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So Decky-Dication is a really cool plugin that lets you use voice typing in game mode. The github is here, but unfortunately they were never able to get the plugin small enough for it to be in the Decky store, and the project has since been abandoned.

Luckily, the plugin still works really well. You can build it yourself from the github, or if you're trusting enough you can download an already built .zip file here.

Once you have the plugin file, unzip it on your deck, and move it to the homebrew/plugins folder. That folder is usually write protected, so you may need to move it using a terminal command (ie if you extracted the folder on the desktop, the command would be sudo mv ~/Desktop/decky-dication ~/homebrew/plugins. Then switch back to game mode and it should be in your plugin list.

Once the plugin is installed, you press steam+b+L2 to start speech to text

First of all, this isn't my guide, so I may not be able to help if you have issues. The source for the guide was a reddit comment here.

Here's the guide:

Its been a while since I first went through getting LAN to work on the steam deck and i think i left a comment somewhere but if you want a more in depth tutorial let me know. Its a decent amount of work to get it running but afterwards you can start a local network / play with a friend in a game that supports LAN. It works in gaming mode too! Its as if it were stock. Heres a quick rundown

1. In desktop mode make sure to Install arch linux distro box with root access
2. Install yay and its dependencies to the distrobox as well as the git command
3. In

Just ran into this problem, and thought I would share the solution for others.

Metaphor: ReFantizio is the new Atlus RPG, and it has a pretty lengthy demo where your progress carries over to the main game. However, this doesn't work on steam deck because each windows game has it's own pretend file system for files, and the full game can't find where the demo saves are. This is an issue with other games that have demos as well, but the file paths will be different depending on the game ID and the save location.

To fix it do this:

1. Go to desktop mode
2. In the file explorer, enable show hidden files (three bar menu in upper right)
3. In the file explorer, navigate to /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/3130330/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/' and copy the folder named SEGA`
4. Now go to /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2679460/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/ and paste that SEGA folder.
5. Now relaunch the full Metaphor: ReFantizio

I probably should have posted this earlier back when Lethal Company was more popular, but better late than never.

For installing mods, you first need to go to desktop mode and download r2modmanPlus. You specifically want the r2modman-x.x.xx.AppImage file from the release page. You can run this app image in desktop mode to access the mod loader, and install mods for the different supported unity games. After downloading the mods you want through the built in downloader, you can click "Start Modded" in the upper left corner to start the game. It will open steam and run the game with the mods. You will usually see a command prompt window open before the game does, this both lets you know the mods are enabled and will let you see if there are any errors with the mods running.

After you've confirmed the game will run with mods in desktop mode, the next step is to get mods working in game mode. In R2modman, open the settings menu at the b

Been tinkering with Wii emulation and found that most posts about how to access Dolphin's menu in game mode are too complex. So I decided to make a post about a simpler method I discovered.

[Assumptions] I'm using EmuDeck to set everything up and accessing the game through game mode. (Steam game Icons set up by Steam ROM manager).

[How To]

1. So first , go to the game's page and click on the "gear" icon. Then click on "properties".
2. In launch options, delete the -b in org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu -b -e (The -b prevents Dolphin's menu to be created in the first place)
3. Launch the game, then press the steam button. You will see a second window under the "Switch windows" section. Choose the second one, and you will see Dolphin's menu.
4. (Edit: There are better navigation solutions in the comments!) In order to navigate it, change controller config to "Web Browser" preset
   Click on settings you wish to adjust. All the tabs you ope

I've installed Emudeck on my device, the process was really easy to follow, here's a guide.

I just made this post to share info and suggestions on the best games to try. Right now I'm playing a (totally owned) rom of Zelda breath of the wild and so far is flawless (although stuck to 30 fps x some reason). Any suggestion for other good game??

This is if you controller is working fine in the Steam menu once you wake your Steam Deck but unresponsive in the game you was playing.

Press the Steam button, click on the game up the top and go into "Controller Settings", you should see up the very top of the screen, your controller name and "Steam Deck", just under that to the right, you will see "Reorder Controls". Select that and change your controller to "2", so "Steam Deck" Controller is now "1".

This should now let the controller work in game again. I have seen no issue so far playing as controller "2" for this fix. And it sure beats closing the game in case you lose data.

From Reddit but a very useful tidbit

I originally posted this guide on reddit, but wanted to repost it here as part of migrating away. Some games, including Halo MCC Coop and Company of Heros 3, will desync during multiplayer. This can be fixed by manually syncing two files.

Thanks to this comment by Fractal on ProtonDB for showing me the way.

The issue is non-matching ucrtbase.dll files between the two computers. There are two different copies of the file, both in the system32 and syswow64 folders (note: each copy is unique, you need to copy two separate files with the same name from different folders). It sounds like these files are supposed to be automatically synced for coop, but they aren't (possibly for legal reasons) and it causes problems with desync.

To fix it, you need to take copies of your friend's windows versions of the files, and copy them into the compdata folder for Halo on your deck. After that you should be able to play without desync.

The specific s

I just had to do this myself and found this handy guide on reddit created about a year ago. So I don't claim credit, but I wouldn't want such useful content to be available only on reddit, so I'll share it over here:

Credit goes to /u/walllable.

Original POST:

Title's pretty self explanatory I think! This will be using VirtualHere, a program that connects one computer's USB devices to another computer via Wi-Fi, and will also let you access this functionality via Game Mode, so you don't have to go into the desktop in order to do this. This might use less battery power than controlling your PC via Steam Link as well since the Deck doesn't have to decode a video/audio stream and all that. This involves installing the program on both your Deck, and on your PC. I'll be providing instructions for both.

Skip step 1 if you've already set the desktop deck account's password. If you don't know