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Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

What are some of your pet peeves with the Steam Deck right now that you want to see Valve solve? #SteamDeck

54 comments
ch0ccyra1n :she_her:

@gamingonlinux
I'd love to have an option to view both Steam and Non-Steam games that are installed together in one grid, and for that to be the default in my library

Ben Ptacek

@gamingonlinux I might be missing it, but out of box, it doesn't look like you can have an hdmi plugged in AND the deck display going at the same time.

Jay

@gamingonlinux no way to buy (except from resellers with high prices) here in Brazil

Sparr

@gamingonlinux Low sleep/off battery life. I would expect it to stay charged for weeks when not in use.

unlofl [Promoted Toot]

@gamingonlinux My free review device appears to have gotten lost in the mail

Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers

@gamingonlinux I'd like for it to be easier than it is to upgrade internal storage.

Also, move games between SD and internal while doing other things.

Rassilonian Legate

@gamingonlinux
The ability to customize the tabs that show up in my library and choose one of my collections to be a tab

That and it would be cool if there was a better way to connect to KDE connect in gaming mode, but if that were to happen I would more expect it from Decky than Valve

That's all that comes to mind atm but i'm sure there's more

localzuk

@gamingonlinux ability to install and update whilst it is in standby

Calicoday :gamedev:

@gamingonlinux The touch screen interface is basically useless in desktop mode. Sure, you need a mouse and keyboard for doing lots of text or a lot of click-and-drag but as it stands, you need them for anything specific at all.

DELETED

@gamingonlinux
- Switching windows in gaming mode is still buggy (e.g. launcher windows not appearing).
- Scrolling down too far sometimes causes it to scroll back up
- Giropay payments donโ€™t work (German competitor to Visa/MasterCard)

Ticktok

@gamingonlinux I still constantly get games/apps that refuse to close and no amount of "Press B" or "Hold Steam+B" or "exit game from the game's page" make a damn difference. Need to reboot everytime. I need a proper sigkill button combination. If konsole didn't freak out so bad in gamescope mode I'd just add an htop shortcut and do it myself.

DopeGhoti

@gamingonlinux
Battery drain when in standby. I would gladly have it take 30 seconds to "wake up" if it meant I could leave it untouched for more than a day without being plugged in the entire time.

btc8500

@gamingonlinux while when mine gets to 75c there is a screen fault, but when@it cools down, It goes. but even with 5 videos and lots of information regarding the issue. They are not bothered. So Iโ€™ve had to open a claim on PayPal. At first they even said it was โ€œnormalโ€ for LCDs to do it ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Fabian ๏ฟฝ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

@gamingonlinux
1. Option for gnome as desktop
2. OLED
3. Flatpak support from within steam, without to switch to desktop mode.

Joe Gaffey

@gamingonlinux Better support for older games. Maybe a WinXP option in compatibility settings. Still can't get GTR2 running #simracerproblems

NO PULSE

@gamingonlinux the ability to update apps in desktop mode but in game mode.

PocketEleri

@gamingonlinux Let us remove games from the recently played games on the home menu when we are finished with them.

kib@wetdry:~$ :idle:

@gamingonlinux touchscreen responsiveness
my shitty school chromebook's screen is more responsive, that's a huge problem

Lutrulo

@gamingonlinux When running multiple Flatpak programs at the same time in game mode, the system gets confused when you try to close one, often half-closing one of the other programs and getting stuck in the process, forcing you to reboot if you want to launch that program again.

Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR

@gamingonlinux Proton saying it can't create drive_c and requiring me to copy an existing prefix

brandon

@gamingonlinux would like to see a fix for games either crashing the system or glitchy sound after waking up from sleep

LittleshyFiM

@gamingonlinux All those cache files being on the internal storage by default. It wasn't difficult to relink them to the SD card, but with a 64GB model and a 1TB SD card it was really concerning to see how fast it filled up. Unless they already fixed it that is, because for a console player coming to PC for the first time I imagine it would put them off.

Robbie ลizhini

@gamingonlinux I wish it would not look for steam connection when you clearly don't have an internet connection, making it take several minutes to boot a game up out and about.

ampersandrew

@gamingonlinux I can't "download all now" instead of going down to the "scheduled" section and queuing them one at a time. Also, offline games won't launch when it detects I need an update, even if it was fine before it was aware of an update.

jeffeb3

@gamingonlinux In general, it works really well. But I would appreciate more battery data. It seems to go from 10% to zero pretty fast. I would like to have a better idea of how effective a particular USBC PD is (am I charging? How fast? How many watts is this game taking?). I would like to have a battery save mode that it asks me to enable when the level gets low too. It would be sweet if it could drop the refresh rate and brightness and give me a dozen more minutes.

JackieTechnoHippie

@gamingonlinux Fix the drivers for my 3.5 mm audio jack. No sound for a couple updates

Andrew Hay Kurtz

@gamingonlinux
Play 2 different games at once per account, so that I can have a game on my steamdeck while waiting for a multiplayer queue, playing a slow sim game, or just having a game paused on my desktop.

If they'll never do this, I'd be happy if they put up a dialog after exiting sleep asking if I'm sure I want to resume on deck, instead of instantly kicking me from my game on my desktop.

Pixel

@gamingonlinux Iโ€™ve had an issue where the up/down controls reverse when Iโ€™m scrolling through the interface since launch. Iโ€™d love them to fix that.

Also as others have said, there are games that just wonโ€™t quit gracefully and need a reboot. Very annoying.

Other than that I love mine.

Ian PK :nonbinary_flag:

@gamingonlinux not a steam deck thing specifically but i would love some basic tracking of playtime for non-steam games. it just feels a bit detached to hover over these games and see them labeled as having no playtime.

Dofain

@gamingonlinux offline gameplay without convoluted preparations

Clay

@gamingonlinux i got hardlocked out of my device until I was able to get wifi.

Powering on while in online mode in the car disabled it and wouldnt let me sign in

MacLemon

@gamingonlinux In desktop mode:
- Using the other trackpad for scrolling h/v.
- Using a trackpad for custom gestures as macro Input/trigger.

Game Mode:
- An automatic collection that only shows games in my library that are *not* installed on this device. Not only for, but especially on #SteamDeck

Everywhere:
- Touchscreen input needs parallax compensation like any smartphone does properly since 15 years.
- Support for libraries on SMB storage over the network.
- Bluetooth microphone support

Ren ๐Ÿง

@gamingonlinux They actually just solved my biggest annoyance which was being unable to flip ABXY system wide.

Other than that, output to a display with the screen on for games with touch that you'd want to have the Deck as the controller (i.e. DS/3DS emulators)

ed

@gamingonlinux HDMI-CEC (turn on/off my TV when docked)

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@gamingonlinux Itโ€™s not available in #Australia โ€ฆ Because apparently, #ValveSoftware donโ€™t like money. ๐Ÿ™„ | #Steam #SteamDeck

daniel bernard

@gamingonlinux nada, it's been great. maybe improved sleep time, but it's been very solid for me.

dhbirb

@gamingonlinux nit-picky as it is the giant screen bezels. A nice OLED panel with super thin bezels would go a long way.

Terry Cater

@gamingonlinux No ability to update games with the display off, or heck, schedule the system to go into standby once the update queue is empty. Another that's less of a pet peeve and more a future model feature, variable refresh rate

Guillaume Jacquemin

@gamingonlinux A nested view in game mode, so I can browse my installed games by category, though it's more of a new BPM thing than a Deck thing.

zombie

@gamingonlinux an iso of SteamOS (not the old debian version) so I can install it on any gaming computer easily

Tibault

@gamingonlinux the WiFi stops working almost every time I download a game ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Craig! ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ

@gamingonlinux compatibility is still a problem. Games like No More Heroes III don't work, with none of the pre-rendered cutscenes playing.

Ben W :mastodon:

@gamingonlinux stop the battery from draining so much while itโ€™s off

leaving it around 10% one evening to find itโ€™s completely empty the next is tedious

Sylvia

@gamingonlinux More service than anything else: The lack of any way to report incorrect game compatibility ratings. Psychonauts on Steam Deck has a forever rotating camera, yet it's still marked as Steam Deck "Playable". It has been incorrectly displayed like that for months already. Try playing a platformer where the camera won't stop moving ever, it's literally unplayable.

NatAlx

@gamingonlinux better encryption support would be nice especially for the desktop mode

Niklas Rosenqvist

@gamingonlinux cloud gaming integration. Wish I could just press play and launch a game in GFN

WMan22

@gamingonlinux

- No text note taking function in the overlay

- Steam Input doesn't allow you to use anything but pre-set gyro activation buttons

- Deckyloader not a native feature to encourage more plugin development despite how much of a game changer it is

- Steam Input crashes lots when you load it with a lot of information

- Valve needs to be proactive about pestering devs to add anticheat support and work with them instead of "just check a box lol" which isn't enough

Still love it.

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