Steam Deck Tips, Fixes, and Accessories Updated 2024

[@NerdNest]

Ugreen Nexode X 160W Charger amzn.to/4aJHTpr More Ugreen products amzn.to/3V1rmYa

[@WarMomPT]

Not to downplay the rest, but oh my god, that 'hold to turbo' macro is genius. Here I am mapping it to back paddle buttons like a sucker.

[@S7E7V7E7N]

I have watched a lot of Steam Deck videos so far, but none of them were as detailed, and unique as yours. Thanks

[@Leopardeye]

Bill-I just got back into Skyrim on Deck. Why do I feel like I haven’t slept in 4 days? 😂 This is like my 5th playthrough and I’m hooked AGAIN. 😂😂

[@namrepmek]

I bought my SD OLED two weeks ago and this is the singular most helpful video I have watched. Fantastic! Thank you, Bill. ❤

[@TheScripflipNetwork]

The steam deck is the most comfortable and useful controller, period.

[@illogik]

No. The bumpers could be better placed.

[@_Turbocat777]

This 1000% I'm not even looking at another handheld unless the controls are as symmetrical and comfortable as the steamdeck layout. even for controllers I'm using the stadia controllers for now until Valve drops the Steam controller 2 🤞

[@gersonsalinas7960]

I refuse to play my PC games on my actual PC if I'm not streaming it to my deck just because it's so much better. Plus I'm used to having touch pads and 4 back buttons now.

[@Rocksteady72a]

Ummmmmmmm xD

[@Eevolved35]

There is absolutely amazing video editing here. The production value of this video is brilliant, and your hard work shines through here! Awesome job, Bill!

[@AD-ns3cw]

Now my steam deck transcend into another deminson! 😁💕 Thankyou

[@AdamStreet75]

36:36 - correction: that’s how much time you have left before the battery runs out of juice under the current load ❤

[@NerdNest]

I think by the time I got there I had been recording for 3 hours. Made a mistake. Thanks for the correction

[@AdamStreet75]

@@NerdNest I would have made many more after 3 hours 😅

[@emiliosanchez4610]

I always love when your twin NerdierNest makes an apparence! 🤣

[@_Turbocat777]

I know Bill has mentioned not caring too much or not using his points in the past but casually flexing 200,000 points is hilarious (tbh I wish we could do more with them)

[@NerdNest]

Is that a lot?

[@_Turbocat777]

@@NerdNest 🤣 It's a good amount lol. I don't remember how many I got with my steamdeck, but it's 100 points for every $1 you spend. so not sure if it's from the multiple decks you've gotten or just from the games you've purchased for yourself or the channel. but you are 2x my amount and I've only bought like 10 things with them so far (I don't change my profile much lol)

[@Talon18136]

I won’t ever change the case from the OG case my deck came with it’s the best bc of the storage for the charger on the back 😂

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

And the sad thing is, despite being the best case for storing the charger, it absolutely sucks for storing the charger. 😂 I mean, come on, couldn't they have made that case just a little thicker so it wouldn't rest on the charger? Or made the charger a little thinner, so it wouldn't stick out of the back? You can't lay it down flat, unless you lay it upside-down.

[@JuanPablo-nx2oc]

It would be great if you put a comparison between the different cases and the official, so i can tell how much more is compact

[@CobraF1]

Fantastic video! Includes almost everything a new user could want to know about the Steam Deck in just one video 👍

[@HersheyandStuff]

This is legitimately the best deck tips video on the internet

[@driedblood101]

These two keyboard chords really help me on Steam Deck (Big Picture on Steam Desktop too!) CTRL +1 : Steam Button CTRL +2 : Quick Actions

[@LrdLnitari]

1,2,3,4,5,6? Amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!

[@dewinter1411]

Snottie beamed me twice last night. It was wonderful!

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

I knew it! I'm surrounded by assholes!

[@LrdLnitari]

Ah, buckle this. Ludicrous Speed. GO!

[@briguy9915]

Great vid! I never added special button actions before. After watching this video, I added a turbo 'B' button action for Dragon Quest. It will be so nice now to just hold a single button down to rush through fights.

[@halozumbadaddy7459]

I think my favorite moment using steam input was when I made clockwise motion or counter clockwise motion on the trackpad control the camera zoom on Valheim. It was a small addition, but a huge victory for me

[@JustJester2113]

Just picked up my steamed deck yesterday! Couldn't have timed this better! Huge thanks

[@dewinter1411]

If your deck is “steamed” don’t forget to smell the vent. You’ll thank me later.

[@gabe5918]

@@dewinter1411 🤣

[@TheL1arL1ar]

I’ve been playing the shit out of the neo geo pocket color collection and snk vs Capcom (sold separately compared to switch), and been having a blast catching up on a handled I’ve been jealous of somebody having in high school.

[@tenbob1973]

Fantastic video. Learned some new stuff. That hotkey shortcut is a game changer for me as I have so many different systems on my Deck 👍🏼

[@MatheusFaustino]

Ok, the turbo option I didnt know. It was worth coming to your tip video ^^ thanks

[@samuelschwager]

I had no idea you could customize the input to this extent. Learned someting :)

[@PixelShade]

People should check out tomtoc armor G-12... seems like a fairly new superslim hardcase for the Steam Deck... Unlike killswitch and similar protections the Armor G12 allow your steam deck to be "naked" when you play. but protected when in a bag. It's not particularly attractive design-wise, but it's basically been the accessory I have been wanting ever since the Steam Deck released!

[@IMAJ3W4LIF3]

What game is on the thumbnail?

[@serjkt]

Looks like not released yet the Replaced game

[@knifeknerdreviews4609]

Fantastic comprehensive video! I got a Steamdeck coming this week so this is perfect, Thankyou.

[@KrashyKharma]

Hotbar menu = Minecraft Java! Soooo good. At least for me, my hotbar in MC is always the same - tools from 1-6, 7-8 active blocks, 9 food, 0 torches, so I can reliably configure a hotbar with icons and everything for Minecraft and it's so fuggin convenient.

[@cocoa_baby]

So helpful. Thanks Bill 🙏

[@GrimLocke161]

This was nice to listen to while considering getting an OLEDeck, tho I’m still eyeing getting a Skull and Co grip and case.

[@onezeon]

Hi guys. Tempted to get a steam deck oled but I'm concerned there's either an xbox handheld or a steam deck 2 within 12 months or so. Plus the steam deck internals are 2 years+ old now and bigger games chugging it seems too 🤔🤔🤔

[@miki82ification]

Or just leave it at 1 gb and let the Deck increase it in game. You can increase it to 4-8 gb if you modded your LCD deck to 32 gb Ram. Don´t use Cryo on the 3.6 , the Deck does it better on default

[@flywheelshyster]

Algorithm comment. Always add the number one steam deck accessory is an exercise bike. Bike while you game. Marriage the concept for life. Lost 75 lbs 2023 to 2024. Another 15 sin e Jan. Current steam deck favorite: Turbo Kid, based on the awesome 89s throwback gory comedic post Apocalypse film, music akin Axiom Verge, simple metroidvania with lots of heart and a BMX bike. Highly recommend.

[@ZyneNull]

Got my oled about 4 weeks ago now and I love it. The ONLY issue I have with it is when I apply a little force to the top right corner of the deck it sounds crunchy, when I press down on the right stick it kinda sounds like a squeak along with the face buttons but it’s only on the left side. Although I could care less it can get annoying during space flights in no mans sky. Other than that, the deck is awesome.

[@rgreening]

Cryoutils is not working as expected on 3.6. Valve switched to zram and disables the swapfile. The utility needs some re-work now as Valve now trashes the swappiness and swapfile on 3.6 and restarts zram regardless of setting a swapfile and swappiness on subsequent reboots.

[@justinseans]

I didn't know that about quick setting the steam inputs.

[@Cra1gst]

Love your steam input stuff ! how I found an subbed after your star wars video

[@hellknight03]

Thank you so much for this video!!!!

[@edwardbrennan3963]

Sd card is where my emulation roms live.

[@dewinter1411]

Same. I have a separate SD card loaded with games. I just swap the SD card out when I’m in a retro mood! The Deck is so versatile!

[@woohoo2you966]

Epic video....as always!

[@CaliforniaKillaOG]

Decky loader is awesome. You forgot to mention that

[@jorgevaldez3478]

that segue though

[@robras2850]

Russ brought me here, stayed for the content 🔥

[@itsdeonlol]

Thanks for these tips sir!

[@Kakki82]

I'd take the Killswitch without the case cover and the Tomtoc case

[@tastycake413]

What do you think about the JSAUX case?

[@JuanPablo-nx2oc]

But what cryo utilities does? You didn't mention it, why should i install it?

[@Brandon-dq3vx]

Cryo Utlities is a bunch of scripts that rearrange memory and swap files to be more efficient. It also moves your shaders to be in the same disk as where your games are installed if you happen to have some on your SSD and some on an SD card. Helps you see a reasonable performance boost in a lot of games. There are a few instances where it actually makes performance a bit worse, like RDR2, but it has for the most part made my experience better.

[@dewinter1411]

Cryo Utilities and other software that requires a Sudo password and the running of scripts to install, has always led me to issues later on. I reset and reimaged the deck and haven’t reinstalled those things and haven’t had any issues. Cryo is useful but the way it moves stuff around and changes things led to some strange file errors and other issues.

[@yredpanda]

Great videos!! Really enjoying your channel. Is there a screen protector you would recommend for the oled steam deck?

[@NerdNest]

I don’t use one. Sorry.

[@mr_mr]

this is such a great resource. thanks

[@muddkipp_1]

double dragon elbow to u, great vid

[@ShadowSchultz]

Is that black base for your thumb sticks? How did you want it or buy if if so then where?

[@NerdNest]

It's the OLED Steam Deck

[@Alvaro_Moreno]

36:35 thats not what time it is, its battery time left

[@andreistein2429]

thanks for this great video

[@sca8217]

The versatility of storage in the steamdeck does not get talked about much. There is literally no reason to get a 1 tb version by paying a hundred more when you can have for slightly more 2 x 1 TB micro SD cards with decent write speeds . Some of the cheaper U2/A3 cards that I have used with the OLED have had phenomenal write speeds . This coupled with the faster wifi makes it so you can have your entire steam catalogue in microsd cards in a card wallet. Just swap em out to change games

[@aza484]

Two cards?

[@victorpadula1717]

What is the name of the game on the thumbnail?

[@MrStickmanish]

I have a charger and a power bank from Ugreen and I just got my Steam Deck OLED 1TB version but the Ugreen charger and the power bank can't charge the Steam Deck any idea why? I can't find anything online..

[@NerdNest]

I'd reach out to UGREEN and ask. I've never had an issue like this.

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

Is this work with lcd vr too

[@papasears1982]

tomtoc case is great but not ideal for those of us like myself who have my steamdeck in a supcase

[@johnmiranda4587]

Yo any idea what happened to cryobite? He seems to not making any utube vids anymore. Hope he's fine.

[@lmprimus1265]

What's that game on the thumbnail?

[@NerdNest]

I don’t remember. But I answered this question elsewhere in the comments.

[@LaymanGamin]

Wait yall keep ur decks at 90hz constantly??

[@NerdNest]

I adjust it on a per game basis.

[@TheUAProdigy]

I've had games report 6gb's of ram. How does that happen?

[@dewinter1411]

VRAM? That’s because it uses what it needs being an APU. So basically that leaves roughly 10gb for the CPU.

[@potatorigs2155]

Only change the UMA size if the game doesn't detect all the RAM available on your system it's a waste of time .Usually old games are the culprit. hUMA does the job for you. Coherent Memory: Ensures that CPU and CPU caches both see an up-to-date view of the data Pageable Memory that allows the GPU to seamless access virtual memory addresses that are not (yet) present in physical memory Entire Memory Space: Both CPU and GPU can access and allocate any location in the system’s virtual memory space. AMD demonstrates the technologies functionality with the following examples, without hUMA, the CPU must first explicitly copy data to GPU memory, the GPU completes the computation and then the CPU must explicitly copies the result back to CPU memory in order for it to be read. With hUMA the CPU can simply pass a pointer to the GPU, which completes the computation and produces a result that the CPU can directly read without any copying required.

[@BoomMC_Inc]

What do you set your vram at?

[@antonkirilenko3116]

@drew1921 tbf, for most modern games this number is mostly irrelevant, because the games are now addressing system RAM when they run out of VRAM and since the system RAM and VRAM on a Steam Deck are using the exact same chips it doesn't cause any performance drops. It's mostly for the older titles that may give you an error if they don't detect enough VRAM.

[@gobblegobble7]

TF would you need a kick stand for 😂

[@Negentropy369]

For anytime you are in desktop mode and connect a keyboard and mouse so you can mod games or install emulators or whatever. My Modcase has one built in and it's super useful for when I'm installing mods.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

@@Negentropy369 That, or when watching YT/Netflix/Plex/... After all, it's just a PC in a handheld factor. No reason anyone should limit themselves to use it only for playing games.

[@GameSlayer41781]

I don't have a steam deck, nor do I play on PC (I'd love to get a steam deck when I do get into some PC games) i have a ps5 and series x but the odin 2 is all I play. Im tired of sony putting their games on PC and then cutting it's legs off. They're keeping thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people from playing them, if they're oniy going to care about their own numbers, whats even the damn point of porting it in the first place?? These greedy ass business practices will be what kills gaming, I think playing all around should be furious and outraged. For years and years and years. This hobby that so many are passionate about and grew up with and adore it, it's constantly exploited for a profit, which is never enought!! Maybe it deserves to die, as fucking sad as it is to say

[@Ctrl-Alt-Elite]

Oh look a giant ad commercial..

[@timberwolf3781]

this is nothing but a large paid advertisement..... no thanks un sub

[@CellPhish]

I’ve got an OLED Deck showing up today this is going to be my guide 😉😂

[@ibexking69]

Mine came yesterday and so far. Im loving it.

[@Sagenarf6227]

Hope you love it it’s one of my favorite purchases

[@briguy9915]

Enjoy!

[@childishgambinaa]

Oooo mine came two days ago but i opened it yesterday! It’s like my prayers being answered

[@1stHuemanAmerican]

​@@childishgambinaa 1st Hueman why u lips out it's n0t time

[@hollis1223]

I just gotta say, Thank you Russ from Retro Game Corps for introducing me to the Nerd Nest Podcast and thus introducing me to you Bill and this amazing channel. Your channel is now one of my favorites to watch and learn from and the Podcast too

[@Orkbrewer]

Same!

[@EdgarGnz4444]

Literally exactly how I found him too!

[@mutexS4]

same!

[@red_noise_bomb]

Steam Input also offers a small feature that a lot of people probably missed and I don't blame them. It's Anti-Deadzone Buffer. The issue it solves is that a lot of old games like the ones for PS2 have artificial deadzone around 20% of the whole stick movement. That is especially noticeable in racing games, but with anti-deadzone buffer you can basically remove that deadzone entirely. Absolute game changer for me! Try it for yourself and you will be amazed.

[@delfrickintree775]

definitely a great feature. it made resident evil revelations playable because the default deadzones are horrible

[@pxkqd]

The steam input updates are awesome. Only thing missing is being able to use it as an actual controller for PC.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Too bad they no longer sell the Steam Controller. Although it isn't perfect; it's great as a keyboard/mouse replacement using Steam Input, but it kinda sucks as a regular controller as it is quite awkward (especially with smaller hands) to use the A/B/X/Y buttons on it. They're just too far left/down from the natural resting place of your thumb, since that's where they put the large circular touchpad.

[@02337755]

"Allowing Tearing" gave me a big boost for RDR2.

[@TheL1arL1ar]

I might have to check that…I’ve been happy with the performance all medium and high with grass set to almost 30%….almost 50 hours and started on the 64gb lcd model and continued from the 1tb OLED and performance, and loading even from sd has been pretty negligible so far.

[@X862go]

Did you see any graphical issues?

[@02337755]

@@X862go no

[@xenos_n.]

Best thing I did was first switch my Wifi over to the 5G channel, then in Developer mode disable Wifi power management, and now my downloads to the SSD are lightning fast.

[@dewinter1411]

Yes! This is a must! Downloading is super fast that way!! Good tip!

[@SwearJar1]

I just downloaded some ram, worked like a charm

[@disasterincarnate]

the VRAM/UMA Frame Buffer setting is the "Minimum" allocated on boot, linux and the steam deck can dynamically allocate more if it needs it and more ram is available, you dont need to mess with that unless you have a specific game where the ram is being eaten by the cpu/game leaving too little for your gfx allocation. Typically only windoze users need to worry about that setting.

[@christopherknight2927]

Just learned about the turbo feature because of you; its been a game changer! Thank you so much for these types of videos.

[@sporkwitch]

With the kill options, anything super-quick equivalent to alt+f4 (windows) or ctrl+esc (linux)? I may or may not save scum on deaths in the mines in Stardew Valley... (literally just ordered one to play stardew as I got sick of waiting for Switch updates, and I like playing it on the go, not at my desk).

[@ChannelGWD]

Thank you Kratos!

[@meylandgravel9660]

Hi Bill, I just want to let you know, I know most of this stuff, but I keep listening while I'm doing the dishes because the blend of your voice with the background music is so relaxing. Thank you.

[@3up3rn0va]

KZbin actually recommended me something cool for once! 😎 I am an early adopter to the steamdeck but even I learned something!

[@gloomyvale3671]

My steam deck oled is now at home in its dock and hooked to a monitor.

[@dewinter1411]

Yesss! I have two docks. My official dock is connected to my desktop gaming monitor with a mouse and keyboard so I can use it as a PC. The second dock is Jsaux and connected to the big television for “console” like gaming experience. Then of course there is portable mode on the go. The best of all worlds, truly. The Steam Deck is amazing. It’s replaced all my consoles except my Switch.

[@brilla3744]

Wow, that share via QR code was a super helpful tip.

[@Rizzlyricist]

Still have mine [LCD] to this day 🔥. I wonder if tbe OLED model is the one that players are able to have HDR mode on/off, etc. 🤔

[@zionmananquil]

I’ve been enjoying your content for a couple of weeks now and is now subscribed. Now I want a steamdeck even more 😅

[@dmdntran]

This is easily the most informative and well-done Steam Deck tips video I've come across so far. Thank you!

[@RicardoBuquet]

nice charger but you cannot change the outlet type. So it useless.. buy a mac charger and you can change it depending the country you are or plan to visit.

[@Vaasref]

The original steam deck case is a double shell, you can separate the outer shell from the inner one and have pretty much exactly the same form factor as the first third party case you presented.

[@jebacina23]

This video should be called I’m advertising for all my sponsors in one video…. Video.

[@hgminsk996]

Steam deck как раз и создан для таких возрастных, бородатых мальчиков

[@sayayindark]

I secured a deck two days ago with the 15% of discount I can’t wait to try all these tricks

[@eduardobeck]

First. ❤ from Brazil

[@jamiecal11]

Do you or anyone else know how to fix the verifying installation error? Some of my games freeze and it kicks me back to there. Could badly do with help.

[@dewinter1411]

I started getting this more and more as I tinkered with the Deck. Meaning using add ons like Decky Loader and other non stock software. I basically solved it by Factory resetting and reimaging SteamOS and keeping it pretty much stock. Sure I miss those add ons, but the stability is worth it. I found anything that requires the Sudo password to install led me to issues down the road. I guess because it writes and rewrites to places it normally can’t without the password. Worked for me.

[@awooterasu2067]

What game is that in the thumbnail :0?

[@ItsLeFrench]

What game is featured in the thumbnail?

[@chrisvasquez2460]

Just found it myself. The game is called Replaced.

[@ItsLeFrench]

@@chrisvasquez2460 Thank you, much appreciated!

[@tomba27]

The Form fitting tomtoc is Not fitting!!! If you rattle the naked Deck you can hear how it bounces from Side to Side. No Cover for analog Sticks or shoulder Buttons. I cant recommend Tomtoc both for the Steamdeck...quality is good but ITS Not protecting the analog Sticks or the Deck...

[@tomba27]

Besides Tomtoc Great Video

[@GlitchedVision]

I have a small 3 in 2 out powered USB switcher that I have connected to both my steamdeck dock and my pc. Although I also run the dock through a capture card so I can split a single ultra wide monitor between multiple tasks so I'm not your typical use case lol

[@kgonepostl]

Typing on a Keychron k8 wireless keyboard right now. Great quality for the price.

[@hautrinh4256]

Hi Nerdnest. Theres has been a wifi adapter issue circulating since day 1 release of the oled model where the wifi adapter goes into power saving mode after waking from sleep/off. This causes issues for ppl whos trying to remote play with the device. Only known ”fix” is to toggle wifi off/on, and then you can remote play reliably. Is this an issue you or any ppl on your pod have encountered? I heard that wifi issues could stem from what AP you’re using. Do you mind sharing what AP you are using? :)

[@GameSlayer41781]

I really like you're videos man, I apologize for it's easy to get pissesd off because it's a passion, run by slimey greedy dirtbags. Gaming should be much further along than it is, innovation has been thrown out and forgotten about for the sake of a buck