benoitb, 11 months ago

@ronald Yes you can with Prism Launcher. I haven’t tried Diablo but if you search for it I’ve seen people playing it on the deck.

https://prismlauncher.org/download/steam-deck/

rodhlann, 11 months ago

@benoitb @ronald +1 to this, the prism launcher makes Minecraft setup very manageable on Deck. I was playing on a friend's server recently and it runs great!

ronald, 11 months ago

@rodhlann @benoitb prism only seems to run Java Minecraft, I am looking for the version that has crossplay with android/switch/windows UWP

benoitb, 11 months ago

@ronald @rodhlann maybe try this?

https://libreddit.freedit.eu/r/SteamDeck/comments/xz0m97/minecraft_bedrock_edition_running_on_steam_deck/irjmxuf/?context=3

sclyde, 11 months ago

@ronald Not sure either, but Java edition runs smoothly anyway. Most easily installed from Discovery in desktop mode; 1-click install.

Do wish there was an easier way for other stuff like Battlenet, but once you’ve done it a few times, it’s not too bad.

ronald, 11 months ago

@sclyde I see, but then multiplayer with switch/android won’t work. Which is why I am thinking how to run the android or UWP build

sclyde, 11 months ago

@ronald Ahh, fair enough. I hate how poorly cross-play works in Minecraft. Everything I can find says it’s supposed to work, at least between Xbox and PC — but even Minecraft or PC or Bedrock to Xbox doesn’t seem to work. Ended up just installing Bedrock/Java on each of the kid’s PCs so they can play together.

I’ve read about some kind of tool to get Android apps running on the Deck, but it didn’t look simple.

ronald, 11 months ago

@sclyde The new version is better. I have a raspberry pi running a nukkit server which runs android, iOS and windows clients all in a single space flawlessly. Which is why I am abandoning Java version

sclyde, 11 months ago

@ronald Ooh, cool. Haven’t heard of that; might need to check it out.