I’m an avid trackpad user as well. It took some time adjusting from the Steam Controller to the Steam Deck but I’ve been comfortable using it for months now. I kind of hold it as if I had these grips attached: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/wp90qa/steam_deck_grip_extensions_for_large_hands_and/. Most of my palm is empty. When I started I found it easier to hold it with the weight of the Deck supported by a stand or platform but now I mostly use it without anything else.

Worst case is you have to manually flash the BIOS chip with a previously saved backup using a chip programmer. It’s not fun but doable.

That doesn’t sound right to me. Do you have the gyro set to active on right joystick/trackpad touch? Could it be that you’re accidentally letting go of the right joystick/trackpad when moving too quickly?

The raw gyro output can be seen in the main settings controller calibration. Perhaps you could use that to see if it’s cutting out when moving quickly?

When I noticed high latency while docked it turned out to be a bunch of image processing settings on my TV that I had to turn off. Have you checked through your TV’s settings?

I do this with both trackpads all the time and love it (joystick on the left one and mouse on the right)! Here’s the best explanation I could find: https://youtu.be/wUkqtOb5sFk?si=5OwBSVbsN7DlJW_K.

Edit: it’s shown in the old BPM UI but the settings are analogous to the new UI.

Here’s an example using toggle: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/xx8vzz/i_made_a_toggleable_grinding_run_command_loop/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb.

Make sure the config you’re testing with has something set with haptics enabled on the left trackpad. There’s also a controller tester in the main settings which vibrates both trackpads after pressing all of the buttons.

Go to the game’s controller settings and edit the gyro’s haptics.

I did some digging and found a way to map the rear left buttons to A/B for the Game Mode UI. To do this you can replace /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/controller_base/basicui_neptune.vdf with this edited version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fKuD8ww8TPUe9NkLCkppCqyptVFwhpOI/view?usp=drive_link. Hope this helps.

Alternatively you could add Gwenview to Steam and use that to brows them. The screenshots are stored at /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/userdata//760/remote//screenshots/. I agree the native viewer isn’t ideal.

If it’s a flatpak (installed through Discover) then you could try also installing Flatseal and using that to edit the permissions for PCSX2.

From what I can tell, Superdisplay is only compatible with Windows so it won’t work with SteamOS (unless you’ve put Windows on your Deck). I think Superdisplay is just another streaming software solution like Steam Link and Sunshine + Moonlight so WiFi will work fine. You can use a cable for the network connection but it’s more involved: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/10rifa4/made_a_script_to_share_the_decks_internet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.

This shows that switching to mangohud or DXVK_FRAME_RATE has less input lag than using the default gamescope: https://youtu.be/kRH6_tN8g38?si=t8Xf90K5k9afKyLd.

Use Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/Steam_Link/.

As someone who used a Steam Controller for years before the Deck I think it works great with it. It can connect via Bluetooth, wired or it’s dongle (if it comes with one).

It’s main strength is also it’s weakness. It’s highly customisable so you have to learn what it’s capable of and how best to use it in each situation.

Perhaps try limiting yourself to only using the inputs on the Deck that are available on the Steam Controller. The only thing that the Deck is lacking are proper dualstage triggers. I would have been happy if the inputs on the Deck were identical to the Controller but Valve knew a lot of people wouldn’t have been.

The easy way to change the volume would be to bring up the quick access menu with Steam+A (or button equivalents).

The way you would like has to be set up for each game that you want to use it with.

• In the Controller Settings for a game go to the DPad section and click the gear icon next to the direction you want to edit and select Add extra command.
• Go to SYSTEM and select the Volume Key you want.
• Now click the gear next to the newly added key and change Regular Press to Button Chord.
• Then click the same gear again but this time click on Settings and choose the Chord Button from the drop-down list (I think select is the View Button).
• Finally repeat for the other volume key.

I think the original LCD version can already output HDR to a TV so I assume the OLED will as well.

Either add a second Action Set for the configuration of the second game and add a button to each Action Set to change between them. Or have two instances of Moonlight on Steam by renaming the Moonlight shortcut to the name of one of the games (or anything else rememberable) and add Moonlight again to Steam.

Have you tried running it at 70Hz? https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-RefreshRateUnlocker

Here’s a latency measurement and a way to reduce it by about 23%: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/17q2u29/gamescope_vs_mangohud_vs_dxvk_frame_rate_input/.