Idea for a new feature that let you transfer a game from your computer to your Steam Deck

[Lilly Astar]

Hello,
I was, just now, watching the new features video that Valve had post about two days ago and, while my internet connection was dying, I was thinking that downloading a game present on my computer on my Steam Deck was a, sorry for the word, pain in the ass, specially for the one with pretty bad internet connection, just like me.
So, Valve, if you read that, this is, I think, a pretty good idea !
Thank for your time

[Boblin the Goblin]

Don't think there's anything stopping that now if you know where the game folder is.

[Electric Cupcake]

The Steam library backup and restore should work. Just transfer over lan with warpinator, or a fast USB drive or copy it to the sd card and transfer.

[Lilly Astar]

Well, the micro sd card is formatted in a Linux way, plug it to your computer doesn’t work just like that, you could download a software that let you read and write your card but that just really inconvenient for the people with less knowledge in technology in general

[Lilly Astar]

I just check, Steam Deck use the « ext4 » file system, and Windows 10/11 use a bunch of different like « FAT16/32 », « HPFS » or « NTFS »

[darrenphillips666]

I’ve copied over every game on my deck from my PC.

I just plug a windows formatted NTFS drive into my PC, copy the game folder to the drive, and then plug it in my Deck, use desktop mode, the deck can read windows drives, copy the games to the correct folder on deck,
Click install, and it will discover your game files.
Fairly easy

[@R+5]

Originally posted by NasaExploration:

I just check, Steam Deck use the « ext4 » file system, and Windows 10/11 use a bunch of different like « FAT16/32 », « HPFS » or « NTFS »

well, then the most logical option would be tu download and manage your library in an ext4 disk (ie an sd card you will later use in the deck), using a linux distro in your pc, so the format coincides with steam os in the deck.

maybe you could try dual booting with manjaro kde. its a very similar os to steam os. as precaution, you could use a different disk to install the os, so if anything goes wrong later you could still launch windows using your main disk.

[Prezidentas]

Just use backup and restore which is already in steam.

[darrenphillips666]

Steam deck can read most windows file systems,
Windows can’t read Most Linux ones though.

Originally posted by NasaExploration:

I just check, Steam Deck use the « ext4 » file system, and Windows 10/11 use a bunch of different like « FAT16/32 », « HPFS » or « NTFS »

[darrenphillips666]

Why use Manjaro for KDE desktop?
SteamOS already has KDE desktop.

Originally posted by @R+5:

Originally posted by NasaExploration:

I just check, Steam Deck use the « ext4 » file system, and Windows 10/11 use a bunch of different like « FAT16/32 », « HPFS » or « NTFS »

well, then the most logical option would be tu download and manage your library in an ext4 disk (ie an sd card you will later use in the deck), using a linux distro in your pc, so the format coincides with steam os in the deck.

maybe you could try dual booting with manjaro kde. its a very similar os to steam os. as precaution, you could use a different disk to install the os, so if anything goes wrong later you could still launch windows using your main disk.

[master.z]

it is not necessary use warpinetor or other software... if you want to copy Your steam games from pc to steamdeck you will check in steam-setting-download-library folder and a pop up will appear let you add a new drive, you will select that of Your steamdeck, then will be possible to download game using pc directaly to the steamdeck drive or move from pc to steamdeck by going on game propierty-local file-move install folder, you will select steamdeck driver. In this way you should be able to avoid download a lot of gigabit leaving the steamdeck display on, this because Valve has does not found a solution in Order to let you download games in sleep mode or turning off the display...

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by NasaExploration:

Well, the micro sd card is formatted in a Linux way, plug it to your computer doesn’t work just like that, you could download a software that let you read and write your card but that just really inconvenient for the people with less knowledge in technology in general

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-lets-you-mount-linux-ext4-filesystems-in-wsl-2/