Steam Deck

Project Gorgon is compatible with the Steam Deck. This page shares advice and feedback from a few players.

Jackencola's Advice

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Game runs fine on the Deck. On the highest graphic settings, I get 30-40fps in busy areas, so there's plenty of room to tweak and adjust. The default controls are fairly comfortable, although there is of course a learning curve if you're used to kb/mouse. If you're going to use it in dock mode with a kb/mouse, then those issues won't exist. I have not personally tested playing in dock mode.

There is a bit of a jerk for loading stuff if you run toward a busy area, but once it's all loaded it runs normal.

— Admin Jackencola(Discord) - November 28, 2022

Chompy's Advice

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Overall it worked really well and much better than I expected. Pretty much every hotkey that's important is mappable. I collected a few thoughts on how to improve the experience but none of these were particularly problematic and I don't think they warrant being high priority

— Chompy Nibblers (Discord) - January 19, 2023

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I think I saved/published my controller settings as "pg custom chomp". Requires remapping some keys in-game too though:

I disabled Q/E strafe and instead will hold the left trigger (right click) so that the left joystick swaps horizontals from turning to strafe and the right joystick turns/angles. While not holding right click I have no strafe.

• E - Use selected
• R - Select next non-combatant
• T - Move Up
• G - Move Down
• L - Open crafting menu
• Disable keybind for: Ctrl+D opens skills menu

Optional:

• Ctrl+Numlock - open saddlebag
• Alt+1...Alt+9 - loadout 1 through 9

Edit: I still have not mapped hotkeys associated with selecting party members. This could make healing difficult, I use alt+# for loadouts but changing those hotkeys in-game to selecting each party member might work too (e.g., alt+1 selects first party member)

— Chompy Nibblers (Discord) - January 18, 2023

Reported Concerns

1. When steering with the left joystick, Autorun can become disabled when a W or S input is read.

2. If you use a held right-click to steer while moving (because doing so makes the left joystick swap from steering to strafing), if the cursor is over a menu or sidebar when right click is initially held down, it will not enable the steering.

3. Chatting can be tedious without a peripheral keyboard.

4. Actions that do not have hotkeys can be more tedious when performed on Steam Deck. Both controlling pets and moving items between inventory bags are mouse-heavy tasks.

5. If you want to inspect individual pieces of loot before you collect it off a corpse, this requires extra cursor movements as loot re-center-aligns itself when one item is collected.

6. Changing zoom levels can be tough. (Following Chompy's control suggestions above can improve this)

7. There is a visual bug in some zones (like Eltibule) where trees behind walls may render in front of walls.

BetaNotus's Advice

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I use my Steam Deck almost entirely in docked mode, so my notes are entirely about that. My setup includes a JSAUX 6-in-1 dock, an ASUS monitor, headphones, and a keyboard and mouse. Much like Jackencola, I can run the game on the highest graphic settings, though I generally only see 28-35FPS. Using "Great" graphics I get a steady 40+.

— BetaNotus, July 2024

Concerns

1. When I launch Gorgon from "Gaming Mode" while docked the maximum in-game resolution I can set is minuscule. Running the game from "Desktop Mode" allows larger resolutions to be used and everything looks much better on a monitor this way.

2. If you set a key for "Toggle Walk/Run," pushing that key can cause the game to completely freeze for 1-2 seconds if you are in Kur Mountains or Gazluk. Using a key as "Hold to Run" or "Hold to Walk" does not cause a freeze.

3. This one is less an issue with Gorgon and more with the Steam Deck itself. The version of Linux the Steam Deck runs on (out of the box) does not include (and may not be compatible with) the imwheel package. So if you open up the Used shop tab of an NPC like Marna, it might take you a while to scroll to the bottom of the item list because mouse scroll-wheel speed is tied to the device and game with no global system setting. My solution was to find a mouse with a faster default scroll speed.

Vishar's Advice

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I use my Steam Deck entirely docked on desktop mode (for PG), so my notes are entirely about that. My setup includes a JSAUX 6-in-1 dock, an old Eizo monitor (full HD max 60Hz), a keyboard and mouse. Much like others, I can run the game on the highest graphic settings, though I not use it because my deck getting to hot for my liking. I use modified 'Fair' graphics setting with v-sync off and target framerates set to 40, and Vulkan rendering (-force-vulkan %command% on steam launch option). Use 'Fair' setting mostly because I have other programs running when playing PG (Discord, Spotify and Firefox) so I need some extra power/resource for those so I cut those from graphic setting

— Vishar, 2024