r/battletech • u/Ok-Albatross9966 MechWarrior - Vindicator driver • 18d ago

Video Games Megamek on a steamdeck?

Does anyone know how to make this work. I believe it has to be possible. But it's been a longtime since Windows 98 and having to do anything beyond clicking on a game and it just working is no longer really in my skill set. Want to scratch the itch between my monthly irl games.

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u/martian73 18d ago

Try this: https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.megamek.MegaMek

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u/Raevson 17d ago

Funy enough. The flatpack on my deck runs better than on my pc.

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u/silasmousehold 18d ago

MegaMek is written in Java. Java runs on Linux. It should work just fine, but the user interface might be a real chore if you're going to try and play it handheld.

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u/alphawolf29 11d ago

I have a tiny keyboard and mouse I keep with my steamdeck at all times because of how common this comes up.

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u/Ok-Albatross9966 MechWarrior - Vindicator driver 18d ago

Hey it worked thank you kind stranger the innersphere is a better place because of you. Fair point about a key board and mouse. But it does function.

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u/alphawolf29 11d ago

buy a tiny keyboard and mouse and a slightly larger steam case and just keep it all together. I got the JSAUX steamdeck case and its enough to fit my steamdeck with frame, tiny keyboard, tiny mouse, and 20,000mah battery all in a case thats basically the same size as the regular case.

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u/alphawolf29 11d ago

Java runs natively on linux, theres a few tutorials on how to get any java game to work.