City of Heroes on Steam Deck

[AlienOne]

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to make a quick video showcasing that I got City of Heroes working on the Steam Deck with a full controller layout and everything. The video cuts off a bit abruptly at the end, because my SD card got full about 2 minutes before I was actually ready to end the video, but I figured I'd share anyway. 'Ya never know who out there might be interested in something like this.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

 

[Greycat]

Interesting... Don't think I could do that, I map so much stuff to the keypad (plus controllers like that and I just don't get along...)

 

Nifty to see though.

[Sir Myshkin]

This just compels me to want one of these things even more dagnabbit.

[Snarky]

It's a little smaller than my setup...

[Cancrusher]

@Snarky  I have monitor/TV envy.  

[Snarky]

5 minutes ago, Cancrusher said:

@Snarky  I have monitor/TV envy.  

It's an old pic of my set up.  I finally hung the monitor on the wall and built a couple of desks to support the L shaped glass tops. Quite a bit more room now actually.  

[Troo]

Nice job @AlienOne.

 

I like your mouse view set to the right thumbstick. (I may try and see if that's doable on my setup)

 

If you curious, here's what I've been doing since way back.

 

Movement

• This is the dreamy part of a controller. (forward, back, strafe, turn, look, jump/flyup)
• Suggestion: I wouldn't put Turn on the same stick as Forward/Backward

Selecting targets

• This is the second priority. I use thumbstick clicks for this.
• One for nearest target and one for next target. (having your trackpad to pick one out of the crowd.. I'm jealous)

Powers

• Selecting tray slots is straight forward.
• Switching trays can allow access to sooo many selections.
  • I used to be able to cycle through trays but found I really only needed tray 1 and 2 for click powers. (your mileage may vary)

Miscellaneous

• I like to turn the Map on and off (select button)
• I like to be able to Follow targets
• Being able to cancel a queued power is helpful to me.
• these could be swapped for anything easily enough

 

note: the pic might have 4/6 and 5/7 swapped from actual

 

Mapping Details

Spoiler

Movement
Forward Backward Strafe Left Strafe Right Turn Left Turn Right Jump Follow	Left Stick 'Up' Left Stick 'Down' Left Stick 'Left' Left Stick 'Right' Right Stick 'Left' Right Stick 'Right' Button 'X' Directional Button 'Up'
View
Look Up Look Down	Right Stick 'Down' Right Stick 'Up'
Powers
Unqueue Power Tray Slot 1 Tray Slot 2 Tray Slot 3 Tray Slot 4 Tray Slot 5 Tray Slot 6 Tray Slot 7 Tray Slot 8	Directional Button 'Down' Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 Button 4 'L1' Button 5 'R1' Button 6 'L2' Button 7 'R2' Button 8 'Start'
Tray
Goto Tray 1 Goto Tray 2	Directional Button 'Left' Directional Button 'Right'
Windows
Map	Button 8 'Select'
Targeting
Target Next Enemy	L3 (Left Stick Click)
Target Nearest Enemy	R3 (Right Stick Click)

 

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by Troo

[High_Beam]

Play Stay Shun!

[Nocturnal9]

This is awsome :), This will be great when I want to casually play. While doing other things or playing other games. 🙂

[Aramar]

Having just tested this out, it appears Proton 8 has an issue with the existing install script.  Proton 7 worked fine.  Just providing a heads-up to spare others some of the headache I just had.  :)