Steam Deck

I modelled and printed a custom mount for my portable monitor for my deck, it's surprisingly comfortable to hold

Like 45° or below. Something that won't break easily or damage the Steam Deck and is not toxic or won't cause cancer somehow

I like the steam deck, but I have many physical copies of PC games, any good way to install these? Ideally without internet access. Thanks!

First of all, this isn't my guide, so I may not be able to help if you have issues. The source for the guide was a reddit comment here.

Here's the guide:

Its been a while since I first went through getting LAN to work on the steam deck and i think i left a comment somewhere but if you want a more in depth tutorial let me know. Its a decent amount of work to get it running but afterwards you can start a local network / play with a friend in a game that supports LAN. It works in gaming mode too! Its as if it were stock. Heres a quick rundown

1. In desktop mode make sure to Install arch linux distro box with root access

2. Install yay and its dependencies to the distrobox as well as the git command

3. Install the create_ap dependencies from the create_ap github using the install git command (theres a newer fork but the older one worked for me)

Create a .sh file and put the following text inside (the export paths should be where distrobox was installed to- if the distrobox is somewhere else then the path would be different)

`!/bin/sh

export LD_PRELOAD= export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/podman/bin export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/podman/lib/podman`

konsole —noclose -e /home/deck/.local/bin/distrobox enter —root Arch (or name of your distrobox) — sudo create_ap —daemon -g 10.10.10.1 (or desired ip address) —ieee80211n —ht_capab ‘[HT40+]’ -n wlan0 DeckHotspot (or name of your local hotspot) 11111111 (or password of your choosing)`

After you have the .sh file create another sh file called something like StopHotspot and put the following code inside

!/bin/sh

export LD_PRELOAD= export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/podman/bin export

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/podman/lib/podman

konsole -e /home/deck/.local/bin/distrobox stop —yes —root Arch (or name of your distrobox)

1. I cant remember exactly right now but i can look later if you need me to but after steamOS 3.5 the hotspot stopped working and i think it was fixed by adding something with dhcpv6 to the firewall settings (found the fix from a github comment)

2. Install Bash Shortcuts from the decky plugin store and direct your newly created shortcuts to your two sh files (one that starts hotspot and one that stops the hotspot)

All finished! You can now play LAN games offline with your own personal hotspot that can be controlled from gaming mode:) Keep in mind that doing this will cause the other persons deck to wig out when they try going into desktop mode if still connected to the hotspot, so i just remember to stop the hotspot whenever finished playing. The wifi will also not show until the hotspot is disconnected or if you power down the device and back on again. Also since the distrobox is created as a root it will ask you for a sudo password every time you launch the hotspot (unless youve managed to disable the sudo password which isnt recommended)

Sorry i know this isnt super in depth but like i said if its requested to do a more in depth tutorial i can. Its fun being able to play LAN hotspot straight from the deck though! Hope you enjoy!!

EDIT: I found the other comment i made. I added the fix for steamOS 3.5 in this comment as well. Also the konsole window displayed error messages when launching the hotspot but by adding the first line in the code above ^ fixed that issue for me. Let me know if you have any questions!

Hi. So background is I'm 50 and I've not done much gaming since vice city and the original silent hills +unreal tournament. I'm trying to get back into it but I'm frustratingly crap.

I've got a steam deck and my neighbour has one too, we were looking for games we could play either head to head or cooperative. People suggested left 4 dead 2 and we managed to get that working through lobby thing but it was laggy and TBH it was a bit chaotic for us. Too much constant running and shooting and no time to pause for thought or discuss strategy.

I think we're looking for something with a bit of occasional violence but also some strategy - not just bang bang all the time. Maybe even something that doesn't involve violence at all. But we both working and only got an hour or two a day for game time.

Any suggestions?

First if it's possible to locally connect 2 steam decks (without a fuckin cable!). Second on what games might be fun. Needs to not have a big learning curve and be something we can just play for an hour or two when we have time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Cheers

I've been trying to code python on my deck and I can't for the life of me figure out how to activate the virtual environment. I keep using "source .venv/bin/activate" and it does nothing. No errors, no feedback, doesn't hang, doesn't use the environment, nothing.

I've tried installing Kitty to see if it was an issue with Konsole but the exact same thing happens. It works fine in Visual Studio Code but I do t want to have to open that every time I try and run a command.

Anyone know why this could be or what I could do to fix it?

Edit to add: This is my first real attempt at Linux idk what I'm doing in a very broad way. Only other time I tried was nearly 15 years ago dual booting Windows/Ubuntu but that lasted like a week because Windows kept blowing up the config and I needed some Windows only programs for school

Solved edit: I don't exactly know what was up. If I made the venv with the terminal, it would work in the terminal but not work with VSCode's terminal. If I made it in VSCode it would work in VSCode's terminal but not the normal terminal. I uninstalled VSCode, made the venv in the Konsole terminal, and everything seems to work fine through PyCharm instead.

Honestly, aside from the exhaust fan burning my hand sometimes, which is easily solved with a better grip, the anti glare screen makes it amazing for manga and books!

edit : damn i hate posting images on this platform

I'll also mention that if you're wanting PS4 emulation for Bloodborne, you should use this fork instead of the emudeck provided build.

I love the steam deck, and recently, so does my wife! Don't get me wrong, I couldn't be happier. And she would find something to play on her switch if I asked for the deck back. But I don't want to stifle this new found love for the deck.

So I decided to get creative. What you're seeing is horizon forbidden West on maximum settings, streaming from my desktop to an over 8 year old Chromebook, with an Xbox controller.

It's honestly pretty good, considering. Every minute or two I get some hitching and stuttering, something to do with the Wi-Fi. Also there's a weird green bar at the bottom I can't seem to remove 🤔 But otherwise it's smooth and clear. Good enough to get me through until we can justify a second Deck 😬

I'm surprised it works at all! But it's steams built in streaming, when the Chromebook steam app 🤷‍♂️

Edit: in case anyone comes by later and wants to know or could find this useful: the Chromebook is an Acer R13 from 2016, mediatek CPU. My wifi is a 1st gen Google WiFi puck. And the stuttering started turning into zero audio at times.

I bought a random $15 gigabit Ethernet USB C adapter with pass through charging, ran cat 6 tm under my couch to where I sit, and now things run 99.9% smooth. Very pleased. This will hold me over until I can justify another steam deck.

Edit 2: I fixed the green bar by realizing I was an idiot. I never looked at my PC when it was streaming, and it was using my crappy secondary display at 1400x900. This Chromebook is 1920x1080, so it was doing weird things. Moved it to my main display at 1080, and now it looks even better, and no more green bar.

Edit 3: Now I'm using a WiiU gamepad.

Cat tax: That's not a small pineapple, he's just a big cat.

Just so i can see what I'm playing on the big screen.

Hopefully using wireless to do this.

I'm using a Samsung tv which I've heard maybe a problem.

Edit thanks for the replies looks like I'm getting a steam dock

Has anyone had issues with trying to get the steam deck to work with a receiver? I tried and was getting no output. I couldn't find any change that I could make to get it to work. I connected it directly to the TV and it worked immediately..

So this is probably a dumb question, but I got a refurbished OLED and plan to pop my 2tb drive from my LCD model into the new OLED.

This should just be plug and play right? I don't see anything about the OLED decks using a different OS or firmware or anything.

EDIT: Thanks for the feedback y'all! I'm going to try it and see what happens. I'll report back if anything funky happens. Not a big deal if I end up needing to reformat the drive.

EDIT2: Replaced the stock OLED drive with the 2tb drive from the LCD this morning, and so far so good - no issues to report.