Environmental Station Alpha

Environmental Station Alpha

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zidj ⛑️💉 May 27, 2022 @ 4:07pm
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Playable on Deck! With some tweaks
Environmental Station Alpha works on steamdeck but requires changing some settings in desktop mode.

These fixes will make it appear correctly in gaming mode, and also fix the controls.

Open the config file, located at:
/home/deck/.steam/steamapps/compatdata/350070/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/MMFApplications/ESA_Settings.txt

Change these settings. If these are missing, add them.
fullscreen=0 gamepad=1 dpad=1

Save the config file, then swap back to Gaming mode.
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Then we make the dpad usable below.

Steam controller settings for ESa
D-Pad behavior: Joystick
Haptics: Off

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The game runs at 55FPS. So you can squeeze out some extra battery life by setting your display refresh rate to 55Hz when you are playing this game.

You can also get more battery life by dropping the TDP to 7 watts and setting a manual GPU clock to 700MHz.

You can go lower than this, but this seems to be the Deck's sweet spot before things start to slow down in most games.

I will have to do some game-specific testing here to see just how low you can crank those 2 values down while keeping that framerate up.
Last edited by zidj ⛑️💉; Feb 1, 2024 @ 7:58am
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Samerset Jun 29, 2022 @ 1:17pm 
Thank you! This game feels amazing on steam deck. I've been playing it for a few hours already
Last edited by Samerset; Jun 29, 2022 @ 1:18pm
error_profilename Aug 30, 2023 @ 3:58pm 
This was exactly what I was looking for. Nothing to add other than thank you!
crimcram Sep 6, 2023 @ 10:45pm 
fixed! thanks! but no sound :(

any idea?
MultiKoopa Dec 27, 2023 @ 10:46am 
Originally posted by crimcram:
fixed! thanks! but no sound :(

any idea?
Did you ever figure this out?
Bagha Jan 14, 2024 @ 9:41am 
I've launched it in desktop mode but I have no ability to click on any menu item. None of steam deck's buttons or trackpads do anything. The touchscreen works, but only for highlighting the menu options, not clicking on them. The virtual keyboard can't be brought up while in the game, the shortcut just doesn't work.

Not sure what I'm doing differently to not be able to follow your instructions.
HellSpawn Sep 18, 2024 @ 7:57pm 
I am unable to use the teleporter. It briefly shows the locations on screen and closes right away

Edit Fixed
Just had to rebind USE to key 5 in the game menu
Last edited by HellSpawn; Sep 18, 2024 @ 8:06pm
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