20 MORE Tips & Tricks For Steam Deck!

[@andrewmcmillin]

The last one was all simple things to me that I already knew about but this one was actually really helpful

[@cryobyte33]

I'm trying to build into more technical stuff over the course of these videos, so I definitely understand this second one being a little basic. Regardless, thank you for watching and I'm really happy I could help with MangoHUD!

[@GamerAnime200]

@@cryobyte33 does fitgirl repack or dodi work on the steam deck?

[@Dave_Marmolejo]

@@GamerAnime200 Yes

[@jss4837]

I would definitely enjoy a video on Decky and your favorite plugins, and also maybe just your opinion on it like whether it's worth using. I've had a deck for a while now but never got Decky because I don't know enough about it and am not sure I want to become reliant on something that seems to break with updates often.

[@sgurdod2457]

I installed Decky today. I installed CSS loader and found some people's profiles and installed their themes. It legitimately makes the deck feel like a whole nother device. I'm so impressed with it

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

Love the blooper reel! XD

[@cryobyte33]

Glad to hear, I don't even remember filming some of it so it was pretty off the rails 😂 Thanks for popping in for another one!

[@Ivan-O]

Yea i'd like to see a vid of your favorite plugins. Id like to recommend a plugin named MangoPeel that let's you customize the performance overlay from game mode on the the fly.

[@dandiaz19934]

Whoa! So many cool tips i didn't know. I didn't know for example that we could get the distinction between refresh rate and FPS limit back!

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you so much for watching, I'm really glad I could help!

[@vghdiddy]

Thanks for the tips! What do you recommend the most for using the ubisoft launcher? Bottles or Lutris?

[@Bled--4--Red]

I didn't know 3 of these, and they're very useful! Thank You. Suggestion: A way to use trackpad as mouse in GameMode, or even System wide.

[@XxfieryfirexX]

Im a simple man. I see cryobyte upload a video and i like. Excellent video as always. We love you bro

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for watching and liking it as always, you're amazing!

[@IAM-_-FURY]

You are one of the most helpful creators on KZbin and my favorite for anything Steam Deck. Thank you!

[@CCDXXOXXO]

Your videos are awesome. As a new oled deck owner I find your video extremely useful and helpful. Keep up the good work and thank you.

[@BeakyFudd]

I wish we had more channels like yours!

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for watching so soon after release, I really appreciate it!

[@serioserkanalname499]

Love the runescape music. Not a good deck game but perfect for 32:9 superwide screens as a side game lol.

[@mitchthepreacher1512]

The Deck community is so lucky to have you.

[@inkassso]

I like the way your videos work. Just a bit of helpful prologue, move to the topic without unnecessary delays and provide factual and acurate information. I definitely didn't know about all of tricks and I'll be applying some of them (thx for your mangohud config). I'd like to see what Decky plugins you use and especially how you use them, e.g. if you tweaked something with CSS loader or have a fine-tuned curve set in Fantastic etc. Also, keep up the bloopers, it's a fun part and keeps me attached until the very end!

[@NathanTruby]

Once you get some time, could you do a video explaining what the various options in the Developer menu do? It may be helpful for people who want to make plug-ins or just want to squeeze every last drop of power out of their deck.

[@aaronvandan8101]

Glad to see you are posting more frequently Kyle. Could you by chance create an updated video on how to overclock the steam deck. I tried flashing the 116 bios to replace the current 119. While it did work and allowed me to change the tdp after turning it back on it force updated back 119 and restoring all settings back to default. Now the only way I get similar performance is by using fsr 3 mods. My goal was to have both an overclock and the mods working together. I have considered other overclocking methods that are software based. After 2 hours of trying to get Pacman to work now I just don’t know what to install. Currently I’m working on installing the latest amd drivers. I just need to figure out how to force steam os to use the new drivers

[@cryobyte33]

Let me address this one at a time: 1. Thank you for watching and commenting! 2. I've had an updated OC/UV video in the works for months, but every time it's finished Valve releases a new update and invalidates half of the video. If it stays stable for more than a few weeks now, I'd expect a video out soon-ish 🙂 3. To be honest, teh simplest way of using the latest drivers are to just use the Main branch in SteamOS. I had the later drivers running without update kernel and everything and it caused nothing but issues. Microstutters, crashing, the works. Sticking to Main with the Steam client on Stable or Beta seems to be the right move for running upstream. Hopefully this helps, thank you again!

[@awakenedcrowl]

2:00 Alternative for Tip 7: Use any Controller with Gyro. For best control, I recommend using the Steam Desktop Controller Profile to set your Gyro to control the mouse, set the Gyro Activation to your personal most comfortable shoulder button (so it only moves the cursor when you press the button, otherwise it can get pretty messy), put the 3 mouse button on the remaining triggers, and then put any other keyboard and mouse bindings (or even shortcuts) on the remainder of the buttons. You could even have one button that changes to another layer, that turns it back into controller mode, to easily control some desktop games without needing a whole separate mapping for them.

[@cryobyte33]

I think I'm just inept because even after 50+ hours of gyro gaming I still hated it 😂 For normal people, good tip though! Thanks for watching!

[@awakenedcrowl]

​@@cryobyte33Fair. As someone who grew up with Nintendo, I've been using and adapting to it for ages. To me, Gyro feels even more natural and "secure to use" than any actual mouse (despite me also using those since early childhood), but not everyone's like me. Even on the normal Steam Deck, while I love the trackpads, I use Gyro to control the mouse when using mouse-heavy appliations like Blender.

[@wulf2863]

I knew all of the useful ones, but still will give a like

[@randomcommenterurl]

The new update 3.5.17 on Steam Deck finally adds the ability to dim the status LED. I think it’s a huge deal for those of us with a translucent shell. One thing to note; on my OLED LE, if I go below 10 notches on the dial, none on the LEDs work. If I keep it at 10, only white LED works. Anything higher & color LEDs activate as well (when they’re supposed to)

[@rgm4646]

I have used CryUtilites for a long time now, with no issue, but yesterday I updated it via the shortcut. Then I ran it. I selected 'recommended settings' My Steam deck froze up, so I restarted it. SteamOS would not start back up after several reboots. I ended up resetting the system. Its not a big deal, and in fact Im glad I had to do it. I now have 40 gigs free on the internal storage and the system seems a bit quicker :)

[@MrSupersonic2012]

Swapping cards is what I've been doing since i got my original LCD Deck. I have my favorites and more demanding games on the SSD. And then I have like 4 different SD cards for games organized in a way that makes sense for me. One card for steam games, one for non steam (Epic, Blizzard, GoG, ect, and one just for emulation.) organizing like like this made it easier for me to keep track of what games i have on hand.

[@StreetyKing]

Great tips! Like that they’re a bit more advanced on this video. I’d like to see your Tears of The You know what BEST settings! Just like you did for BoTW

[@manzildoley2088]

I really want a video on your favorite plugins plss

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for letting me know, I think I have enough votes to at least start putting it together 🙂

[@vinnieMxD]

Definitely want the video on Decky Loader plugins!

[@waffle2913]

Finally got to the video! OMG 2 tips that are incredibly useful for me! Thank you!

[@jimlo]

Great video, taught me a lot more about the Steam Deck!

[@user-by7bc1rc2n]

thanks for all your excellent videos. I'd love to see a steam deck docked mode tips and tricks video. for example i'm playing witcher 3 with a PS5 controller and it shows me xbox controller layout/buttons which don't match. I don't know if that is something I can fix/optimize. I'm sure there's tons of other things to learn about docked mode I'm not aware of.

[@ahrjaydee7001]

Great info, thanks. Detailed plugin video would be awesome.

[@starplatinum3573]

And when the world needed him the most, he came back.

[@novitrix9671]

Big yes on Tip 6 question please please cover Decky more deeply 🙏

[@tanner_titus]

Video about plugins please! I don’t care about how to install. I already have Decky, I just would like to be told about plugins I might not be aware of!

[@thomas9290]

A video on decky loader would be great ! 👍

[@LS-zt8ih]

Ah please do make a guide about decky loader. Im getting my sd for the first time this week and your videos are great

[@waffle2913]

I'll take a look soon. Thanks for breaking the veil of secrecy =)

[@Archate]

Instant like ma dude!

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for liking it right off the bat, I hope it helped you!

[@sooj0249]

I'd love to see your Decky video!

[@joshwelker423]

This is a random question but I have a lot of retro games on my steam deck so I use emulation station to run them but the artwork is missing so you would typically use a scraper but the default scrapers for emulation station are very slow and it doesn't find most of my games so I was wondering if there a work around for this like I said completely random question but you are good at steam deck

[@ellienyan]

i love decky plugins they are awesome!! it felt like when you first hack your 3ds and install custom themes and homebrew

[@NimbleFinguz]

Learned alot on this one. Thanks!

[@TinkerTaverns]

I think with that last one, steamOS now supports custom HUD changes by default, so you can create your own level 4 overlay, for example I can’t remember exactly where it is though

[@jake_oliver]

Can you make a video about the black screen of death problem?

[@SyntaxDaemon]

Great tips! Still knew most of them, but not all! ;)

[@M-Fenix2112]

Broooooo YESYESYES, please decky plugins

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for letting me know, noted 😁

[@Archate]

I was thinking the same. It would be awesome to have a plugin made by you tho 🙏🏽

[@cryobyte33]

@@ArchateI've been trying to get CU into plugin form, but unfortunately it just doesn't seem possible for tasks that take a prolonged time to run :(

[@M-Fenix2112]

@@cryobyte33 we need really good in depth video because unfortunately as much as they are good and helpful they sometimes don’t work good together or something and alot of things need to be checked Another important thing is themes i wish there is a video for those only as they are really effecting each other so you never knwo which is which hopefully we will see something nice from you and thanks again bro

[@Freehotdawgs]

Installing proton-GE fixed my issue with red dead dropping to 28fps whenever water was on screen, thank you!

[@sand_pest]

I'd deffo like you to do a video on Decky!

[@NathanTruby]

Decky plugin loader is pretty great, but just so you know, several plug-ins got messed up after the recent major update, so not all of then work at the moment.

[@dorians4043]

Can you do a deck dive on Baldurs Gate 3 possibly?

[@Bushidounohana]

Great work, as always! Maybe I missed it somewhere else, but do overclocking/undervolting mods still work on latest stable firmware (at least as of March 1, 2024, anyways)?

[@cryobyte33]

Thanks for popping in, man! Not the same old process since the new BIOS has some of the capability built right in, but I plan to make a video on it soon so stay tuned 🙂

[@Bushidounohana]

@@cryobyte33 brilliant, thank you! That’s what I had picked up on Reddit and in personal experimentation, but just wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing something. As always, appreciate you and your work!

[@rhrendy7]

cryoutilities really fixed Palworld crash on my steam deck, thanks to you

[@SnafuYT]

I would love to see a decky video from you!

[@RogueBones3]

I'm unable to find "enable unified frame limit management" in the developer settings

[@AlecIngram]

What game were you playing the the performance overlay section?

[@verg4469_]

my steam deck is stuck at boot verifying installation... i tried going into the boot menu and loading the previous version but no luck. iv done a bit of research but at the moment im stuck. any advice? i ordered a dock that should be here tomorrow and ill try and make a usb boot drive. really hope it works. i play my steam deck more than my gaming pc out of convince and laziness lol. miss balatro and helldivers 2 on the couch :(

[@ToxicZombieZ888]

as always, great video

[@Skradgee]

Hey Cryo: LOVE the channel! Is there a way to leave a specific “rollback” version of SteamOS permanently installed and available to choose to boot from (by holding + at power on) instead of just the two most recent ones?

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you so much for being a fan! To my knowledge, there isn't a way to keep older images and the logic for that is in the closed-source part of Steam. If you want to have something around you can revert to, though, I'd recommend taking a full disk image with something like Clonezilla and then just re-flashing it if necessary.

[@UmVtCg]

Yeah, I'd like a Decky Loader Video

[@Playing-Fair]

Make it sense to Change the UMA Buffer Size?

[@Evercade_Effect]

Good stuff, thanks!

[@kran27_]

Didn't know about mangohud or the wifi performance, knew every other one in this and the last video lol.

[@laytbludecky]

Do you know why the default and custom overlays doesn't show after I recorded a gameplay video? I tested on both decky recorder and official game recording but it didn't work. I used to see it on my video recording on 3.5 OS using decky recorder.

[@MatthewCenance]

2:17 How come my game downloads slower from my PC to my Steam Deck than directly from the router internet?

[@TheTruthArsonist]

Hey man, appreciate your work. I saw your cryo utilities at some youtuber that was saying you can use cryo to boost fps in new world. He had solid 60 fps while im stuck at 35-40, but i did the exact same things he did in the guide, what could be wrong?

[@QueckSilber87]

Cryo tool worth with the newst steam deck version?

[@Pircla]

I wait for the video of CryoUtilties for the oled model :)

[@UmVtCg]

Watch the video

[@FenixFenix-p5p]

My battery life dies fast and I have constant crashes even at low settings especially in last epoch what to for example?

[@HeldrikBoldhart]

Proton GE with protontricks is a killer combo. Let me play Monster Hunter Frontier ZZ on deck.

[@WDA97]

Hey, will you be reviewing the monoblock cooler from Poseidons 3 rings?

[@cryobyte33]

At some point! I didn't have the equipment for a while, but just recently got most of what I need to record it, so stay tuned!

[@WDA97]

@@cryobyte33 awesome, also will there be an updated overclocking/undervolting tutorial with the latest bios update?

[@cryobyte33]

@@WDA97I've been writing and recording one for... 3 months now, but Valve keeps changing it so I have to go back and do it all again 😂 Let's hope that it stays stable for a bit and there will be one shortly thereafter

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Is it possible to unsolder the apu and solder on the 8700g into the steam deck

[@cryobyte33]

I don't believe so, both architectures are significantly different (Van Gogh had custom pinouts) and they even differ on supported memory kits IIRC. The boards themselves would need significant modifications to work properly. Thanks for watching!

[@MaxFunTube]

Hi . Last day steam deck os is updated to 3.5.17 with many bug fixes. I downgrad my bios to 116 . Can we update this version without update bios? Please make the video about this 🙏

[@dsfprecords]

shoutout the old school runescape music

[@FenixFenix-p5p]

I want to play it while charging my Tesla should I buy it or wait for new version of it? I’m fan of helldivers 2

[@cryobyte33]

I would recommend checking out my buyer's guide to see if you'd like it, thank you for watching!

[@RichardMar]

If someone wondering what music is playing in the background, it’s RuneScape. A game with one of the most toxic communities

[@cryobyte33]

I've had nothing but great and positive experiences, I'm sorry to hear that you have!

[@miraojamo]

Favourite plugins? yes please.

[@cryobyte33]

You got it, thank you so much for watching and commenting!

[@volodesi0000]

Game files over local network has always been terrible for me. I can copy files across the network at full speed, but Steam local download is always like 1/4 of the speed. I get full speed if I just download it from the Steam severs.

[@cryobyte33]

I've noticed that it's very dependent on both the PC and Deck being connected to Ethernet to reach peak speeds, but generally agreed. The real stick is metered/slow networks that are much slower than local transfers. Thank you for watching!

[@trey631]

@@cryobyte33 copy game files over local network is hit and miss for me when it comes to it actually working. I’m connected WiFi on both systems and perhaps that is the problem. I wished it worked better just to avoid having to use so much of my data download limits with my ISP.

[@TheDarkguide]

This question is unrelated to the video but this and few other videos I watched doesn't show up in my KZbin watch history. Anyone know the reason?

[@XavierYThandle]

you rock! thank you

[@games4us132]

thanks for the tips

[@debendevandrieofficial]

Those Runescape vibes🎉😂

[@ImSoConfucius]

Watched this while taking a hot steamy shower, thanks for all you do Cryo

[@cryobyte33]

I'm glad I could help you feel C L E A N 😂 Thank you for watching!

[@c28.]

Is anyone else having issues with the cryoutilities program? After updating my steam deck it dropped the vram back to 1 gb instead of 4.

[@MatEsp23]

Do we still need your cryoutilities after 3.5 SteamOS?

[@Onibabayaga]

The 8bitdo ultimate controller seems to be the best from my testing.

[@cryobyte33]

Unfortunately it's too small for my hands and doesn't allow easy mouse inputs (no trackpad), but otherwise it's a phenomenal controller. Thanks for watching!

[@kervenauguste8059]

Backup Linux desktop mode settings/taskbar/setup? Wishlist for the Discover Store?

[@cryobyte33]

Good calls on both, I can try adding them to a future entry in the series! Thanks for watching!

[@adruk5587]

Im just here for the osrs music 🎉

[@cryobyte33]

I've been making sure to use OSRS music a lot since you guys seem to love it as much as I do. The OG "beats to study and relax to" IMO Thanks for watching!

[@itzdcx]

hey my touch screen stop working not sure what I messed with ....any idea how to turn it back on?

[@cryobyte33]

Assuming it completely stopped working it could be a physical issue with the connection, or a broken part. I would reach out to Valve support and see if they think you need an RMA, since I'm not aware of any way you can easily toggle it on and off. Thanks for watching!

[@vinco1]

I think there is an option to disable it in the bios. If you've messed in the bios you can try finding the option or just reset bios settings (load optimised defaults) doing this won't affect your games or data at all don't worry

[@cryobyte33]

@@vinco1 good to know, I actually didn't know that! If that's the case then it should be a simple fix 🙂

[@vinco1]

I've just checked and there is indeed a "Touch Panel Support" option under the Advanced tab in my lcd deck's bios settings. Setting it to disabled made touch not work as expected.

[@truthgamingchannel112]

Should I download windows on my steam deck or naw

[@And-War]

Thank you

[@letor9168]

Nice video, does anyone knows whats the game at 5:40 ?

[@sebb24]

Forager

[@FenixFenix-p5p]

I have beaf pc if I play steam deck will it first want to use my pc ?

[@cryobyte33]

If you're on the same network and choose remote play then it will use the PC, otherwise it will play locally on the Deck.

[@SirVG]

Good to know how to load up GOG games.

[@cryobyte33]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad I could help!

[@09beckerboy]

I love how Tip 10 is just a shameless plug

[@cryobyte33]

I mean, kinda since it helps 😂 hard to mention the deck without my main contribution to the community 😅 Thanks for watching!

[@SmegmosisJones]

Bump for Decky video

[@ScorpionF1RE_USA]

Edit baked-in trigger deadzones video please!

[@cryobyte33]

This video was recorded before you mentioned this last time (the next video as well), it will be included eventually 🙂

[@hyperteknoman6602]

This is the holy grail for the new and some old who do not fit into these options.

[@syygnis]

*wish I didn't forget my sudo password* emudeck made me make one, so now I can't enjoy Decky Loader other plugins etc. At least I can still generally enjoy the Deck.

[@cryobyte33]

I actually just took the time to figure out how to reset the sudo password relatively easily so I can make a video on it: 1. Make sure to have a keyboard attached 2. While the Steam Deck is powered off, hold the 3 dot button and turn on the Deck. 3. The recovery menu will appear. On your keyboard highlight CURRENT (OS Boot Menu) then press the enter key. 4. The GRUB menu will appear. Highlight SteamOS then press "e" on your keyboard to edit the boot options. 5. Press the down key on the keyboard until steamenv_boot is highlighted. Press "end" to go to the end of the line. 6. Enter "- init=/bin/bash" without the quotes 7. Hold control and press x. 8. When it's booted to another command line run the command "mount -n -o rw,remount /" 9. Run the command "passwd deck" 10. Enter new password, press enter, retype the new password and press enter again. 11. Run "reboot now" That should be all you need to reset it without knowing the old password, I hope this helps!

[@BearFOXThirty]

There are ways to reset your sudo password without wiping, but not the simplest process. Edit: Ah, Cryo has you!

[@hugomouteira7015]

Im sorry to bother, but when isbyour new overclock guide coming out? Best regards!

[@abrahamkevingagui4030]

Whats the title of the game at 6:20? Thanks

[@sebb24]

Forager

[@rahulkhanna5251]

pls make the decky vid :)

[@lino100x100]

Game at 5:42?????.?.

[@The_Dogealorian]

Think it's called "forager"

[@2dadskissing]

I love you

[@cryobyte33]

I love you too, 2dadskissing 😂 Thanks for watching!