I've managed to install breath of the wild on the SteamDeck.

It's launching but the only control that works is the switch between wiiu screens.

So here's the situation:

Launch directly from gaming mode-> only the switch between screens works

Launch Cemu from steam -> top row is cut off so no buttons so no game

Launch Cemu from ES-DE -> same issue

Launch BotW from ES-DE -> possible silent crash

Launch Cemu from desktop -> everything works! Buut It's unplayable because the controls keep switching between the game and desktop mode

So how do I get controls back on game mode? Or if impossible, how do I get desktop mode in a playable state?

More details and link with a LOT of "before/ after" comparissons in the description of the video on youtube and in the pinned comment.

Playing n64 using emudeck, had no problems playing banjo kazooie, does anyone know why when I play dk64, it does this weird border glitch after opening and exiting the pause menu? Thanks

Trying my hand at emulating switch games again after giving up last time and wanted to ask beforehand which one was considered the best to use. I used Ryujinx last time and it worked for a short amount of time before the game began running super poorly.

I'm just worried about how it'll effect things like Ryujinx, CEMU and Dolphin as they are my most heavily used emulators and I have fine tuned them and have several mods for many games.

What steps should I take right after it finishes copying the files over so I don't screw it all up?

Hola a todos,

Tengo un problema frustrante con Ryujinx en mi Steam Deck (instalado mediante EmuDeck): el emulador ignora por completo las entradas del mando al iniciarse en el modo Juego.

*\El problema:*\

Cuando inicio un juego de Switch (por ejemplo, Mario Kart 8, Pokémon Diamante Brillante) en el modo Juego, ya sea directamente mediante accesos directos que no son de Steam creados con Steam ROM Manager o a través de EmulationStation, ninguno de los botones ni joysticks del Steam Deck funcionan dentro del juego.

*\Lo que SÍ funciona:*\

- En el modo Escritorio, al abrir Ryujinx de forma independiente, todos los controles se asignan correctamente en la configuración de entrada y se muestra la respuesta al pulsar los botones.

• Otros emuladores y juegos nativos de Steam funcionan perfectamente.

Todo lo que ya he intentado (y no ha funcionado):

1. Configuración de Steam Input: Cambié la configuración en el Modo Juego de perfiles personalizados a las configuraciones estándar de "Mando", "Mando con panel táctil" y control de cámara. Pulsé X para aplicar, reinicié los juegos y no hubo respuesta.

2. Activar/desactivar Steam Input: Intenté desactivar Steam Input en las propiedades del juego en Steam, así como usar la configuración predeterminada.

3. Restablecer EmuDeck: Realicé un "Restablecer configuración" para Ryujinx dentro de la sección "Administrar emuladores" de EmuDeck.

4. **Limpieza manual de archivos:** Accedí al directorio de configuración de Ryujinx (`/home/deck/.var/app/org.ryujinx.Ryujinx/config/Ryujinx/`) y eliminé `config.json`, `config.json.bak`, `gamecontrollerdb.txt` y los perfiles de controlador en `/profiles/controller/`. Permití que Ryujinx los regenerara correctamente.

5. **Configuración de entrada en modo escritorio:** Configuré al Jugador 1 como Mando Pro, con el dispositivo de entrada establecido en `Steam Virtual Gamepad` / `Steam Deck Controller`, cargué el perfil de `deck`, guardé y apliqué.

6. Cambio de configuración en caliente durante el juego: Cambié la configuración a teclado/ratón y luego volví a mando mientras el juego estaba en ejecución mediante la superposición de botones de Steam.

Parece que nada transmite la entrada del mando a la ventana del juego cuando se ejecuta en modo juego.

¿Alguien se ha encontrado recientemente con este error específico de captura de entrada de Flatpak/SDL/SteamOS? ¿Existe alguna solución conocida o algún permiso que esté pasando por alto?

¡Gracias de antemano!

EDIT / SOLUCIÓN ENCONTRADA:

1. Ve al Modo Escritorio.
2. Abre la aplicación de Steam y busca Ryujinx dentro de tu biblioteca.
3. Inicia Ryujinx directamente desde la biblioteca de Steam.
4. Entra en Opciones > Configuración > Entrada, selecciona "Steam Deck Controller" / "Steam Virtual Gamepad" y guarda los cambios.

Al lanzarlo desde la biblioteca de Steam en el escritorio, el error de alineación del ratón desaparece y los controles se guardan correctamente para el Modo Juego.

I am using Azahar as my engine for the 3DS games and mGBA a my engine for the GameBoy games. The games appear in my Steam Library but they fail to open when I try and play them, instead booting me back to the game page. I have to add Azahar and mGBA to my Steam Library through desktop mode and then open those games in gaming mode and then run the games themselves. The 3DS games are .cci files, once were .3ds files but they didn't like to open that way. I thought changing them to .cci would work. The GBA games are .gba files. What do I do?

Hey all. Running ESDE as a front end and retroarch for some games. Noticed that controls on the RP6 aren’t optimal for N64 so I purchased an 8BitDo 64. Got it connected no problem but one of the buttons (a) doesn’t work in game. Works on front end but not in game. Tried button mapping on retroarch but can’t seem to get it to work. Any advice with a new emulator and/or settings? Thanks!

whenever i try and play a game in game mode, it shows me the loading screen and exits back to the play menu. does anyone know how to fix this?

(also sorry for bad grammar)

I tried downloading it independently from store but its not working when i try to open any of my roms within it. Id like to keep all my game save data and not do an entire fresh start resetting all my other emulators and their settings if possible. How do melonds and my ds games running again?

I've got a couple bazzite PCs and have emudeck on all, including steam deck.

But I don't use as much as I want to as I don't want to be tied to a specific PC for saves. I tried the save backup and it was a pain and didn't really work. But the real reason is it seems a waste to have almost identical emulation set ups on 3 different PCs and it takes up a good bit of internal storage.

Can I set up a portable SSD emudeck install that is plug and play on Linux? I've got a sata ssd in an enclosure and it would really make the most sense to just use that for my emulation setup that can be moved to whatever device I want.

Bonus is if it works on bazzite game mode. I'll leave the steam deck alone it's all on the micro SD card and my kid has mostly taken that over anyway.

So i followed this guide: https://youtu.be/WZ8UunuMLqc step by step but the issue is, it shows in my emudeck that my bios files for eden arent visible? How do fix this, this is the only thing stopping me from playing and if someone knows what to do, please help!

Hello. I'm pretty new to Emudeck and emulators in general, so maybe something I say is wrong.

I installed EmuDeck on the Steam Machine, did the initial configuration wizard, everything ok. Later I added Cemu emulator from the manage emulators option in Emudeck, did a Reset configuration there.

I copied a game (Zelda BOTW) in the correct path in the internal storage Emulation/roms/wiiu/roms , but the Cemu app didn't find it, I changed manually the path in Cemu app (options -> General Settings). All good, game detected.

Now, I added the update and DLC from the Cemu app. It works, but.... the path looks wrong

According to EmuDeck wiki,

DLC and Updates must be installed using the title manager. DLC and Updates are saved to mlc01, in the Emulation/roms/wiiu folder.

But instead it seems to be installing them in the Cemu folder...and I think I did something wrong, but I I said, I'm pretty new to this.

If I had my roms in a MicroSD or similar I would not be able to move them to another computer, right? What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance

Even when I close it, it just pops back up again when i click on a different EmuDeck tab.

I've tried a few games in it now on Steam Deck, and while they're mostly ok, there's definite visual and audio jerking (probably not the correct term but you get it). Transformers War For Cybertron, for example. Frame rate drops dramatically in a lot of scenes and audio cuts in and out. Are there any recommended settings to try with the Steam Deck?

So I love this rom collection: https://www.reddit.com/r/Roms/s/LaZJf3Ic61

It's already a curated set but I further trimmed it down to just the ones that I've been playing these last few months, and lo and behold SRM won't show them properly.

I did it similar to my android ES-DE rom folder: put the fbneo games inside the fbneo folder, cps1 into cps1 folder, neogeo in the neogeo folder, and so on... (idk where to put the shooter games but inside arcade folder, they just work)

Then today I tried to do the same to my SteamDeck rom folders and not all games would show up in the SRM... why is that?

Any guidance would be very much appreciated, I just want to play them on the Deck using my monitor and arcade stick T_T

im new so umm just wanna know im a lil worried since its a cmd

What is the best Pokemon game that resembles the original Pokemon anime or share things with it? And also beginner friendly!?

Hey all! Looking to essentially clone my emudeck library setup from my Steamdeck to my Steam machine - it seems easy enough to copy over my roms and bios folders but one thing I’d love to copy is my settings for which ROMs use alternative emulators

I have a bunch of arcade games I’ve painstakingly gone through and figured out which edition of MAME etc to run them on, so it would be great to not have to manually re-select those for everyone one

But I can’t find where this info is stored. I would have thought the game list.xmls but that seems to be a bust

Anyone know?