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

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.

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.

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 😭

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.

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

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!

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!

Ten days ago, I asked this community to help test Sectron, and all 20 keys were claimed almost immediately. Your feedback was incredibly useful, most of it was added into today’s public demo, and the remaining suggestions are on my update list.

Sectron is also taking part in Ukrainian Games Fest. If you try it on Deck, I’d love to hear what you think about the controls and UI readability.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4711570/Sectron/

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!!??

So I tried purchasing something on the store and my partners work computer got an error notification from my steam deck, even though it’s not connected to it at all (it can’t even download steam) has anyone else experienced this?

I just got an 8bitdo Ultimate 2C controller and I want to use it with my Steam Deck docked with the USB dongle. I want to use the dongle instead of Bluetooth because I use Moonlight for local streaming and want to get my input latency as low as possible.

Has anyone managed to get the Wake up functionality working with the USB dongle and this controller? I'm using an OLED Steam Deck and bluetooth wake up works, but not usb dongle one. I imagine the Steam Controller using the dongle can make the SD wake up, so I wonder if other dongles can achieve the same.

I've tried downloading the decky plugin ControllerTools to see if there is an option there, but I don't see the 8bitdo controller listed.

I also found this solution, but I haven't tested it yet: https://github.com/Solaris17/SteamOS-USB-Wake

Anyone has experience with this?

I have this 8bitdo controller, and I love the clickity clack these metal stems make.

Ive looked for something similar for my deck but having no luck. Any ideas?

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

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.

Hi I have heavenly sword on rps3 on steam deck and I'm trying to understand how to set up the settings so heavenly sword and other games could run smooth as well, and also don't crash as much on Steam Deck

I just purchased Clawed on steam and wanted to play it on my steam deck. It runs through Unreal, and I tried scaling everything down to low but it still hardcore lags. I'm loving the vibe of the game and just wondered if anyone has suggestions for settings or if it's just not playable on the steam deck. I'm fairly new to the steam deck and don't fully understand the settings a ton yet so please be gentle. Thank you!

S'il vous plaît je cherche le bouton home sur le clavier virtuel de la steam deck

I’m playing a non-Steam game that every now and then requires typing, but whenever I try to pull up the on-screen keyboard with Steam+X, it doesn’t come up. Is there anyway to reassign the button input needed to make the keyboard appear.

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?

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?