Steam Deck still not functional?

[Sobriquet]

I installed it after the Aug 3rd update. It didn't destroy my Steam Deck, but it wasn't very usable. Gamepad support, and some tweaking of the layout would help. However, it won't actually launch anything for me - it flashes Steam up 3 times, shows the steam logo ad then immediately quits back. Each of the Party Packs runs normally outside of the launcher.

[Synthicyde]

Same here. Tried to use it for a party and I couldn't successfully launch a single game on the deck.

[Noïram]

Alright, I ran a few tests, and this is my experience.

1. By default, games in packs would not run from the launcher, but standalone games would.
2. If, under Compatibility, I force it to use either Linux runtime (3.0 or 1.0), then all of the games I tested launch.

I did not test anything beyond the basic ability to launch games, but if anyone tries the above to fix the issue, then please post if it works for you or not.

[Sobriquet]

Originally posted by Noïram:

2. If, under Compatibility, I force it to use either Linux runtime (3.0 or 1.0), then all of the games I tested launch.

Thanks, hadn't thought of that. That works, and the launched games work fine after a good amount of playing.

[Jimmerzz]

Originally posted by Sobriquet:

Originally posted by Noïram:

2. If, under Compatibility, I force it to use either Linux runtime (3.0 or 1.0), then all of the games I tested launch.

Thanks, hadn't thought of that. That works, and the launched games work fine after a good amount of playing.

Be warned running it under Linux at launch was causing steam decks to literally break the OS and need to be re-formated. Steam changed the default to Proton for it because of this. At least this is what people on youtube where reporting in videos. So do this at your own risk right now.

[Noïram]

That was correct, but not at the time of my post, or currently, as far as anyone knows.

From the patch notes:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2828500/announcements/detail/4368013560344221506
"A small subset of Steam Deck users experienced a boot loop if they restarted their Steam Deck after launching The Jackbox Megapicker. This has been resolved in the Megapicker."

There is more information on it from their Reddit, including on what to do if your Deck was affected before it was patched (re-formatting was never required, but some impatient people did it anyway; it required the deleting of a file), and what caused it... but it was patched a fair bit ago, and I have heard of no reports of any issues post-patch.

Edit:
The warning/note is appreciated. Just adding information, including that it has been patched.