Weird question probably but here goes :
I’m discovering the joy of having a Dock, it’s great!
But what’s even better is I can just get my PC to stream more powerful games to my Deck (that the Deck would otherwise struggle with)
It works flawlessly (zero input delay, or rather not noticeable), better than Steam Link / Remote Play (I get input delay on this), and I haven’t tried Moonlight
It’s also so much more convenient than moving my PC to the living room (where the TV is) and plugging it there!
So I’m like wow Order of the Sinking Star is awesome, but what if I played games that my Deck sometimes has trouble with? Like I could run Witcher 3 Remastered with some better settings!
So I guess I’m not asking for great Steam Deck games, it’s more like, what are games that my PC could run that feel great on controller, that I would stream to my Docked Deck?
Thanks!!
The new star Wars racer would probably be dope, or one of the Redout games. You could see if Elden Ring will run with the full graphics instead of the fog version it usually plays at on the deck.
I streamed Expedition 33 to my deck when it was my shift during the night to look after our newborn whilst they were sleeping.
Honestly can’t remember much of it since that period of time was a blur, but what I do know is the streaming worked great, although I had to change a couple of settings as games would sometimes freeze. I think it was something to do with the encoding and decoding, so you may have to look at that if you have the same issue.
I’ve been playing a lot of expedition 33 lately. The steam deck can play it directly but I’ve been mostly streaming from my main desktop to my steam deck for better graphics.
Vampire Survivors
Slay the Spire
Children of Morta
Dead Cells
Currently using sunshine/moonlight to my Rog Ally for Dawnwalker. I also use my Xbox with moonlight to stream occasionally. Just about any Unreal engine game runs rough on handhelds due to stuttering, so I use my desktop and stream it. The vast majority of the games I play work great with a controller.
I use Moonlight on my Xbox, and have run a USB extension cable down to the TV from my PC for the Steam Controller puck, so I can have minimal input lag. 😁
Steam has a list of games that are “Controller Friendly”. I mean the Library view in Steam client, next to “All Games” list. On your Steam Deck it lists games that are verified for Steam Deck, but on PC client it lists games that are Controller friendly in general.
You can create a custom Collection for that too, a list that is available on all systems you log in. Go to “All Games” view, click “Fliter” (or X button), scroll down to “Hardware support” and enable filter “Full Controller Support”. Scroll down and click “Save as Dynamic Collection”. Name it and save it. Now this is a dymanic collection, which means it will automatically expand with new added games that fit this criteria. I would say all games from this list should fit your requirement and use case of being playable with a gamepad.
Oh very cool, I’ll check the games in there, thank you for the tip!!
When I was injured civ 6 on a controller was a great time to just sit and play and enjoy.
Oooh I didn’t think the controls would translate well but I’ll try it out, thanks for the rec!!
Your TV might have the Steam Link app meaning you could stream directly without needing the deck in the loop. If the TV is connected via Ethernet then latency would be even better.
Here’s a suggestion that doesn’t even begin to address your question, have you considered a long HDMI cable to connect your TV in your lounge to your PC directly? Best of both worlds, comfortable seat in front of the TV, no input delay, play anything your PC can handle without middlemaning through the deck.
No that’s a great idea, and I agree that would be ideal ; the only problem is that the layout of the place doesn’t really work, lemme do a quick floor plan on paint
idk if attaching an hdmi cable to the ceiling would work
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Haha thank you! I love playing around with paint
I don’t think anyone has mentioned this but HDMI is just Cat-6 with a fancy hat. You can run cat-6 cabling through your attic, down the walls, etc., as if you were setting up a standard Ethernet run. Then, slap some rj-45 to hdmi adapters on each, and voila! Or you could just put proper hdmi heads on the cable ends and skip the adapters.
EDIT: Amazon product link with diagrams.
Never thought that’s possible (well I’m not well versed in cables and electricity soooo), thank you very much for the tip!
If you measure it and it is less than 10m (the physical limit of hdmi without a repeater) then you might consider a floor cable canal. They usually come in a variety of colors, don’t require adheisive or screwing and are just simple things to keep people from tripping on cables
I have one of these on a doorway, to connect a pc to a tv and it works good enough
Didn’t think of a cable canal at all, and there’s a doorway along the wall perpendicular to the TV so it would fit nicely there, I’ll think about it thanks!
By the way just because the official limit for HDMI is 10m, that doesn’t mean that a longer cable can’t work. I’ve been running a projector for decades, which was connected with a15m cable for literal decades. It might work, it might not, you’ll know when you try.
Usually the link either works or it doesn’t. The picture doesn’t get bad. It’s a digital signal, it either gets decoded correctly or not. In rare edge cases you might get a signal to drop occasionally though if it’s too long.
Fiber optic hdmi cable works well over long ranges. To secure cable I just got some cheap plastic clips with adhesive, since I didn’t feel like drilling holes.
If you are in US, you can buy a 48gbps 50 meter fiber hdmi for 200 bucks, and run it along the bottom of walls from pc to tv and put some masking tape on it.
Expensive, but would work nicely. There would still be question of wireless controller working since there’s a wall b/w tv & pc.
I’m not but I can probably find something similar in western Europe! Thanks!
Have you considered a projector? Just saying, I’ve got one recently, and your floor plan seems ideal for that. Also, as a bonus point, you may have a much bigger screen, for fully immersive experience.
Yeah I think a projector will be a long term goal, I’d love to have a clean wall instead of the black tv square
weeeell… what games do you want to play?
Honestly lately I’ve been feeling like playing racing games, but mostly I’m interested in games that are enjoyable on a controller, I’ve always played on a PC so it’s kind of “new” to me, I like how I can game on a more relaxed position in the couch
…ever played outer wilds?
Yes! One of my fav ever, definitely top 3
If you don’t mind getting games outside of steam and tinkering, Need For Speed Underground 2 is my favorite racing game. There are different types of races, deep car tuning/customization and a decent world to openly drive around in. And a banging soundtrack too.
I haven’t played it, but I have wishlisted Sonic racing CrossWorlds because apparently it is a great alternative to Mario Kart, with local co-op.
Megabonk
