r/SteamDeckUnlocked

these screenshots got taken from the steam deck

Use

PROTON USE_OPTISCALER=1

as a launch option and while you in game click insert to bring up optiscaler menu

i shared my new steller blade settings there under configurations , not breaking any rules and i got downvoted to oblivion like a personal take down .

its in game settings who they want it to be wriiten of course its gonna be a long post with menus !!

steller blade

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( these seetings are now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

stable 34 FPS at 800p

superb image quality

use vibrant decky to maximize color saturation it looks so good on oled screen

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Tested on Steam Deck OLED

SteamOS : 3.8.21 ( beta)

Proton Compatibility : Proton 11 ( beta)

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  game proprties /general / set game resoultion ( 1280X800 )     

Set resolution for internal and external display (on)

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🟢  Steller blade performance booster mod :

launch the game at least once before using the mod

put the pak files in the following path : 

Desktop mode / steam launcher / steller blade steam page / proprties / installed files / browse / SB folder / content folder / paks folder  .  place the two pak files there

google drive download link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3T1y4GUzDBhVvWKryo0jxw6Qgrxp\\\_M1/view?usp=drivesdk

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🔴 Copy paste this launch command :

MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=34,no_display mangohud ~/fgmod/fgmod %command %

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use decky loader pre realse version for better compablity       

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   🟡    Decky-Framegen plugin version 0.11.17 ( works great with this game)  

google drive download link : 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AbOequjYLTaQycpQvtliAFFaJ5dEvete/view 

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note : optiscaler framegenration option will be (on)  by default make sure to turn it off ( no framegenration ) save settings and restart the game  

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🔴  OptiScaler v 0.7 final  menu settings : 

upscaler : 4.0.2   

model : 0

sharpness override (0.300) 

Enable RCAS ( on) 

Contrast value ( 0.30) 

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🛑  steam deck quick access menu:- 

frame limits (34 Hz )

disable frame limit ( off)

  allow tearing ( on)

  half rate shading ( off)

  TDP limit (disabled)

  Manual GPU clock  (1300 )

  scaling mode ( auto )

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🔴 DISPLAY SETTINGS :- 

Display mode ( full screen )

display resoultion (1280X800 )

framerate limit ( 40 )

Vertical sync (off)

aspect ratio (automatic)

HUD area Ratio (automatic)

HDR (OFF)

Gamma (35)

Motion blur (0)

camera shake (0)

film grain ( off)

Chromatic Aberration (on)

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🔴  ADVANCED  GRAPHICS :-

Resolution scalling mode ( NVIDIA DLSS 4)

  Anti alising ( NVIDIA DLSS 4)

  Base sharpness ( 0 )

  Scaling quality : DLAA ( dlaa doesn't shows up unless you switch from English to another language then switched back to English weird right ! )

  DLSS 4 sharpness  (0)

Nvidia reflex low latency ( off )

  Environmental object details ( low )

  Chracter object details ( low )

  Environmental texture ( high )

  Chracters texture ( high )

  clutter density ( low)

  Environmental object visable distance ( 0)

  Chracters visable distance (30)

  Shadow quality (low )

  Light quality ( low )

  Volumetric fog (low)

  Particles quality (medium )

  Animation quality ( low ) 

  Ambiant occlusion ( medium )

  Depth of field (off )

  Chromatic abrasion ( on )

  Film grain ( off )

  Motion blur ( 10 )

  Screen space reflections quality ( high )

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will appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

Over the past few weeks I’ve been building HandheldAtlas — a community-driven database focused on handheld gaming.
The goal isn’t just another list of settings.
It’s to build a place where handheld players can share:
• Benchmarks
• Game presets
• Battery life testing
• Optimization guides
• Real-world device experiences
The first feedback from Reddit has already helped shape new features and confirmed something interesting:
People don’t just want “best settings.”
They want to understand why those settings work.
So now we’re looking for a few early contributors who enjoy:
🔧 Testing games
📊 Benchmarking
🎮 Creating presets
📚 Writing guides
🧪 Finding bugs and improving the platform
We already have a Discord with benchmarking guides, testing workflows and community discussions.
If you’d like to help build something useful for the handheld gaming community while it’s still in its early stages, we’d love to have you involved.
🗺️ HandheldAtlas
🌐 https://www.handheldatlas.com

it turned out even reversing back to steamOS 3.8.10 wouldnt bring max game resoultion option back its linked to the client itself or something who ever started handling valve steamOS updates needs to be fired

linux is about freedom let people play the way they want to play no company should ever be allowed to take away a feature that shipped with the device

i encourage you guys to open a ticket for this before it became a permanent thing

i wipped out my steam deck because it was bloated and i think its automatically updated to the latest version now i cant select external resoultion

Cyperpunk 2077

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( these seetings are now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

  Stable 40 FPS. 

Amazing Graphics  

Cons will be faster battery life drain and  more thermals.

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🟣  TESTING ENVIRONMENT : 

Device Varient : Steam Deck Oled 

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable channel ) 

Recommended Proton Version :    Proton 10.0-4

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🟣  EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS : 

Game proprties /General / Set Game resoultion ( 1280X720 )

Set Resoultion for External and internal Display (on) 

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🔴  Steam Deck Quick Access Menu Settings:

Screen Frame Limit: 40 Hz

Disable Frame Limit: Off

Allow Tearing: On

Half-rate Shading: Off

TDP Limit: Disabled

Manual GPU Clock: 1500

Scaling Mode: auto

Scaling Filter: liner 

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🔴 VIDEO SETTINGS :

Vsync ( off)

Maximum FPS ( off)

Windowed mode ( fullscreen )

Resoultion (1280X720 )

HDR( none)

Nvidia reflex low latency ( off)

intel Xe low latency ( on)

intel Xe low latency target (41) 

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🔴  GRAPHICS SETTINGS :

quick preset ( custom )

Resoultion scalling ( intel Xess super Resoultion 2.0)

FSR 4 preset ( ultra quality )

FSR sharpness (0.50)

Framegenration ( off)  

Textures quality (high)

Ray tracing options ( all  turn them off) 

Crowd density ( low )

feiled of View (70)

film grain ( off)

ChromaticAberration (on)

DepthOfField (off)

lens flare (on)  

Motion Blur (off) 

Vigntte (off) 

Contact shadows (on)

improve facial lighting geometry (on)

Anistotropy (8)

Local shadow mesh quality ( low)

local shadow quality ( low)

Conscaded shadow range( low)

Conscaded shadow resoultion ( low)

Volumetric fog resoultion (low)

Volumetric cloud quality (off)

Max Daynamic decals (low)

ScreenSpaceReflection quality ( medium )

Subsurface scattering quality ( medium )

Ambiant occlusion ( medium )

Color precision ( medium )

Mirror quality ( high)

level of details ( low)

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🔴 What decky framegen plugin version should i use  ?

My Recommend version is 0.15.5   it has optiscaler 0.9 with optimized  fsr4 version for the steam deck .   you can download it from github or from the link below .

Google drive link : 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l9XNPlWrfC5fGsAX46o8YRaoOl2jyLwm/view?usp=drivesdk

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after you patch the game with decky framegen and automated launch line will be generated i want you to delete it and replace it with this one to lock the FPS  :

MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=40,no_display mangohud WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b SteamDeck=0 %command%

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🔴 OPTISCALER 0.9 settings :

Upscale type ( FSR4.0.2C)  

Model (2)  

Sharpness override ( on )

Sharpness value (0.505 )

Motion Adaptive Sharpness :

Override all ( on)

All Ratio ( 1.704)

NOTE : framegenration will be activated by default in the menu which will cause framepacing issues turn it off ( no framegenration ) then save settings and restart the game.

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will appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

the witcher 3

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( these seetings are now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

Targeting  stable 45 FPS. 

Crisp  image quality with FSR4 

Cons mainly will be the small text due to 16:9 aspect ratio

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🟣  TESTING ENVIRONMENT : 

Device Varient : Steam Deck Oled 

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable channel ) 

Recommend Proton    Compatibility :    Proton  11 ( beta)

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🟣  EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS : 

Game proprties /General / Set Game resoultion ( 1280X720 )

Set Resoultion for External and internal Display (on) 

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newer versions of Decky-Framegen plugin dont work with the witcher 3 for some reason use this version instead

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🔴 Decky framegen plugin version (0.11.17)  :    

google drive download link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AbOequjYLTaQycpQvtliAFFaJ5dEvete/view?usp=drivesdk

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🔴 Use this launch command with it to cap the FPS and disable HDR :

DXVK_HDR=0 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=45,no_display mangohud ~/fgmod/fgmod %command%

if you want to keep HDR remove ( DXVK_HDR=0) part from the launch command

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🔴 optiscaler 0.7 menu :

Upscaler : FSR 4.0.2

  default ( model 0)

Sharpness override (0.522)

NOTE : framegenration will be activated by default in the menu which will cause framepacing issues turn it off ( no framegenration ) then save settings and restart the game.

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🛑  steam deck quick access menu:- 

  Screen fram limits (45hz)

Disable frame limit ( off)

  Allow tearing ( on)

  Half rate shading ( off)

  TDP LIMIT (off)

  Manual GPU clock  ( 1400 )

  Scaling mode ( auto)

  Scaling filter ( liner)

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   🔴 DISPLAY SETTINGS :- 

Display mode ( full screen )

VSync (on)

Resoultion (1280x720)

Maximum frame per sec (144 ) 

Nvidia reflex low latency (on)

Hardware curser (off) 

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   🔴 GRAPHICS SETTINGS :-

Ray tracing (off)

  Antialising ( xess)

xess quality (quality ) 

Daynamic Resoultion Scaling (off)

Sharping (low)

  Screen space ambient occlusion ( HBAO+)

  Screen space reflection (low)

  Motion blur (off )

  Blur (off)

Depth of field (off)

  Chromatic abression (on)

Vignetting (off)

  light shafts (off)

Camera lens effects   (off )

Nvidia hairwork(off)

Number of background characters ( medium )

Shadow quality ( low )

Terrain quality (low )

Water quality ( high )

Volige visibility rage ( low)

Grass density ( high )

Texture quality (high )

Level of details ( low)

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🔴 Gamma settings :

the default is abit dark to fix this

from the center move the cursor 7 times twords the right side

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🔴 Vibrate deck plugin 2.0.1 :

can be downloaded from decky loader store

Set saturation to (200%) along with ( color vibrance = native maxed out ) and ( color temperature =10000k) from SteamOs display color settings

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will appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

days gone

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( these settings are now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

Stable   40  FPS  

nice graphics  

Cons will be faster battery life drain and  more thermals

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🟢 Note that :

DAYS GONE remaster version doesn't perform well on the steam deck and looks worse to download the classic version you should follow these steps :

select days gone gear icon / go to Betas section / select Beta participation and pick days gone classic .

now you can download the OG version normally .

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this game got tested on the Steam Deck OLED

SteamOS : 3.7.19 ( stable channel )

Proton Compatibility : Proton experimental

game proprties /general / set game resoultion ( 1280X720 )    

set resoultion for external and internal display (on)

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🔴 performance booster mod :

extract the zip file and place its content as follow :

desktop mode / steam launcher / days gone gear icon / proprties / installed files / browse / bendgames/binaries /wine64

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15qzVMqTenfdq-RkYFRqP65g1TppxFplI/view?usp=drivesdk

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⚫️ launch option   :-

DXVK_ASYNC =1 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=40,no_display mangohud %command%

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🛑 Steam Deck Quick Access Menu Settings:

Refresh rate : 40Hz

Disable Frame Limit: Off

Allow Tearing: On

Half-rate Shading: Off

TDP Limit: Disabled

Manual GPU Clock: 1400

Scaling Mode: auto

Scaling Filter: liner

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🟡 Display Settings :

window mode ( full screen)

  resoultion (1280 X 720)

  refresh rate (40hz)

  vsync (off)

  frame rate limter (unlimited )

  sync interval 1(90fps) for oled   or 1(60fps) for lcd steam deck

  HDR  (off )

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🟡 Graphics Settings : 

brighness ( 5)

  feild of view ( 70 )

  render scalling (100)

  quality preset (custom)

  chromatic aberation (on)

  motion blur (on)

  lighting quality ( high)

Geometry quality ( low)

  Follage draw distance ( medium )

  shadow quality (medium )

  cloud and fog quality (low)

  texture filter quality (medium )

  texture streaming quality  ( medium)

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i would appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

Sekiro

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🟣  GOAL : 

Stable   50 FPS  

nice graphics  

Cons will be faster battery life drain and  more thermals

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Tested on Steam Deck OLED

  Recommended Proton Version:             GE-PROTON10-25

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable )

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  Game launch command :

DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_HDR=0 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=50,no_display mangohud %command%

  game proprties /general / game resoultion ( default )   

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🔴  Steam Deck Quick Access Menu Settings:

Screen Frame Limit: 50 FPS Hz

Disable Frame Limit: Off

Allow Tearing: On

Half-rate Shading: Off

TDP Limit: Disabled

Manual GPU Clock  1400MHz

Scaling Mode: auto

Scaling Filter: liner 

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🟣  GRAPHICS SETTINGS :   

  Screen mode  ( full screen   )

  Screen resolution ( 1280X720 )

  Automatic rendering adjustment   (off )

  Quality settings   (custom )

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🟣  ADVANCED SETTINGS :

  Texture quality (MAX)

Anti alising (on)

  SSAO (medium )

  Depth of field  (low)

  Motion blur (low)

  Shadow quality ( high)

  lighting quality ( low)

  effects quality (high)

   Volumetric quality ( high)

Reflections quality ( low )

   Water surface quality   ( high)

  Shader quality  ( high)

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🟡 micro stutter and perfect framtime mod ( highly recommended) :

go to Desktop / steam launcher / sekiro game page / proprties / installed files click browse / paste mod files where sekiro.exe exsists ..

Google drive link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XlF5o9ltZccKSdIpLK4C5XyDL1UvHKR9/view?usp=drivesdk

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i would appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

pragmata

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( these seetings  are  now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

  semin Stable  55 FPS   with framegenration

Crisp Graphics  

Cons will be faster battery life drain and  more thermals.

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🟣  TESTING ENVIRONMENT : 

Device Varient : Steam Deck Oled 

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable channel ) 

Recommended Proton Version  :   GE Proton 10-34

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🛑 Steam Deck Quick Access Menu Settings:

Frame Limit : 55 FPS (55HZ)

Disable Frame Limit: off

Allow Tearing: On

Half-rate Shading: Off

TDP Limit: Disabled

Manual GPU Clock: 1500

Scaling Mode: auto

Scaling Filter: liner

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🔴  DISPLAY SETTINGS :

Brightness ( i felt the default lighting is low free to tinker a bit  with it)

HDR mode ( on oled steam deck looks great highly recommend enable it)

note: HDR desaturate colors i combined it with vibrant deck plugin to get more saturated colors with HDR but its optional

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🔴  GRAPHICS SETTINGS :

Display Mode ( Borderless windowed )

Screen Resolution (1280X720 )

Framerate ( Variable )

Global illumination quality (low)

Upscaling ( FSR3)

Upscaling Quality ( Quality )

Framegenration ( AMD FSR)

Hair quality ( low)

Textures quality ( max 3GB )

Textures Filtring ( medium )

Mesh Quality ( low)

Shadows Quality ( low)

Shadows cache ( on)

Contact shadows (on)

Effects Quality ( low)

Video Quality ( full HD)

Ambient occlusion ( SSAO)

Volumetric lighting ( off)

Bloom ( on)

Screen space reflections ( on)

Subsurface Scattering (on)

Motion blur ( on)

Lens flare ( on)

Lens distortion ( on with Chromatic aberration )

Depth of feild ( off)

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🔴 FSR4 INJECTION MOD :

makes a big difference in image quality and framegenration stablity just put  fsr_dx12 file in the path below   .  ( note use this mod after you already set up your in game settings )

put the mod file in :

Desktop mode / Steam launcher / game page / Gear icon / Proprties /  Mange / Browse local files  / common folder .

paste and replace

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bq6HHMotFCD1_ntCsM3e12kPkuGQW9Wo/view?usp=drivesdk

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🟡 KNOWN ISSUES :

1- if you switching between proton versions alot the game DENUVO will block you for 24 hours so stick with only one.

2- as for now any type of lauch option command will triger DENUVO and you will be stuck with black screen without acssing the game so keep launch option box blank ( empty)

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i would appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu

ratchent and clank rifts apart

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( these seetings are now finalized and wouldn't receive any updates or adjustments soon )

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🟣  GOAL : 

  Stable 30 FPS achieving stable 40 will come with huge image quality sacrifices so it dosent worth it

very nice Graphics  

Cons will be faster battery life drain and  more thermals.

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🟣  TESTING ENVIRONMENT : 

Device Varient : Steam Deck Oled 

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable channel ) 

Recommended Proton Version  :   GE Proton 10-34

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🟣  EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS : 

Game proprties /General / Set Game resoultion ( 1600X900 )

Set Resoultion for External and internal Display (on) 

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🔴  Steam Deck Quick Access Menu Settings:

Screen Frame Limit: 30 Hz

Disable Frame Limit: Off

Allow Tearing: On

Half-rate Shading: Off

TDP Limit: Disabled

Manual GPU Clock: Disabled

Scaling Mode: auto

Scaling Filter: liner 

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🟡 DISPLAY SETTINGS :-

window mode ( Exclusive full screen)

display reaoultion (1368×768)

aspect ratio ( 16:9)

refresh rate ( 90hz)

V-Sync (off)

Nvidia reflex low latency (on+boost )

Brightness (50)

HDR ( off)

Contrast (10)

Frake generation (off)

Upscale Method (DLSS)

Upscale Quality ( medium )

Dynamic resoultion scalling (off)

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🟡 GRAPHICS SETTINGS :-

Texture quality ( medium )

Texture filtring ( trilinear)

Shadow quality ( low )

Ambiant occlusion ( SSAO)

Screen space reflections ( off)

Ray tracing options ( all off)

level of details ( very low)

Traffic density ( low)

Hair quality ( very low)

Weather particles quality ( low )

Phontom dash effect ( off)

Depth of feild ( off)

Bloom (off)

Chromatic abrassion ( on)

Vignette ( off)

Motion blur strengh (0)

Feild of view (0)

Film grain strengh (0)

Sharpness (6)

Full screen effect ( off)

Screen shake ( off)

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🔴 REQUIRED TOOLS :

DLSS ENABLER plugin version 0.3.0

why this version ?

it has optiscaler 0.7 , unlike 0.9 which disabled spoofing by default . we need spoofing to get acsses to dlss in this game

can be downloaded from github or google drive :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHqPWFr7cdDqtCztRYKii_EQQW-ahlFU/view?usp=drivesdk

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when use dlss enabler plugin select ( recommended settings / optiscaler with fsr2.0.2b and optipatcher click patch the game ) .

an automated launch command will be generated replace it with this one to cap the fps :

MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=30,no_display mangohud WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b SteamDeck=0 %command%

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OPTISCALER version 0.9 SETTINGS :

Upscaling ( FSR4.0.2 b)

FG type  ( no frame genration)

Sharpness override ( 770)

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i would appreciate your feedback regarding my settings and subscribing to my YouTube channel :

https://youtu.be/cNjQAnjkXCY?si=F9sN9A1CwmKaSxSH

for more guide like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/56J96LAtyu