A small change since making this video: The default controls for Desktop Mode (while Steam is running) now have both the left and right trackpads bound to left-click. In order to right-click, you now need to use the left trigger.
This video should be - in my opinion - officially endorsed by Valve. It is amazing the amount of valuable things that are in here! I'll definitely buy you a beer or coffee given a chance.
I am very new to the steam deck. I just got mine last week for my birthday from my husband & I am so glad to come across your video of this. It helped me out a lot as a newbie. Thank you so much!
New deck user here. This video is the best starter video I have come across. Great info covering a variety of items. You got my sub. Please make more. 😊
Very informative! Thanks for the tips! SUBBED One thing to note: I accidentally bricked my Steam Deck by updating the system through the desktop mode. Valve made the walk-through with the imaging so easy to follow & I recommend everyone to have at least a copy of that put away on an extra flash drive they have laying around in case you also accidentally do this as well! 😆
Hands down best video for beginners most videos I watch they expect most people already own a steam deck or familiar with it & don't explain things in detail you take your time explaining things & breaking everything down explaining every detail
I watch a lot of videos on the Deck but this one explain the most in a very condensed way. I love the level of details given without being too technical. It's very good and very clear.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't even bought my Stem Deck yet and it was all a bit daunting (I'm old) , now I feel a little more confident and inclined to purchase. Many thanks indeed.
I’m in the same exact boat as you. I just wish that games that are on Steam, we’re just easy to download straight onto the Deck, but having to install other things to play something you paid £39.99 or even £49.99 for just seems like too much hassle to me. I’m beginning to be put off from buying it…
YOU EARN THE SUB I'VE HAD MY STEAM DECK FOR 6 MONTHS NOW AND KNOW ALL THESE TIPS BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE VIDEO AND HAVE IT EXPLAINED FOR THOSE WHO GET IT RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX
I would advise against using the FPS Limiter in the Quick Access Menu, because it introduces a huge amount of input lag. This is super noticable if you use gyro aiming. The deck already does Vsync by default, so instead lowering the refresh rate will by extension also limit the framerate, but without introducing so much lag. The refresh rate only goes down to 40Hz though. If you need to cap your FPS even lower, first check if the game in question has an FPS limiter. That way it's limited from inside the engine, and is much more responsive!
Thanks for the tips, Patrick! This answered a lot of accessibility issues I was curious about. Also, your presentation method is easy to follow and doesn't make the viewer feel stupid or talked down to in any way. Keep up the great work!
Wow, just wow. What an amazing overview for configuring the Steam Deck. I just ordered one and wanted to get a leg up on learning about it and stumbled across your video. I'm so glad I did. I've bookmarked it and plan to use your video once I receive my new deck and start to dive into it. Thanks a million.
Dude! I've had a SD since July and been doing tons of research, so when I played this video I figured I knew everything already, and wanted to have it in the pocket to send to friends who end up getting a Deck. However, I learned a bunch, namely warpinator, adding shortcuts to folders in dolphin, and the compat data stuff (which was a huge help since I had been looking for this folder in order to transfer my just cause 3 save over from my pc). Great video, thanks a ton. Subscribed!
This is great. Been using my Deck for a little while, and now that I somewhat have my bearings I am keen to do some performance tweaks and other stuff. SUPER helpful video, with a lot of key tips in one place - new subscriber here. Thank you!
Your wonderful teacher describing all definitions of all this who is new. I recommend you for someone who doesn't know about tech knowledge. Your are not too slow but not too fast.
ey I found alot of what you said in different videos from different channels, but you brought it all together in a great way in 30 min. thanks mate! great help
Love this video, ordering my stream deck soon and this is such an amazing tool. THANK YOU for taking the time to make this, subscription earned 10 fold!
It seems that the main difference with the updated fan curve is that the fan isn't so concerned about cooling off lower temperatures. Up around the high end of temperature the new Curve will also ramp up quite a bit. So if playing a demanding title, I'm not sure you get much from switching curves. What clearly does change though is if the whole deck gets warm with less demanding titles slowly and you want to constantly run higher RPM at lower Temps to cool the chassis, the old curve will do that
Wow! thank you kindly for this video. Especially the part explaining the Custom Protons. I am new to Steam Deck and could not figure out this. Thank you!
omg this is so helpful. this relieves a lot of stress as the sd is basically my introduction into pc gaming. this was very concise and seems a lot less intimidating and in a way makes me excited to tinker and learn! thx you so much ☺️
This is my Steam Deck day 2, Your video helped a lot. The first thing I loaded was Obduction, because this PC wont play it and I missed it. Day one was - Controls in the home screen - change when you go into Obduction screen where you enter a player name - I could see the 'Play' button but couldn't get at it. I had actually given up went to put the Steam deck down and accidentally went into the game. (I still don't know how to press that play button). - Now in play the controls change again. It took me ages to discover the left mouse click. And that to me is the mad side of Steam Deck, why can't we have controls that work through the whole system. I suspect I will have to relearn the buttons for everything I play. Unless I can make a mouse work with it later today.
Oh hell nah, this is not fair bro why the f u only got 3k subs 😤, you deserve more, new subscriber 🙋🏽♂️, keep up the good work ma man u helped me alot
Thanks for the efforts to teach what to do when one buys a new Steam Deck. I have one suggestion, personally i have never played any video games anywhere hence not aware of the settings and buttons, and when you move too fast while showing us we cannot cartch how to go to a certain settings. As we understand the settings are layered and the specific one we are trying to enable can be two levels down. and we miss this part.
Regarding the controller quirk in Desktop mode-it has to do with Steam Controller. Steam Deck, basically is a Steam Controller, so it requires Steam running, in order for it's software to be fully operating.
This guide was super helpful! My partner set up my Steam Deck and gifted it to me so there are times when I have NO idea what does what or goes where 😂 Got a dock this week and been enjoying playing with a keyboard and mouse setup, I've only run into one issue - accessing the Steam Menus (both main and quick access) while playing a game using k&m. Controller is fine, and Ctrl 1 & 2 work in Steam itself but if a game is open I can't access them. Kind of been a pain when trying to optimize settings for a game and I can't see any of the info or adjust the settings on the fly. If you know a workaround or something I'm missing I'd love to know!
Glad the guide was helpful!! Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for your KB &M problem. It seems that Valve has simply overlooked this. On Windows, Shift+Tab brings up the Steam Overlay... but even THAT doesn't work on Steam Deck. I'm suffering with this too, sadly! Whenever I'm playing with my Steam Deck docked, I just have to lean over and hit the physical buttons on the Deck to access the menus. That is, unfortunately, the only way I know of to do it in-game without a controller. Sorry for the bad news!!
I just got a couple usb cable extenders for my USB keyboard and mouse and plug them into the dock. Works great for when I'm using desktop mode, or for the few games that i play that are better with those controls, like universe sandbox
could you please make a guide to improve the text size, UI size, taskbar.. maybe few other tweaks to the desktop mode interface. im not familiar with Linux. i just find the desktop mode to be small.. the overall scale of everything.
Thank you for this video! Can you do a new updated video of POE and how it runs on the steamdeck now versus the video you made 5-6months ago and if there is any tinkering needed to make POE run the best on the steamdeck to have the most improved FPS?
Well, I've got some good news for you - I have! About a month ago I did a video on exactly this, focusing on how far the Deck could be pushed in juiced endgame content, and going over what settings I use to play PoE! Take a look: ua-cam.com/video/IOI9MUqUEY0/v-deo.html If you want to know more about the settings and setup I use, I also have this video: ua-cam.com/video/D_lZX563_a8/v-deo.html Of course, just a month or so later, now even THAT performance video is out of date somewhat, with the Beyond and Rare changes in 3.19. But as PoE continues to change, I'm sure I'll continue to revisit the topic in the future, and make more videos covering how to have the best experience on the Deck. So look forward to it!
13:18 Small correction - Linux is *very* different from Windows & macOS. It's the desktop environment, or DE, that can make WIndows & Mac users feel right at home. On the Steam Deck, the DE is called KDE, which is designed to look something like Windows. There's also GNOME, which looks more like macOS. There's a plethora of others, but those are the two that feel like other desktop OSes. Thanks for this video, I just ordered a 'deck and this video is immensely helpful and clarifying!
I would advise against installing Gedit on your deck and go for something like Kate, if you want to potentially save on space on your disk. Gedit is based off GTK UI toolkit, and seeing how deck went with the QT-based software, it might not be installed on your system, so by installing gedit you'd pull a lot more additional files that you aren't going to need outside of Gedit. Kate, on the other hand, offers similar capabilities to edit text files and such, but it's QT-based so everything should already be installed and you'd only install the editor itself.
A small change since making this video:
The default controls for Desktop Mode (while Steam is running) now have both the left and right trackpads bound to left-click. In order to right-click, you now need to use the left trigger.
This video should be - in my opinion - officially endorsed by Valve. It is amazing the amount of valuable things that are in here! I'll definitely buy you a beer or coffee given a chance.
He'll probably take the beer thank ya🤣
OMG don’t be so cheap, I’ll buy him 2 beers 😂
@@KseRBanshee 🤣 funny
This video was super helpful in the desktop mode
I’ll chip in to that too
I am very new to the steam deck. I just got mine last week for my birthday from my husband & I am so glad to come across your video of this. It helped me out a lot as a newbie. Thank you so much!
New deck user here. This video is the best starter video I have come across. Great info covering a variety of items. You got my sub. Please make more. 😊
Very informative! Thanks for the tips! SUBBED
One thing to note:
I accidentally bricked my Steam Deck by updating the system through the desktop mode.
Valve made the walk-through with the imaging so easy to follow & I recommend everyone to have at least a copy of that put away on an extra flash drive they have laying around in case you also accidentally do this as well! 😆
Hands down best video for beginners most videos I watch they expect most people already own a steam deck or familiar with it & don't explain things in detail you take your time explaining things & breaking everything down explaining every detail
I watch a lot of videos on the Deck but this one explain the most in a very condensed way.
I love the level of details given without being too technical. It's very good and very clear.
Great video! I haven't seen anyone else covering the complete basics, so this is very helpful.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't even bought my Stem Deck yet and it was all a bit daunting (I'm old) , now I feel a little more confident and inclined to purchase. Many thanks indeed.
I’m in the same exact boat as you. I just wish that games that are on Steam, we’re just easy to download straight onto the Deck, but having to install other things to play something you paid £39.99 or even £49.99 for just seems like too much hassle to me.
I’m beginning to be put off from buying it…
@@ILoveJahangeer Late reply but it's plug and play for just playing verified steam games, you don't *need* anything in this video.
YOU EARN THE SUB I'VE HAD MY STEAM DECK FOR 6 MONTHS NOW AND KNOW ALL THESE TIPS BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE VIDEO AND HAVE IT EXPLAINED FOR THOSE WHO GET IT RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX
Why are you yelling?
@@peeonthe3rdrail414 WHAT U SAY!!!!!
@@peeonthe3rdrail414 even his username is in caps lol
caps lock fever
CAP LOCK IS BROKEN.... TIME FOR A new keyboard. Lol
This is the absolute best initial setup video that I've seen so far. Excellent work and thank you!
I would advise against using the FPS Limiter in the Quick Access Menu, because it introduces a huge amount of input lag. This is super noticable if you use gyro aiming.
The deck already does Vsync by default, so instead lowering the refresh rate will by extension also limit the framerate, but without introducing so much lag.
The refresh rate only goes down to 40Hz though. If you need to cap your FPS even lower, first check if the game in question has an FPS limiter. That way it's limited from inside the engine, and is much more responsive!
Thanks for the tips, Patrick! This answered a lot of accessibility issues I was curious about. Also, your presentation method is easy to follow and doesn't make the viewer feel stupid or talked down to in any way. Keep up the great work!
Just bought my steam deck I'm definitely going to save this video for when it gets here.
Me too!!
Wow, just wow. What an amazing overview for configuring the Steam Deck. I just ordered one and wanted to get a leg up on learning about it and stumbled across your video. I'm so glad I did. I've bookmarked it and plan to use your video once I receive my new deck and start to dive into it. Thanks a million.
September 2024 and I recently got my SD. Best starter video I’ve watched so far. And I’ve watched a lot of
My Steam Deck is on the way and was looking for a video to get me started. Thank you so much for this- super helpful and easy to understand!
Dude! I've had a SD since July and been doing tons of research, so when I played this video I figured I knew everything already, and wanted to have it in the pocket to send to friends who end up getting a Deck. However, I learned a bunch, namely warpinator, adding shortcuts to folders in dolphin, and the compat data stuff (which was a huge help since I had been looking for this folder in order to transfer my just cause 3 save over from my pc). Great video, thanks a ton. Subscribed!
Dude how does this video not have a ton of views. Youre so underrated. This video is a saviour. Thank you so much
This is great. Been using my Deck for a little while, and now that I somewhat have my bearings I am keen to do some performance tweaks and other stuff. SUPER helpful video, with a lot of key tips in one place - new subscriber here. Thank you!
After watching hundreds of steam deck videos, this is by far the best tutorial. Thanks man for being a good teacher.
This guy is insanely knowledgeable about the Steam Deck.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
HOLYY SHIITTT I LOVE YOU I'VE BEEN SEARCHING AROUND THE INTERNET FOR 5 HOURS AND THEN NOW IT'S OVER FINALLY I LOVE YOU MAAN
So im a newbie to steam and linux. This is by far the best guide for someone coming from consoles. Thanks a million.
I'm blown away by how well you told me everything I need to know
Your wonderful teacher describing all definitions of all this who is new. I recommend you for someone who doesn't know about tech knowledge. Your are not too slow but not too fast.
GREAT EXPLANATION. I DONT KNOW WHY EVERYONE IS IN CAPS, BUT IM GONNA ASSUME THEY KNOW SOMETHING I DONT SO IM GONNA USE CAPS. I SUBBED
ey I found alot of what you said in different videos from different channels, but you brought it all together in a great way in 30 min. thanks mate! great help
Just found your channel. Getting my steam deck if a few days. Thank you for this guide. As a newbie I need all the help I can get. Happy Holidays !!!
This is the best Beginners Guide to Steam Deck I have come across. Great Job and saved me a lot o time.
Great video, probably the best video I have watched on deck setup - got yourself a sub for this alone. Thanks!
this video deserves to be better known ! amazing content ! i will often come back to it ! thank you !
ROG Ally is looking better every day.. This is a wonderful video full of valuable information.
23:30 i recommend using KDE connect, it works on every platform and it’s preinstalled on steam deck
Getting my Steam deck delivered tomorrow and this looks like a great tutorial. It is a lot of information and things you have to do/change.
Just waiting for mine to arrive and will watch this video over and over to get use to it and know where stuff is. Thank you very much
Thank you! Your video by far has proven to be the most helpful. You are answering all my questions and some I didn’t know I would have . GR8 video!
The best Steam Deck Started Guide!
best beginner guide for steam deck ever! thanks patric
i get my steam deck tomorrow very excited. you have maid things so much simpler thank you very much.
Only person to actually help in this situation thank you
Just got my steamdeck, and i happen to watch your video. You are golden bro , thank you
Love this video, ordering my stream deck soon and this is such an amazing tool. THANK YOU for taking the time to make this, subscription earned 10 fold!
It seems that the main difference with the updated fan curve is that the fan isn't so concerned about cooling off lower temperatures. Up around the high end of temperature the new Curve will also ramp up quite a bit. So if playing a demanding title, I'm not sure you get much from switching curves.
What clearly does change though is if the whole deck gets warm with less demanding titles slowly and you want to constantly run higher RPM at lower Temps to cool the chassis, the old curve will do that
Just got my steam deck today and this video is a godsend! Super easy to understand. Thank you!
This video is very handy since I got my steam deck and it's coming in on Wednesday!
You're a gentleman and a scholar! Appreciate this so much dude!
excellent video, concise, well explained, straight to the point, no bullshit plus some extra tips that were definitely welcomed, thanks!
Just got the shipping info on my Deck.... can't wait for it to arrive.
Excellent content....have bookmarked it as well
thanks
Great video with clear, step-by-step instructions
Will be getting mine in a few days for my bd
Was 10% too rn till March 23 so I thought it was the right time. Thanks for the video!
Wow! thank you kindly for this video. Especially the part explaining the Custom Protons. I am new to Steam Deck and could not figure out this. Thank you!
Thanks, I had an issue with image and text quality in some games, but after your advice to instal proton get the issue was resolved.
omg this is so helpful. this relieves a lot of stress as the sd is basically my introduction into pc gaming. this was very concise and seems a lot less intimidating and in a way makes me excited to tinker and learn! thx you so much ☺️
YOU WIN! Best startup video. Thanks so much! Subbed.
I've Subscribed and liked. This deserves way more likes. Real helpful content.
You have very few subs but I have yet to find a more thorough detailed getting started tutorial for steam deck... great job.
Thanks for taking the time to do this, extremely helpful.
What a hero, thank you so much! I get my deck soon I guess, it has been dispatched... Cannot wait, I'm really looking forward to PC gaming again.
Great video, very clear tips. Thanks for posting!
Finally found the best tips for beginners thank you!
Great video. Wish the dislike count was visible so people know this is a legit guide.
2:03 I just want it to ask me on a “per download” basis like it does on my PC.
This is my Steam Deck day 2, Your video helped a lot.
The first thing I loaded was Obduction, because this PC wont play it and I missed it.
Day one was - Controls in the home screen - change when you go into Obduction screen where you enter a player name - I could see the 'Play' button but couldn't get at it. I had actually given up went to put the Steam deck down and accidentally went into the game. (I still don't know how to press that play button). - Now in play the controls change again. It took me ages to discover the left mouse click.
And that to me is the mad side of Steam Deck, why can't we have controls that work through the whole system. I suspect I will have to relearn the buttons for everything I play. Unless I can make a mouse work with it later today.
Oh hell nah, this is not fair bro why the f u only got 3k subs 😤, you deserve more, new subscriber 🙋🏽♂️, keep up the good work ma man u helped me alot
Quality video thank you. Very efficient and I feel a lot better about starting with my steam deck that’s showing up in a few hours
Thank you for this info! Super helpful! Been planning to buy a steamdeck and this tutorial is handy for first timer like me!
This is fantastic you explain things so well
Awesome explanation.
Well done.
Getting my steam deck in a week
Thanks for the efforts to teach what to do when one buys a new Steam Deck. I have one suggestion, personally i have never played any video games anywhere hence not aware of the settings and buttons, and when you move too fast while showing us we cannot cartch how to go to a certain settings. As we understand the settings are layered and the specific one we are trying to enable can be two levels down. and we miss this part.
Just picked up a deck. Thank you for this.
another tip is that rsync (a command line tool) is a much more powerful alternative to warpinator and it comes pre installed on mac as well.
Great information!
Very well presented.
Regarding the controller quirk in Desktop mode-it has to do with Steam Controller. Steam Deck, basically is a Steam Controller, so it requires Steam running, in order for it's software to be fully operating.
This guide was super helpful! My partner set up my Steam Deck and gifted it to me so there are times when I have NO idea what does what or goes where 😂 Got a dock this week and been enjoying playing with a keyboard and mouse setup, I've only run into one issue - accessing the Steam Menus (both main and quick access) while playing a game using k&m. Controller is fine, and Ctrl 1 & 2 work in Steam itself but if a game is open I can't access them. Kind of been a pain when trying to optimize settings for a game and I can't see any of the info or adjust the settings on the fly. If you know a workaround or something I'm missing I'd love to know!
Glad the guide was helpful!!
Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for your KB
&M problem. It seems that Valve has simply overlooked this. On Windows, Shift+Tab brings up the Steam Overlay... but even THAT doesn't work on Steam Deck.
I'm suffering with this too, sadly! Whenever I'm playing with my Steam Deck docked, I just have to lean over and hit the physical buttons on the Deck to access the menus. That is, unfortunately, the only way I know of to do it in-game without a controller.
Sorry for the bad news!!
This was fun to watch. some of it I got because I you Linux a lot but the steam deck stuff was fun to learn
Thank you! Looking forward to using all these tips with my deck
I just got a couple usb cable extenders for my USB keyboard and mouse and plug them into the dock. Works great for when I'm using desktop mode, or for the few games that i play that are better with those controls, like universe sandbox
Seriously amazing video
amazing video, learnt a lot in the first few minutes cant wait to finish it. great stuff, loving the deck
Very underrated video! Thanks!
Thank you, as a new user this was very helpful!
Super useful, mine arrives tomorrow
Thanks for this I have just ordered my steam deck and this is extremely helpful
thanks for the video. I've not got a clue but loving my steam deck and finding out. really informative. thank you ✌🏼
THANK YOU !!! i got my deck for christmas just unboxed it im so excited
Absolutely stunning guide! Thank you.
Excellent video, keep the good work!
could you please make a guide to improve the text size, UI size, taskbar.. maybe few other tweaks to the desktop mode interface. im not familiar with Linux.
i just find the desktop mode to be small.. the overall scale of everything.
Love the video, i didnt know you could get that much out of 40hz, thanks mate
Thank you so much ! You've got another subscriber.
Thank you for this video! Can you do a new updated video of POE and how it runs on the steamdeck now versus the video you made 5-6months ago and if there is any tinkering needed to make POE run the best on the steamdeck to have the most improved FPS?
Well, I've got some good news for you - I have!
About a month ago I did a video on exactly this, focusing on how far the Deck could be pushed in juiced endgame content, and going over what settings I use to play PoE! Take a look: ua-cam.com/video/IOI9MUqUEY0/v-deo.html
If you want to know more about the settings and setup I use, I also have this video: ua-cam.com/video/D_lZX563_a8/v-deo.html
Of course, just a month or so later, now even THAT performance video is out of date somewhat, with the Beyond and Rare changes in 3.19. But as PoE continues to change, I'm sure I'll continue to revisit the topic in the future, and make more videos covering how to have the best experience on the Deck. So look forward to it!
Thanks Patrick learned a lot today
Getting Mine tomorrow. Perfect Video. Awesome info. New Sub here. Keep them videos coming.
Excellent job and very informative!
New subscriber here as well.
Great video, thanks! Can’t wait to get my steam deck!
Great video, got me started just right!
13:18 Small correction - Linux is *very* different from Windows & macOS. It's the desktop environment, or DE, that can make WIndows & Mac users feel right at home. On the Steam Deck, the DE is called KDE, which is designed to look something like Windows. There's also GNOME, which looks more like macOS. There's a plethora of others, but those are the two that feel like other desktop OSes. Thanks for this video, I just ordered a 'deck and this video is immensely helpful and clarifying!
Great video, thanks, very helpful - steam deck on its way to me!
I would advise against installing Gedit on your deck and go for something like Kate, if you want to potentially save on space on your disk.
Gedit is based off GTK UI toolkit, and seeing how deck went with the QT-based software, it might not be installed on your system, so by installing gedit you'd pull a lot more additional files that you aren't going to need outside of Gedit. Kate, on the other hand, offers similar capabilities to edit text files and such, but it's QT-based so everything should already be installed and you'd only install the editor itself.