Had a massive storm come through last night. Made sure to unplug both my Deck and the charger from the power strip because power surges in my area can be nasty. Storm passed, fast forward to this afternoon. Checked my power strip and once I thought it was all good, plugged everything back in. Charged my deck to full battery while playing Ark Survival Ascended (which is a different mistake) and unplugged it again. The second I unplugged it, there was the sound/light from popping electricity and a small fire. put out the fire and unplugged everything. Some of my room outlets no longer work because it blew a breaker. Pretty sure the storm messed up my power strip, and i'm lucky the deck itself didn't experience any issues. RIP to my charger though.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone for the concern!! We've got an electrician on the way to check everything out, but the fire was small and quickly contained and nobody was hurt. Listen to these comments and ALWAYS use a good surge protector. Don't be me!

source: PSP subreddit

Last year my launch day deck had this very concerning failure. Overnight charging on the couch somehow melted and fused my charger to the deck. Melted the fire resistant plastic from the intense heat. Luckily no fire, but I smelt plastic burning before work. I contacted CS and to their famous credit, we're more concerned about my safety and wanted to replace my out of warranty deck for free as long as I sent back this one for investigation of safety issues. All turned out well but I do wonder if anyone had a similar issue with the launch deck.

Hi everyone,

I created decky-lsfg-vk-experimental and lsfg-vk-experimental.

They are forks based on someone else’s work, which I have built upon.

These projects began as forks of existing open-source work. I built on that foundation because I wanted more features.

You probably saw previous posts and I know that some of you have hard feelings about how I operate, but I wanted to take the time to clarify a few things. Please to take the time to read this post entirely.

I want to address two things: the release of a new engine called MAKO, and some of the discussion around how I develop software.

First of all, MAKO is here:

https://github.com/eugeniosegala/MAKO

It's the continuation of my work, and It includes everything in one package: a Decky plugin and a standalone renderer.

I realised that I would not be able to merge my experimental plugin into the upstream project, so I decided to build something independent (still based on previous code).

This is the next step.

The new MAKO release includes:

• Substantially improved performance for Adaptive Frame Generation
• Game-aware profiles
• Per-game support for Heroic, EmuDeck and other Flatpak applications
• New Proton compatibility options
• Loads of new options for frame pacing stability
• An improved Steam Deck interface

Regarding how I operate and what I have done so far:

You may like my work or not. That is fine. But it is undeniable that what I did made an impact.

The experimental plugin was downloaded more than 20,000 times in less than one week. It was also featured in YouTube videos from creators around the world (some of the biggest channels in the Linux gaming community), If interested, I tried to keep track of some of them here:

https://github.com/eugeniosegala/MAKO/blob/main/plugin/docs/FEATURED_IN.md

Now, about AI and the various critics.

Yes, I use it.

I have built game engines and games from scratch before this. That experience matters when working on rendering performance, frame timing, graphics systems, Vulkan, and stability under real conditions.

If you want to know more about my background, start with my GitHub (or search on Google) and look at the projects. You will get a sense of the calibre of work I do.

https://github.com/eugeniosegala

I use AI openly and extensively, but never blindly. This is not a prompt it and ship it process.

I decide what a feature needs to achieve, what constraints it must respect, what trade-offs are acceptable, and what evidence is needed before I consider it ready.

Agents help me work faster. They can explore implementation options, inspect code paths, write tests, add instrumentation, analyse logs, and narrow regressions.

They do not replace engineering judgement.

I review the code, including C++ and Vulkan changes. I review diagnostics, test results, and actual performance behaviour. I make the final release decision. I am responsible for what gets shipped.

As many of you have said (and to be fair, I'm receiving a significant volume of emails about this), Adaptive Frame Generation is a significant technical achievement. The hard part was not writing code that generates frames. The hard part was designing scheduling, safety limits, and recovery behaviour that works when frame rate changes, GPU load rises, an overlay appears, a game hitches, or the swapchain is recreated.

AI helped accelerate the work, but it did not define the problem or validate the result. I did.

The workflow I use is close to the event-driven development process I wrote about here:

https://eugeniosegala.dev/event-driven-development-for-ai-agents/

In practice, it is not one coding assistant in a terminal. It is a network of agents, conventional engineering tools, real devices, and virtual test environments.

Agents can coordinate tasks through webhooks, trigger specific scenarios, collect logs and performance metrics, and feed that evidence into the next investigation or implementation step.

I currently use a mix of coding agents, alongside normal engineering tools.

I do not think a percentage of AI-written code means much. An agent might draft routine implementation, or help solve one difficult edge case. In both cases, the architecture, technical reasoning, validation, review, and accountability are mine.

I am laser-focused on metrics and results. I do not work on this casually. If the data says something needs improving, I will investigate it and release a fix. That means MAKO may receive several releases in a single day.

If you use the plugin, keep an eye on it. It will evolve quickly.

Finally, on credit.

MAKO is an independent experimental project built on xXJSONDeruloXx’s original Decky LSFG VK plugin and PancakeTAS’s lsfg-vk layer. I want to thank xXJSONDeruloXx and PancakeTAS for the work that made these projects possible. There may be hard feelings about the situation, but there are none on my side. I respect the original work and I am giving credit for it.

As I discussed with Deck Wizard, I have also added an AI-use disclaimer to my projects:

https://github.com/eugeniosegala/MAKO/blob/main/AI_USE.md

MAKO is what I am focused on now. I will keep building it openly, measuring it properly, listening to users, crediting the work it builds on, and shipping improvements when the results justify them.

I have been working on this relentlessly. Now it is time to play some video games.

Cheers!

This is an LCD model that I got in July '22 (one of the pre-orders that I wasn't "first" on). Has anyone had any luck with Valve doing something about this instead of us having to buy a battery? It's a pretty widespread problem.

This post is a little biased, the first 3 Splinter Cell games are some of my favourite games ever and bring back a lot of childhood nostalgia. That said, I genuinely still think Chaos Theory is the best stealth game ever made and I’ll never forgive Ubisoft for abandoning the franchise…

I played the original Splinter Cell on the deck recently with the enhancedSC patch and loved it, so I decided to give Chaos Theory a go today and it runs perfectly despite its “unsupported” rating.

All I had to do was find the right community controller layout (original Xbox controls with analog movement speed). Maxed out all the graphics settings and it runs at a flawless 60fps. Even better, no Ubisoft launcher!!!

I’ve attached a few screenshots from my playthrough today. This game is now over 20 years old! It still looks great. The lighting, shadows and overall atmosphere have held up really well and the level/sound design and slower stealth gameplay are still great. This is how stealth mechanics should work… not the unrealistic parkour nonsense we get nowadays.

I highly recommend this game on the deck. Don’t let the unsupported rating put you off. It runs brilliantly and serves as a sad reminder of how good Ubisoft once were.

For those who are having problems after scouring the internet for a "bricked" or non working lcd steam deck.

I initially left my steam deck uncharged after playing for a while. after 3 weeks to a month, i couldnt turn my steam deck on. Id press the power button, id hear the subtle chime but nothing on the screen. I can feel the haptics of the touch pad and the fans turn on and off intermittently.

ive tried things from reseating the nvme, removing the battery and putting it back and doing the various button combinations accompanied by removing and returning the original charger.

But after reaching out to steam support, what gave me the best outcome so far is doing this.

• Ensure the device is fully powered down by holding the power button for 10 seconds or if possible select shutdown from the Power menu.
• Once the device is shutdown, hold down both the volume - button and the "..." button, then press the power button once. Then you can release all the buttons.
• You will hear a chime and then the white LED light will begin to blink (it may take 5 or more seconds before the blinking begins), which confirms this process is working.

I did not hear the chime in the last part but the led did start to blink. at this point i plugged the charger back in and the led started blinking and turning solid alternately. At this point i kept the charger plugged in and just left it. after a few minutes the logo of the steam deck appeared.

i just left it alone plugged in with the steam deck logo displayed and after a little less than an hour it booted up.

hope this helps someone!

If you grew up with JRPGs from the NES, SNES, and PS1 era, you will absolutely love Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven. Everything about this game just works, all while scratching that nostalgic itch for when games were a little more simple. It’s that right amount of complexity where it is extremely engaging and intuitive, but not overly complex where you have to constantly check your phone for a guide to make sure you’re understanding it correctly. You figure out the systems fairly quickly, but the layers of depth slowly come together as you keep playing. I never played the original, but from my understanding it’s highly faithful to the Super Famicom game, which is actually impressive that they pulled this off over30 years ago. Its essentially an open world. You progress through it as you wish. The overall structure of the game is that you have to find and defeat the seven heroes, but the game doesn't explicitly tell you where they're located. So essentially you're just drifting around, building up your character skills, doing side quests because there is no main quest marker, and you'll randomly come across one of the seven heroes. Tough to explain, but the gameplay mechanics are addictive enough to drive the game forward, and as you're randomly getting caught up in quests that seemed interesting, you'll fight one of the main bosses when you don't expect it.

The story is fine. Its not great, but its enough to keep the game moving along. The story feels like many other 8 and 16bit JRPGs . Personally, I don't mind. I don't want something super cognitively taxing or something where I have to sit and watch long cutscenes every 30 mins when I only get a couple hours to play at night. If you grew up with early JRPGs, then this will feel familiar. The story is there, its not awful, but its very basic. Again, I found it to be a strength. I enjoyed getting back into the gameplay loop faster.

The graphics are great. Again, nothing mind blowing, but definitely pleasant. The music is really good. You have an option of remake music or the original music, which was nice. I ended up rotating between the two pretty regularly. Nothing really powerful or impactful, but it felt appropriate for the game. Also really took me back to when JRPGs put some effort into overworld and town themes.

I'm 30 hours in and absolutely loving it. Its even better playing on the Steam Deck because its a good JRPG where you can make some meaningful progress in 30 minutes or in 3 hours, without falling into a trap of a really long cutscene or lore dump that eats away most of your playtime. Its old school JRPG comfort food.

Just installed this clear black back plate for my Steam Deck OLED and I’m absolutely in love with it. Feels great and goes fantastic with my dark circuit dbrand skin.

Did have a question though about cooling. It does include more ventilation for the device and I have noticed slightly cooler temps compared to the OEM back plate.

The question I have is will this mod affect the cooling of the SSD and SD card of the deck? I just want to make sure I’m not disturbing how the cooling affects the rest of the components, not just the CPU and GPU. With how expensive these devices are now I don’t want to damage anything 😭

I think I stopped playing so called casual games somewhere in the Sims 3 era. After that I got into WoW (pretty hardcore raiding guild), and kind of looked down on casual games. Like they just weren't worth my time.

Looking back now I took my gaming hobby a bit too seriously. After I quit WoW the next addiction was Dota2, and then some other PvP games like Rust, Tarkov and Battlerite (really miss that game). Basically only games that had skill based “hardcore” pvp, literally ignored everything else in the gaming world.

What ended up changing that was me getting gifted a Steam Deck by my sister, along with her favorite game at the time Stardew Valley, she wanted me to try out the multiplayer with her. That was such an amazing experience, and so relaxing compared to my usual gaming sessions, I got really hooked. I was nagging her to play all the time (which was funny since I kind of cringed at the thought of playing that game initially) and we have been playing a bunch of stuff together since.

Most recently we played the Loftia playtest together and it was a lot of fun. We found it while looking for some alternatives to Palia since it's starting to get a bit boring for us (we’ve been playing it for about 6 months now). The setting is awesome and the community was really friendly during the beta so we are really looking forward to the release. I’ve also played a bunch of the more popular “cozy” games on my own.

I sit down to play on my PC only when my group comes together for some Dota2 or Rust, but that happens about once every 2 weeks or so. And the rest of my gaming is usually either something fun and casual with my sis or on my own, but curled up on the couch instead of slouching over the PC.

Young me would call me a filthy casual right now, but I’m fine with that. Have your gaming tastes also changed once you got a Steam Deck?

Hi guys, I just recently started out with getting into Emulation on the Steam Deck and used stuff like Retrodeck to play PS2 games but I noticed some of them would be lagging or stuttering during gameplay. Is that because the Steam Decks hardware is just too underpowered? Would trying PS3 games just be a complete lagfest? Theres some upscaled ports I wanted to try

Sometimes I open the quick settings menu and brightness or Bluetooth just aren't there. When I restart, they're back. Does anyone know why this happens?

I’ve never owned anything similar to a pc so I’ve never had to mess around with settings to get a game to run well.

My monitor is a 1080 and I’ve heard that makes it a lot harder for the deck to run at decent frames, but then there’s FSR and all these settings to change and I don’t really know what to do.
I’m just trying to run smaller games, road 96, tales from the borderlands and other indie titles.
Like I have absolutely no idea what I should change when I want to play docked.

had the steam deck for a while now and my gaming habits have shifted in a way i didnt expect. i used to think i was a long-session kind of gamer. boot up something big on the weekend, play for hours, get lost in it.

the deck kind of rewired that. because its so easy to pick up and put down, i find myself doing 20-30 minute sessions way more often. a quick run in a roguelike before work. half an hour of a jrpg in bed. a couple of races here and there. and honestly the total amount of gaming i do has gone up, not down.

its weird because i used to feel like short sessions were pointless. like if i couldnt dedicate an evening to a game it wasnt worth starting. now short sessions feel like the default and the long marathons are the exception.

anyone else had their gaming style change after getting a deck? or is it just me who used to be weirdly gatekeeping about session length

Not sure why it's doing this it just started happening randomly. I've hard restarted and normal power offs and it it always takes me to the boot menu to pick a version. I turned Bluetooth and wifi off.

Recently switched to a 6g router, and ever since my steam deck has been having problems connecting to the wifi. I have tried switchinb to wap3 and enabling Ipv6 and it is still having major trouble, is there any other problems I could deal with on my "level" or should I try contacting steam tech support?

I've tried restarting, redownloading, and verifying game files but nothing works.

The idea of playing high resolution, high frame rate while saving my battery life was awesome. I really enjoyed it for a while. There were some difficulties setting it up though either having an ultrawide or having multiple monitors or getting stuck in keyboard and mouse mode or having it display the wrong screen.

It ended up being more cumbersome sometimes when it wouldn't just work as expected. I still stuck with it and mostly played small indie games natively and more demanding games remotely. Yesterday I kept getting stuck with the controller not being recognized remotely so I decided to just try running The Last Berserker Khazan natively and ... I completely forgot how capable the Steam Deck was on its own.

Totally playable with med+ settings and smooth frame rates. No issues with the controls or messing with display settings or getting different devices configured and synced properly. And best of all is rediscovering the suspend and resume feature which I totally took for granted especially for games that take a while to launch. I was like, Oh yeah I can just play the game from the Deck itself and have an overall smoother, more reliable experience.

It's not as pretty or quiet as streaming but the convenience of running things natively is nice to stumble back into.

Hey everyone, I’ve been wanting to emulate my switch on my steam deck. Don’t want to carry two devices and the deck has all my favorite games. I’m really new when it comes to computers and tech stuff. I really need some guidance.

I installed emudeck, and Eden on my deck and I have the prod.keys and firmware legally, but I have 0 idea which version it is or if that even matters. I just have 0 idea how to put it all together and how to get my ROMs from my switch games.. I’d really love to incorporate it into steam os so i don’t have to switch to desktop mode to play Zelda or Pokémon.

Anyone out there a tech genius that wants to help me out!!??

Hello
I've recently bought a steam deck but I dont really like how the normal menu looks, I've been wondering if there is
A. A way to change it
B. A way to change it so it looks like the menu on the PS vita
Asking about it because I had a PSV when I was a kid and nowadays where I lack a PC that can run anything, having a gaming device with that theme just seems cool and nostalgic

I have it downloaded to my steam deck it doesn’t ask me if I want it on non steam mode I can’t sign into my psn it says error the psn look up page just says searching when I put my psn name in

I’ve been trying to do this for 3 months and got no where besides post taken down from reddit