Hi everyone!

So I’ve got my LCD Steam Deck for around a month and I’ve been only playing docked (no dock but with a USB-C cable) to my computer screen so far, but I plan on playing it on the go as soon as we go on vacation or as soon as I start playing another game than Frostpunk which requires a mouse.

For now I have a few questions:

-I have a Philips screen Model 273B9 and its resolution is 1920x1080@50HZ. Sometimes the resolution is all fucked up when I turn on the Steam Deck and sometimes it’s fine. I’ve tried disabling the automatic adaptation in the Deck settings, but so far, I haven’t found a perfect solution. I’m also a bit lost about the necessity of changing the in game resolution settings or the Steam per game properties settings for resolution.

-Is it possible to have a setup (TDP, Framerate, resolution, effects, controller settings) for when the Steam Deck is linked to my screen and charging through the USB-C cable coming out of it and another more economical setup for when I’m on the go. Ideally I’d want the Steam Deck to detect these situations automatically, but I don’t mind having to just select a profile every time I’m going from one situation to another.

-As I’m often buying games from my Surface Go running Fedora or my iPhone (through Firefox, not the app), is there a way to see if a game is steam deck verified on the store from these devices? In a way, I’d want Steam to know that my only gaming device is a Steam Deck and that everything I’m ordering is for this device.

-I also plan on buying around half of my games on GOG. Can someone confirm that I’d get achievements through Heroic? I feel a bit ashamed to say that I’ve been addicted to trophies on Playstation for years…

-Can you use Steam input to modify controller settings for non-steam games?

-I also haven’t found a way to get a swiss vitual keyboard in the UI (QWERTZ with é,è,à). Is it impossible because the Deck isn’t officialy sold in Switzerland? I can do it in desktop mode, but the one from the Steam UI is still the one appearing no matter what I do.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      2 days ago

      Yeah for now I’ve been using a lot before buying games, but it didn’t give me any information about all of my questions.

      Still it’s a great ressource for any compatibility issue.

      I’d say it should even be implemented into Steam OS without ressorting to a plugin.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 days ago

        Ah, and before I forget: yes you can modify the controller layout for non-steam games, as long as you launch them via Steam’s UI. Otherwise you’ll have to modify the desktop layout and launch it from desktop mode.

  • jacksilver@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    I can only answer two of your questions:

    • How to know if a steam game is “deck verified”? There is a “Steamdeck compatability” box for every game on steam that will give on one of four statuses telling you supported/partially supported/not supported/unknown
      • That being said, steam is a bit conservative about “supported” games. ProtonDB is a more complete list of compatible games and gives guidance on how to play games steam considers “unsupported”.
    • Can you use steam input for non-steam games? Games must be added/launched through steam for the steam input settings to work, so in most cases you should be able to set it up by adding the “non-steam” game to steam.
    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      Thanks for these answers.

      About the « deck verified » part, I was only seeing it on the Deck, but now that I’ve checked it’s kind of hidden when you go to the store with Firefox. So that’s one problem solved.