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Set the Right Stick as a mouse region instead of whatever WASD bindings it originally had
Played windowed at 800x450 (game's native resolution) and scaled it using Nearest to avoid blurring. Battery performance was already good, but this stretches it that much further.
The game doesn't scale cleanly from 800x450 to Steam Deck's 720p resolution - text will be blurry/chunky depending on your scaling settings. Upgrade descriptions were difficult to read.
Game lists "Partial Controller Support" on the store page, but I haven't gotten any controllers to work with this game (on Deck or otherwise). Using a config that was 100% keyboard/mouse works OK, though.
Game already runs fine, but playing at low scale in windowed mode and using Nearest in the performance overlay nets around 6 hours of expected battery life. Have not played for 6 hours straight to confirm this.
The game works fine with a myriad of input schemes, including Arrow Keys + Space/WASD to swap gems.
Could not enable 3D Acceleration
Attempted with 7.0-3, 6.3-8, and Experimental. Tried launching from Desktop Mode for all of these, too.
Game does not run at full speed on some stages if V-Sync is disabled
I played connected to a USB hub on an Ethernet connection. Fighting games aren't ideal on Wi-Fi with packet loss.
You may also wish to drop the resolution to 480p-ish and enable FSR for additional play time on battery, but it didn't bother me.
Some lore text and loading screen tips are hard to read, but in-game subtitles are an appropriate size.
Valve's notice also states the game needs a connection for singleplayer, but I was able to start/play a level just fine without internet (both with and without Offline Mode turned on)
Game runs OK on default settings, but you can squeeze more battery life out by turning Anti-Aliasing down from x8. Would likely run fine on FSR, but native resolution looks better.
Some of Deck's folders (including some in home/deck) are hidden from the game, probably due to how GameMode works. You can move your files to a working location from Desktop mode. Have not tested symlink to go to a concealed directory.
Had to switch to Proton over the native linux version in order for it to work. You can navigate Settings with the mouse (hold Steam + right trackpad) to enable the controller option, but it still did nothing for me until I forced the Windows version of the game.
This game NEEDS the grip buttons to be playable - it's very much a "keep your thumbs on the sticks" game. Beyond that, the game supports full gamepad rebinding so it's all largely up to user preference.
Could probably limit wattage to save battery power. Haven't tested.
Black screen, then a crash report window shows up. Even after closing the crash report window, black screen remains and game must be force-closed.
Unfortunately, in-game resolution scale seems to be the only way to get more battery. You could also limit the FPS to 30, but for Quake it's not ideal.
Chat messages and some menu text are small; but score, health, and ammo are readable. Damage numbers can be scaled up as necessary.
Launcher window can be dealt with through either the touchscreen or whatever mouse bindings you may have
The default config was made for a Steam Controller, so I made adjustments to both trackpads. Holding down Right Trackpad restarts a new run, and the Left Trackpad is set to a touch menu for managing items/pills between Jacob and Esau.
Other reports mentioned scaling weirdness, but I didn't notice this. The game's default window resolution scales up fine on Steam Deck, and setting Fullscreen in the options makes the game take up the whole 16:10 display as expected.
Limited GPU and wattage to about halfway on the sliders
Nearly all in-game text (particularly player numbers) is small and hard to read. This is compounded by the on-screen keyboard covering the bottom half of the screen, which is where the most crucial information is.
Set the D-Pad to use mouse delta values - very useful for moving along the grid of the game
Game is very light and already limited to 30FPS, so it's safe to lower the wattage and GPU clock to match
The game does need to be told to re-full-screen every time, but this is something it does on Windows as well - not a Proton/Linux issue
Lowered TDP and wattage for battery life - should be able to go lower than 6W depending on the game
When returning from Desktop Mode with a Bluetooth controller connected, they wouldn't be correctly bound to the P1 slot - and rearranging order in the Steam overlay doesn't resolve this. Reboot is required to fix.
