Steam deck helldivers 2

[DoritoOreos]

Lets say hypothetically i downloaded Helldivers 2 on the steam deck, what settings would i need to change in order to run it smoothly?

[Ralient]

These are the instructions from the article (source: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/helldivers-2-steam-deck-performance-best-settings) I used to set Helldivers up on SD:

Display settings

Resolution: 1280x800
Render Scale: Ultra Quality
Graphics settings

Motion blur: 0
Depth of Field: Off
Bloom: On
Sharpness: 0.75
Texture quality: Medium
Object detail quality: Low
Render distance: High
Shadow quality: Low
Particle quality: Lowest
Reflection quality: Lowest
Space quality: Low
Ambient occlusion: Off
Screen-space global illumination: Off
Vegetation and rubble density: Medium
Terrain quality: Low
Volumetric fog quality: Low
Volumetric clouds quality: Lowest
Lighting quality: Low
Anti-aliasing: On

EDIT: Should have mentioned that this has gotten me to LVL 16 and I’ve never felt like I’ve had a bad experience. No real FPS dips and no stuttering to my knowledge)

[Blink]

I'll double check later but the above post looks correct. Frames still drop for me some times but not unplayable. I'm running windows on deck too, so if you're still on steam os it might be different.

[Bugcatto]

Any one tested on legion go yet?

[The22nd]

On low it runs at sub 30fps

[Kackstift]

how big is the decks display?.. can you even see anything on that thing?

[madocato]

I think SteamdeckHQ already got the guide for it. The game managed to run on 30 fps almost constantly, with dips on multiple enemies spawning.
However, the game can't run on native 1280 x 800. I think they had to change the Render Scale to balanced..... so it's way less than 1280 x 800
Predicted battery life would be less than 90 minutes.

[Blink]

Check my screen shots for settings.

Originally posted by Kackstift:

how big is the decks display?.. can you even see anything on that thing?

it's ok, I play this game docked with a monitor though.