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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/sometipsygnostalgic on 2024-09-13 18:12:41+00:00.
This game has gone on sale prior to it being delisted, and lots of deck owners are interested.
So if you're anything like me, youve been trying to maximise how good it looks.
You may have problems with the image quality as the game isn't truly optimised
Here's some basic problems and solutions:
"The game won't run in 16:10" - Try setting it to 1200x800 in gaming mode.
"The game only shows a black screen" - Go into Desktop mode, launch game, change to Windowed mode in settings.
"I can't press anything in the login menu" - Provided you can see the window, it should work in gaming mode. Mess with the scaling in the quick settings menu - Change to "fit" and you should be able to squish the login window onto your screen. You can then type into it. Use the touch screen. For some reason the touchpad won't work in desktop mode.
"The game is in 16:10 but the resolution looks blurry" - This is because the game is running in Windowed mode and the window probably isn't fullscreen. There are two methods to fix this.
- Make sure the new "maximum game resolution" advanced display setting in Gaming Mode is set to Default. The game will otherwise think your aspect ratio is whatever you've set it to here and it will never scale correctly.
- Set the specific game resolution to something greater than 1200x800, then set it back again. This will fix the window scaling.
"My image looks blurry in HDR mode" - For some reason toggling HDR changes the window size. Follow the above process with HDR enabled. Then when it resets to 800p, it will be scaled correctly and sharp.
"The colours are desaturated in HDR mode" - Exacerbated greatly by above scaling issue. Again follow the scaling fix and see if it's still a problem. Check your steamdeck's brightness is turned to 75% or 100% and raise ingame brightness if necessary.This is an old hdr implementation and it isn't perfect either.
Anyway once you've solved the image issues, I recommend either setting to Low 90fps or Ultra 45fps. Turn off Dynamic Scaling.
Turn off Vsync. If limiting to 45fps, set ingame to 90fps and limit with the Steamdeck's own fps quick setting.
The game struggles with keeping a framerate. It doesn't actually stick to 45fps using its own setting, it goes to 58. If you have vsync on, the game may also lag greatly, to 22fps in my case, so keep it off.
Anyway this was how i got it to a very nice 45fps on ultra settings with decent hdr and good image quality. It's fiddly as the game is made specifically for Windows.
Will work with newer Proton versions or Experimental.