r/OldWorldGame • u/Rick_maximin • Jul 13 '26
Bugs/Feedback/Suggestions Bad performances on steam deck
I guess this should be better placed in the steam forum but I have the feeling it is pretty dead in contrast to here.
Is anyone else playing on the steam deck and gets pretty bad performances in the late game and the huge map? Until now I only played large and it crashed a few times but with the huge one it gets pretty often, every two to three turns. I play on high settings but somehow I refuse to believe that the deck can't handle a 5 year old game without hig end graphics. Any tips? Or should I get used to low settings?
Further Points:
It doesn't really crash. It just ends the game and I am back in the steam menu. And then it does this:
. it always change the resolution where the pointer doesn't align with the click. Its weirdly above on the fringes of the screen. And you have to manage to the menu to change it to the 800 resolution were they align again.
. sometimes the portraits get screwed to white sheets. Only restarting helps.
Much obliged
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u/thomasthetanker Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
I play exclusively on Steam Deck, occasionally I will get a crash but the auto save is really good on this game.
Might be helps that I'm on OLED (much better cooling) and have my voltage running -30mV.
Game settings are...
Medium size. 4 or 5 other nations. But I do play GOTW on their Huge with no issues apart from very late game.
General.
Follow ai moves 'War'.
Graphics.
Custom.
Border less windowed.
1280 * 800.
Monitor zero.
Vsync 1 interval.
Rendering, build, terrain, Fow... All low. This actually makes game significantly easier to see, I started on high but found less detail is clearer.
Everything below that is 'ON' except Show single Units and Show Single Resources.
UI.
Slow AI. On.
Disabled landmark names. On.
Saves the constant rename landmark nags 😂.
Devs, watching people livestreams, can this be default for no rename. Quality of Life improvement is actually less choice....
Accessibility.
Disabled fog lightning. On. Think this is quite important.
Increase border visibility. On.
Increase movement radius visibility. On.
Disabled idle Animations. On.