steamdeck REFUSES to transfer games to desktop?

[Ghost_Ship_Supreme]

My desktop is happy to transfer games TO the steamdeck, but the other way around never works, it would rather spend 8 days downloading from the internet instead... wth? Is there a fix for this in a setting somewhere to FORCE it to transfer the files? (steam local network game transfers)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ghost_Ship_Supreme:

steamdeck REFUSES to transfer games to desktop?

My desktop is happy to transfer games TO the steamdeck, but the other way around never works, it would rather spend 8 days downloading from the internet instead... wth? Is there a fix for this in a setting somewhere to FORCE it to transfer the files?

Make sure you fulfill all the requirements...

Requirements

Any Steam client or Steam Deck can receive game content from another client on their LAN, but there are a few conditions that have to be met before the local transfer can take place.

• Both Steam clients must be online and see each other directly on the same LAN (no downloads while either Steam client is in offline-mode)
  
• Game File Transfer settings on both devices must allow a transfer (e.g. if both have "Friends only" set, they must be Steam friends)
  
• Game content can only be transferred out if the transferring Steam client is idle, e.g. no downloads or games running.
  
• The game needs to be released to the public and playable by both Steam users (no preloads)
  
• The game needs to be up-to-date on the PC sending the game files
  A Steam Deck, or a PC running in Steam desktop mode can host network transfers. PCs in Big Picture mode, and custom launchers can't transfer their files out over the local network.
  
• The network transfer happens on TCP port 27040 and it needs to be allowed by local firewall software. You also need to open UDP ports 27031-27036 for client discovery.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

[Ghost_Ship_Supreme]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Ghost_Ship_Supreme:

steamdeck REFUSES to transfer games to desktop?

My desktop is happy to transfer games TO the steamdeck, but the other way around never works, it would rather spend 8 days downloading from the internet instead... wth? Is there a fix for this in a setting somewhere to FORCE it to transfer the files?

Make sure you fulfill all the requirements...

Requirements

Any Steam client or Steam Deck can receive game content from another client on their LAN, but there are a few conditions that have to be met before the local transfer can take place.

• Both Steam clients must be online and see each other directly on the same LAN (no downloads while either Steam client is in offline-mode)
  
• Game File Transfer settings on both devices must allow a transfer (e.g. if both have "Friends only" set, they must be Steam friends)
  
• Game content can only be transferred out if the transferring Steam client is idle, e.g. no downloads or games running.
  
• The game needs to be released to the public and playable by both Steam users (no preloads)
  
• The game needs to be up-to-date on the PC sending the game files
  A Steam Deck, or a PC running in Steam desktop mode can host network transfers. PCs in Big Picture mode, and custom launchers can't transfer their files out over the local network.
  
• The network transfer happens on TCP port 27040 and it needs to be allowed by local firewall software. You also need to open UDP ports 27031-27036 for client discovery.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

:nkCool:

if it works one way, shouldn't it work in reverse?

[Ogami]

Did you see the part where it states the Steamdeck cant transfer files in Steam Deck Big Picture mode and has to be set to Desktop mode.
Which could be a likely culprit since the Big Picture mode is the default mode for the Deck.

[Ghost_Ship_Supreme]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Did you see the part where it states the Steamdeck cant transfer files in Steam Deck Big Picture mode and has to be set to Desktop mode.
Which could be a likely culprit since the Big Picture mode is the default mode for the Deck.

I was really hoping this would fix it, but it didn't seem to work... Switching to desktop mode on the deck didn't proc popup like it would normally... i have all the settings set up, and i can go from PC -> Steamdeck, but it never works from steamdeck -> PC...
Sadly at this point I don't want to cancel the stalker download to retry anymore, as it's halfway done at 68GB or so... tried downloading a smaller game to test and it just downloaded from a content server instead...

[thelolrus]

I know it's been a while, but in case you still haven't got it working; I was having the exact same issue. Literally all I had to do was plug it into the charger (or any usb power source) and it worked. Saw others had the exact same fix. And it does make sense I guess, but it's odd that they don't list it in the Requirements page, unless it's some bug they're unaware of.

Hope it helps.