Getting Minecraft And Mods On Steam Deck Is Nice And Simple

Wish to get Minecraft working easily on Steam Deck or a traditional Linux desktop without much fuss? Here is one way you could possibly do it and it makes it simple. For this I picked the PolyMC launcher (a fork of MultiMC) out there on Flathub, as the current official Minecraft launcher Flatpak would not save your password on Steam Deck and PolyMC of course deals with modding too.

Here is a recent video guide for you, with textual content steps beneath:

You can find this video also on the Steam Deck section of the PolyMC Wiki!

Text steps:

- Set up PolyMC from the Discover Software Centre on Steam Deck, or Flathub directly for desktop Linux it's all about ed .- Launch PolyMC and add your account in the top proper nook. It helps both Mojang and Microsoft logins.- Go into the principle PolyMC Settings, click Minecraft within the left panel and click the choice to shut PolyMC when the game window opens. In any other case, loading in Recreation Mode / Deck UI on Steam Deck it would flicker between the two windows.- Ensure within the PolyMC Settings that Java is ready to the most recent model, which is required for the latest Minecraft.- Click on Add Occasion in the highest left, then choose both regular Minecraft or find some mods with the built-in search and it installs every little thing you want for you.- To have the ability to launch directly from Steam: go to the Video games menu up the top -> click add a Non-Steam sport after which find PolyMC within the listing.

Some YouTube feedback advised attempting out some optimized modpacks, however really I did not see a big enough distinction in terms of efficiency or energy use to make them actually value it on Deck compared with vanilla Minecraft when testing on the same map seed. Controller mods had been also suggested, however they're not often updated and often only work with specific Minecraft versions so sticking with Steam Input and simply adjusting just a few keys is the only option for that.