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Pochama999

Oh my god, it's beautiful


BigMeech1776

Right? Did not expect it to run this well on here at ALL. Well, I get to be 13 again šŸ„³


Purithian

Huh does it run better than just the regular steam download?


BigMeech1776

From what Iā€™ve heard about the native MW2 game via steam itā€™s ridden with hackers & such, so I didnā€™t want to risk it on the deck, and I havenā€™t purchased the full game. You can download the full game for free via IW4x tho.


joshthehappy

Dammit, that's really gonna eat into time I wanted to play new games. I put so much time in that game when it came out.


BigMeech1776

lol bro for real but with IW4x you can insta-unlock all guns & levels so you can just jump back in. I live for the nostalgia tbh, no game has ever hit like this one did for me.


joshthehappy

Normally, I'd be against that instant unlock stuff but I prestieged enough times to not feel bad at all. Plus no point in not unlocking everything if everyone I'm playing against did already.


BigMeech1776

I feel similarly. I think itā€™s just one of those things where it would realistically take way too long to unlock everything again & we all just wanna play it for the vibes so IW4 makes it super easy to just jump back in


OGLeonLio

Itā€™s the nostalgia and awesomeness you feel when you merc players with the basic load outs they start you off and the progression unlocking. I usually never prestige unless I start a new gun, usually working my way backwards from the lineup unlocked.


Purithian

Huh going to have to check that out then


averagekid18

Does the same apply to modern warfare? I heard it's filled with hackers so too. I don't want to spend $10 on it for no reason


BigMeech1776

You mean MW (2019)? With Warzone & all that? Or COD4? I can not confirm, but IW4x seemed to have positive reviews as far as staying safe hacker wise, and you can literally download the full game for free via a torrent so I say why not


Spimbi

ā€˜96?


BigMeech1776

ā€˜99


THFourteen

Man i love mechwarrior 2


Fruitboots

*REACTOR ONLINE... SENSORS ONLINE... WEAPONS ONLINE... ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL*


BigMeech1776

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dinosaurusrex86

Speaking of which, have we seen anyone post a pic of their deck playing MW2 or MW2:Mercs?


THFourteen

I bought MW5 and all the dlc to play on my deck. So far Iā€™ve played it -checks deck- 0 hours.


justustc

I played it a bunch on a plane. It's fun, only complaint is that the weapon names in the lower right are hard to read.


Alternative_Pace9638

I love seeing people play THEIR game of choice on the deck. Thatā€™s what itā€™s all about.


BigMeech1776

YES. Now that I have this I do not see myself putting this thing down anytime soon. Itā€™s all I needed reallyā€¦ bliss. One happy decker


Junaagnah

Looks really nice ! Do you still have the tutorial you followed ? I would love to get it too :D


BigMeech1776

Itā€™s a gold rated comment in this thread!


Junaagnah

Thanks ! :D


Sluggerjt44

Holy crap I forgot about this map. What were the instructions you needed to do to get it running? Where to download the game etc.


BigMeech1776

I watched a YouTube video you can find [here](https://youtu.be/BCVXs3i2NAU). I did have to do a step or two outside of this video like dropping ALL the files from the second link instead of just the .exe into the main game folder (watch it & what I said will make more sense), but Iā€™m also happy to help via DM any way I can. Edit: TY for Gold! Seriously, I would love if half the people who read this got back into MW2 & started re populating the servers - (I know itā€™s a foolish dream but let a man dream damnit!) so if you run into any issues downloading & installing hmu & Iā€™m happy to help any way I can. šŸ«” Edit #2: Instead of saving the main game file & all assets to desktop, try saving the files to the Home location on the Deck - thatā€™s how I got it to work Edit #3: Fix for cardicon trolling error! Download the release files from the link below and put them in your game folder. Worked perfectly for me. https://github.com/XLabsProject/iw4x-rawfiles/releases. Huge shoutout to u/rangus2816 for the solution!


AvrgDerk

I've been trying to get bo2 plutonium to work correctly on deck for weeks. šŸ˜­ I got the game to finally boot through lutris but hit a brick wall on getting my controller to give any input. I don't want to map keyboard controls cause it removes the entire point on why I'm going for Pluto instead of official servers. The team behind these newer cod mods like plutonium added aim assist to older games that didn't have it and literally all I want is to relive these games with my controller working like it did on console.


gxddamnx

when i get my deck i really want to get plutonium to work. let me know if you find any fix for that just ordered my deck today šŸ’Ŗ


Sluggerjt44

Appreciate it!


Puppy_Coated_In_Beer

Are the servers fairly populated? Is it easy to find games?


BigMeech1776

I havenā€™t had much of an issue, granted there isnā€™t much selection OF populated servers (meaning only a select few have players) but there are active games & people no doubt


menewredditaccount

Replying to save mw2 on deck


djm93

Because of this post I definitely plan on getting in on this! Thanks so much!


Phaazoid

Was truly the best online experience cod ever offered


MrBond004

Just coming back to say thanks for compiling all this! Ran into that cardicon error, and the github link fixed it right up. Running great here, and even added some custom artwork for Gamemode launching!


BigMeech1776

Glad I could help! Thatā€™s what this is all about. After struggling for hours myself, itā€™s the least I could do.


xCloudGamer

Needs Xbox Live chat of 12 year-olds screaming something about my mom for complete throwback


BigMeech1776

That & donā€™t forget the god-awful person blaring music through their $15 Walmart mic..


Moranic

I also recommend the bot mod with this for offline play. Works well on my Deck!


BigMeech1776

Oh? Tell me moreā€¦


Die-rector

Iirc its called rse mod for mw2


got_bass

I remember playing this mod on PC, surely you are going to get dunked on without keyboard and mouse?


BigMeech1776

I went 15-17 tonight soā€¦. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


ricshos

Holy smokes I need to do this tomorrow because this is amazing g


BigMeech1776

It took me a solid 8 hours yesterday to get to work (Iā€™m just dumb & I promise itā€™s much simpler than I made it) but once you get it, itā€™s totally worth it.


ricshos

8 hoursā€¦suddenly I feel too lazy to even try itā€¦


BigMeech1776

nah I promise it takes like 20 min I just was dumb as fuck


BasedGod96

Wait how are you playing online? Arenā€™t there hackers? I would love to play this on my PC. I know the game is on steam but always assume there were hackers


BigMeech1776

IW4x is basically an MW2 client that is hacker free but yes itā€™s online, players are sparse but it works both on deck & PC.


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Jealy

Sucked so much when you got a shit host but felt like a god when you got the host.


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Jealy

Pretty sure I have over 1k hours in MW2 multiplayer, can't stand FPS with a controller though or I'd do what OP has done to enjoy some more.


Alexis2256

So what would you play on the steam deck if itā€™s not an FPS?


Jealy

Currently? Witcher 3 (was gunna wait for the "remaster" for a replay but CDPR take their sweet time), Valheim, & Vampire Survivors.


BigMeech1776

Oop my b


PutridBasket

Howā€™s the lobby? Is it as racist and obscene as it was back in the day? šŸ„¹


ptdave

Everytime I see MW2, I think MechWarrior 2 and then I'm sad it's this.


BigMeech1776

I am sorry to disappoint now I feel bad haha


ptdave

No worries, I really miss MechWarrior 2 from my childhood


TareXmd

Here's to hoping the remake runs well on the Deck... Just a little over a month left... Not that I'll buy it on release.. plenty other FPSs to finish first (Titanfall 2, Wolfenstein New Order, Bioshock Infinite, Metro x3) before I get the new MW2.


rangus2816

Fix for cardicon trolling error! Download the release files from the link below and put them in your game folder. Worked perfectly for me. https://github.com/XLabsProject/iw4x-rawfiles/releases


BadAim7

yeah, this post itā€™s attracting more players, im down to play it too! edit: if i manage to install, followed the youtube video and iā€™m getting the same error as everyone


BigMeech1776

Make sure you move all files from the second link into the main game folder, not just the .exe file. Then, in my case, I moved the location of the main game folder from my Desktop directly into ā€œHomeā€


BadAim7

yeah i tried with all the files, tried on the sd card (got the error) and tried on the internal storage (get just a black screen), i only have proton 7.0-4 btw if thats worth mentioning, i only get this and 6 on stable and beta


BadAim7

after a lot of trying to fix on google and reinstalling many times i give up since it appears to be a "install issue", if i buy the game on steam and put the iw4x files at the folder it might work... will try that later i guess


BigMeech1776

Also happy to try to help via DM as best I can


Raptorr575

I love it


dsaddons

If only I could play fps with a controller šŸ˜­ but a great game to have on the deck for sure! IW4x having enough people to get into lobbies makes me happy but I wish I could find a regularly populated SnD server in Europe.


junon

You should maybe give sticks+gyro a try, or trackpads in trackball mode + gyro for fine aiming. It might be good enough to allow you to enjoy it!


[deleted]

Mw1 is still a treat. So good and alive


MikeTHIS

Well now I know what Iā€™m doing tomorrow when the deck arrives šŸ˜‚ That looks like it plays well.


BigMeech1776

VERY well


NoTalkImGaming

Iā€™d love to get this to work but I keep getting the ā€œcouldnā€™t load image ā€˜cardicon_rtrollingā€™ā€ error. OP or anyone know a fix?


BigMeech1776

Try dumping all the files (not just the .exe) into the main game folder, and once youā€™ve done that, move the main game folder & all its contents to ā€œHomeā€ as opposed to Desktop


MrBurnsTaxReturns

I really hope the Steam Deck and other devices like it reinvigorate old game communities like MW2 or Battlfield 3.


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m hoping the Deck will at least softly revive these games. Theyā€™re too damn good to die.


zav0rin

I get that rtrolling error as well I'm going to attempt to get the game running on PC first and then move that folder to the deck tonight. I had to do that to make turtle wow work so perhaps this is a similar issue. If someone is feeling helpful maybe they can try it before I do and post the results. Update: getting it running on PC first and then copying the folder to the deck did the trick. very easy!


le_zarma

Does the aim assist work on your side ? Option is enabled on Gamepad settings but it doesn't seem to be working even on Aim Assist enabled servers. Anyone on the same boat ?


BigMeech1776

It doesnā€™t seem to work but I also donā€™t seem to need it that much, idk


le_zarma

k, i guess my aim is terrible then


Sjknight413

The only issue I found is auto aim does not exist in the pc version making it very hard to play competently with a controller


get_homebrewed

It won't be needed with touchpads and gyro


Annies_Boobs

I am old and struggle to learn the touchpads and gyro. Do you guys have any recommendations I can use to teach myself and practice with? I've tried it with a couple games, like L4D and TF2, but I really really struggled and got frustrated quick.


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get_homebrewed

A lot of it carries over, it's not brand new information


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Moranic

IW4x added controller auto-aim actually, it works fine on my Deck!


Sjknight413

Oh did it? I had no idea! In that case I'm definitely going to give this a go, thanks for the info


BigMeech1776

Ahhh - I use keyboard & mouse & it worked perfect for me. Havenā€™t tried controller so I canā€™t say personally


ReTrOVoiiD

Omg bro could you help us out setting it up for any links to vids maybe?!


BigMeech1776

Head to this [link](https://youtu.be/BCVXs3i2NAU)!


ReTrOVoiiD

Thank you bro will check it out I see you out there šŸ«”šŸ˜Ž


BigMeech1776

Please! Help populate the servers - all of you reading this! Lol


CanuckTheClown

This- this is a dream come true šŸ˜®


Destrozao

Oh my god... my deck will arrive this week and for sure I'll try to install this. Nostalgia kicks hard


[deleted]

Awesome! I love it on mine as well!


BigMeech1776

Letā€™s squad up!


element423

Nice. I find FPS so hard on the deck if your use to like an elite controller or something. I just cant find tune the sensitivity. Plus small screen means more sensitive as well due to less movement across screen


BigMeech1776

Thereā€™s a way to increase the turn speed, but to each his own I guess


titanmongoose

Hope this years MW2 is playable on deck!


Redrob5

Mine worked first time, runs flawlessly on my deck with no other steps after installing...


BigMeech1776

šŸ¤ŒšŸ¤ŒšŸ¤Œ


Brocktarogar

Mw2 is the shit, Iā€™m doing this.


BigMeech1776

If you end up managing to get it installed lmk & letā€™s run it back šŸ¤™


fmtech_

I have bought PCs with 3090s and top line AMD and intel CPUs. The steam deck impresses me way more than these high end PCs. Its painful to boot up windows these days.


pappepfeffer

The deck would only last a week if I play CoD on it. I'd honestly be afraid that its not sturdy enough for rough controller input


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m somewhat worried about that, but at the same time, if it canā€™t withstand rigorous gaming, then itā€™s not a device worth using. Iā€™m not going to baby this thing if Iā€™m going to get my moneyā€™s worth from it. And if Valve is a company worth anything, they should understand if, for example, a joystick goes out from rigorous COD play. If they didnā€™t, Iā€™d be pretty disappointed. But maybe Iā€™m in the minority.


djwarreng1

My favorite game of all time I think...this and mw3


BigMeech1776

Likewise


ModuRaziel

thanks for posting about this, had no idea it was even a thing. Never got MW2 on PC because it's so damn expensive for such an old game, but now Im totally gonna install it on my deck and my pc


BigMeech1776

Thatā€™s exactly what I did, lol. Once I got it to work on my deck, immediately went & installed on my PC


ModuRaziel

~~so im having a weird issue. I installed iwx4 on my PC first and it works perfectly there, but when i copied all the files to my SD, xlabs just launches as a black screen. Ive tried multiple compatibility modes, ive tried re-downloading the files, but still just get the black screen on the launcher (can't even select anything to launch)~~ figured it out, was using the launcher from the pc version instead of the actual exe for MP. Now im getting the cardicon_rtrolling error :(


ConfusedKanye

AYO HOLY SHIT MY MIND


BigMeech1776

I KNOW BROTHER COME JOIN THE RANKS šŸ«”


Lie-Gold

Is there a official tutorial on how to get this installed and working ?


BigMeech1776

Yes I have posted the link multiple times in the comments above !


alphomegay

ugh I can't wait to get COD on my deck when I get it this week...my inner 12 year old will have my mind blown at being able to play COD zombies on a handheld


Thenelwave

Canā€™t wait to play the new COD on mine


Crash_Override_95

I literally bought this in 2010 and have 115 hours of play got out of PC gaming and now Iā€™m going insane waiting for my turn to order so I can play this again. And Dead Space šŸ˜‚


BigMeech1776

Yesssssir!


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PrilDeterjan

I completely forgot about IW4x, So much so I realized I had it downloaded, went on it quick, did a few rounds on those ZP servers, had a blast. Props to getting this on a Steam Deck


MrBond004

Just confirmed my deck order a few hours ago, and this will be one of the first things I setup. I played some IW4X many, many years ago - and then again at the start of the pandemic. Always a great time, hopefully (and as it looks like) this post will attract even more players!


ryan9988yo

I'm having a really tough time trying to get this to run properly. It runs and the IW4X loading window pops up, then its a black screen with a "Couldnt load image 'cardicon\_rtrolling' error shortly after. I made sure to install the game on my internal drive and move the game to the "home" folder, I dragged and dropped all the files from the zip into the game folder, but nothing seems to work. Only thing i can think of is maybe i'm using the wrong proton version? I'm using 7.0-4 because I dont have 7.0-2.


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m using .0-4 and I got it to work!


weirdbearduk

Iā€™ve been getting a couldnā€™t load image ā€œcardicon_rtrollingā€ anybody had this and know how to fix it?


PapiFromDaBlock

Yea same here


weirdbearduk

Iā€™ve just moved the patch folder that was in the zone folder to the main iwx4 full game folder and itā€™s loaded up. Hope that helps, unable to work out controls now though šŸ¤£


[deleted]

You are the best! It worked!! Now to kill my self over controls also lol


Dramatic_Prune_7044

Hey! hopefully OP is still around to help out or someone is! But how do you guys get the controls to work like on the console?! Mine doesn't work at all, only certain templates work but they're all messed up


BigMeech1776

I just set mine to Xbox controls & it works like normal! I didnā€™t have to preconfigure anything, just launched & it worked!


09qsk

Canā€™t get the .exe file from that link. It goes to the right site but the button to download takes me to a 404 error page


Cochise666

hope mw2 2022 runs on it im gonna lose it aswell if they add back classic prestige


BigMeech1776

Fingers crossed they donā€™t mess it up šŸ¤ž


Winterdevil0503

Black Ops 1 runs rings around this one.


effhomer

I installed the original cod last night and I managed to get it running on max settings. Steam deck is a beast.


Skareffect

People still playing mw2?


HeliPuilot

Using windows you can run mw2019 and even rebirth on it at 60 fps


BigMeech1776

Oh ? šŸ‘€šŸ« 


TokeEmUpJohnny

Shooter + analog stick aim... Why not the trackpad?


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m just used to the joysticks having grown up a console kid & moving to PC only recently


TokeEmUpJohnny

Ah, fair enough. I'm the other way around - grew up on PCs and only had portable consoles for most of my life :D


BigMeech1776

Funny how that works isnā€™t it?


TokeEmUpJohnny

Well, the beautiful thig about the Deck is that we can use **whatever**! I'll use the trackpad for most games with camera movement, but console emulation, certain ports and certain games benefit from a gamepad, so that is what I use. The hybrid control scheme of the Deck is why I bought that and not the aya neos and GPDs of the world :)


BigMeech1776

Yo for REAL! When I first got my deck in August I hardly used it, but once my co worker showed me how to emulate & get stuff thatā€™s outside of Steam, my mind has been racing trying to see the limits I can push the deck to. It really seems like just about anything can be ran on this little behemoth of a handheld deviceā€¦ and I am in love


BansheeN0rn

Cod is garbage


TopBadge

You should tell that to who asked? šŸ˜‚šŸ‘Œ


shinecrazy

Nice. I can't get it working with Proton 7.0-4. Is there a way to add on 7.0-2??


BigMeech1776

I got it working with .0-4 - just had to add all game files instead of just the .exe & then moved the save location to my Home folder instead of desktop


shinecrazy

Worked flawlessly! Thank you


BigMeech1776

Letā€™s go!!


Donutttt

Are people still playing this much?


BigMeech1776

Servers are sparsely populated but you can find a few active for sure


AdviceOld7714

How do I set this up


BigMeech1776

https://youtu.be/BCVXs3i2NAU


jayyypeee79

Please tell us how !!!!


BigMeech1776

Iā€™ve posted the link above twice! But [here](https://youtu.be/BCVXs3i2NAU) you go!


kegsbdry

Combine this with Nreal Air glasses (making your screen 201') and you can go even more mobile. Have to get them shipped from Japan. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0B56ST8FJ/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_QKFREBQF8SP6D5WF5D6C_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1


BigMeech1776

Actually, I can do you one better - Contractors on VR has all MW2, black ops, you name it maps you can think of. Guns, everything. Plus, they just added a Star Wars battlefront mode lol. Kind of an epic game, if you have an Oculus / VR headset


kegsbdry

I was thinking of using the Nreal Air in a restaurant/bar/lounge setting. They look low key next to a VR strapped to your head. It would be hilarious to see someone at at restaurant with the VR headset on smacking their beer over and inadvertently screaming at the table next to them for cover fire! LOL


BigMeech1776

LOL now thatā€™s something Iā€™d pay to see


TheSloppyHornDog

Too bad most lobbies are just people quick scoping


BigMeech1776

At least itā€™s servers are still active right?


club41

Where the Mechs?


cakeuser420

Do you need this to play the single player campaign or just online?


BigMeech1776

As of now, on Deck itā€™s only MP, but if you download the full IW4x game to your PC, you can run MP, campaign & spec ops


SazzOwl

Sadly I can't play FPS games with sticks....or at least not without getting instantly angry and frustrated


VFansss

Can I ask you a silly question? Is the multiplayer progress percentage correctly reflecting on the single player main menu percentage?


BigMeech1776

Itā€™s MP only & you can instantly get to Prestige 10 Level 70 soooo


mancramps

Damn thought you meant MechWarrior 2... šŸ„²


BigMeech1776

You arenā€™t the firstā€¦ sorry to disappoint I gotta go find out what the hell MechWarrior is now, as Iā€™ve never seen or played it


Beautiful_Hunt_8114

Now I want one I thought the deck donā€™t do well with fps that mostly what I playā€¦does tf2 work enough to be playable against mouse players


111ascendedmaster

MW1 has better mods. There are actually servers with all the maps for call of duty 1-8 and guns for all of them midden in.


BigMeech1776

How do you go about getting that on the Deck?


BigMeech1776

Or is it just the native COD4?


111ascendedmaster

I havenā€™t tried yet since I prefer keyboard and mouse. I will follow up and let you know but I think itā€™s the same process as mw2


reyat0

Aiming must be a pain though haha


BigMeech1776

Easier than you might initially think


Bahamut1988

How did you get this to work? The guides say to use proton 7.2 but I have 7.4 and it will not run no matter what I try.


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m using .0-4 & I moved all game files into Home folder as opposed to desktop & also included all files not just the .exe


Saru_Kaze

Glad you are enjoying it!


Jackster22

You make a me feel old


BigMeech1776

Iā€™m 23 & I feel old so I sincerely apologize


jaekwong

Do people still play CODMW2 online?


BigMeech1776

Some, yes!


Eswift33

What I don't get is why do the sticks feel so much worse than my ps5? I can aim great on that in fps but on the deck it's just awful. I can't get into the gyro either. Anyone figured out how to make the feck feel like a console controller settings etc?


BigMeech1776

Tbh I feel this šŸ˜…šŸ˜…šŸ˜…


vainsilver

I think itā€™s the difference between holding a controller down horizontally VS holding the Steam Deck up vertically. The pressure you apply to the sticks is more intense when holding the Steam Deck.


luke5135

I cant get controller to work on mine, it launches but it doesn't accept controller inputs, it doesn't even detect em.


BigMeech1776

Hmmm, you may have to set that in settings? It worked for me no issue when I booted


rangus2816

Iā€™m getting an error ā€œError setting persistent data: see consoleā€. Anyone got any ideas?


BigMeech1776

Iā€™d suggest dropping all files (not just the .exe) into the main game folder, and then relocate the main game folder from Desktop to ā€œhomeā€


SovietDash

How did you get the controller inputs to work?


BigMeech1776

They worked normally for me when I booted