Flippin'Ekk
Published
4 Elements
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Used per-game profile to get more battery life:
- Framerate Limit: 20 FPS, Refresh Rate: 40
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes, Watts: 3
- Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes, GPU Clock Frequency: 200
- Scaling Filter: FSR, FSR Sharpness 5
Touch screen sensitivity seems to be a bit gammy unless the Steam Deck is plugged into the charger.
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
ACE - Arena: Cyber Evolution
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Used per-game profile to get more battery life:
- Framerate Limit: 40 FPS, Refresh Rate: 40
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes, Watts: 5
- Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes, GPU Clock Frequency: 800
- Scaling Filter: FSR, FSR Sharpness 5
Difficult To Read Text:Yes
Initial EULA type thing was small text - but who reads those anyway?
And some main menu text is small, some may struggle to read it without zoom function.
► Multiplayer
Overall (online):Didn't Work
It's a dead Early Access Game multiplayer game with no servers.
"At the request of the publisher, ACE - Arena: Cyber Evolution is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search."
You can play the tutotial - It's about 5-10 minutes. The concept of playing this game against others is fun, I'm sure if the developer re-published it on steam with servers, people including myself would be interested in playing it.
Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-29
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-29
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Gets stuck on the Steam Logo launching screen - plays game intro cutscene audio in background
Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
I've tried different proton versions:
- Experimental
- Proton 5.0-10
- GE-Proton7-29
The game takes a while on the "Starting launch..." Screen, goes to the Steam Logo launching screen, displays the Triumpth Studios logo for a brief second, before showing the Steam Logo launching screen again while the intro cutscenes play and you can hear the cutscene audio.
Proton Experimental
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton Experimental
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Alpha Prime
Works great - just as I would expect it to run, probably would never have tried this game without using a Steam Deck.
Control Layout:Switch To Keyboard And Mouse
Control Layout Customization:Grip Buttons, Other
Configured the Controller settings for Steam Deck and then bound the in-game controls for keyboard as appropriate:
| Button | What | Button | What |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | Change weapon | R1 | Change weapon |
| L2 | Aim | R2 | Primary Fire |
| L Joystick | WASD Movement | R Joystick | Mouse |
| L3 Click | Crouch | R3 Click | Shift |
| L4 | Lean Left | R4 | Lean Right |
| L5 | Walk | R5 | Activate Torch / Flashlight |
| DP Up | Up | A | Use / Pickup, i.e. Action |
| DP Right | Right | B | Bullet Time |
| DP Down | Down | X | Reload |
| DP Left | Left | Y | Jump |
| Left Touchpad Click | Objectives | Right Touchpad Click | Primary Fire |
| Left Touchpad Directions | Up = 1, Right = 2, Down = 3, Left = 4 | Right Touchpad | Mouse |
| View / Select | Tab | 3 lines / Menu | Esc |
- "DP" = Directional Pad
Battery Performance:
Set per-game profile:
- Framerate Limit and Refresh Rate: 50
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes, Watts: 3
- Manual GPU Clock: Yes, GPU Clock Frequency: 500
- Scaling Filter: FSR, FSR Sharpness 5
In-game Video Settings:
- Resolution: 1152x720
- FSAA: None
- Bloom: Yes
- Shader Level: High
- Filtering: Anisotropic, Level quite low
- Texture: Quality: Uncompressed, Resolution: Low
In-game Advanced Options:
- Screen Effects: High
- Shadows: Yes
- Reflections: Yes
- Speculars: Yes
- Terrains
- Quality: Low
- Parallax: No
- Speculars: No
GG
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Among Ripples
It's a pond simulator with 5 minutes of gameplay, otherwise - it functions as one would expect.
Native
Native
Automachef
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Used per-game profile to get more battery life:
- Framerate Limit: 20 FPS
- Refresh Rate: 40
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes
- Watts: 4
- Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes
- GPU Clock Frequency: 800
- Scaling Filter: Linear
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Battle Group 2
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Has a graphics selection on start-up, I chose:
- Resolution 1152 x 768
- Graphics Quality: Fastest
Used per-game profile to get more battery life:
- Framerate Limit: 40 FPS, Refresh Rate: 40
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes, Watts: 3
- Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes, GPU Clock Frequency: 400
- Scaling Filter: FSR, FSR Sharpness 5
Ekk
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Battle for Wesnoth
Completed the two tutorial missions on Steam Deck, works great - lots of potential for Hotkeys
Control Layout:Switch To Mouse Only
Control Layout Customization:Grip Buttons
Configuration I've got so far:
| Button | Behaviour | Why | |
|---|---|---|---|
| L4 | = | "Ctrl" | Ctrl + R for Recruit |
| L5 | = | "Alt" | Alt + R for Recall |
| R4 | = | "Shift" | Speed up animation speed |
| Y | = | "R" | Ctrl + R for Recruit, Alt + R for Recall |
| DP Up | = | "+" | Zoom in |
| DP Down | = | "-" | Zoom out |
| View / Select | = | "S" | Ctrl + S quicksave |
Battery Performance:
Used per-game profile to get more battery life:
- Framerate Limit: 10 FPS, Refresh Rate: 40
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Yes, Watts: 3
- Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes, GPU Clock Frequency: 200
- Scaling Filter: Linear
I imagine it's easier to use all of the hotkeys on PC, but the ones I needed most often during the tutorial were certainly easy enough to create.
Native
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Native
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Prominence Poker
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Used per-game profile to get more battery life, as game is not exactly dependant on fast reactions, I found these settings worked well, solid 20 FPS: Framerate Limit: 20 FPS Refresh Rate: 40 Half Rate Shading: Yes TDP Limit: Yes Watts: 4 Manual GPU Clock Control: Yes GPU Clock Frequency: 800 Scaling Filter: Linear
► Multiplayer
Overall (online):Excellent
Slightly slower to connect to games than my PC, negligibly so, not too inconvenient.
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
