I just gotta say, Thank you Russ from Retro Game Corps for introducing me to the Nerd Nest Podcast and thus introducing me to you Bill and this amazing channel. Your channel is now one of my favorites to watch and learn from and the Podcast too
This 1000% I'm not even looking at another handheld unless the controls are as symmetrical and comfortable as the steamdeck layout. even for controllers I'm using the stadia controllers for now until Valve drops the Steam controller 2 🤞
I refuse to play my PC games on my actual PC if I'm not streaming it to my deck just because it's so much better. Plus I'm used to having touch pads and 4 back buttons now.
Steam Input also offers a small feature that a lot of people probably missed and I don't blame them. It's Anti-Deadzone Buffer. The issue it solves is that a lot of old games like the ones for PS2 have artificial deadzone around 20% of the whole stick movement. That is especially noticeable in racing games, but with anti-deadzone buffer you can basically remove that deadzone entirely. Absolute game changer for me! Try it for yourself and you will be amazed.
Too bad they no longer sell the Steam Controller. Although it isn't perfect; it's great as a keyboard/mouse replacement using Steam Input, but it kinda sucks as a regular controller as it is quite awkward (especially with smaller hands) to use the A/B/X/Y buttons on it. They're just too far left/down from the natural resting place of your thumb, since that's where they put the large circular touchpad.
Best thing I did was first switch my Wifi over to the 5G channel, then in Developer mode disable Wifi power management, and now my downloads to the SSD are lightning fast.
I might have to check that…I’ve been happy with the performance all medium and high with grass set to almost 30%….almost 50 hours and started on the 64gb lcd model and continued from the 1tb OLED and performance, and loading even from sd has been pretty negligible so far.
Hi Bill, I just want to let you know, I know most of this stuff, but I keep listening while I'm doing the dishes because the blend of your voice with the background music is so relaxing. Thank you.
the VRAM/UMA Frame Buffer setting is the "Minimum" allocated on boot, linux and the steam deck can dynamically allocate more if it needs it and more ram is available, you dont need to mess with that unless you have a specific game where the ram is being eaten by the cpu/game leaving too little for your gfx allocation. Typically only windoze users need to worry about that setting.
I think my favorite moment using steam input was when I made clockwise motion or counter clockwise motion on the trackpad control the camera zoom on Valheim. It was a small addition, but a huge victory for me
I know Bill has mentioned not caring too much or not using his points in the past but casually flexing 200,000 points is hilarious (tbh I wish we could do more with them)
@@NerdNest 🤣 It's a good amount lol. I don't remember how many I got with my steamdeck, but it's 100 points for every $1 you spend. so not sure if it's from the multiple decks you've gotten or just from the games you've purchased for yourself or the channel. but you are 2x my amount and I've only bought like 10 things with them so far (I don't change my profile much lol)
I’ve been playing the shit out of the neo geo pocket color collection and snk vs Capcom (sold separately compared to switch), and been having a blast catching up on a handled I’ve been jealous of somebody having in high school.
People should check out tomtoc armor G-12... seems like a fairly new superslim hardcase for the Steam Deck... Unlike killswitch and similar protections the Armor G12 allow your steam deck to be "naked" when you play. but protected when in a bag. It's not particularly attractive design-wise, but it's basically been the accessory I have been wanting ever since the Steam Deck released!
I didn't know you can close games without going into the steam menu. This is verry important as I couldn't play the steam deck for months becuase the steam/... menus wouldn't work. Thanks Bill!
And the sad thing is, despite being the best case for storing the charger, it absolutely sucks for storing the charger. 😂 I mean, come on, couldn't they have made that case just a little thicker so it wouldn't rest on the charger? Or made the charger a little thinner, so it wouldn't stick out of the back? You can't lay it down flat, unless you lay it upside-down.
The original steam deck case is a double shell, you can separate the outer shell from the inner one and have pretty much exactly the same form factor as the first third party case you presented.
Cryoutils is not working as expected on 3.6. Valve switched to zram and disables the swapfile. The utility needs some re-work now as Valve now trashes the swappiness and swapfile on 3.6 and restarts zram regardless of setting a swapfile and swappiness on subsequent reboots.
Yesss! I have two docks. My official dock is connected to my desktop gaming monitor with a mouse and keyboard so I can use it as a PC. The second dock is Jsaux and connected to the big television for “console” like gaming experience. Then of course there is portable mode on the go. The best of all worlds, truly. The Steam Deck is amazing. It’s replaced all my consoles except my Switch.
It's not actually the time, but the hours remaining depending on your battery status and the game you are playing. Overall, the video is nice! Just got mine last week.
Got my oled about 4 weeks ago now and I love it. The ONLY issue I have with it is when I apply a little force to the top right corner of the deck it sounds crunchy, when I press down on the right stick it kinda sounds like a squeak along with the face buttons but it’s only on the left side. Although I could care less it can get annoying during space flights in no mans sky. Other than that, the deck is awesome.
With the kill options, anything super-quick equivalent to alt+f4 (windows) or ctrl+esc (linux)? I may or may not save scum on deaths in the mines in Stardew Valley... (literally just ordered one to play stardew as I got sick of waiting for Switch updates, and I like playing it on the go, not at my desk).
I have a small 3 in 2 out powered USB switcher that I have connected to both my steamdeck dock and my pc. Although I also run the dock through a capture card so I can split a single ultra wide monitor between multiple tasks so I'm not your typical use case lol
Or just leave it at 1 gb and let the Deck increase it in game. You can increase it to 4-8 gb if you modded your LCD deck to 32 gb Ram. Don´t use Cryo on the 3.6 , the Deck does it better on default
Hotbar menu = Minecraft Java! Soooo good. At least for me, my hotbar in MC is always the same - tools from 1-6, 7-8 active blocks, 9 food, 0 torches, so I can reliably configure a hotbar with icons and everything for Minecraft and it's so fuggin convenient.
Hi guys. Tempted to get a steam deck oled but I'm concerned there's either an xbox handheld or a steam deck 2 within 12 months or so. Plus the steam deck internals are 2 years+ old now and bigger games chugging it seems too 🤔🤔🤔
Algorithm comment. Always add the number one steam deck accessory is an exercise bike. Bike while you game. Marriage the concept for life. Lost 75 lbs 2023 to 2024. Another 15 sin e Jan. Current steam deck favorite: Turbo Kid, based on the awesome 89s throwback gory comedic post Apocalypse film, music akin Axiom Verge, simple metroidvania with lots of heart and a BMX bike. Highly recommend.
Shout-out to RambleCan for steam input tutorials. He doesn't really do them anymore but a lot of his old tutorials still apply even if the UI for steam input is different now
Do you or anyone else know how to fix the verifying installation error? Some of my games freeze and it kicks me back to there. Could badly do with help.
I started getting this more and more as I tinkered with the Deck. Meaning using add ons like Decky Loader and other non stock software. I basically solved it by Factory resetting and reimaging SteamOS and keeping it pretty much stock. Sure I miss those add ons, but the stability is worth it. I found anything that requires the Sudo password to install led me to issues down the road. I guess because it writes and rewrites to places it normally can’t without the password. Worked for me.
Hi Nerdnest. Theres has been a wifi adapter issue circulating since day 1 release of the oled model where the wifi adapter goes into power saving mode after waking from sleep/off. This causes issues for ppl whos trying to remote play with the device. Only known ”fix” is to toggle wifi off/on, and then you can remote play reliably. Is this an issue you or any ppl on your pod have encountered? I heard that wifi issues could stem from what AP you’re using. Do you mind sharing what AP you are using? :)
Cryo Utlities is a bunch of scripts that rearrange memory and swap files to be more efficient. It also moves your shaders to be in the same disk as where your games are installed if you happen to have some on your SSD and some on an SD card. Helps you see a reasonable performance boost in a lot of games. There are a few instances where it actually makes performance a bit worse, like RDR2, but it has for the most part made my experience better.
Cryo Utilities and other software that requires a Sudo password and the running of scripts to install, has always led me to issues later on. I reset and reimaged the deck and haven’t reinstalled those things and haven’t had any issues. Cryo is useful but the way it moves stuff around and changes things led to some strange file errors and other issues.
I feel like my thumb sticks don't have enough tension on them. Leads to having really sloppy oscillating inputs. Most noticable on driving and shooting games. Any thoughts on this? Do I just have some dud sticks? I want it to feel closer to like an Xbox controller or my scuff controller.
Bill, what day are you gonna be with the crew at too many games? I would love to meet the crew and it's gonna be hard to find the opportunity of being all at the same place at the same time.
I have a charger and a power bank from Ugreen and I just got my Steam Deck OLED 1TB version but the Ugreen charger and the power bank can't charge the Steam Deck any idea why? I can't find anything online..
Recently got my new oled SD and it's played everything I've thrown at it. However God of war crashes 1hr in which is a big ask from the SD, hopefully this 1st tip will help with God of war? Thank you for the information.
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I just gotta say, Thank you Russ from Retro Game Corps for introducing me to the Nerd Nest Podcast and thus introducing me to you Bill and this amazing channel. Your channel is now one of my favorites to watch and learn from and the Podcast too
Same!
Literally exactly how I found him too!
same!
Yeah, man, you gotta thank him
I’ve got an OLED Deck showing up today this is going to be my guide 😉😂
Mine came yesterday and so far. Im loving it.
Hope you love it it’s one of my favorite purchases
Oooo mine came two days ago but i opened it yesterday! It’s like my prayers being answered
@@childishgambinaa 1st Hueman why u lips out it's n0t time
@@1stHuemanAmerican what are you talking about ?
The steam deck is the most comfortable and useful controller, period.
No. The bumpers could be better placed.
This 1000% I'm not even looking at another handheld unless the controls are as symmetrical and comfortable as the steamdeck layout. even for controllers I'm using the stadia controllers for now until Valve drops the Steam controller 2 🤞
I refuse to play my PC games on my actual PC if I'm not streaming it to my deck just because it's so much better. Plus I'm used to having touch pads and 4 back buttons now.
Ummmmmmmm xD
Steam Input also offers a small feature that a lot of people probably missed and I don't blame them. It's Anti-Deadzone Buffer. The issue it solves is that a lot of old games like the ones for PS2 have artificial deadzone around 20% of the whole stick movement. That is especially noticeable in racing games, but with anti-deadzone buffer you can basically remove that deadzone entirely. Absolute game changer for me! Try it for yourself and you will be amazed.
definitely a great feature. it made resident evil revelations playable because the default deadzones are horrible
Not to downplay the rest, but oh my god, that 'hold to turbo' macro is genius. Here I am mapping it to back paddle buttons like a sucker.
I have watched a lot of Steam Deck videos so far, but none of them were as detailed, and unique as yours. Thanks
The steam input updates are awesome. Only thing missing is being able to use it as an actual controller for PC.
Too bad they no longer sell the Steam Controller. Although it isn't perfect; it's great as a keyboard/mouse replacement using Steam Input, but it kinda sucks as a regular controller as it is quite awkward (especially with smaller hands) to use the A/B/X/Y buttons on it. They're just too far left/down from the natural resting place of your thumb, since that's where they put the large circular touchpad.
Best thing I did was first switch my Wifi over to the 5G channel, then in Developer mode disable Wifi power management, and now my downloads to the SSD are lightning fast.
Yes! This is a must! Downloading is super fast that way!! Good tip!
"Allowing Tearing" gave me a big boost for RDR2.
I might have to check that…I’ve been happy with the performance all medium and high with grass set to almost 30%….almost 50 hours and started on the 64gb lcd model and continued from the 1tb OLED and performance, and loading even from sd has been pretty negligible so far.
Did you see any graphical issues?
@@X862go no
Hi Bill,
I just want to let you know, I know most of this stuff, but I keep listening while I'm doing the dishes because the blend of your voice with the background music is so relaxing.
Thank you.
Just learned about the turbo feature because of you; its been a game changer! Thank you so much for these types of videos.
Bill-I just got back into Skyrim on Deck. Why do I feel like I haven’t slept in 4 days? 😂 This is like my 5th playthrough and I’m hooked AGAIN. 😂😂
I bought my SD OLED two weeks ago and this is the singular most helpful video I have watched. Fantastic! Thank you, Bill. ❤
UA-cam actually recommended me something cool for once! 😎 I am an early adopter to the steamdeck but even I learned something!
This is easily the most informative and well-done Steam Deck tips video I've come across so far. Thank you!
36:36 - correction: that’s how much time you have left before the battery runs out of juice under the current load ❤
I think by the time I got there I had been recording for 3 hours. Made a mistake. Thanks for the correction
@@NerdNest I would have made many more after 3 hours 😅
Wow, that share via QR code was a super helpful tip.
Loving this video Bill! As someone who is new to Steamdeck, I learned so much when it came to the shortcuts, well done!
Now my steam deck transcend into another deminson! 😁💕 Thankyou
I secured a deck two days ago with the 15% of discount I can’t wait to try all these tricks
the VRAM/UMA Frame Buffer setting is the "Minimum" allocated on boot, linux and the steam deck can dynamically allocate more if it needs it and more ram is available, you dont need to mess with that unless you have a specific game where the ram is being eaten by the cpu/game leaving too little for your gfx allocation. Typically only windoze users need to worry about that setting.
A ton of work went into this very informative vid. Thanks for it!
I always love when your twin NerdierNest makes an apparence! 🤣
1,2,3,4,5,6? Amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!
Snottie beamed me twice last night. It was wonderful!
I knew it! I'm surrounded by assholes!
Ah, buckle this. Ludicrous Speed. GO!
I’ve been enjoying your content for a couple of weeks now and is now subscribed. Now I want a steamdeck even more 😅
Hands down the best tips video for steam deck I have seen.
This video should be called I’m advertising for all my sponsors in one video…. Video.
Fantastic video! Includes almost everything a new user could want to know about the Steam Deck in just one video 👍
36:34
correction, Its not what time it is, It is how much time you have left before the battery runs out (approximately)
Just picked up my steamed deck yesterday! Couldn't have timed this better! Huge thanks
If your deck is “steamed” don’t forget to smell the vent. You’ll thank me later.
@@dewinter1411 🤣
Fantastic video. Learned some new stuff. That hotkey shortcut is a game changer for me as I have so many different systems on my Deck 👍🏼
Fantastic comprehensive video! I got a Steamdeck coming this week so this is perfect, Thankyou.
These two keyboard chords really help me on Steam Deck (Big Picture on Steam Desktop too!)
CTRL +1 : Steam Button
CTRL +2 : Quick Actions
This is legitimately the best deck tips video on the internet
It would be great if you put a comparison between the different cases and the official, so i can tell how much more is compact
Ok, the turbo option I didnt know. It was worth coming to your tip video ^^ thanks
I think my favorite moment using steam input was when I made clockwise motion or counter clockwise motion on the trackpad control the camera zoom on Valheim. It was a small addition, but a huge victory for me
I love those customizable start-up movies :P
I know Bill has mentioned not caring too much or not using his points in the past but casually flexing 200,000 points is hilarious (tbh I wish we could do more with them)
Is that a lot?
@@NerdNest 🤣 It's a good amount lol. I don't remember how many I got with my steamdeck, but it's 100 points for every $1 you spend. so not sure if it's from the multiple decks you've gotten or just from the games you've purchased for yourself or the channel. but you are 2x my amount and I've only bought like 10 things with them so far (I don't change my profile much lol)
I had no idea you could customize the input to this extent. Learned someting :)
This video taught me so much about steam input thank you so much!!!!!
I’ve been playing the shit out of the neo geo pocket color collection and snk vs Capcom (sold separately compared to switch), and been having a blast catching up on a handled I’ve been jealous of somebody having in high school.
Love the content! Thanks for that. But my neck hurts from looking at you working on the Deck. Please align the camera in the future ;)
People should check out tomtoc armor G-12... seems like a fairly new superslim hardcase for the Steam Deck... Unlike killswitch and similar protections the Armor G12 allow your steam deck to be "naked" when you play. but protected when in a bag. It's not particularly attractive design-wise, but it's basically been the accessory I have been wanting ever since the Steam Deck released!
I just downloaded some ram, worked like a charm
This was nice to listen to while considering getting an OLEDeck, tho I’m still eyeing getting a Skull and Co grip and case.
Thank you Kratos!
Love your steam input stuff ! how I found an subbed after your star wars video
I didn't know you can close games without going into the steam menu. This is verry important as I couldn't play the steam deck for months becuase the steam/... menus wouldn't work. Thanks Bill!
So helpful. Thanks Bill 🙏
Thank you. Awesome video!
Typing on a Keychron k8 wireless keyboard right now. Great quality for the price.
Epic video....as always!
Great stuff. Thank you!
I won’t ever change the case from the OG case my deck came with it’s the best bc of the storage for the charger on the back 😂
And the sad thing is, despite being the best case for storing the charger, it absolutely sucks for storing the charger. 😂
I mean, come on, couldn't they have made that case just a little thicker so it wouldn't rest on the charger? Or made the charger a little thinner, so it wouldn't stick out of the back? You can't lay it down flat, unless you lay it upside-down.
Damn the Sd card thing is nice in the killswitch
Thank you so much for this video!!!!
The original steam deck case is a double shell, you can separate the outer shell from the inner one and have pretty much exactly the same form factor as the first third party case you presented.
Cryoutils is not working as expected on 3.6. Valve switched to zram and disables the swapfile. The utility needs some re-work now as Valve now trashes the swappiness and swapfile on 3.6 and restarts zram regardless of setting a swapfile and swappiness on subsequent reboots.
I think I need to bookmark this video so I can refer to it again. There are a couple games I'd like to see if I can get to look smoother
My steam deck oled is now at home in its dock and hooked to a monitor.
Yesss! I have two docks. My official dock is connected to my desktop gaming monitor with a mouse and keyboard so I can use it as a PC. The second dock is Jsaux and connected to the big television for “console” like gaming experience. Then of course there is portable mode on the go. The best of all worlds, truly. The Steam Deck is amazing. It’s replaced all my consoles except my Switch.
Still have mine [LCD] to this day 🔥. I wonder if tbe OLED model is the one that players are able to have HDR mode on/off, etc. 🤔
It's not actually the time, but the hours remaining depending on your battery status and the game you are playing. Overall, the video is nice! Just got mine last week.
Got my oled about 4 weeks ago now and I love it. The ONLY issue I have with it is when I apply a little force to the top right corner of the deck it sounds crunchy, when I press down on the right stick it kinda sounds like a squeak along with the face buttons but it’s only on the left side. Although I could care less it can get annoying during space flights in no mans sky. Other than that, the deck is awesome.
Decky loader is awesome. You forgot to mention that
With the kill options, anything super-quick equivalent to alt+f4 (windows) or ctrl+esc (linux)? I may or may not save scum on deaths in the mines in Stardew Valley... (literally just ordered one to play stardew as I got sick of waiting for Switch updates, and I like playing it on the go, not at my desk).
I have a small 3 in 2 out powered USB switcher that I have connected to both my steamdeck dock and my pc. Although I also run the dock through a capture card so I can split a single ultra wide monitor between multiple tasks so I'm not your typical use case lol
Or just leave it at 1 gb and let the Deck increase it in game. You can increase it to 4-8 gb if you modded your LCD deck to 32 gb Ram.
Don´t use Cryo on the 3.6 , the Deck does it better on default
I love how you clone yourself in your vids!❤
Hotbar menu = Minecraft Java! Soooo good. At least for me, my hotbar in MC is always the same - tools from 1-6, 7-8 active blocks, 9 food, 0 torches, so I can reliably configure a hotbar with icons and everything for Minecraft and it's so fuggin convenient.
Thanks for these tips sir!
I didn't know that about quick setting the steam inputs.
Hi guys.
Tempted to get a steam deck oled but I'm concerned there's either an xbox handheld or a steam deck 2 within 12 months or so.
Plus the steam deck internals are 2 years+ old now and bigger games chugging it seems too 🤔🤔🤔
Algorithm comment. Always add the number one steam deck accessory is an exercise bike. Bike while you game. Marriage the concept for life. Lost 75 lbs 2023 to 2024. Another 15 sin e Jan.
Current steam deck favorite: Turbo Kid, based on the awesome 89s throwback gory comedic post Apocalypse film, music akin Axiom Verge, simple metroidvania with lots of heart and a BMX bike. Highly recommend.
I'd take the Killswitch without the case cover and the Tomtoc case
this is such a great resource. thanks
Great videos!! Really enjoying your channel. Is there a screen protector you would recommend for the oled steam deck?
I don’t use one. Sorry.
Shout-out to RambleCan for steam input tutorials. He doesn't really do them anymore but a lot of his old tutorials still apply even if the UI for steam input is different now
Is that black base for your thumb sticks? How did you want it or buy if if so then where?
It's the OLED Steam Deck
Do you or anyone else know how to fix the verifying installation error? Some of my games freeze and it kicks me back to there. Could badly do with help.
I started getting this more and more as I tinkered with the Deck. Meaning using add ons like Decky Loader and other non stock software. I basically solved it by Factory resetting and reimaging SteamOS and keeping it pretty much stock. Sure I miss those add ons, but the stability is worth it. I found anything that requires the Sudo password to install led me to issues down the road. I guess because it writes and rewrites to places it normally can’t without the password. Worked for me.
Russ brought me here, stayed for the content 🔥
Hi Nerdnest. Theres has been a wifi adapter issue circulating since day 1 release of the oled model where the wifi adapter goes into power saving mode after waking from sleep/off.
This causes issues for ppl whos trying to remote play with the device. Only known ”fix” is to toggle wifi off/on, and then you can remote play reliably.
Is this an issue you or any ppl on your pod have encountered?
I heard that wifi issues could stem from what AP you’re using. Do you mind sharing what AP you are using? :)
i prefer emulation station to emudeck but i never really got emudeck working properly
Sd card is where my emulation roms live.
Same. I have a separate SD card loaded with games. I just swap the SD card out when I’m in a retro mood! The Deck is so versatile!
thanks for this great video
that segue though
But what cryo utilities does? You didn't mention it, why should i install it?
Cryo Utlities is a bunch of scripts that rearrange memory and swap files to be more efficient. It also moves your shaders to be in the same disk as where your games are installed if you happen to have some on your SSD and some on an SD card. Helps you see a reasonable performance boost in a lot of games. There are a few instances where it actually makes performance a bit worse, like RDR2, but it has for the most part made my experience better.
Cryo Utilities and other software that requires a Sudo password and the running of scripts to install, has always led me to issues later on. I reset and reimaged the deck and haven’t reinstalled those things and haven’t had any issues. Cryo is useful but the way it moves stuff around and changes things led to some strange file errors and other issues.
What game is on the thumbnail?
Looks like not released yet the Replaced game
36:35 thats not what time it is, its battery time left
I feel like my thumb sticks don't have enough tension on them. Leads to having really sloppy oscillating inputs. Most noticable on driving and shooting games. Any thoughts on this? Do I just have some dud sticks? I want it to feel closer to like an Xbox controller or my scuff controller.
There are replacement sticks, I don't know if yours are bad, but it might be worth trying new ones.
Bill, what day are you gonna be with the crew at too many games? I would love to meet the crew and it's gonna be hard to find the opportunity of being all at the same place at the same time.
Come meet us Friday June 28th 7-8 PM
Come to the Panel Saturday June 29th 6-6:45 PM
What do you think about the JSAUX case?
I have a charger and a power bank from Ugreen and I just got my Steam Deck OLED 1TB version but the Ugreen charger and the power bank can't charge the Steam Deck any idea why? I can't find anything online..
I'd reach out to UGREEN and ask. I've never had an issue like this.
Where did you get that steam deck skin you have in the thumbnail for this vid? tyty
Photoshop
What game is featured in the thumbnail?
Just found it myself. The game is called Replaced.
@@chrisvasquez2460 Thank you, much appreciated!
double dragon elbow to u, great vid
Recently got my new oled SD and it's played everything I've thrown at it. However God of war crashes 1hr in which is a big ask from the SD, hopefully this 1st tip will help with God of war? Thank you for the information.
I played god of war in my deck and played it all now issues did you try changing proton?
Is this work with lcd vr too
God of war is always crashing,would increasing the vram help this? I read that this was the issue.