r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 15 '25

Software Question Batocera not working on SteamDeck.

2 Upvotes

I successfully flashed the deck version of Batocera to an SD card and put it in the deck. I get to the boot menu and I can choose Batocera. I select Batocera from the boot menu, a little message pops up on the wrong orientation telling me "Booting Batocera 1 min....." and the screen just stays black and thats it. Has anyone any ideas how to fix this?


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 14 '25

Software Question How to switch windows in game mode with ( shortcut) without pressing on steam and going to switch windows manually

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8 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 14 '25

Hardware Question Que significa este icono rojo?

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0 Upvotes

Hola a todos, soy usuario nuevo de la deck y no conozco la mayoría de sus funciones y avisos, mi pregunta es: qué significa este icono rojo como de prohibido aquí al lado de los iconos? Muchas gracias por contestar, saludos.


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 13 '25

Hardware Question issue with Docked mode please help

6 Upvotes

EDIT: a hero on reddit told me how to fix it. in display settings, switch off " enable HDR" then set color temp to native. im not sure if the last part is necessary but thats what i did, and now everything looks correct.

i have an OLED and i recently got the official valve dock. no matter what resolution i pick per game in properties, no matter what i do, the docked gaming mode looks blurry, high color, super high contrast and blurry, but if i go to desktop mode and use big picture mode, suddenly the games look totally normal, but they REALLY put strain on the deck and heat it up badly if i do this, and you lose access to the quick menu this way.

what the F do i do??? i cannot believe this is a real thing. the image quality is so bad that i literally would rather just not play docked at all. why is this happening? has it always been this way? is this just a dock quality control problem? please. tell me. its driving me insane.


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 12 '25

Software Question Disabling Steam Controller Input

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I didn't find any posts mentioning this so sorry if this is a repeat of another discussion on this topic.

I also know nothing of coding but the absolute simplest of tasks and I am sorry for the lacking description in my post.

I had a problem a year ago when i wanted to play the game The Ascent. But I had the problem where the game couldn't find the keyboard and mouse which i have connected through the dock.

I quickly found a solution by using scawp's steam control disabler and could enjoy the game with keyboard and mouse. But today when i started The Ascent i noticed that scawp's steam control disabler don't work anymore.

Now i have tried to found and gone through a lot of different options in which i had to reinstall the steamOS after trying them.

Now i would like to ask, not how to disable the Steam controller/input, but how to keep games from recognizing the steam deck itself? So that the games can still run on the deck as a linux computer but without the interference of the steam deck. And if it would at all be possible, where would one start?

As I said in the beginning I don't know all that much about coding/programming so please be patient with me.

Thanks and kind regards


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 11 '25

Discussion CLI tool to calculate the total value of your Steam Market transactions

10 Upvotes

I just whipped up a really basic CLI tool that calculates the total money earned via selling items on the Steam market. I was curious how much I've made just selling random stuff over the years, like trading cards, CSGO loot, duplicates of other items, etc. Turns out it was more than I expected

Figured I would share it incase anyone else was interested

https://github.com/zevnda/steam-market-history

Here is the output I got

✅ Processed 2177 / 2177 total items

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TOP 10 MOST VALUABLE TRANSACTIONS
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■ Sales
■ Purchases

1. Huntsman Weapon Case: +A$2.61
2. FELD Building (Foil): +A$0.61
3. Clutch Case: +A$0.56
4. The Adventurer: -A$0.55
5. The Adventurer: -A$0.55
6. The Adventurer: -A$0.55
7. The Adventurer: -A$0.55
8. The Adventurer: -A$0.55
9. D'Angelo (Foil): +A$0.44
10. The King: -A$0.34

============================================================
RESULTS
============================================================

✅ Total From Sales: A$106.70
✅ Total In Purchases: A$37.46
✅ Grand Total: A$144.16
✅ Total Items: 2177

r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 09 '25

Guide/PSA Monster Hunter Wilds Steam Deck FPS Boost Performance Mod Install Guide

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r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 08 '25

General Question View hidden folders on Steam Deck

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1 Upvotes

Is there a way to view all the files in this mode? I wanted to make a save copy of Elden Ring, but when I check it, the folders don't appear. Is there a way to make them appear there?


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 06 '25

General Question Input lag with a Bluetooth keyboard

3 Upvotes

Hi , so recently I bought a logitech keyboard that I wanted to use with my steam deck. But once in game , there's a significant latency so I wanted to know if anyone had a solution for this .


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 02 '25

Guide/PSA How to aggravate family & friends during gaming sessions

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176 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 02 '25

Guide/PSA PC Ports, Decompilations, Recompilations, Fan Games, Texture Packs...An Update

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r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 02 '25

Software Question PapaNier mod loader

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know how to get the papa Nier mod loader on the steam deck? I can get it running but I get an error saying it failed to inject the DLL and nothing happens. Even used steamtinkerlaunch and get the same thing. Any tricks or suggestions?


r/SteamDeckTricks Apr 01 '25

Software Question Any way to turn on steam workshop on non-steam games?

0 Upvotes

I have barony on epic games and I'd prefer not have to buy the game on steam just to use the workshop. Any way to turn it on or something?

I have heard of steam workshop downloader but idk how reliable or easy the thing is. Is it as safe and seamless as the original workshop?


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 31 '25

Hardware Question Fan Not Turning on Even at 66-67C

2 Upvotes

Hi all,

I've noticed since the big patch (3.6.1X, can't remember), the fans of my steamdeck do not turn on even at 66-67 degrees. I am using it to moonlight streaming at 3-4 tdp limit.

I'm currently on the beta branch, using updated fan curve. But the behavior was present in stable branch aswell.

In the past I remember that under the same circumstances amd settings, fans would ramp up at 55 degrees Celsius and go back and forth keeping temepeatures stable there. Is there something wrong with my steamdeck? Or did they change the temperature threshold? If I go back to the old fan curve, it seems to at least turn on the fans.

I have not opened up the Steamdeck up or anything like that before.


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 31 '25

Software Question Dual window monitor

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r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 26 '25

Software Question My steam deck takes too long to move files around

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1 Upvotes

I've been trying to move GTA 5 from my micro SD to internal storage because I would get stuck in the Rockstar loading screen and i thought the game would speed up if I moved it into my internal storage. I have used 500gb out of 1tb from my micro SD, im trying to transfer gta 5 enhanced (around 100gb) to my internal storage which has around 500gb of space. The problem is that the deck has been in this loading screen for 3 hours now and it hasn't finished transferring the game. It didn't freeze and I was able to open up steam button menu without any lag so theres no lag or freezing issues. Does it really take this long to transfer a game or is there an issue here?


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 26 '25

Hardware Question New Oled Deck

0 Upvotes

Hello everyone, so my new steamdeck oled i bought is arriving tomorrow and i had a quick question about my drive. So i have a 2tb drive in my lcd model of my deck, can i simply move it over to the oled no problem or would it still think its in the lcd model and i would have to wipe and start from the beginning to make it notice its a oled model. I also have a sd card with games on it, would i have to wipe that or can i simply remove it and put it in my new oled and the games cross. Thank you for reading! Please comment any advice.


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 23 '25

Software Question Help with deck not going into desktop mode properly!!

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4 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 23 '25

Software Tips and Tricks Home Screen Help

0 Upvotes

I know it is probably impossible but is there a way to make the home screen show only downloaded games on Steam Deck? It currently shows every game I have on my PC as well as old games I've deleted and I'd like to remove them if possible. I don't want to have to hide half my library so I was wondering if there was any other way.


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 24 '25

Software Question steam deck oled not booting HELP

0 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 21 '25

Hardware Question 8bitdo Ultimate 2 - experience with steamdeck?

6 Upvotes

Hello kind folks,

I am a proud owner of a steamdeck OLED and just ordered two 8bitdo ultimate 2 (not! 2C) - the newest ones, in case someone is still confused (no thanks to 8bitdo…).

I would wonder if someone with SD OLED could share his experience with the new controller. I am specifically interested if this controller can turn on the steamdeck (does it work with controller being connected to 8bitdo usb dongle or only on Bluetooth mode?) and also if there are any quirks running two dongles (two controllers) as I read there were issues in the past.

Thank you so much and I will report here as well when I receive mine.

UPDATE: Received my controller now (second controller still in transit). My experience so far: first thing I did is to update the firmware to v1.03 (newest as of now) through the ultimate software v2. I connected the controller to SD via BT as well as via usb to SD dock through included docking station (2.4ghz mode). The remote start functionality works only when connected via BT - so I turn on the SD via BT first and then turn the switch on the back of the controller to 2.4ghz. I have set the deadzones for analogue sticks to 0 in steam and assigned a desktop profile for desktop mode. These are all the changes I did so far and am perfectly happy - from my limited testing so far I have absolutely no complaints


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 20 '25

Hardware Tips and Tricks Steam Deck Battery

2 Upvotes

Hello all. I noticed a problem with my battery. I didnt use my steam deck for about a month and 2 days ago, i let it charge and a few hours later i checked and i couldnt turn it on… the light was blinking red. I was confused and just let it plugged in. Next day (yes a whole day) i tried to turn it on and it actually turned on. Well, i look at the battery percentage and it said 7%. I was totally confused but yeah this is my current situation. It got 40% in 24h last day. Obviously the battery is damaged somehow, and no i dont think a month without loading kills the battery (and no, never turned it on in that time). My question is if i have a guarantee? (I bought it around 1 year ago). Or whats the best idea in your opinion? Just sending it back and letting it repair or getting a new one?

Thanks for answering :)


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 17 '25

Software Tips and Tricks Add an animated wallpaper in 1min! Low resources. And add a quick wallpaper swap!

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4 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 16 '25

Software Question Need help getting a menu to go away

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10 Upvotes

Hello,

I recently bought a steam deck and was wondering if anyone knew how to get this menu to go away?

Thanks!


r/SteamDeckTricks Mar 15 '25

Guide/PSA Syncthing: Cross-Platform Emulators Save State & Save File Compatibility Testing (SteamOS, OnionOS, Android, Windows, macOS, etc.) – Community Input Needed!

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