Docked VS Undocked performance profiles

[Roknua]

Now that we have some awesome new features to allow us to dock more easily I have been taking advantage of docking my steam deck more often and kicking back with a controller.

However, when I do the refresh rate fps and resolution of my game need to be adjusted to accommodate for my new screen.

I have per game performance profiles, so thats great, but it would be awesome if I was able to save configs per game that also saved docked/undocked settings

Thanks!

[HeartsOfWar]

Take this a step further; docked vs undocked and charging vs battery. Essentially hardware state aware per-game settings / profiles.

One per state, and the system dynamically switches between them: an external display is connected (docked), charge detected (undocked charging), no charge detected (undocked battery).

The docked profile should always preempt the other profiles regardless of charge status, but lets be real, if you are 'docking' you should also be charging; however, in the event that you aren't, performance can be sacrificed / vary, but matching the screen resolution, etc is paramount.

[teh_inquirerer]

Just wanted to drop a little +1 on this.

[WreckerALeX]

+1
Would love a "charging" state to have everything unlocked 60hz, 60fps, 15watts, etc...instead of my custom profile tuned for battery (40hz, 30-40fps target, 3-5watts depend on game)

[jamie01]

This would be a nice feature to have.

FYI to others you can temporarily disable the "Use per-game profile" option to quickly revert to default settings, so if you use individual profiles per game to optimise for battery usage and leave the default profile as full framerate, TDP etc, then you can quickly toggle back and forth between the two depending on whether charging or not.

Turning the per-game profile back on seems to remember the tweaked settings.

[WreckerALeX]

Originally posted by jamie01:

This would be a nice feature to have.

FYI to others you can temporarily disable the "Use per-game profile" option to quickly revert to default settings, so if you use individual profiles per game to optimise for battery usage and leave the default profile as full framerate, TDP etc, then you can quickly toggle back and forth between the two depending on whether charging or not.

Turning the per-game profile back on seems to remember the tweaked settings.

Yes, there is a "General" profile and "Per-Game" profile.
General profile works everywhere until "Per-Game" profile are toggled on and changed but won't reset anything, it'll just use the "General" profile.

It'll be better if we can toggle between plugged & unplugged profile without having to do it everytime for every game when switching between battery or wall outlet.

[F3edo]

Just thought about its when playing the deck. +1 on charging/battery different profiles for the same game

[teh_inquirerer]

Just wanted to drop another little +1 on this, for a friend.

[Catskinr]

+1 would love this feature. It could be even like the "generic" profile for all games if docked. Its easy for me to tinker, but my GF cannot be a*sed to deal with settings everytime she unplugs something.

[hup]

I did post the same
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/0/3395175706749042676/

[RaptorMelon]

This would be great to have! +!

[hup]

Enable FSR then docked, disable handheld
Enable perfomance overview docked, only show FPS handheld or disable
Set power limit handheld, disable docked
Disable variabel shader docked, enable handheld


Windows and linux has settings for batery and power
Why cant the deck have the same?


Why cant i have a battery saving profile then needed?
Then i want the deck to last longer

[Numair Salmalin]

+1 on this, just got my oem dock today and was disappointed that this isn’t already a thing. It’s going to be sooo annoying to switch whenever I dock the deck…smh

[HeartsOfWar]

This really needs to be prioritized...

I use my Steam Deck like a Nintendo Switch. When I am at home, it is always docked, and I stream to my TV via Steam Link; however, when I am on the road, I simply unplug the Steam deck from the dock and go. It's really annoying having to turn off FSR, among other settings, when undocked and then having to turn it back on when docked.

[Mophead]

+1 would make using the dock a lot better

[FedeRVNSCRY]

+1