Laura replied to Steam Deck March 21, 2023 @ 2:58:42 am PDT

Hello,

To use console commands you need to add "-console" to the game launch options in Steam. To open the console you need to press both joysticks at once starting from either left or right joystick, one opens the console, the other the debug menu with FPS, ping and number of instances whatever that means.

The game is rated Verified but to be frank it shouldnt have it. The performance is not good enough. It might be very early game but that's all. Lag in combat as you progress is very common and even more so as you build your base. I'm at Mistlands and after some time no matter where I go in Mistlands I end up getting as low as 5-8fps and it's not changing until I reboot the game and then I walk around for few minutes and back at it again.

So there's definitely plenty of performance bugs, Valheim is known for that honestly now and Steam Deck is not an overpowered devices it just makes every performance issue so evident that it's not possible to ignore or miss.

The controller bindings are not very ergonomic I will say but I've played almost 200h with them still. They could be much much better, especially you can't quickly switch or activate stuff in your hotbar, like potions etc. on the default config. You can do without as I did but I imagine it wouldve saved me plenty of deaths being able to do things without standing still opening my inventory..

It honestly looks like Steam Deck "Verified" was half assed, because like when you want to chat it opens a text input window OUTSIDE of the game, same thing for naming portals etc. It's quite ugly in various places like that.
12:13 pm, March 21, 2023
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