Just curious what other people do. I always save and close my games before putting the deck in sleep mode. Not sure why exactly I’m just afraid something will go wrong.

Does anyone leave games open in sleep mode all the time? If so have you ever had any issues?

  • Nize@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’ve probably rebooted my deck about five times since I got it a couple of years ago. I completed baldurs gate over the course of several months with probably closing the game maybe once or twice, just sticking the deck in sleep/suspend every time. This is absolutely what the deck is designed to do and doesn’t cause any issues. It’s more or less the only reason that I can still game so regularly as a parent.

  • ConsonanceDissonance@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I only close a game before sleep mode if I encounter issues when resuming. I find it’s rare and generally title specific, and mostly while running something via emulation.

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    1 year ago

    I usually never do I just put the decksto sleep and keep playing. Recently been playing Gears 5 for 4 days now never closed it

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    1 year ago

    I always do, it’s what it’s there for. Rarely have problems. The ones I do are generally fixed by relaunching the game.

  • boryenkavladislav@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The 3.5.x update on LCD, and now of course on OLED has solved so many of the sleep stability issues I had. I never had a game itself crash or fail to handle resuming from sleep, but prior to 3.5, the deck OS would not be responsive. So far on 3.5 sleep has worked beautifully, and Bluetooth audio automatically reconnects every time too. Tested with NoMansSky and Snow Runner so far numerous times for both. I commute via train daily, with a Train transfer mid commute and rely on that sleep function. 3.5 has so far solved all my issues in this use case.

    One funny bug I think may still exist is that games left running while in sleep, count towards your steam play time. I have some absurd hours in a few games because of it. Looks like I played train sim 4 for 168hrs straight one week.

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    1 year ago

    I used to shutdown my Steamdeck. So I want to save energy as much as possible.

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    1 year ago

    Never. Sometimes issues happen but it is very rare… it is one of the biggest advantages to the deck.

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    1 year ago

    Pause the game or press “escape” so the game stops or pauses then put it to sleep. Occasionally I get an audio bug but it works itself out after about 5-10 minutes. So no I never exit a game.

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    1 year ago

    No always. It comes woth random repercussion of the game running with a black screen. If I hit steam button I can “see the game” then return and goes back to black. I think it has to do with games on the microsd.