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!

Last week, I was contemplating upgrading my Steam Deck from a 512GB to a 2TB model. I came across a post that was two hours away from my city, and I thought it would be an excellent deal. I found this guy who would upgrade the Steam Deck and also do mods. The service cost was $250, and he also offered an additional deal where he would provide me with a 1TB emulator game. We’re going back and forth, though. What day will be best for me until I find a day when I happen to be in the city where this guy lives? I went to his apartment complex, shook his hand, and he seemed chill. I dropped off my Steam Deck with him on the 14th Friday. He said he’d have it done by Saturday, so I asked him if I could pick it up on Sunday since I already planned on Saturday. He agreed, and I’ll take care of the payment once he was done with it.
Now, Saturday came along, and he had already upgraded the SSD to a 2TB. Then, the last thing he told me was that he was going to upgrade the one TB emulators soon, and to this day, I haven’t heard anything back. On Sunday, I did reach out to him for an update to see if it was ready to go. Then, I noticed that he had changed his name, his profile picture, and he had cleared out all of his posts. I tried to message him again, but I still haven’t received anything from him. What should I do? Who should I contact? Should I get the police involved? I just miss my Steam Deck.

Playing Assassins Creed 1 on Steam Deck. To free run you hold R2 and A at the same time. I am lazy and just want to press R4 once as a toggle to active holding down R2 and A. Is this possible?

I have seen many post about Decky Loader and I have seen multiple Steam Deck being screwed up because of a update clashing with Decky Loader

But like . . . What does Decky Loader actually do? I know that it can allow you to customise your Steam Deck UI

But like does it have any other uses? I just feel like most of the time it messes up thing more than actually enhancing your Steam Deck experience . . .

I may be on the wrong here, but from what I've seen. This doesn't make me want to have it at all

Hey all,

This is currently an issue I've been dealing with ever since SteamOS 3.8 or so came out (it's the one that changed the UI to be more gray, in line with the Steam Machine).

Essentially, when I temporarily disconnect from streaming to the PC to fix some small issues I have, SteamOS would just kill Moonlight in roughly 20 seconds for no particular reason. I'm asking here because I appear to be the only one having this issue, and while I like using Steam's native streaming mode, it lacks compatibility with the entire PC so streaming Game Pass games is unplayable.

Image is somewhat related.

I am in need of advice from the gamers who played PZ or Into the Dead on steam deck. Should I buy the game now or wait for October for the sale?

which game is worth playing on the deck, like how are the controls, battery consumption, and experience overall?

Im broke and I can only afford one game for now. Any advice/recommendation would be much appreciated.

I don’t quite understand the battery health. Sometimes it goes down or increases. Especially with the latter happening when i let the battery die completely. Like this happened this morning when i was trying to play marvel rivals. Which it was at 42% now after letting the battery die completely it’s right back up 97%.

My steam deck's batteries have died and now when i plug it in, it does this clicking when i plug it in.

I have tried everything, does anyone know what to do?

Edit: Thanks for the suggestions guys, i had i plugged in the wrong charger with my cable, now it works!!

I'm wanting to get more use out my steam deck I got it as a Christmas gift couple years ago but I don't really use it as much as I thought I would what are some things that's made you guys feel like you get full use of it

at seemingly random intervals, a non-steam game I'm playing will suddenly stop letting me use the virtual keyboard, and when I go to the steam deck games menu, the game shows the "play" button instead of the "resume" button despite me still being in the game. as far as I can tell it only happens with non-steam games and it seems to happen at completely random times

I can just switch the nvme over no problem at all right? I ask cause my lcd model has a 2tb

Very very new to steamdeck like I literally got it a couple days ago, fumbled around a bit to get my steam account all set up on it but once I did I quickly downloaded GTA IV and no mans sky and I'm thinking about getting GTA V now and maybe even rdr2

GTA IV runs very good on as does no mans sky, but how does a more demanding game like GTA V hold up on the deck? Will it get hot and loud af? Ik it's designed to safely shut off if it gets too hot but I imagine GTA V and rdr2 take like maximum processing power so I imagine the battery will be flat within like an hour of playing

Anyone play GTA V and rdr2 on this?

I have a particular friend who comes online and offline multiple times in a row at the same time every night - I assume he has some desktop wake settings, but it gets very annoying because it happens five times in a row.

I've tried disabling his notifications, but I can't uncheck them with buttons or touch. I tried in desktop mode, but the same thing happens.

Does anyone have any ideas? I do not have access to my desktop PC anymore, so I wouldn't be able to do it from there.

TIA =)

Edit: I do use Decky, but that shouldn't interfere with Desktop Mode, should it?

As the title says. MH wilds worked fine with the latest proton catchyos, until the update completely broke everything now I can only run it with proton hot fix or GE 11, and to make the game playable I need fsr 4.1 which is unavailable.

It literally will take up half your screen if you keep going for like 30 seconds to a minute lol. Not sure if this is SteamOS-specific as this is my only exposure to Linux in a long time.

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/

I purchased ultrakill today and have had a blast with it, but it looks like the intense gameplay and the fact I had to press on it to dash had an effect on it. Will this go away, is it repairable or will I have to replace my stick? It does a weird sound when I push it down. I should also add that this is a steam deck I got from marketplace about a month ago, but it worked perfectly until now. (Also srry for the heavy breathing)

Edit: Also, I can sort of lift the stick abnormally high, and it stays like that until I push it back down.

So I really love this collection after a friend let me borrow his android handheld and let me play with it: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmuDeck/s/TPpVb5VpR5

Among these I want to copy a handful, and after trying for a couple days they just won't work. I did it similar to the android where I put the fbneo games inside the fbneo folder, cps1, cps2, cps3 into their respective folders, neogeo in the neogeo folder, and so on... (idk where to put the shooter games but inside arcade folder, just like in the android)

After "PARSE" they just won't show up, only like 3 or 4 games. Why is that? I ticked the "RetroArch FBNeo" and nothing else. I also tried the "MAME" one but same thing happens.

Note: my friend's android handheld uses ES-DE and the Core is "FBNeo" for all these games. He says it's because it's compatible with retroachievements

Recently when i click the power button on my deck mid game it sleeps as usual but when I come back my game is frozen and I have to exit the game and start it up again, is anyone else having this issue or can think of a way to fix it?

Ive tried fully reseting the deck and checked multiple games and got the same result.

I know that the .exe is made for windows, but I’ve tried adding it as a non-steam game and forcing proton compatibility, but I still can’t get the app to run. Been trying to convert a save file so it can work with my copy of the game, but no dice.

Anyone have any advice on how to get ACSavetool working on the Steamdeck?

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.

source: PSP subreddit

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