this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
109 points (96.6% liked)

Steam Deck

14848 readers
17 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
all 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago

It's bizarre and kinda funny that they made offline mode only available for Steam Deck users.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Looks like this only works on Steam Deck, on windows PC looks like it doesn't work

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2395210/discussions/0/3883850599438959002/

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It actually does, funnily enough. You have to set an environment variable for it to work though.

Here's a Steam guide.

Now the question is: are they going to be complete assholes and change this check to prevent non Deck players from using it or not?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Doubtful they’ll sabotage it, the guide indicates the fix is from Activision, with guides for non-steamdeck configuration on linux and windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

are they going to be complete assholes and change this check to prevent non Deck players from using it or not?

The environment variable is the official way to check for Steam Deck. Other tricks may break on Proton updates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Someone in that thread posted a guide for getting it working on Linux and Windows without being online.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Huh, on steam deck huh...well fuck I may buy it again because I don't see myself plugging in and turning on my Xbox one to enjoy the game again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This game was an epic games exclusive. Consider skipping it or acquiring it through other means

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why? The fact that people are buying it now that it is on Steam already gives the message they didn't want to buy it when it was an Epic exclusive. If people don't buy it on Steam after it's available then it doesn't encourage devs/publishers to release on Steam at all either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why? The fact that people are buying it now that it is on Steam already gives the message they didn't want to buy it when it was an Epic exclusive.

It gives the message that publishers can take the Epic money for a timed exclusive, face no backlash or consequences and get the money from other customers as well on other storefronts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bro, you're delusional

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Buying it on Steam after the epic exclusivity rewards the developers/publishers for their anti-consumer behavior. This double-dipping practice is greedy and I personally won’t purchase any game that’s ever been epic exclusive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm still waiting for a GOG release.