Yeah, that's what the Steam Deck is sitting on. I wouldn't use it for that really, but it's good for shooting footage of the Deck. It is really meant for phones, but they do have other tablet holders, I don't know if any of them would work with the Steam Deck.
@@NerdNest thanks for the heads-up, I would love to have a travel mount setup. I think a mini or regular i x spring mount might work great but then you are taking or messing with control's , ill just have to experiment when I get my hands on one
One thing to add about frame rates. While yes, they are adjustable. Please remember that when you plug in to an HDTV using the dock or another method, the TV will see a signal, but give you an error stating the format is not supported. What this means is that you need to unplug your Deck, and change the FPS to either 30, 60, or 120 fps (if your TV can do 120). Then plug the Deck back in. Hopefully this info helps someone.
My deck just got shipped, so very soon I can finally join in instead of living vicariously through your content. Thank you for the tips and other SD content you've been providing.
@@Joshua-gg8ki I reserved mine on 17th July 2021, so just over a year. However, Valve have doubled production recently, so it's probably along the lines of 6-8 months. You will also have to take in consideration, your region (US, UK or EU) plus which model you reserved. Hopefully there won't be any more supply-chain interruptions either. Edit: Well, scratch that comment, I know what you'll be doing in December lol
Had received mine on Friday and stopped lurking in the most recent video of the day. Now I think it'll be weekly to biweekly. Having way more fun with this device than I had myself hyped for.
One fun tip, if you add a non Steam game that also has a Steam version (maybe you bought it from a different store for instance) it will not by default show the Steam community configs for that game when browsing. If you set the shortcut name to the AppID Steam uses for the Steam version of the game it'll let you browse them. Say for instance you own the GOG version of Cyberpunk 2077 and add it to Steam, if you change the name to 1091500 (visible in the URL of the store page) you can see the ones people who own it on Steam have come up with, then rename back to a more readable one when you find one you like. Don't have a Deck yet so can't 100% verify it'll work still there, but I've been using the trick for years with my Steam Controller/Steam Input with other controllers/etc and would be odd if they changed it now ==EDIT== Have the Deck now, can confirm it still works. Have to export as a template and rechoose if you rename it back, I think I just always left it as the APPID and went by picture instead of name so never noticed that bit. There's also a Steam URI you can run from a browser to pop the configurator for a game without doing the renaming bit if that's easier for you, still need to do the export as template bit. Enter steam://controllerconfig/APPID in a browser and set to open in Steam ==EDIT 2== Trying out URI method, can't get it to work properly even on desktop desktop (as opposed to desktop mode on the Deck), just causes a crash for games I don't own on Steam, got bored with troubleshooting since the renaming method has always worked for me. Could halve the renaming steps by creating a dummy non Steam game that doesn't actually launch anything important and continually renaming that rather than renaming the shortcut for the game itself I suppose.
@@user-gj5cx9ik5m Haven't tried it myself for ones from those types of things, but I mentioned the trick to someone back when Borderlands 3 got out of exclusivity jail and they said they got it working, but said they had to add the Epic launcher itself rather than Borderlands as the non Steam game to get Steam Input to work
Been watching for a few weeks before I got my Steamdeck last week, and every episode I learn something new about to device . I feel like the steam deck community is all learning and growing together, can't wait for more people to get their hands on one. It's worth the wait.
Get at minimum a USB to USBC dongle, so you can plug something like a keyboard, mouse, or flash drive directly into the Steam deck. Preferably get a USBC-compatible docking station with power supply so you can just plug in all your devices at the same time, in addition to charging. Basically turning the Steam deck into an actual desktop computer. I just use the docking station off my work computer any time I need to do something in Desktop mode, and it works perfectly.
Having issues getting a game to run that uses an external software such as Ubisoft. If you have tried using all the different versions of proton and still those games aren't working. Try deleting the proton files through the quick game manage menu for the game. It solved the issue immediately for me. Just wanted to say a huge thank you to this channel for the content and advice since early deck announcement. I will keep checking in even though myself and people around me are now all getting our decks. 😊❤
TIP: Try lowering the deadzone on your analog sticks. It will make them feel more responsive and more precise. Especially with them being new, the deadzone can be made rather tight. Settings > Controller > Calibration & Advanced > Joysticks
I LOVE the second tip about lowering the frame rate and refresh rate. I noticed Horizon Zero Dawn had a cap of 40 by default (unless I accidentally changed something) but switching those values both to 40 and flipping on Vsync in game makes for an extremely smooth frame delivery experience.
I opened the controller configurator on my deck and was absolutely ecstatic about how they go into detail to explain steams input configurator. I just feel like it's so underrated and you can do an unfathomable amount of configuring and customizing! As someone who ran steam link regularly on my switch the explanation for everyday users made me happy!
Okay but what about that thumbnail? That steamdeck in the thumbnail looked sick, I want it. Exactly those colors, that gradient and the color choice is perfect. If it doesn't exist, sample that thumbnail and sell skins, I guarantee they'll sell well lol
My tip is to definitely buy at least 512 GB of external storage. I put 1TB in my deck and experienced no problems. Just be careful moving/removing the card, as there is no protective cap on it.
😉 I'm quarter 3 and July is almost over. I can't wait to receive that email. These tips are great and have heard you talk about them all the time while on deck. Now I know a little more on how to utilize them. Thanks
I got my steam deck yesterday. I'm so hyped and I will definitely be trying out the awesome tips shown in the video. Thanks a million from a new subscriber! 😀👍
Nearly a year later take me through your steam deck experience? I've been reading and watching things on them. Mine arrives tomorrow and would appreciate your feedback.
@@stevenmetz5363 Hi Steve 👋 The steam deck is the only way I game nowadays. It's the best gaming purchase I have ever made. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Short list of games I've played; Elden Ring, Plague Tale Requiem, Resident Evil 2 Remake and lots of indie titles plus emulators. I use desktop mode quite a lot. I bought an adapter to connect any USB device I need to use. Adapter came with a hdmi port too, so I can make use of a bigger screen. I guess you have yours by now. Well, enjoy this new wonder tech! 👍
Just saw this video on my recommended this morning before heading to work, not even 2 minutes in I get a knock at my front door from FedEx letting me know my Steam Deck just arrived
I finally got my notification email that I was able to order my deck today. Super excited for it to arrive. Loving your videos so far, lots of great info!
I'm getting my deck tomorrow and this was a great video to tune me into some things I otherwise wouldn't have known about. Thanks for the tips on Proton GE and the Moonlight flatpak.
On the note of the beta channel: Valve even implemented some kind of fail-safe mode; I had a game with a strange Steam Input layout that caused a boot/verifying installation loop everytime I even clicked on that game; it was perfectly reproducible. After like 10 loops the Deck automatically switched back to download the Stable channel.
The Back buttons are wonderful I usually map the left and right bumpers to L4 and R4 since resting my fingers on the triggers is a more comfortable grip and the bumpers are a bit awkward with where all the main buttons are. Unless the game does not require faster bumper inputs. I am also still in that phase where my favorite game is installing a game to see if it runs. Tweaking it to see if it can run better. Uninstalling it. And repeating. Though I am playing Yakuza 2 as well.
@@Jon-bw4ie I am not reinstalling the same game. Installing a new game to test and tweak and once I see how well it runs, I uninstall it and try the next game.
I keep checking my est date, and honestly hoping mine doesn't ship early. Unfortunately had an emergency dental surgery last month that ate up all my savings I had aside for it, and will just be scrambling to save enough with my current October time frame. Thanks so much for these tips!
Love the content as always. Lately I just been going through the house finding a bunch of USB and USB C peripherals, and see what works. So far we tried 6 pd hubs, external blue ray player, VR glasses. Happy to say they all just worked 💪 that'd be awesome if you guys could do a video like that people would probably like to know that a Blu-ray player would work on here
Hey Bill, came across your channel by association, watched your video and subscribed instantaneously, you have a great communicator’s style that I dig, your rhythm was on point and professional, great great content, thanks for the useful info. I just got my Steam Deck allocation, I put down my $5.00 bucks in July 2021 and finally got the anticipated email inviting me to finish paying for my 512 GB Deck, I’m giddy!!!!
I'm loving my Steam Deck so far, it's pretty much my complete system upgrade, as I was running an i7 3770, 8gb ddr3 1333, 2x 240gb SSDs in Raid 0, an oem R7 450 2gb gpu, and a 1tb 7200 hdd for storage. With my dell 4:3 I had to set Doom 2016 to med low with 50% res scale at 1280x800 (simulated on a 1280x1024 screen, yes black bars) to get around 30fps. With deck I'm running on all High settings at 1280x800 with no scaling, though I do have FSR on. Getting a steady 40fps with 40hz lock
@@malcaniscsm5184 indeed, and just a few minutes ago while waiting to dispatch (at work) , I was getting said performance at about 20w! I work for FedEx, I've delivered 5 or 6 steam decks so far. And yes... The package is super obvious. It even says if it's a 512gb and so on. I'd recommend that when you get a tracking number to try to update shipping instructions for the driver to put it somewhere safe, if possible.
Got my opportunity to order the 512GB version today, which was a few months before I expected (I think I only pre-ordered back in February or thereabouts). Can't wait to check it out!
I’ve just ordered myself a Steamdeck - it’s my first foray into PC gaming and I’m super excited, I have no room in my flat for a PC and I’ve never enjoyed laptops- I LOVE my Nintendo switch because of its portability but the quality of games is just so meh… your videos have helped me so much so far to work out what I’m going to be doing with it. Keep it up, love it
I've had my Steam Deck for some months now and it really is my go to handheld device. My favorite thing to do on my Steam Deck is play games on the emulator.
Tip: Learning Linux while learning the touchpads can get a bit overwhelming. Get a USB-C dongle to plug in a keyboard / mouse / monitor / USB power source, makes the whole learning experience WAY smoother.
OH MAN ! Your a life saver, definitely helped me out getting it set up by my liking and be able to play the games on steam that I wanted to play, kuddos to you my good Sir. Got yourself a new subscriber !
Not a feature you missed completely but in the performance settings you should really tick the per game profiles as not everything is created equal and may need different settings. Bit surprised you didn't have it ticked for The Witcher.
Just got mine in the mail, just haven't had a chance to set everything up. That spring sale came at just the right time, as I was already saving up for one.
you say "boot into desktop mode" but for those of us who JUST got the steam deck.. I have no idea how? Just looked it up, go to Power > reboot in desktop mode Also when you go to type you need to press STEAM button + X to bring up onscreen keyboard
One thing I would like to add is if you are a tinkerer or modder. I would heavily suggest learning Linux if you can. If you have an old laptop or something collecting dust, Linux could bring it back to life, and is a great little sandbox to learn up on it. Learning up on the basics of the terminal can allow you to do things that Windows could never dream of doing.
I definitely like how simple and intuitive SteamInput is. For one of my games (a 2D platformer whose default controls do NOT map the D-pad to menu navigation or character movement!) it was super simple to remap the Deck's D-pad as "Left joystick" (sure, I could also map each D-pad direction to a stick direction individually), and much faster than actually remapping the same controls in-game. However, there are a few things that I would kind of like to map to a combination of buttons, and I'm not sure that's a thing. For example, snapping a screenshot is Steam+R1, but depending on the game that can be an incredibly clunky combination to press -- so I mapped L4/R4 as buttons to take screenshots with. (I kind of would like to map it as L4+R4 so I can use the buttons individually, but...)
Got a 256 deck last week. Through highest speed 1tb SD I could find. Will upgrade internal storage when I need to down the line. 1.25 tb for now is great
I would not upgrade the internal storage just use the micro SD cards as game cartridges. It's like old video game days where you swap out the cards to play the different games.
As a mid 30s gamer, this channel slaps perfectly for me. Thanks for the good content, you got a new suuuuuub. I'll keep looking for more content to help me dive into desktop mode and get more comfortable with what's running underneath, what tweaks I can make, etc.
Here's a tip, get a silicone case. The deck is kinda big and you don't want to drop it with no protection. That said, most silicone case make using R1 and L1 a bit difficult (especially in games like Dark Souls where you use this 2 buttons all game long) so create a controller template with L4 and R4 set to L1 and R1 since they are much easier to hit than the L1 and R1 that are a bit awkward to press with a case on.
Some games like TES 4 Oblivion wouldn't load past the splash screen. It was something not being loaded correctly by the game. I solved it by installing another game which properly loaded whatever Oblivion didn't. It was the demo of monster hunter stories 2 I believe. Worked for me.
Your videos are really well made and the content flow is excellent. I have been watching several of your videos on the steam deck and really enjoyed all of them, you earned another subscriber. I just ordered my steam deck today!
This was my question too , I spent ages understanding proton and how to set stuff up , still need to add links direct to games with out a new install from battle net
Ordered my Steam Deck just today. I'm really really excited to get my hands on it and finally revisit old titles from my library that I've abandoned unfinished for forever! :'D
@@Y0oUrMama Mine was 203PM eastern time. I'm still shipping soon. I feel like I'm the worst at waiting for packages, like I will sit on my porch and wait for it to be delivered
Same here! apparently it shipped out but the delivery company doesn't have it yet. I'm guessing Friday will be the lucky day! I've made a list of games out of my library I would want on a Deck and ones I might want to and all of them combined are 570GB. I heard people say that the storage is tiny, even on the 512GB and you know... sure 512GB these days isn't impressive but this is 53 games combined, for contrast, on my PC right now I have 27 games, a few of them are lingering after I finished them, and a bunch are here if I "maybe want to play them" once in a blue moon. And that is actually 600GB so still, not fall off the 512GB (or prolly like 480, realistically) mark.
Got mine this week. I’ll be honest, it’s rather overwhelming. So, I’ve sat it down for now, and am trying to learn a lot more about what it can do, and perhaps more importantly, what I should be doing with it. Like, you said Desktop Mode, like that’s a simple thing. I don’t even know how to do that yet. Nevermind stuff like why my micro SD card isn’t showing up. But videos like this help, so thanks for doing it 😃
I would say what you should be doing with it is playing games in game mode, at least to start. Get comfortable with the device and get gaming. After that, there are a whole lot of things you can get into, but you don't really need to. If you have a powerful gaming PC already, you can use Remote Play to stream the games very easily. As long as you are logged into Steam on both, you should get an option to stream the game to the Deck, although I don't have mine yet, and am likely still a few months out. Once you feel like you can jump into desktop mode, you can hold down the power button or open the Steam menu on the left and you should find a 'Switch to Desktop Mode' option listed. That will log you out of gaming mode and drop you into the desktop mode. That should feel familiar to most Windows desktops from the last decade, but it is still Linux and specifically the KDE desktop environment, so you will likely have to find a few things. The search option in the start (application) menu will be your friend here. From there, you can load up the Discover software center and search for the software you might be interested in. I would recommend ProtonUp-Qt like Bill said for downloading the GE versions of Proton, Heroic Games Launcher for any games on Epic and GOG, and BoilR if you want to easily import your non Steam games into Steam and by extension gaming mode, complete with cover art. You can also install Lutris to install other game launchers, but you can also use Steam's 'Add a Non Steam Game' option in the desktop Steam client to add the exe for a launcher to install it with Steam and Proton, just be sure to go into the settings menu for the launcher once you have added it to Steam and set the compatibility mode to use Proton. Past that, there are plenty of things you can learn, it is Linux after all. But I would say that should get you gaming through most things you might be interested in.
@@KuittheGeek awesome, thanks! I actually downloaded the Aperture Desk Job game, I hear it’s a good way to learn about the steamdeck. All went well, until I got to the game part where nothing seemed to work. Like none of the controls worked. In fact looking at a play through video, something happened to mine, where only the ABXY buttons showed up on the right hand side of the orange work top. The other buttons didn’t show up. Nothing else was recognized. I couldn’t figure it out. Then I couldn’t figure out how to restart the game to see if that would fix it. So. I sat it back down and will leave it until the weekend when I have some more time to read up before jumping in. So far it’s been a frustrating experience. But I’m sure I’ll get on top of it eventually 😆
About the SD card, did you solve the issue already? If not, did you formatted it in the deck after installing it? It is not an obvious option and easy to miss (located in the steam menu, left button)
I'm one of those who finally caved and bought one on sale. The best part of the video was the RUclips algorithm advertising a switch, literally as I list mine for sale 🙄
I wasn't sure which model I needed but after some research I found I could make it more economical buy getting the 64gb and upgrading later I'm waiting on my reservation as we speak so pumped! Love the channel!
I'm so excited to get my Deck and I want to try emulation. I watched a video on Emudeck and while a lot seems straightforward, the steps involving the BIOS and roms are overwhelming for a new fella.
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Are you using this phone mount for your steamdeck in the video?
Sadly your videos are rapidly pilling up with spam (phishing) posts, reported a few but I don't think youtube does anything about it
Yeah, that's what the Steam Deck is sitting on. I wouldn't use it for that really, but it's good for shooting footage of the Deck. It is really meant for phones, but they do have other tablet holders, I don't know if any of them would work with the Steam Deck.
Yep, I've been deleting them as fast as I can.
@@NerdNest thanks for the heads-up, I would love to have a travel mount setup. I think a mini or regular i x spring mount might work great but then you are taking or messing with control's , ill just have to experiment when I get my hands on one
One thing to add about frame rates. While yes, they are adjustable. Please remember that when you plug in to an HDTV using the dock or another method, the TV will see a signal, but give you an error stating the format is not supported. What this means is that you need to unplug your Deck, and change the FPS to either 30, 60, or 120 fps (if your TV can do 120). Then plug the Deck back in. Hopefully this info helps someone.
Thanks!
I haven't even ordered one yet and I find this very helpful already 😅. I could see this being a problem for me
I had this exact problem and thought it was just my tv. Thank you bro!
Just ordered last night and have been taking screneshots of every helpful comment so I can be ready when it arrives. Thank you so much for the tip!
My deck just got shipped, so very soon I can finally join in instead of living vicariously through your content. Thank you for the tips and other SD content you've been providing.
Same! I got my email 2 days ago and have already paid for it!
I just reserved mine like 2 days ago and was just wondering how long did it take to get yours?
@@Joshua-gg8ki I reserved mine on 17th July 2021, so just over a year. However, Valve have doubled production recently, so it's probably along the lines of 6-8 months. You will also have to take in consideration, your region (US, UK or EU) plus which model you reserved. Hopefully there won't be any more supply-chain interruptions either.
Edit: Well, scratch that comment, I know what you'll be doing in December lol
Had received mine on Friday and stopped lurking in the most recent video of the day.
Now I think it'll be weekly to biweekly.
Having way more fun with this device than I had myself hyped for.
@@Joshua-gg8ki took me exactly 1 year to get my 'buy now' email
One fun tip, if you add a non Steam game that also has a Steam version (maybe you bought it from a different store for instance) it will not by default show the Steam community configs for that game when browsing. If you set the shortcut name to the AppID Steam uses for the Steam version of the game it'll let you browse them. Say for instance you own the GOG version of Cyberpunk 2077 and add it to Steam, if you change the name to 1091500 (visible in the URL of the store page) you can see the ones people who own it on Steam have come up with, then rename back to a more readable one when you find one you like. Don't have a Deck yet so can't 100% verify it'll work still there, but I've been using the trick for years with my Steam Controller/Steam Input with other controllers/etc and would be odd if they changed it now
==EDIT== Have the Deck now, can confirm it still works. Have to export as a template and rechoose if you rename it back, I think I just always left it as the APPID and went by picture instead of name so never noticed that bit. There's also a Steam URI you can run from a browser to pop the configurator for a game without doing the renaming bit if that's easier for you, still need to do the export as template bit. Enter steam://controllerconfig/APPID in a browser and set to open in Steam
==EDIT 2== Trying out URI method, can't get it to work properly even on desktop desktop (as opposed to desktop mode on the Deck), just causes a crash for games I don't own on Steam, got bored with troubleshooting since the renaming method has always worked for me. Could halve the renaming steps by creating a dummy non Steam game that doesn't actually launch anything important and continually renaming that rather than renaming the shortcut for the game itself I suppose.
Wow I have been wondering how to do this for years, thank you so much!
ok as someone who links all my gog and origin games through steam, I’ve always wondered if there was a way to do this but never actually googled
Wait so does it work for stuff like origin, epic, Amazon games, etc?
@@user-gj5cx9ik5m Haven't tried it myself for ones from those types of things, but I mentioned the trick to someone back when Borderlands 3 got out of exclusivity jail and they said they got it working, but said they had to add the Epic launcher itself rather than Borderlands as the non Steam game to get Steam Input to work
Been watching for a few weeks before I got my Steamdeck last week, and every episode I learn something new about to device . I feel like the steam deck community is all learning and growing together, can't wait for more people to get their hands on one. It's worth the wait.
Get at minimum a USB to USBC dongle, so you can plug something like a keyboard, mouse, or flash drive directly into the Steam deck. Preferably get a USBC-compatible docking station with power supply so you can just plug in all your devices at the same time, in addition to charging. Basically turning the Steam deck into an actual desktop computer. I just use the docking station off my work computer any time I need to do something in Desktop mode, and it works perfectly.
kde connect might help in a pinch
My Steam Deck arrived today so you’ve timed this fantastically well Bill. I love how you made this just for me, thank you :)
Mine just arrived today! I'm glad he made it for you too.
Mine comes in tomorrow!!!
Mine came today! Enjoy guys!
How long did it take for it to start shipping out? I made my purchase on Wednesday and it still shows shipping soon.
@@Michael-rq8zj got the email to purchase on the 21st, preparing to ship email on the 26th and received it on the 28th.
Proton-GE is really a game changer. It even works with Half-Life 2 mods that run on the old Source SDK versions, which are not supported by default.
Having issues getting a game to run that uses an external software such as Ubisoft. If you have tried using all the different versions of proton and still those games aren't working. Try deleting the proton files through the quick game manage menu for the game. It solved the issue immediately for me. Just wanted to say a huge thank you to this channel for the content and advice since early deck announcement. I will keep checking in even though myself and people around me are now all getting our decks. 😊❤
Tip a lot of games that haven’t been evaluated for compatibility actually work great. They even sometimes have official controller layouts
TIP: Try lowering the deadzone on your analog sticks. It will make them feel more responsive and more precise. Especially with them being new, the deadzone can be made rather tight.
Settings > Controller > Calibration & Advanced > Joysticks
It also can be set per game with additional options in the controller settings
Yoo, thanks! This helped me a great deal.
Don't drop it...
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I LOVE the second tip about lowering the frame rate and refresh rate. I noticed Horizon Zero Dawn had a cap of 40 by default (unless I accidentally changed something) but switching those values both to 40 and flipping on Vsync in game makes for an extremely smooth frame delivery experience.
I opened the controller configurator on my deck and was absolutely ecstatic about how they go into detail to explain steams input configurator. I just feel like it's so underrated and you can do an unfathomable amount of configuring and customizing! As someone who ran steam link regularly on my switch the explanation for everyday users made me happy!
Can you save configs for each individual game or do you have to manually adjust it every time ?
@@SurferKroky you can save and export and even share you own, per game configurations
Okay but what about that thumbnail? That steamdeck in the thumbnail looked sick, I want it. Exactly those colors, that gradient and the color choice is perfect. If it doesn't exist, sample that thumbnail and sell skins, I guarantee they'll sell well lol
Man I thought how I wanted one too before clicking
I'm creating a RUclips playlist to watch after I get my Steam Deck and this is going right in with many of your other videos. Thanks for all you do!
It's actually way easier to shop on the steam app on your phone...you can even start the download to the deck right from the phone app
My tip is to definitely buy at least 512 GB of external storage. I put 1TB in my deck and experienced no problems. Just be careful moving/removing the card, as there is no protective cap on it.
😉 I'm quarter 3 and July is almost over. I can't wait to receive that email. These tips are great and have heard you talk about them all the time while on deck. Now I know a little more on how to utilize them. Thanks
Did you get it?
I got my steam deck yesterday. I'm so hyped and I will definitely be trying out the awesome tips shown in the video. Thanks a million from a new subscriber! 😀👍
Nearly a year later take me through your steam deck experience? I've been reading and watching things on them. Mine arrives tomorrow and would appreciate your feedback.
@@stevenmetz5363 Hi Steve 👋
The steam deck is the only way I game nowadays. It's the best gaming purchase I have ever made. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Short list of games I've played; Elden Ring, Plague Tale Requiem, Resident Evil 2 Remake and lots of indie titles plus emulators.
I use desktop mode quite a lot. I bought an adapter to connect any USB device I need to use. Adapter came with a hdmi port too, so I can make use of a bigger screen.
I guess you have yours by now. Well, enjoy this new wonder tech! 👍
Just saw this video on my recommended this morning before heading to work, not even 2 minutes in I get a knock at my front door from FedEx letting me know my Steam Deck just arrived
Got my steam deck today. I am so glad I took notes and saved all the videos I would need when this day came.
I finally got my notification email that I was able to order my deck today. Super excited for it to arrive. Loving your videos so far, lots of great info!
I love this video format and that chill intro
Tying the Gyro to ADS/L2 in more casual FPS games (like Fallout 4 or MGSV) is excellent
My deck arrives today! So excited to try it out. Thanks for the tips.
How long did you recieve your deck after the buy email?
@@CryptidKion It took 8 days total. Paid on the 8th and received it today.
I'm getting my deck tomorrow and this was a great video to tune me into some things I otherwise wouldn't have known about. Thanks for the tips on Proton GE and the Moonlight flatpak.
Grats to everyone getting their new shiny steam deck this week and soon. 😊
Just got mine today. HYYYYYPE!
On the note of the beta channel: Valve even implemented some kind of fail-safe mode; I had a game with a strange Steam Input layout that caused a boot/verifying installation loop everytime I even clicked on that game; it was perfectly reproducible. After like 10 loops the Deck automatically switched back to download the Stable channel.
The Back buttons are wonderful I usually map the left and right bumpers to L4 and R4 since resting my fingers on the triggers is a more comfortable grip and the bumpers are a bit awkward with where all the main buttons are. Unless the game does not require faster bumper inputs.
I am also still in that phase where my favorite game is installing a game to see if it runs. Tweaking it to see if it can run better. Uninstalling it. And repeating. Though I am playing Yakuza 2 as well.
Why do you uninstall and reinstall after tweaking?
@@Jon-bw4ie I am not reinstalling the same game. Installing a new game to test and tweak and once I see how well it runs, I uninstall it and try the next game.
@@acdbrn2000 lol oh, that makes more sense
@@Jon-bw4ie it is still a silly thing to do instead of just playing games, but tinkering is fun and something I enjoy.
@@acdbrn2000 I'm not hating
I keep checking my est date, and honestly hoping mine doesn't ship early. Unfortunately had an emergency dental surgery last month that ate up all my savings I had aside for it, and will just be scrambling to save enough with my current October time frame. Thanks so much for these tips!
Wishing the best for you! Here I’m hoping I won’t be camping when mine comes in (hopefully) October
@@kevinbaker4836 Thanks! Keeping my fingers crossed, will for you too!
Love the content as always. Lately I just been going through the house finding a bunch of USB and USB C peripherals, and see what works. So far we tried 6 pd hubs, external blue ray player, VR glasses. Happy to say they all just worked 💪 that'd be awesome if you guys could do a video like that people would probably like to know that a Blu-ray player would work on here
Haha. Why would you want a blu-ray player on deck? That’s amazing and weird.
@@NerdNest pretty much just to see if it worked 🤣
Thank you for proton tip, one of my games wasn’t launching but now it works. Thank you so much
Glad I could help
Lol adding your cat in the video is so funny and adorable 😺
Let’s be real. The cat is the one that added me to the video.
Proton GE just allowed me to play a game that I could not play before. Good advice, my man! Thank you so much!
Getting my deck between Oct and December... Super excited!!! Q4 group UNITE!!!!
Isn't October Q4 though? Either way, best of luck!
Q4 solidarity
It’s arriving on Saturday! Perfect timing! Thanks!
This video was great timing for me! I got my deck on Monday. I’m a bit of novice when it comes to PC gaming.
My deck is out for delivery right now. Can't wait to get off work
Your tone is very calming to your cat. You probably saved yourself a hairball in your face the next morning.
Just bought my steam deck last night and found your channel. Subscribed after the first video I watched
Hey Bill, came across your channel by association, watched your video and subscribed instantaneously, you have a great communicator’s style that I dig, your rhythm was on point and professional, great great content, thanks for the useful info.
I just got my Steam Deck allocation, I put down my $5.00 bucks in July 2021 and finally got the anticipated email inviting me to finish paying for my 512 GB Deck, I’m giddy!!!!
One tip is you are going to want to turn on the TDP in the quick settings menu, and lower the volts to 10 and you will gain a ton more battery life
Spotted it when i got mine yesterday and lowered to 12 but I'll go to 10 now cheers fella 👍.
I'm loving my Steam Deck so far, it's pretty much my complete system upgrade, as I was running an i7 3770, 8gb ddr3 1333, 2x 240gb SSDs in Raid 0, an oem R7 450 2gb gpu, and a 1tb 7200 hdd for storage.
With my dell 4:3 I had to set Doom 2016 to med low with 50% res scale at 1280x800 (simulated on a 1280x1024 screen, yes black bars) to get around 30fps. With deck I'm running on all High settings at 1280x800 with no scaling, though I do have FSR on. Getting a steady 40fps with 40hz lock
Valve have done an incredible job of squeezing performance out of 4 zen2 cores and 8 RDNA2 cores.
@@malcaniscsm5184 indeed, and just a few minutes ago while waiting to dispatch (at work) , I was getting said performance at about 20w!
I work for FedEx, I've delivered 5 or 6 steam decks so far. And yes... The package is super obvious. It even says if it's a 512gb and so on. I'd recommend that when you get a tracking number to try to update shipping instructions for the driver to put it somewhere safe, if possible.
@@xBruceLee88x I was pretty shocked when I finally got the deck at how large the thing is. Holy crap it's huge.
Got my opportunity to order the 512GB version today, which was a few months before I expected (I think I only pre-ordered back in February or thereabouts). Can't wait to check it out!
It’s crazy how suddenly they’ve caught up. I ordered mine on the 2nd, and it’s going to be here on the 6th.
I’ve just ordered myself a Steamdeck - it’s my first foray into PC gaming and I’m super excited, I have no room in my flat for a PC and I’ve never enjoyed laptops- I LOVE my Nintendo switch because of its portability but the quality of games is just so meh… your videos have helped me so much so far to work out what I’m going to be doing with it. Keep it up, love it
Have really enjoyed your videos over the past couple of days. My Steam Deck is arriving tomorrow, so you've been a huge help!
I've had my Steam Deck for some months now and it really is my go to handheld device. My favorite thing to do on my Steam Deck is play games on the emulator.
Tip: Learning Linux while learning the touchpads can get a bit overwhelming. Get a USB-C dongle to plug in a keyboard / mouse / monitor / USB power source, makes the whole learning experience WAY smoother.
Very sensible advice.
That ad plug with the cat was pretty good not going to lie lol. Great vid and thanks for the tips!
Glad you liked it!
OH MAN ! Your a life saver, definitely helped me out getting it set up by my liking and be able to play the games on steam that I wanted to play, kuddos to you my good Sir. Got yourself a new subscriber !
Not a feature you missed completely but in the performance settings you should really tick the per game profiles as not everything is created equal and may need different settings. Bit surprised you didn't have it ticked for The Witcher.
I usually use per game profiles. I haven’t played Witcher since those came out. And only loaded it for Shooting the video.
Just got mine in the mail, just haven't had a chance to set everything up. That spring sale came at just the right time, as I was already saving up for one.
Thanks Bill, first time here. Got you a new subscriber. Good to see other old guys enjoying gaming.
you say "boot into desktop mode" but for those of us who JUST got the steam deck.. I have no idea how?
Just looked it up, go to Power > reboot in desktop mode
Also when you go to type you need to press STEAM button + X to bring up onscreen keyboard
One thing I would like to add is if you are a tinkerer or modder. I would heavily suggest learning Linux if you can. If you have an old laptop or something collecting dust, Linux could bring it back to life, and is a great little sandbox to learn up on it. Learning up on the basics of the terminal can allow you to do things that Windows could never dream of doing.
Literally just got mine yesterday lol, thanks for the vid
Enjoy it
7:20 Your cat already had me click the like button. 🥰🐾 But I'm also saving this video for future reference. 👍
Incredibly slick transition to sponsor segment. Well played.
I definitely like how simple and intuitive SteamInput is. For one of my games (a 2D platformer whose default controls do NOT map the D-pad to menu navigation or character movement!) it was super simple to remap the Deck's D-pad as "Left joystick" (sure, I could also map each D-pad direction to a stick direction individually), and much faster than actually remapping the same controls in-game. However, there are a few things that I would kind of like to map to a combination of buttons, and I'm not sure that's a thing. For example, snapping a screenshot is Steam+R1, but depending on the game that can be an incredibly clunky combination to press -- so I mapped L4/R4 as buttons to take screenshots with. (I kind of would like to map it as L4+R4 so I can use the buttons individually, but...)
Got a 256 deck last week. Through highest speed 1tb SD I could find. Will upgrade internal storage when I need to down the line. 1.25 tb for now is great
I would not upgrade the internal storage just use the micro SD cards as game cartridges. It's like old video game days where you swap out the cards to play the different games.
Reserved mine June 6th. I'm sure I still have months to wait for mine. Something tells me Thanksgiving/Christmas most likely. 🥺🥺
As a mid 30s gamer, this channel slaps perfectly for me. Thanks for the good content, you got a new suuuuuub. I'll keep looking for more content to help me dive into desktop mode and get more comfortable with what's running underneath, what tweaks I can make, etc.
Welcome aboard
You have some of the best videos on the Steam Deck, especially those Steam Input ones!
This guy's voice definately sounds like the "pull the pin" lava, water, treasure, monter game ad on every video I saw for months.
It’s not me. Haha.
Here's a tip, get a silicone case. The deck is kinda big and you don't want to drop it with no protection. That said, most silicone case make using R1 and L1 a bit difficult (especially in games like Dark Souls where you use this 2 buttons all game long) so create a controller template with L4 and R4 set to L1 and R1 since they are much easier to hit than the L1 and R1 that are a bit awkward to press with a case on.
I’m waiting for my deck to ship. Been waiting since may, I’m excited! Thanks for the video 😸
Some games like TES 4 Oblivion wouldn't load past the splash screen. It was something not being loaded correctly by the game.
I solved it by installing another game which properly loaded whatever Oblivion didn't. It was the demo of monster hunter stories 2 I believe. Worked for me.
You get a like for the talking cat and the helpful information
the hotbars and radial menus 😩 my body wasn’t prepared to find that feature, i made so many useless and impractical menus just because i could 😂
I recommend a high speed SD card, tpu case, battery bank.
8 more hours until mine arrives I haven't been this excited since the PS2.
Your videos are really well made and the content flow is excellent. I have been watching several of your videos on the steam deck and really enjoyed all of them, you earned another subscriber. I just ordered my steam deck today!
Thank you very much!
This was my question too , I spent ages understanding proton and how to set stuff up , still need to add links direct to games with out a new install from battle net
Just got my time-to-purchase email today! Thank you for the timely vid!
Great video thanks for the tips! I just got a steam deck on sale for the 1st year birthday supper excited 🎉!!!
Ordered my Steam Deck just today. I'm really really excited to get my hands on it and finally revisit old titles from my library that I've abandoned unfinished for forever! :'D
Have you got it yet out if interest? How are you finding it?
What a great introduction to the steam deck! Thanks, Bill...
Should be getting my email in about an hour and a half as of writing this! Cannot wait to join in the fun.
I got the Steam deck and installed windows 11 works like a charm. ❤️
I love this damn device. It's my favorite thing since I had the psp in 5th grade. Totally worth the wait
Thanks for this. It's super helpful. I hope I can get a Steam Deck soon. Can't wait.
Mine Arrives tomorrow... I'm so excited
the 4th tip was exactly what I was looking for the deck is planned to be my emulation machine and Emu deck is probably what I am going to try next.
Got my email today and bought it!
Great content man. I will be ordering my deck at the end of this month so this will really help me getting started. Thank you
Glad I could help!
Super solid and straight forward information thanks man
Just got my deck Today!!! Super excited I need friends !
Mine will be here in two days! I am so exciteddddd! Thanks for the tips :)
Waiting on my deck to ship, hopefully it'll be today since I paid for it Monday 🤞
You can check the tracker on your purchase history on your steam account
I paid mine on Monday as well but pretty late, I'll be getting mine on friday
@@Y0oUrMama Mine was 203PM eastern time. I'm still shipping soon. I feel like I'm the worst at waiting for packages, like I will sit on my porch and wait for it to be delivered
Same here! apparently it shipped out but the delivery company doesn't have it yet. I'm guessing Friday will be the lucky day! I've made a list of games out of my library I would want on a Deck and ones I might want to and all of them combined are 570GB. I heard people say that the storage is tiny, even on the 512GB and you know... sure 512GB these days isn't impressive but this is 53 games combined, for contrast, on my PC right now I have 27 games, a few of them are lingering after I finished them, and a bunch are here if I "maybe want to play them" once in a blue moon. And that is actually 600GB so still, not fall off the 512GB (or prolly like 480, realistically) mark.
They all ship from the same place in Illinois (for US orders) so the shipping time from when it ships will depend on your distance from there.
Great video and advice, thank you🎉 My Steamdeck has shipped, should be here next week ❤
Got mine this week.
I’ll be honest, it’s rather overwhelming.
So, I’ve sat it down for now, and am trying to learn a lot more about what it can do, and perhaps more importantly, what I should be doing with it.
Like, you said Desktop Mode, like that’s a simple thing. I don’t even know how to do that yet.
Nevermind stuff like why my micro SD card isn’t showing up.
But videos like this help, so thanks for doing it 😃
I would say what you should be doing with it is playing games in game mode, at least to start. Get comfortable with the device and get gaming. After that, there are a whole lot of things you can get into, but you don't really need to. If you have a powerful gaming PC already, you can use Remote Play to stream the games very easily. As long as you are logged into Steam on both, you should get an option to stream the game to the Deck, although I don't have mine yet, and am likely still a few months out.
Once you feel like you can jump into desktop mode, you can hold down the power button or open the Steam menu on the left and you should find a 'Switch to Desktop Mode' option listed. That will log you out of gaming mode and drop you into the desktop mode. That should feel familiar to most Windows desktops from the last decade, but it is still Linux and specifically the KDE desktop environment, so you will likely have to find a few things. The search option in the start (application) menu will be your friend here. From there, you can load up the Discover software center and search for the software you might be interested in. I would recommend ProtonUp-Qt like Bill said for downloading the GE versions of Proton, Heroic Games Launcher for any games on Epic and GOG, and BoilR if you want to easily import your non Steam games into Steam and by extension gaming mode, complete with cover art. You can also install Lutris to install other game launchers, but you can also use Steam's 'Add a Non Steam Game' option in the desktop Steam client to add the exe for a launcher to install it with Steam and Proton, just be sure to go into the settings menu for the launcher once you have added it to Steam and set the compatibility mode to use Proton. Past that, there are plenty of things you can learn, it is Linux after all. But I would say that should get you gaming through most things you might be interested in.
@@KuittheGeek awesome, thanks!
I actually downloaded the Aperture Desk Job game, I hear it’s a good way to learn about the steamdeck.
All went well, until I got to the game part where nothing seemed to work.
Like none of the controls worked.
In fact looking at a play through video, something happened to mine, where only the ABXY buttons showed up on the right hand side of the orange work top. The other buttons didn’t show up.
Nothing else was recognized.
I couldn’t figure it out.
Then I couldn’t figure out how to restart the game to see if that would fix it.
So. I sat it back down and will leave it until the weekend when I have some more time to read up before jumping in.
So far it’s been a frustrating experience. But I’m sure I’ll get on top of it eventually 😆
About the SD card, did you solve the issue already? If not, did you formatted it in the deck after installing it? It is not an obvious option and easy to miss (located in the steam menu, left button)
I'm one of those who finally caved and bought one on sale. The best part of the video was the RUclips algorithm advertising a switch, literally as I list mine for sale 🙄
I just got my Deck, thanks for the tips, but I'm an old school basic simple man. I'm good.
I love the ad read.
I wasn't sure which model I needed but after some research I found I could make it more economical buy getting the 64gb and upgrading later I'm waiting on my reservation as we speak so pumped! Love the channel!
U could get a SD memory card and do it that way it runs just as quick
So I never like to watch ads on RUclips, but what I DO like to do is watch grown men talk their cats. Seamless transition 10/10 would watch ad again.
I'm so excited to get my Deck and I want to try emulation. I watched a video on Emudeck and while a lot seems straightforward, the steps involving the BIOS and roms are overwhelming for a new fella.
This was very helpful, thanks! Just ordered mine :)
Just got my steam deck last week. This was super helpful.
Happy to hear that