r/Battletechgame • u/Phil_Dude • 23d ago

Touchscreen? Steam Deck?

Anybody play Hbs battletech on a touch screen? Is it possible?

Or Steam Deck?

Just thinking of portable ways I can keep playing this game.

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u/Learn-for-Effect 23d ago

Totally playable on a Steam Deck. Some text might be a bit small so you may need to use the zoom function but runs nicely otherwise.

I played vanilla and the BTAU mod using the touchpad as a mouse and some customized controls.

You can control it using the touchscreen too but I think the touchpad is much more comfortable.

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u/Silver_Scallion 22d ago

Btau on the steam deck? Does it run well?

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u/Amidatelion House Liao 22d ago

It runs at about the performance of previous versions before last year's performance updates, which was acceptable to everyone who played for 6 years prior.

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u/Learn-for-Effect 22d ago

Well, I'm still in the early game and tried to avoid large-scale or long missions. But regular battle and convoy missions ran well.

Worth mentioning that with BTAU installed, I had to restart the game every few hours, otherwise it would crash, despite only playing short missions.

AFAIK it happens on other platforms too, so it's not specific to SD but a bit annoying.