Steam Deck's Big Update is TINY

[@IcyXzavien]

Something I'm glad about is Valve finally fixing the os getting corrupted. That bug resulted in me having to factory reset my deck 3 times before I realized it was the beta (or potentially decky loader) that caused it.

[@FanTheDeck]

Yeah this is legit a big deal tbf

[@aaronmcentee9310]

I just went from stable to beta last week on account of my games constantly crashing (i think my unit was 1 that came with a faulty PS) so i thought, why not try it and see what happens? Welp, it didn't help my situation. in fact it made it worse. i now have issues with my Steam deck crashing after just booting up sitting on Steam OS. Sometimes when it freezes, it makes this clicking sound that wont stop till i hard PD. I also noticed that in beta, the audio always wants to pick external for default. if you restart your system, any changes made to the audio, will revert. After going back to stable, I now have to joy of not knowing if my browsers are going to crash. Brave and Firefox and Chrome don't like to play video. Freeze to hard PD again. the OS is more likely to get hung up when there is nothing going on but it crashes more in desktop then SteamOS. Funny thing is, i can watch youtube on SteamOS as a non game but try to have any videos at like thumbnail style and boom it freezes. Would like this to be fixed and my touch screen stopped working 6 months ago. I can try opening another ticket with Valve but I'm not sure it will help. 🤕

[@alexilyin6134]

It killed 2 of my sd cards

[@Aethelbeorn]

​@@5scbasher17The best performing 15 watts. 😊

[@boofindachamber]

I've had to reimagine my steam deck like 5 times over two to three week span I was on beta, deckyloader, or fightcade.

[@seeibe]

When you think about it, with how much Valve makes per employee, it makes sense they don't do much game development anymore. Either they have to pay their game devs much less than the rest of the staff, or they have to pay game devs a superstar wage in an industry where they compete with studios that underpay and exploit their workers.

[@FanTheDeck]

I think it's a good investment for the platform but I understand if Valve has different priorities.

[@randybobandy9828]

They don't invest in advertising... That's a huge expense

[@HiTechLoLife]

I am quite curious about the emudeck machine too but i can't imagine their audience wanting something like it given most emudeck users are handheld owners.

[@FanTheDeck]

It's definitely a lot to ask and many people that would be interested probably have hardware they can repurpose for something like this.

[@GaMeR_bOi_83]

Idk if we told you but the videos are getting better. Keep this up man I look forward to your videos.

[@SylverstoneKhandr]

Thanks for the video, Rich! I don't mind this 3.6 stable channel update being fairly light, since there's definitely a lot in the oven that needs more time - like Steam Game Recording. I'm actually a bit hyped for that clip shortcut feature because that to me brings it up to parity with what Decky Recorder offered. The only thing that sucks is that if I use the beta client, some of my Decky plugins (like Tab Master) are inaccessible. I can't have that at all, no way. I would assume that as SteamOS matures, they would eventually focus on a standalone version, but it's probably something that's fallen a bit by the wayside as HoloISO and Bazzite have sort of taken the mantle for standalone PC gaming on Linux. The Acer Nitro handheld looks alright, though I know that it'll just be another handheld in the sea of powerful PC handhelds and boutique retro handheld offerings and we'll see the usual rundown from the likes of Retro Game Corps and so on in regards to its usefulness. So long as that Xbox One compatibility layer means we can finally get Rare Replay on PC, I'm listening. 😯 Lastly, and to be honest... the EmuDeck Machine is not really something I have much faith in. I can understand the potential of an all-in-one retro games emulation machine, but it's probably a bit lost on me since I use my Steam Deck for my emulation needs. Then I'd say that it's maybe for the folks that are entry-level? Even then, it makes me wonder if someone's just better off saving up for a PC handheld instead since that price is about enough for a 512GB Steam Deck OLED or an ROG Ally, or just shy of the Ally X's price. I can only wait and see how things go, and can only hope for the best instead of dooming it to fail outright.

[@FanTheDeck]

Awesome insight as usual, friend. I've had to wrestle with Decky and Beta before and I decided to stick to not using Decky because of this. It's not Decky's fault but having access to Steam Deck's Beta features have been important to me. To your point, maybe once Family Sharing and Game Recording comes to Stable, that'll be a good opportunity for me to revisit Decky. I would genuinely love it if Valve were to embrace Bazzite or other distros somehow. I'm not sure what the right answer is there but I don't think Valve has to feel the pressure to do gen-pop SteamOS when others are doing such wonderful work. Yeah on the one hand, it's not like handhelds need a ton of innovation but on the other hand, I'm not yet sure what Nitro Blaze could do to make itself a better recommendation than Ally/Go, except maybe price. I have the same fear for EmuDeck Machines. I want them to succeed bc I like EmuDeck and I know it's hard to make hardware. But even now, I continue to second guess my backing. It's a lot of money when I can just permanently dock a Steam Deck.

[@SylverstoneKhandr]

@@FanTheDeck Decky is a necessity for me based on a lot of the tweaks I make to my Steam Deck experience, from the look and feel (CSS Loader/SteamGridDB), to the little extra features peppered in that feel like they should've been in the vanilla experience - especially TabMaster. I do hope that in time, those Beta features make it over to Stable, especially Game Recording. It would be nice if Valve gave their blessing or simply deferred to the other distros in the meantime - it'll be less of a headache for them to figure out how to deal with other PC handhelds that could benefit from SteamOS since Bazzite's been really showing the hell up as of late. You did say last time that everyone and their mum would be getting into the PC handheld space since the Deck (and the Ally) basically established that this sort of market exists, so perhaps the Blaze is just fulfilling that. You already know there will be more to come, be it revisions to already existing handhelds, or even handhelds from larger companies. I do like EmuDeck a ton, really I do. This EmuDeck Machine is a big gamble because I feel like they haven't exactly proved what the purpose is outside of simply monetizing nostalgia - not a bad thing, everyone's done it at some point from way back when to the current day. It's just that I saw them primarily as software guys that provided a really good solution to simplifying the process of getting emulation up and running. Definitely looking forward to that review, and like I said, I wouldn't mind being wrong and seeing them be successful with this venture but it's an uphill battle.

[@o0junglist0o93]

I second being more than excited for rare replay!!!!!

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

A new CPU scheduler is on the way, aimed at boosting performance and better RT capabilities. The team is working on frame generation for in-game use. It’s in progress in the operating system and could be ready by Christmas or next year.

[@filedotnix]

source on this?

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

​@filedotjar No source, there's no news to be reported about it since i am the first reporting it because i am one of the people testing these features before they ship since i also contribute to the drivers.

[@Frencho9]

I just want them to allow us to boost the TDP on Bios, even if it voids warranty on my Oled model. I have a Jsaux fan and premium thermal repaste and could easily handle 20w on the APU, hell maybe even 25w with fans full blast! I play mostly wired on the couch, battery life is a non issue.

[@MrGamelover23]

How can I follow the driver's progress?

[@semick4729]

@@Frencho9 But it's pointless. This chip was created for efficiency and it has minimal gains above 12W

[@BenRK90]

Emudeck's hardware needs to be cheaper then a Steam Deck. Otherwise you're better off just buying a Steam Deck. And if all you want is cheap retro games on the TV, there are even cheaper options out there. So they really REALLY need to work on the price if they hope for it to sell at all. I wish them luck, but if this is the price they're sticking with, no thanks.

[@maikerugo]

11:29 "Why, it's Greased Lightning!"

[@X862go]

No Man Sky fishing 🎣

[@hectoregonzalez9062]

Greeting from El Paso to and thanks for your awesome work and content

[@FanTheDeck]

Greetings Hector! Hope you're having a wonderful week :)

[@TheSecondKidNamedFinger]

Hey, there's only so much big updates you can do. Eventually they have to become smaller

[@ASilverNMeep886]

Thanks for showing us Super Mario Eclipse! I hadn't heard of the project, I played a bit of Sunshine, but it never quite stuck to me. I'll share this video with friends who might be more interested!

[@seventy5plays]

Thanks for keeping us updated! ❤

[@FanTheDeck]

I gotchu!

[@supremesonicbrazil]

I just want an update that says "Steam Deck now available in Brazil" Valve is that too much to ask

[@VitorMach]

To be fair it's quite easy to buy them unofficially on Mercado Livre, which is how I got mine over a year ago.

[@NitinGopinathan]

Well to be honest, it seems like every other update for the steam deck is hyped up to be a HUGE update (includng on this channel), when in reality they're all just incremental improvements.

[@Frencho9]

I just want them to allow us to boost the TDP on Bios, even if it voids warranty. I have a Jsaux fan and premium thermal repaste and could easily handle 20w on the APU, hell maybe even 25w with fans full blast!

[@nealstacy4393]

It has the fix for the unrecognized SD card on boot that has gone unpatched on OS 3.5 with my OLED SD. Literally has been ongoing for 10 months on the stable build. Feature packed or not, I’m glad it is finally going to stable.

[@flywheelshyster]

Current deck game: Nine sols, played it a little while back but was in the middle of other games and now loving going thru it

[@FanTheDeck]

Dude I've heard such good things about this game!

[@WickedKillaYT]

Great game! I need to finish it I'm on the 2nd to last boss but had to pause during a big move

[@mattcy6591]

Tbh, pretty sure Hopoo games would be working on Deadlock given their Risk Of Rain experience

[@KazeEternal]

"one to one" really should get an asterix when it comes to these decompiles. Certainly does help bring the game closer to its source material, but would likely still need some finagling to get the same experience. A lot of older games had a tendency to push the hardware so hard that they would time by frame rate and not by time. Happened less in that generation, but occasionally some code would slip through in crunch with someone trying to fix a bug or add a last minute feature. Which means some rewrites might be needed.

[@Dynamonic]

I would not be surprised if Valve are preparing a Steam Deck 2 to coincide with a flagship Half-Life project!

[@arturbier]

No

[@alainakids1497]

You rock !!! Like always.

[@FanTheDeck]

[@emiliosanchez4610]

I loved Sunshine so that Eclipse mod does sound awesome :D On the Hopoo Games thing I am really curious to see if they will end up making a rogue-like together with Valve! Not gonna hold my breath but they sure got me curious!

[@FanTheDeck]

Man I would love it if Valve did more frequent smaller games. Roguelikes would be perfect

[@kingfreemind7314]

The Crew 2 is $1.00 on Steam right now. Ubisoft also said they were going to have an offline mode update in the future.

[@Stickat2]

Thank you. 🙏 I dont even care for racing games but having a high quality game for extra cheap is very nice

[@Talking_Ed]

Can you play the game without having the fugly Ubisoft Connect installed?

[@ThePongo]

@@Talking_EdI wanna know too

[@ramstab]

Current deck game for me is Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition, been having fun with it deep into Act 2. Fps and Graphics are super goood.

[@FanTheDeck]

What kind of control scheme are you using on Deck?

[@hueypautonoman]

One of my favorite games of all time.

[@ramstab]

@@FanTheDeck for Divinity 2, the basic one from the game. Everything is perfect the way it is, there is another preset that lets you use mkb inputs on controller and stretches the screen, but I found the basic scheme to be the best all around.

[@atmphil1]

Valve needs to put more resources into Steam OS all other companies are waiting for valve to do all the work befor they move over.

[@FanTheDeck]

Maybe they're working on something in secret? Personally, I think they're focusing on VR for a bit.

[@Yami_Industries]

​@@FanTheDeckman I hope so 🔥

[@AsgerJ]

Have they fixed that some Decks randomly restarts?

[@visual_chris]

bet they aquired or hired them for deadlock as its boost in popularity is likely a lot more than expected while at the same time the games state is still pretty rough

[@celestialkitsune]

"Invite to watch" update when?

[@SanOcelotl]

Is there a way of using the beta channel and not break the desktop mode on the steam deck oled? i have this problem

[@napalmarsch]

the steam deck crashes aloot on start up if its in docket mode sometimes i had to disconnect the deck to get an image..

[@FanTheDeck]

I haven't been playing too much Docked lately but I'm curious - are you on Stable?

[@napalmarsch]

​@@FanTheDeck I'm on stable my deck runs 99.9% of the time in desk mode I had many startup failures in the last time sometimes the screen works but then i switch to desk mode, and it crashes and reboots, and sometimes it works only if I remove the dock i did buy that deck Apr. 2022 so its one of the early decks and using it almost daily

[@CyberClu]

I still wish Valve would increase the saturation Vibrancy slider, so it's as good as Vibrant Deck was. Especially helpful for LCD owners. With VibrantDeck I could desaturate to the point of the screen being Black & White, or oversaturate to the point of mimicking the pop of the OLED model. Really disappointed that 3.5 killed off that feature.

[@vincentpistoia9034]

Hopefully they work on black myth wukong on the deck i mean it already works great for ue5 game but it could always run better

[@TechnoTurtle9974]

Im in the beta channel exclusively for the family share. I hope that comes to stable so I can leave the beta 😅

[@FanTheDeck]

Yeah I'm really hoping that and Gyro to Mouse come out of Beta

[@R1SKbreaker]

​@@FanTheDeckhow does the Gyro to mouse work? And how is the family share different on the beta?

[@TechnoTurtle9974]

@@R1SKbreaker There is a new version of steam family share in the beta. The people in the group all have access to all the games from everyone's library in the family, even if they are playing a game at that moment, as long as there is a copy to lend out. So old system, Family member A has Wukong. I'm family member B and cannot play Wukong from A's library if he is playing Wukong or any other game at that moment. New family system in beta: There is one copy of Wukong from family member A. As long as that copy is not in use I have access to that game. For example, If family member A is playing any other game at that moment, I can play Wukong from his library at the same time he's playing something else and vice versa.

[@R1SKbreaker]

@@TechnoTurtle9974 oh that's awesome. Yeah that is an improvement. Before the sub account would get booted after 5 minutes.

[@TechnoTurtle9974]

@@R1SKbreaker it's absolutely fantastic, especially when compared to the old family sharing.

[@josephhall7317]

I have a steam deck Oled that I love, but ever since I purchased a Lenovo legion Go about a month ago I've only turned on my deck once I had to immediately edit this, I still like my deck a lot more, just didn't want to try and go through getting Windows on it for a few of the games I play and the screen size because I have bad vision

[@2345bulls]

@fan the deck do you recommend any handheld for elden ring or should I hold out for now!

[@2345bulls]

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[@killingtime9283]

I think it's quite nice without the background music. Just feels more chill. It's great to hear they want to optimize space marine 2 for the steam deck! I litterly just bought the first game before watching your video, "great minds" as they say 😄😉

[@s20_]

current deck game: callisto protocol

[@MrAxelStone]

I want to know why Space Marine 2 doesn't have ultrawide support out of the box.

[@Warlock_UK]

That emudeck hardware is *way* too expensive. But I do appreciate it looking like a Dreamcast.

[@WickedKillaYT]

Recently ive mainly been streaming from my pc or ps5, but now that Persona 3 Reload dlc is out thats gonna be my current deck game!

[@Tugennov]

Dual Boot? Thanks for the video/information. Can we now dual-boot Windows with all the needed drivers? If so, I'd love to see a video on dual-booting.

[@DreamerSouls]

If valve would actually jump in and release a steam controller 2 that I could plug into my main PC through a 2.4 dongle, I might actually just give up my steam deck and jump to a Z2 extreme lenovo's Legion go

[@jrvc]

It broke my deck, any idea how to fix this? Been stuck on “loading user data…” Cant login on steam os. Thanks

[@NathanTruby]

That Acer laptop has me intrigued

[@Dracossaint]

I think valve is spinning up development and starting research on a newer handheld. The extreme Z2 seems likely candidate considering that architecture 's power efficiency gains. Designing this kind of stuff though Takes like 2 to 3 years and then another year to put out. And who knows, They may kill it in the middle of development. It technically would be the third steam deck 😂

[@FanTheDeck]

Would be nice to see a new Steam Deck in 2025

[@Dracossaint]

It would be, but I just don't see it happening yet. at least based on what I know of architectures. There hasn't been a significant performance gain per watt until recently, So they're going to have to spin that into custom silicon. Specifically because valve use quad channel memory instead of dual channel, which is non-standard on that architecture. If it's based on the same architecture as amds ai300 chips. I think its a likely canidate for the z2's base. That's the closest candidate I have spotted so far. The Z2 is supposed to be released in 2025. But I hope I'm wrong 😂

[@xNinjamodx]

What game is at 2:15?!?

[@FanTheDeck]

It's called The Throne

[@xNinjamodx]

@FanTheDeck thanks! Love the channel btw

[@GODS3NT]

It says the game names in the top right corner in pink

[@xNinjamodx]

@@GODS3NT I had just realized after commenting 😭

[@serhii_himself_98]

To be fair, on mobile half of the name is cut by the curve of the screen xD

[@winkblink8636]

Only reason I stay in beta is for family sharing. Playing multiple games that one of my siblings own. Decky loader doesn't work in beta and can't get into desktop mode in beta. Really miss decky loader and need to shift around roms in desktop mode.

[@KniteDad]

Hopefully these will make Steam OS ready for PC (Desktop and Laptop Valve, please!!?)

[@lina4469]

Halo 5 on pc? Finally

[@kevinmontgomery4443]

Hello to all of the decks owners. I'm in need of some advice and your opinions. As some one who wants to get back in WoW (wold of warcraft). I was wondering, should I choose an ASUS TUF F15 or go with a steam deck? I've seen some videos where some people have been using theirs decks in desktop mode like pc and then curling up in comfort and playing in handheld mode. This would be fantastic for my work needs and personally, this is the major reason why I'm condsidering the steam deck over the laptop, plus I found out you can hook up any bluetooth controller to it including joycons which would be brilliant for weekend gaming session with the family. Without waffling on are there any steam deck owners who play WoW out there? I'd love to here your thoughts on the matter. Thnaks in advance.

[@puabl0682]

WoW runs great on steam deck, learning to play on controller is a bit of a learning curve. You will typically need the add-on Console port to handle the controller bindings. Consoleport fully supports the steam deck and all its buttons as well as steam input being a god send for bindings the steam deck controls to PC controls already. Setting up the interact key is my best tip, something convenient you can press easily, I use a back paddle. This trivialises the need to pick up items by pointing the camera and pressing right thumbstick or using the steam decks trackpad. I've also bound the extra action button in wow to a modifier of the interact key as that helps with questing. console port has a utility ring for using quest items by holding both triggers an A by default. Steam deck excels at leveling and questing. I do also happily do dungeons, normals, heroics, mythics and mythic+. I've tanked, healed and DPS'd mythic+ all through Dragonflight. Healing was the hardest, I mostly tanked. PvP is tricky as you need to move your camera a lot vs players but it's also possible. I can happily hang out with friends in discord and play wow on the sofa. It has many conveniences from being able to squeeze in a bit more leveling in bed to just staying ingame and talking to my friends while cooking to farming rare spawns while I do something else on my computer. I did find somebody playing streaming themselves playing wow on a computer using consoleport and a playstation controller to tank 2k+ Raider I.O mythic+ keys. With a steam deck OLED I get about 5 and a half hours of battery life when playing wow on not the lowest settings and frame rate capped to 40FPS/80Hz, this feels identical to 60FPS/60Hz. It goes without saying classic wow plays even better on the steam deck, more battery life, less complicated game, perfect for leveling characters or doing dungeons and raids with friends. I could not recommend wow on the steam deck more, there are many videos on KZbin walking you through consoleport and the install on steam os. Installing battle.net is fairly painless. You can use a program in desktop mode called lutris to install battle.net using a community made script for the install. You can also download the battle.net exe, add it to steam as a non steam game (right click the exe from your downloads folder and you can add it to steam). Then set proton version to experimental. Once battle.net is installed you need to repoint the "battle.net setup.exe" to the installed "battle.net launcher". This is found in the hidden folder .steam -> steamapps -> compatdata -> folders with the extra long numbers are non steam games. There are guides easier to follow for this.

[@kevinmontgomery4443]

@@puabl0682 thank you so much, I have to admit I had a smile on my face while reading this. I think you've helped me come to a decision and now I can't wait to get one. Thanks again.

[@puabl0682]

@@kevinmontgomery4443 My pleasure, I hope you find the same joy I have!

[@darkendbeing]

Still waiting for the desktop release of steam os.

[@raxcentalruthenta1456]

Good morning!

[@FanTheDeck]

👋

[@93ChayZ]

pretty funny in order to experience BM: Wukong at it's full potential you need a 4090 and even then with ALL the bells and whistles turned on it only gets 90 fps XDDDDDDDD

[@pcallycat9043]

I'm curious, did they decompile Banjo, or reverse engineer it... you mentioned both terms, but they are very different things. Clean room reverse engineer would be awesome, straight decompiling then posting the code... nintendo might have a hayday...

[@FanTheDeck]

You're right I did use them interchangeably in a way that was very ambiguous. They reverse engineered it. E.g. there were no debug symbols to leverage afaik and all the source code is human-readable now. It's now reverse engineered such that a compile produces a 1:1 copy of the N64 ROM.

[@SlyMelodica.]

Yea ill switch to stable when some of these features hit stable

[@FanTheDeck]

Stable >>>>>

[@lionxray]

At those prices... I will PASS on the EmuDeck machine. I could buy a new Steam Deck and then install the EmuDeck software for approximately the same amount. If they can get it below $500 then it might make more sense. $300 would be more realistic.

[@Descending-melodies.]

What i hate of 3.6 is the unified frame time. It kills stable 30fps on elden Ring. At least for me. Game refuse to stay on 30fps it goes 32, 35 then back to 30 even with the limiter. Had to go back to 3.5

[@valentinnoonspecial]

I wish there was a Steamos, to replace windows

[@MyurrDurr]

Bazzite!

[@shakeyourbunny]

You seem to get more snarky at Valve and Steam by every video.

[@joshs5909]

Im still wanting Valve to not release SteamOS for other handhelds. They should continue to focus on their own products and leave it up to community builds of Linux for the others. It's a waste of Valve's time supporting other hardware.

[@Talking_Ed]

It's a waste of time supporting Linux too but guess what, it's good to do it.

[@balmashev93]

They should add initial support, but remaining should be done by other manufacturers - Asus, MSI, acer, Lenovo etc. I don't think Valve should invest time in products that they don't sell

[@BestGirlsBiggestFan]

@Talking_Ed At this point it's more like Linux has been supporting Valve, not the other way around. Linux had been stuck at 2% market share since it launched in 1991, the same time as Sonic the Hedgehog, that's how long it's been around. It jumped to above 5% market share after Steam and Valve jumped onboard, and did so in a matter of two years. Considerably less than the two decades Linux tried and failed to do so on its own, even with Windows crapping the bed.

[@Energydrinc]

800p 😢