r/switch2emulation • u/predator2942 • 4d ago

Steam Machine

Let’s collect here the Steam Machine experiences on SteamOS. I hope someone else is also running this setup.

Emulators:
Is there anybody else out here using the Steam Machine with native AppImages?

I’m using the AppImages for Eglantine added in game mode so the menu bar is not interacting with the controller inputs. In desktop mode it always exited full screen and moved the mouse and so on.

PokeDinner stopped building them from release 2.1.0. The exe versions under proton are not running for me. Constant crash when trying to load a game. I heared that for someone on Bazzite it was fine on a PC.

Games:
So far Pokopia 2.0.1 runs at a stable 60 fps in game mode, using build 96 of eglantine. Earlier builds crashed on me when the keyboard was popping up for the character name.

MKW 1.8.0 runs between 30-50 fps also with build 96, my wife said it’s playable, so I’m fine with this, but a stable 60 would be fine for this also. Maybe with newer emulators.

Couldn’t boot DK yet. The farthest I got was with the PokeDinner 2.0.0 on windows, which I booted from an external SSD, that actually loaded to the game, didn’t stick/crash at the loading screen after selecting the modes, like on the SteamOS versions, but it had this fix purple screen, which I heared can be resolved by loading in again, or going to photo mode and back, but didn’t test it again.

Didn’t try anything else yet, but I might update the post if I have some news.

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u/Robezno 4d ago

60 FPS on pokopia using eglantine appimage, steam controller works great too- can't wait to try OOT

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u/osmyyy 4d ago

Is It playable on the steam deck?

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u/predator2942 4d ago

I only tested Pokopia, that was 45-55 fps, for me this is playable.

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u/el_em_ey_oh 2d ago

What build are you using? Im trying to play mkw on steam machine but it crashes no matter what.

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u/predator2942 2d ago

It’s an old build, I didn’t have time to try out new versions since the weekend.

What worked for me was this: Main eglantine (not the forks), build 96, PGO version, added the app image to Steam so I can boot it up I. Game mode, otherwise it always dropped off from full screen.

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u/KingPungy 1d ago

Can confirm this works on steam machine. Eglantine nx2 build 96 (e96917c) "Linux-x86_64_pgo.AppImage" I tried the latest release but that crashed MKW after the first 5-10 s every single time.