacement parts are easily available for a 3DS so fixing it or selling it online are much better options. If you don't want to bother, maybe just put it away for now.
If the experience is not what you are enjoying, I would say just sticking with the Deck. Being a Deck owner I am sure that you have so many options for what to play next. Personally I would go after some indies or PSP emulation as PSP games should run perfectly on the Deck.
Unfortunately it would not be the first hardware I throw out. Not a pleasure but space constraints and moving house are hard to accommodate with old unplugged hardware. Yeah, I'm salty.Wow, absolutely don't throw it away! Replacement parts are easily available for a 3DS so fixing it or selling it online are much better options. If you don't want to bother, maybe just put it away for now.
If the experience is not what you are enjoying, I would say just sticking with the Deck. Being a Deck owner I am sure that you have so many options for what to play next. Personally I would go after some indies or PSP emulation as PSP games should run perfectly on the Deck.
But rest assured, I will first spend a couple hours reviewing the jailbreak setup to be certain everything is up to date. The uniqueness of the DS family and its two screens setup make them particularly hard to throw out, even when emulation is good.
For those of you using Heroic to launch EGS games on your Deck, this app will scrape that launcher (and others) and add them as non-Steam shortcuts complete with artwork if you put a SteamGridDB API key in.
github.com
Will be useful for Steam Deck owners with fragmented libraries.
Also works on Windows, so should be useful for me when the new Steam Big Picture releases and I attempt to move back to Steam BPM as my 10ft UI.
GitHub - PhilipK/BoilR: Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library
Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library - PhilipK/BoilR
github.com
Will be useful for Steam Deck owners with fragmented libraries.
Also works on Windows, so should be useful for me when the new Steam Big Picture releases and I attempt to move back to Steam BPM as my 10ft UI.
Steam :: Steam Deck :: New Steam Deck Feature: Opt-in Feedback
We're adding a new feature to Steam Deck today to support gathering feedback from players by asking direct questions about your experiences. (This is an opt-in feature: we'll ask you once if you're open to answering questions, and you can opt out at any time.) The initial data we're gathering in...
We're adding a new feature to Steam Deck today to support gathering feedback from players by asking direct questions about your experiences. (This is an opt-in feature: we'll ask you once if you're open to answering questions, and you can opt out at any time.)
The initial data we're gathering in this way is about titles that are Steam Deck Verified. We're able to collect objective data (crashes, etc.) to help us understand how well the technical side of our review process is working, but ultimately the Deck compatibility ratings are about the overall experience: the definition of "working well" is succeeding at enabling current and future Deck customers to find the experiences they want. We want to make sure we're doing that, or identify the titles for which your experiences don't match your expectations.
The data collected by this system won't directly change the Deck compatibility category for a title. In other words, we're not crowdsourcing the compatibility testing process, but instead checking in with the crowd to confirm whether the process we've built is enabling the experiences we all want it to.
How It Works
After playing a game on Deck, you may be presented with the question "Can we occasionally ask you for feedback?". Your decision on whether to participate is saved to the new Steam Deck "Ask Me For Feedback" option in your account preferences and can be changed at any time.
Opting in to this system by answering "yes" means that your Deck may start asking you direct questions about your experiences. For example, after playing a Verified title, we may ask you whether that rating matches the experience you just had in the game:
It's been a month since Steam Deck launched, and we're just getting started. As more and more customers get their hands on Deck, the data from those opted-in (combined with all our other feedback and data sources) will help us understand how we can best improve the experience across the board.
Was it madjoki who had issues because of a very large Steam library? The latest update has some fixes about that.
It is big improvement, but still takes plenty of time (like half a minute).
But something good for once: Steam Deck audio quality seems very good compared to other mobile devices. (Fan noise when downloading games is pretty awful though)
But something good for once: Steam Deck audio quality seems very good compared to other mobile devices. (Fan noise when downloading games is pretty awful though)
Don't have that game so can't test it on the Deck, but if it's platinum on Protondb...
~
I'm just playing Elden Ring
And Shenzhen Solitaire
DXVK 1.10.1 is out with initial support for shared resources
DXVK is the free and open source project that translates Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan for use with the Wine and Proton Windows translation layers.
www.gamingonlinux.com
This means that Fatal Frame Maiden of Blackwater now works
I mean, the videos arent playing, but at least theyre not crashing the game outright like they used to. Which is awesome. Game controls really weird, maybe its better on the Deck (or simply with a controller, I guess), will have to try it there
I am checking the Verified games on the Deck every day and yesterday it got a +25 or so games jump in my Library, damn.
Oblivion now verified, sweet.
But sometimes a game goes from playable with "hard to read text" to verified and there is no change in the game or some update. I wonder why that is. Like for Dysmantle - the text is still very small and I have to use the zoom a lot. Seems weird why it went into verified.
Oblivion now verified, sweet.
But sometimes a game goes from playable with "hard to read text" to verified and there is no change in the game or some update. I wonder why that is. Like for Dysmantle - the text is still very small and I have to use the zoom a lot. Seems weird why it went into verified.
So tomorrow we will see if Valve can really ship all remaining Q1 Decks next week, or if they will be forced to push some people into Q2. This will probably indicate how well the production of Decks was able to ramp up over this first month or if they might have been too optimistic about their shipping schedule.
Where are you from? Usually credit cards aren't declined from steam unless they're used from non US/EU countries..
Netherlands. I think declined was not the correct word. The payment processor was overloaded so the payment didn't go through. (I tried CC, local payment (Ideal), bank transfer).
Ah well i think if you just put your funds into steam wallet temporarily and then use those funds to buy stuff on there, thats guaranteed to go through without any friction. Its a headache if steam bars you from paying through CC as it can last for some time.
Last edited:
Maybe it's to do with the feedback system. When you play a game you can give Feedback through the Steam Page afterwards on whether you agree with the assessment made by the Steam Verified program or if you experienced issues, etc. I'm assuming they got a (or multiple) reports from people saying "the text was fine" or maybe even a text-size setting the employee missed and the status getting adjusted as a result of that.
Should be an hour if it's the usual time when Steam updates things.
my email got sent out about 20 minutes before the usual steam refresh time, so its not necessarily strictly then
My Deck has arrived today!
Already played through Aperture Desk Job (pretty amusing) and started a bunch of Downloads
Already played through Aperture Desk Job (pretty amusing) and started a bunch of Downloads
Right after I started my PC today after getting from work.
Nice.
Just hope I will get one of the quieter units.
I just traded with someone whose spot came up today and they didn't want to spend the money on it.
Still keeping my Q3 spot, but super hyped about getting one much sooner now.
Still keeping my Q3 spot, but super hyped about getting one much sooner now.
My first disappointment:
I wanted to give Scarlet Nexus a try on the Deck. It is verified. It supposedly has Cloud Saves.
It didn't have my saves on the Deck.
It has them on PC.
It says "Cloud Saves" on the store page.
The only thing saves is the system-save, not your actual game saves.
Thanks for nothing Bamco.
I wanted to give Scarlet Nexus a try on the Deck. It is verified. It supposedly has Cloud Saves.
It didn't have my saves on the Deck.
It has them on PC.
It says "Cloud Saves" on the store page.
The only thing saves is the system-save, not your actual game saves.
Thanks for nothing Bamco.
Wait what is a "system-save"? Like preferences? Weird that it advertises Cloud Saves in any case.
Dunno. It's completely useless for actual cloud save usage in any case.
Bah.
I can already see it, Steam Cloud incompetence is going to be the bane of my existence with the deck
Oh no, I recently bought Scarlet Nexus with an intention to play it on both Deck and my laptop
Yay, starting Monday I can be extra disappointed each week waiting for my email! Unless I'm actually in the first wave but I doubt that. Despite being in US and on fiber Steam wanted nothing to do with processing my reservation when it launched.
Found someone who is making Steam Deck videos on niche titles like Disgaea, Ys, Okami... etc. Most of them run pretty well.