- Lumilias ( @Lumilias@pawb.social ) 12•1 year ago
Not with that little battery life left.
- HSL ( @hsl@wayfarershaven.eu ) English11•1 year ago
I know you’re talking about Diablo IV but what an awesome looking Steam Deck!
- ZapBeebz ( @ZapBeebz@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
Ikr? It might be the nostalgia talking Atomic Purple is always an amazing look for handhelds
- HSL ( @hsl@wayfarershaven.eu ) English2•1 year ago
Ooh, options but looks tricky: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/extremerate-put-up-their-steam-deck-custom-shell-for-pre-order/
Actually was talking about both. (this is not my deck) Studying for my CISSP right now. So my steamdeck is on the shelf. But I want both Diablo and the purple shell. reminds me of my gameboy from when I was a kid. Here is the link to the shell: https://extremerate.com/collections/steam-deck-shells
- Derin ( @derin@lemmy.beru.co ) 6•1 year ago
OP, can you tell us where you got that transparent purple shell? It’s amazing.
- gus ( @gus@kbin.social ) 7•1 year ago
I believe this is extremeRate’s full shell replacement. Actually pretty affordable, about $40 after tax. I’ve heard it takes 2-3 hours to do though. Personally I’d keep the black dpad and buttons
Sorry this is not my steamdeck… yet. I will be ordering one of these once I finish my CISSP exam. https://extremerate.com/collections/steam-deck-shells
- n0stalghia ( @n0stalghia@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Surprised there’s no anti-cheat that stops it from working, but honestly, it sounds like a very good experience
- gus ( @gus@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
ProtonDB for Decky is a great tool to check how compatible a game is with Proton, even gives it a score
- Contend6248 ( @Contend6248@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
They officially approved Linux gamers on Overwatch too, there were some bans after big changes in the anti-cheat, but they unbanned any Linux user which got striked after some people reached out.
- n0stalghia ( @n0stalghia@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I know ProtonDB exists, I’m just surprised a Blizzard game works :D
- Contend6248 ( @Contend6248@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
They officially approved Linux gamers on Overwatch too, there were some bans after big changes in the anti-cheat, but they unbanned any Linux user which got striked after some people reached out.
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
The anticheat in Diablo games was never really nested into the system, so they all run on Linux. Just need to use a separate battlenet instance for each game, since they require different tweaks each.
- n0stalghia ( @n0stalghia@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Huh, nice! TIL
- elroon ( @elroon@lemmy.one ) 3•1 year ago
Installing right now, tried on pc, it plays superbly with a controller, so looking very much forward to handheld experience. I wonder how long the battery lasts though.
- purple ( @purple@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•1 year ago
Too much work for me.
- freebrick ( @freebrick@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
Cool looking deck bro!
- TooL ( @TooL@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
How did you get it to show up as an actual launch item in steam? I have to launch battlnet then launch the game from there. works flawless it’s just one extra step.
- Derin ( @derin@lemmy.beru.co ) 9•1 year ago
Simple!
So, first you need to locate where you’ve installed your copy of Diablo. If you didn’t manually tell Battle.Net to install games into the SD Card, this will be in your Proton Files directory - a.k.a.
~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/<battlenets_steam_id>/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.Net
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Your first step will be locating the
<battlenets_steam_id>
number, as all the folders incompatdata
are incomprehensible ids. Just Launch and close Battle.net (via Steam - just open and kill the program), then open the previously describedcompatdata
folder in Desktop Mode and sort the file list by last modified - hopefully your Battle.Net’s installation directory will be at the top. (if not, keep opening those folders until one of them has a Battle.Net folder inProgram Files (x86)
) -
After finding the correct
compatdata
directory, continue into it by navigating to where Diablo 4 is installed (either in your Battle.net folder or somewhere else inProgram Files (x86)
), and right-click its binary -Diablo 4 Launcher.exe
- to add it to Steam as a non-steam game. Note that you aren’t done yet - if you use this link it will not have access to any of your previous user data from the<battlenets_steam_id>
compatdata
folder - we’ll have to add that. -
Go into your Steam library (in Desktop mode with a keyboard is easiest) and right-click the new Diablo 4 entry. Under “Shortcut”, there’ll be a field called launch options. There you want to add the following line:
STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/<battlenets_steam_id>/" %command%
…making sure to replace the
<battlenets_steam_id>
part with the id you found earlier, during step 1. This will tell Steam to use the data from your Battle.Net install when launching Diablo (for things like automatically logging in and, well, accessing Battle.Net’s install :D)- At this point you can also do things like give Diablo its own controller settings (I like to use KB+M for the Battle.Net app, but controller specifically for Diablo) and its own Artwork. For artwork, I used the SteamGridDB plugin for DeckyLoader. Also don’t forget to tell the Diablo 4 shortcut to use Proton-GE.
Finally: these steps work for all third party launchers, so if you also have Ubisoft Connect or EA App games, you can add them in a similar fashion.
Note: You will need to click through the Battle.Net launcher every time you launch Diablo, that’s just how it works. I tend to tap my screen to get through the prompts quickly, and just kill Battle.Net via Steam when looking to exit.
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- gus ( @gus@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
OP is using a plugin from Decky. It’s still the Battle.net shortcut but you can modify the shortcut name and use the SteamGridDB plugin to grab the actual metadata and art for the game. Check out decky.xyz
- music ( @maddogx2@feddit.uk ) 1•1 year ago
I think that’s the only way, otherwise the game wouldn’t update
- Bezerker03 ( @bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world ) 1•1 year ago
Why be tempted. It works well. I play D4 mostly on my deck.
- EuphoricPenguin ( @EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life ) English1•1 year ago
Got that crystal drip.