Hi all! I bought a used Steam Deck 2 weeks ago and I am loving it! I am playing Fallout 4 on it and it works amazingly good!

So, what is your choice when you finish playing?

I put the Steam Deck to sleep and the next day the battery was 7 percent lower than before. I am thinking of just shutting it down so it doesn’t drain battery in sleep mode.

  • zaktmt
    9·
    2 years ago

    Always use sleep mode with the Steam Deck. The suspend feature gets a lot of use out of me.

  • kilgore@feddit.de
    8·
    2 years ago

    All I saw was “bought a Steam Deck 2” and got really excited for a second!

    I usually put it to sleep unless I know it will be off for longer than a day.

  • Mrrdrr@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    2 years ago

    The point of the thing for me is frictionless access to games. Even more than the portability.

    If i can switch it on and play a game while the water boils, then the deck has made my life better. If i had to turn it on full boot + launch the game and wait for 3 loading screens with promts to continue in the middle. I would not ever bother playing it.

    • Zak8022@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Same here. Although if I feel I might pick up playing on my PC later, I’ll exit the game so it syncs to Steam Cloud.

      I have had a few instances of Vampire Survivors resuming with weird audio glitches. No gameplay problems though, so not a huge deal.

        • Zak8022@beehaw.orgEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Oh no I didn’t know about that plugin. I tend to just pause manually, then sleep. I agree with you on the convenience of just putting it to sleep and picking it back up later. Super awesome feature that I feel is overlooked. Or maybe just not talked about a lot.

    • Cargon
      2·
      2 years ago

      What plugin do you use? Is there a measurable benefit?

        • Cargon
          2·
          2 years ago

          I use Cryo Tools as well and yes, I was wondering about charge capping. I’ve had limited tinkering time recently, but I want to get Decky installed and try out some plugins.

  • Gymnae@lemmy.wxbu.de
    5·
    2 years ago

    Just let it sleep. Booting up will require more and you miss out on the instant wake feature to continue where you left off. 7% is a bit excessive, maybe reinstall it fresh from a factory image to be sure.

  • youtopia
    5·
    2 years ago

    Started off putting it to sleep all the time, but would sometimes not play for a few days and find the battery drained. Switched to shutting it down most of the time, except for when I am out/traveling or know I will be picking it back up to play within the hour.

  • any1th3r3 [he/him]@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    i’ve been having issues where the device would be unresponsive when waking it up from sleep (either during a game or in desktop mode) and the only option would be a hard shutdown, so i’ve become wary of sleep mode.
    i’m still using it 90% of the time, but i make sure to save my progress beforehand.

  • Slashzero
    2·
    2 years ago

    It depends. If I know I’ll be picking it up to play again from where I left off in a few hours, I will put it to sleep. But if I’m done for the day, I will shut it down.

    I’ve had some issues getting it to turn on from sleep mode though, so tend to shut it down more than put it to sleep.