*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***

[Guest2]

FYI all, file transfer from Windows machine to Steam Deck.
Install Warpinator on discovery store, Install Winpinator on Windows machine. Thats about it, launch both after setting the connnection group code on both and let auto discovery find the deck then send the file / folder you need on the deck. Transfer is quite quick, took 1 minute to transfer a 1GB zip file.

HUBs, Docks, wires and the like will soon be a thing of the past

 

[mountaincow]

FYI all, file transfer from Windows machine to Steam Deck.
Install Warpinator on discovery store, Install Winpinator on Windows machine. Thats about it, launch both after setting the connnection group code on both and let auto discovery find the deck then send the file / folder you need on the deck. Transfer is quite quick, took 1 minute to transfer a 1GB zip file.

HUBs, Docks, wires and the like will soon be a thing of the past

Warpinator is really easy to use. I definitely recommend it to anyone who doesn't need a proper network share.
I use Samba (SMB) and have a few different shares. It can be nice to be able to mount things over the network instead of having to copy them over first.

 

[Guest2]

@chrcoluk Anker battery still at 100% (according to the battery stats)

 

[neojay]

FYI all, file transfer from Windows machine to Steam Deck.
Install Warpinator on discovery store, Install Winpinator on Windows machine. Thats about it, launch both after setting the connnection group code on both and let auto discovery find the deck then send the file / folder you need on the deck. Transfer is quite quick, took 1 minute to transfer a 1GB zip file.

HUBs, Docks, wires and the like will soon be a thing of the past

This is exactly the thing I have been after, thank you!

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Dont install the latest firmware update, it breaks the micro sd mounting/unmounting and means you have to keep
ejecting the sd card and re-inserting it to get it to register.

 

[Guest2]

Dont install the latest firmware update, it breaks the micro sd mounting/unmounting and means you have to keep
ejecting the sd card and re-inserting it to get it to register.

The one dated 11/09/23?

 

[Guest2]

Nuts, I went into desktop mode and it auto updated to the latest firmware. Volume seems much lower than before and yes, SD card isnt detected when I rebooted. No doubt it'll be sorted quickly

 

[chrcoluk]

Nuts, I went into desktop mode and it auto updated to the latest firmware. Volume seems much lower than before and yes, SD card isnt detected when I rebooted. No doubt it'll be sorted quickly

Hmm, wonder if there is a toggle for it. Luckily I dont currently have an SD card used for anything, but did plan on getting one for roms.

 

[Guest2]

Hmm, wonder if there is a toggle for it. Luckily I dont currently have an SD card used for anything, but did plan on getting one for roms.

Well, the SD card doesnt appear but my roms load fine and the card appears in desktop mode. Just cosmetic, i'll just carry on as normal

UE5 fluid flux 2 running on the Deck! 30-40fps on the beach and shore maps, not too bad. I didnt think it would run at all or run at about 10fps

 

[Guest2]

After the update it seems Warpinator is screwed. My Windows Warpinator sits there searching for computers on your network (on IP 192.168.1.101) it does see the Steam Deck on 192.168.1.212 but shows its offline.
On the Steam Deck it just shows 'No other computers found...' its on wlan0 192.168.1.212.

Does the update change something firewall related which is now blocking my Windows machine from being seen? Windows machine can see the Deck though

edit - working now. I had to set the code to something different on Deck and Windows, then change it to the correct code. Flaky

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Hot fix released today to fix the micro SD card issues

 

[chrcoluk]

Did have a read here.

Seems these are just client updates, not the OS, although was an OS update end of August.

Steam Deck - Steam News Hub

Updates, events, and news from the developers of Steam Deck.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Moley]

I think I'm done with my steam deck. I barely use it.

 

[blairw]

I have a spare intel nuc kicking around that I am considering installing SteamOS too which should let me install the remote play apps for Xbox, PS5 and use steam-link to stream all my games to another location in the house. Has anyone tried similar?

 

[Bluecube]

You don’t need SteamOS for this. You can just install your favourite Linux (or Windows even) and then Steam.

 

[blairw]

Looking for it to be as appliance like in nature really, maybe do windows / Linux with steam and set to boot into steam big picture is the way forward

 

[Bluecube]

Looking for it to be as appliance like in nature really, maybe do windows / Linux with steam and set to boot into steam big picture is the way forward

Yep. It’ll work fine. For something like this I’d use Linux as Windows has a bad habit of suddenly demanding attention to the latest update right when you don’t want it. If, however, you go the Windows route then check out Playnite which pulls games together from various sources and displays them in a nice full screen controller friendly view. Like Big Picture except for all your games

 

[blairw]

I'll report back... of course now I am looking at mini pc's with AMD APUs with a view of potentially having EmuDeck up and running on it as well for local game emulation.

 

[Raiden85]

Bought the newer version of the Jsaux back plate, having a grill at the back really makes a massive difference over the first version they did, gained much lower temps and lower fan speeds, been using the white one for about two weeks without any issues whatsoever. Originally bought the crystal clear white but wasn't happy with the black shell and very clear white back plate combo, ended up buying what they call the brown but its more black/charcoal coloured.

Quality is definitely improved over the original version, on that I had to shave down the plastic posts on the back buttons ever so slightly as they were too long which seemed to be a very common issue, both new backplates fitted great and no issues with the back buttons this time.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Bought the newer version of the Jsaux back plate, having a grill at the back really makes a massive difference over the first version they did, gained much lower temps and lower fan speeds, been using the white one for about two weeks without any issues whatsoever. Originally bought the crystal clear white but wasn't happy with the black shell and very clear white back plate combo, ended up buying what they call the brown but its more black/charcoal coloured.

Quality is definitely improved over the original version, on that I had to shave down the plastic posts on the back buttons ever so slightly as they were too long which seemed to be a very common issue, both new backplates fitted great and no issues with the back buttons this time.

How easy it is to fit? Any soldering involved?

and Link please?