Hades 2 arrived through Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store on May 6 and already it’s been stirring up a ton of pleasure. If you’re trying to take its Greek-mythos-inspired roguelike action-RPG gameplay on the go along with the Steam Deck, there are a number of settings you could want to tweak.
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Performance-wise, Hades 2 flies on the Steam Deck. You’ll get pleasure from a beneficiant battery lifetime of three-to-four hours relying on the age of your Deck’s battery, with a constant framerate. Here’s easy methods to make the Hades 2 expertise even higher on Steam Deck.
Enable again grip buttons
The Steam Deck comes with 4 helpful buttons positioned on its again, however they’re not on by default for all video games. While enjoying Hades 2, hit the Steam button and go to Hades II > Controller settings > Controller settings. This will take you to a brand new menu the place you’ll see “Quick Settings” and a slider to “Enable Back Grip Buttons.”
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Once turned on, the again grip buttons will default to the 4 face buttons: L4: Y Button, L5: X Button, R4: B Button, R5: A Button. This association must be good for many gamers, however you could wish to customise them additional (you may change which buttons they map to within the fast settings part).
The again grip buttons are notably helpful for dashing, permitting you to zoom in regards to the map whereas retaining your thumb above the 4 face buttons.
Consider disabling the trackpads
The Steam Deck has two trackpads positioned slightly below the analog sticks. These are very cool enter units you may assign to a wide range of features. But if you wish to simply have a easy, controller-like expertise with Hades 2 (or another sport), you could want to disable them as they’re straightforward to by chance contact with the palms of your palms whereas gripping the Steam Deck, resulting in unintentional button/key inputs.
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To flip them off, hit the Steam button and navigate to Hades 2 > Controller settings > Controller settings > Edit Layout > Trackpads and alter “Trackpad Behavior” for each trackpads to “None.”
Also, contemplate turning off display shake
As I coated in my normal Hades 2 settings information, you may shut display shake off for a much less distracting expertise. On the smaller Steam Deck display I discover it extra distracting, particularly when touring.
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To flip display shake off, hit the pause button whereas enjoying and navigate to Options > Accessibility > Screen Shake.
Missing: Text and HUD aspect scalability
You’re unlikely to run into any efficiency points whereas enjoying Hades 2 on Steam Deck. However, there sadly aren’t any choices to extend the dimensions of on-screen textual content or numerous HUD components.
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As it stands, textual content and the like is generally seen, however for an ideal Steam Deck expertise, Hades 2 might stand to have extra visible scalability options.
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