GeForce Now could be a good way to game on a handheld gaming PC, corresponding to a Steam Deck. You may play video games that are not out there on that Linux-powered handheld. For instance, Future 2. And often you may save heaps of battery by streaming slightly than taking part in regionally. What’s not been so nice is making an attempt to put in GeForce Now as one thing akin to an easy-to-use app. It is historically required a great deal of tweaking, and I’ve lengthy wished for a GeForce Now app on Steam Deck. Fortunately, Nvidia is now going to do the brunt of that fidgeting with the settings for you.
New GeForce Now set up recordsdata are actually out there for Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go, and the MSI Claw. These embrace a script that may successfully set up Google Chrome, the online browser of selection for operating GeForce Now, and tweak its launch choices to optimise for every handheld.
You may be questioning why it’s essential set up a browser-based game streaming service in any respect, however, on the Steam Deck not less than, it is not potential to make use of the Steam Deck’s many controller configurations by Google Chrome (and due to this fact whereas taking part in video games on GeForce Now) with out some additional tweaks to the browser.
Although I am undecided precisely what it is doing for the Home windows-based handhelds talked about, as there’s a devoted GeForce Now app for Home windows already.
I’ve downloaded the script and given it a go on my Steam Deck, to see precisely the way it works. It mainly boots up a fast script with the next data:
This script units up Nvidia GeForce Now in your Steam Deck by:
- Putting in Google Chrome (browser supporting GeForce Now), if it is not already put in
- Adjusting Google Chrome’s Flatpak settings to permit for gamepad use
- Including a GeForce Now shortcut to Steam
And on the finish of the method, lo and behold, I’ve a brand new GeForce Now shortcut in my Steam library, a lot in the identical method I beforehand had one which I might arrange myself. This new script makes fast work of the method, and is far simpler for newbies.
I did need to tweak the gamepad settings in Steam to get GeForce Now working as meant inside the newly created shortcut, although I needed to do the identical once I set it up myself. For the report, setting the Steam Deck’s controller configuration for GeForce Now to ‘Gamepad with Joystick Trackpad’ tends to work effectively. You may at all times hit the Steam button then and tweak the controller config for every game, if required.
I am nonetheless hoping for an formally sanctioned utility made by Nvidia for Steam, which was supposedly in dialogue at one cut-off date, although for now I am going to take the trouble to simplify this course of for all.
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