steam-deck-utilities VS EmuDeck

CryoUtilities for performance optimization.

First you will need Cryoutilities installed. Set it up and set the recommended settings. There is a guide on how to set VRAM to 4gb in the video for Cryoutilities, so do this as well. Next install the Starfield Potato Mode Textures Mod and use the 256 bit version for slightly better quality (the standard version is a bit better performance but I don’t like the muddiness of the textures).

Then I installed the CryoByte utility as described here: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities (also worked fine).

CryByte33 utilities app. Pay attention that you will need to apply 4G graphics memory fix from Steam Deck BIOS too.

CryoUtilities will let you keep the shader cache on the same storage device the game is installed on. I still think an SSD is a worthwhile upgrade but I thought that was worth mentioning.

Use https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities to move your game's shader caches to the drive each game is on, instead of the default 64gb ssd.

INSTALLATION: To install Cryo Utilities, make sure you have a sudo password already set otherwise it cannot perform tweaks necessary for this to work. 1st download the installer here: CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities: A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck. (github.com) scroll down till you see a link that says "Download this link" and right mouse click over it to open the context menu and click "save link as" and save it to your desktop.

You could look up their Cheat Sheet so you know what BIOS you'll need

Check the Emudeck wiki cheatsheet

INSTALLATION: To install this software go to dragoonDorise/EmuDeck: Emulator configurator for Steam Deck (github.com) or EmuDeck - Emulators on Steam Deck, SteamOS , Rog Ally and Windows to download the software. If it downloads to the downloads folder, make sure you move it to the desktop in order to run it. When it runs it may ask for a sudo password and if not then just follow the on-screen instructions it's pretty simplified so no need for additional walkthrough.

Not yet at least: https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck/tree/main/tools/cloud

My thoughts after reading your post: 1- Go to steam desktop mode and reinstall emudeck. It will take a few minutes and you will be sure that installation is ok. 2- You can find the extension of the roms that can be read by Emulation Station in this post: https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck as a rule of thumb older games can be left zipped while newer need to be unzipped. Good to check in any case. 3- You can follow another tutorial, but the one of retro game corps is the one I followed and it worked... Please, let us know how it goes.

Download this, https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck and when you install it, it’ll give you a button to sign up for the patreon.

Emudeck Cheatsheet explains which systems need bios, what the file should be named, and where to put it.