Ephinea PSO BB on Steam Deck (Official Thread)

I'm also having the "controls not working" issue after the lutris steamdeck update.
Went into desktop mode & used Discover to get Warehouse for Flatpack management, then used it to downgrade Lutris to the previous version (& disabled updates). Everything working a-ok since downgrading Lutris (though I know this is - hopefully - just a temporary fix).

Special thanks to Kindred for suggesting the Lutris downgrade as a fix.
 
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Hello, I am currently experiencing an issue with Lua. When launching the game I'm getting a "failed to load init.lua" error. It was working fine yesterday afternoon (Dec102024). I tried a fresh install with no success, same issue on two separate Steam decks.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm really enjoying this server and I hope to be able to play a lot more!

*Edit still getting same error as of recent update, included lutris logs this time
 

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What are y’all using for graphics settings in game and performance settings in steam ui?
I feel for a 20 year old game I should be getting a lot more battery life than I am and not getting the temps I am. Like it’s manageable 2 hour sessions thought when I play The Division 2 I am almost getting 3 hours but PSO BB seems to drain my battery quite a bit for such a minimally demanding game. I have TDP to 10, GPU clocked to 400 MHz. (Which was the lowest I could go without experiencing any frame dips), even when just using default steam fam control (less power draw than my personal preference within FANtastic.)
Within game settings I have Windowed, Resolution set to 1280x800, Direct3D11, MSAA 2x, AF 2x, Fast StartUp = On, Depth of Field = On, Ambient Occlusion = Low, dgVoodoo model = auto, dgVoodoo VRAM = 4096mb. I don’t get low fps or anything of that nature purely feel I’m not getting as much time outta a session as I should. Am I just crazy, complaining for nothing, or am I doing something wrong
 
Turn off DoF and AO. Lower shadows setting from the highest slider. BB will run (mostly) okay at 5-7TDP with 2x MSAA (sometimes I'll get dips in chaotic CCA/Seabed situations but nothing unplayable.)

AF is negligible; you can put it at 16x although you probably wouldn't notice any difference from 8x outside of Crater Interior if you stare. So that is a tiny bit of free performance you can claw back.

Personally I think DoF/AO look like shit on BB too though...

That being said PSO is poorly optimized so I don't know if you can expect more than 4 hours without giving up MSAA and Advanced Effects.
 
Hi, I installed the game on my Steam deck via Lutris, but even after deleting the plugins files, the font just looks super weird.

How could I go about setting everything to look at vanilla as possible?

Ironically I suppose, the one single thing I WOULD be down for changing is to use the original Dreamcast version’s title screen, assuming it isn’t some massive headache (and no worries if it is).
 
Hi everyone, first time posting because I literally just joined. I have two questions.

1. When I try to launch the game through gaming mode, it will open the launcher and when I hit start game it closes and nothing happens. I can launch the game in desktop mode and was able to play no problem.

2. I'm using a DualSense controller while the deck is docked to the TV. My analog stick for movement is insanely sensitive to where even a slight deviation from as perfectly up as possible sends me running around like a drunk man. Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks for any help in advance.
 
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