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Fun fact about shortcuts in Steam: The name of shortcuts will determine which community configs you get to see. naming it "Minecraft" will show a list of community configs. naming it "Minecraft: Java Edition" will show another list of community configs. I don't recommend changing the shortcut name after making a controller config. The config will still be there under the old name.

My dream of having Minecraft this good on Switch will sadly probably never come to be

As a Linux gamer, it's been amazing to see how PC gamers have embraced the steam deck. The steam deck has lead to a massive improvement in Linux gaming across the board and I can now play 90% of my games on Linux. I do still have a windows 10 partition for the games that simply don't run, or don't run well, but the deck has pushed a lot of Devs and / the community to fix these issues

Heads up, you can actually pass arguments ("-l " in Steam's launch options) to Prism to tell it "hey I wanna launch this instance" So you could have a separate shortcut in Steam for EVERY instance you have!

Finally a form of "pocket edition" I would actually consider playing

2:40 The entirety of the steam deck is running on linux. SteamOS is what you call a distribution of Linux. The desktop environment you are reffering to is KDE Plasma. The "gaming mode" is basically just steam big screen mode.

My biggest concern about this is like playing Minecraft on a console with a console controller after I play this game with a keyboard and mouse for years now, but the MidnightControl and the Steamdeck basic input methods look different and therefore promising for a PC gamer/user. Very well workaround Ant, thank you!

It has always been known that Minecraft runs DRASTICALLY faster under Linux, and here it pays dividends.

Adding on to the gyro part, the sticks are touch sensitive and often in configurations I see that used as the gyro activation, so that's always an option.

Hi ant! I was chatting with you in a housing parkour the other day when you were playing on the steam deck - its fun to see this video now (impressive turn around). I hope people in the chat of that lobby saw my message trying to push people to your content haha. I was planning on reiterating in the lobby how much I appreciate your content before I logged off for the night but, instead I'll hope you see it here. You were a massive part of my childhood, and still are a part of me now! Being able to interact with you, even if it was only limited, brought me a lot of childish joy. So, thank you. I hope 2022 has been as kind to you as it has to me.

Been playing Minecraft on the Deck since May, and it's been such a fantastic experience! It does kind of suck though how Controllable's mod creator doesn't seem interested in officially supporting it for the Deck, but it does work. Not great though however. But hey Midnight Controls is fantastic! Surprised you never mapped the right track pad to mouse movement, it makes menu navigation a breeze.

Glad to see some steam deck content, impressive that it runs shaders so well!

Happy to see the steam deck gaining popularity, been looking at steam deck news since before it was out to the public and i had to wait nearly a year to get one and so far i have been literally using it as my main desktop... taking it around town every once in a while.

The steam deck is shaping up to be the best gaming console ever

The fact that you can play modded Minecraft with your friends while on the go already makes the Steam Deck one of most versatile gaming platforms.

With gyro controls and back grip buttons, minecraft on Steam Deck is the most viable 'console edition' I've ever played. It's absolutely beautiful.

As a steam deck and Linux fanatic, this video is well researched and I'm very happy with it. One thing I'd change is clarifying that gaming mode is also running the same version of Linux, the only change is the frontend. Other than that, amazing video.

steam deck minecraft works so flawlessly! cool to see you cover it. (prism launcher ftw)

It's honestly amazing to see Minecraft Java being played on a console, let alone this smoothly. The Steam Deck is truly revolutionary. Awesome video as always!

i had a flashback of like 10 years ago and i just spent like half an hour trying to find the video/videos,it was your ant farm survival series. im gonna rewatch it

Man, I just got my steam deck today. This video came out at the right time.

Finally, a stable alternative to switch edition

Thanks for speeding over the more complicated part 😊

Can’t wait for this. Definitely one of the things I’m looking forward to coming from being an exclusively Nintendo kid playing with shaders on my handheld is going to be glorious.

I grew up with legacy edition (Xbox 360), so when I tried Minecraft on steam deck it almost felt natural for me to use a controller.

Correction - both modes use linux. Game mode is just basically in a version of Steam Big Picture mode and desktop mode is outside of that, dealing with the desktop environment.

Hey man thanks for the single player commands tutorial. It helped me a lot 8 years ago!

Normally I don't really go out of my way to like these type of videos but you answered all the questions I had in my head and did it in a concise way thank you.

This video will never be outdated, as it's not a console you're jailbreaking, you are just installing Minecraft

I'm very pleasantly surprised of how much research you did to actually give up to date informations, good job !

Thanks for the video. I remember trying Minecraft months back on my Deck, but it wasn't all that spectacular. Seeing this, I can clearly see where I went wrong, so I'll definitely be giving it another shot in the future. Honestly, the fact that the Deck can run Minecraft shaders anywhere above 40 FPS is mad impressive for the kind of hardware it is, even if it isn't practical.

Hey thanks for sharing this homie! I was wondering how to get this done on my Steam Deck! 👍

2:46 One small correction is discover comes with KDE, which is the desktop environment SteamOS is using, not with the operating system itself. Anyways great video 👍.

Minecraft splash screen: "Not on Steam!" 2023: "It is now"

Minecraft (Prism Launcher) was literally the first non-Steam game I downloaded; I've been using it with MidngihtControlls, Iris shaders (Complementary Reimagined), inventory Tabs, and I've been checking out ItemSwapper, my controls are set up to use a Trackpad Virtual menu for the Hotbar, the up D-pad for WI Zoom, I use R4 for MouseTweaks item sorting, and L4 to toggle hold sneak on and off. I use my mod pack based on Fabulously Optimised, and with shaders, I get 40-50 fps and without, I definitely get more than 60 if I don't cap it.

And then: he disappeared.

For anyone trying to get this to work on 1.20 Midnight controls and controllable are not available yet for this version. Instead you will need to make sure that you renamed the Prism Launcher to Minecraft: Java Edition and then hit the steam button while in the game, go to controller settings, and change the layout to a community layout ( I used the second one). This will get you 99% of the way but I personally had to make some further adjustments to the controller layout. I disabled gyro, and made the shoulder buttons (which are mapped to the scroll wheel) only activate on press down that way it does not scroll through the hotbar too quickly. Game runs amazing on the switch with Complimentary Unbound shaders and I managed 60 fps on average and dips only went to 40 fps. Also the game might not start out with the max quality, to fix this jut change the video settings to fullscreen inside of minecraft

Thanks to YT reccing this vid at end of one of your others, I now have Prism Launcher able to play my modpacks on my SteamDeck with a custom set of binds that work for me!

Antvenom youve been my favorite youtuber ever. I grew up watching you and ill never forget all the joy your videos gave me thank you!

Wow! I was always a bit sceptical about the Steam Deck but wanted to have one because it's a popular device with Linux on it out-of-the box. With this video I now know that I certainly want one. I hope I can get me one soon, it sounds like a lot of fun playing Minecraft on a handheld with acceptable framerates! (my best PC struggles when I do anything in Minecraft except standing in one spot)

It's nice to see the KDE Plasma desktop environment embraced by the Steam Deck.

This is INCREDIBLE! Great job!

Its been 6 months will you come back antVenom your videos gave me nostalgia and you going away gives me a double nostalgia effect

2:39 Both modes use linux because that's the operating system. I think you were talking about the user interface. Game mode uses the Steam Deck UI and Desktop mode uses KDE Plasma as the desktop environment.

Mod Suggestions, Corrections, & Notes! (Expand the comment) Heyo! I wanted to make a comment where I could write down certain notes to augment this video into the future. Notes below. Mod / Program Suggestions: » GDLauncher - A launcher that I wish had seen prior to making this video. Check it out! Corrections: » 3:18 - Use of the word "hijack" was a mistake. As far as I've now heard the lead for PolyMC and the current Prism devs had a falling out over subjective disagreements, and I heard potential rumors that I really should not have mentioned in this video. I mentioned it in the interest of viewer safety, but it's a claim I should have looked into more deeply before choosing to ultimately write the note that I did.

Thank you so much for this, I got a gorgeous shader and the physics mod and it's made it as beautiful as I've always wanted

Jesus youtube brought me back its been YEARS seens I've seen an AntVenom video. Glad to see you're still going on youtube!

I knew you can install Minecraft on the steam deck, Because in the steam deck you have Linux and Minecraft is on Linux, but I didn’t know about the further steps Good video like always

I was very impressed with your Steam Deck when I handled it. I use steam controller for java mc and it feels similar.

this is honestly so cool good job man!

wow I don't think I've seen an ant venom video since like 2013, the steam deck has really brought me back to my roots lmao

Antvenom where are you

If you are going to play just one modpack, you can set it so it won't launch Prism at all and straight up go into Minecraft! Or just make multiple entries for each modpack you want. I personally don't know how to set it up exactly on the Deck, but I saw one of the Prism devs @Scrumplex comment here so if you want, you can ask him for help and maybe make a new pinned comment or quick additional video to show it!

This was pretty useful in 2024. I saw this video over a year ago, but steam deck wasn't available at the time here (Norway), got mine yesterday and used this guide, got it running pretty easily.

This man just did the impossible, bring Java to what technally is a console ( The Controls and stuff ), And A Mobile Device. Bounds have been broken.

I actually use midnight controls and steam input as I found there were quite a bit of things that midnight couldn’t do alone. Ps steam input can bind multiple things to one button and more with mode shifting, I highly recommend doing a deep dive on steam input as if you wanted to spend the time you could do a million things with it.

I love that the steam deck is subtly bringing more ppl to linux

Such a cool video, Ant! I really enjoyed it :)

i want from my tv to my phone just to comment this bro but you did such a good job explaining everything and even giving the file location if you wanna import those maps cuz honestly i would have gotten lost there if i were to be that person who would try this if they could. 10/10

This video helped me a lot but not in the way you think. I use Linux as my daily operating system and used PolyMC to play Minecraft. I was real bummed when I heard that PolyMC was hijacked which meant I couldn't use it safely. Now that I know of the prism launcher I can play Minecraft mutch easier now. Thanks Ant!

Just some information, the Steam Deck runs Linux in every "mode", that being the game mode or desktop mode, the only difference between the two is that game mode uses a custom interface made by valve and desktop mode uses KDE, both are linux under the hood, you are not switching operating systems when switching modes

Thank you sir! This video was really useful and detailed! Good job!

Using the fabulously optimized modpack is probably the way to go for this. Also, you can create a shortcut for the specific instance of Minecraft you want to run, letting you skip the launcher.

For anyone saying he is dead check the community tab he posted there just a month ago

I just wanted to say that I've had my steam deak for a couple of months now, and one of the first things I did was try and get minecraft on the steam deck. The first launcher I found and used was polyMC. It was great until the executives went nuts. Now I use GDLauncher. Great app, I can download popular mod packs from Curse forge and FTB both in the launcher. Sometimes, some mods can't be downloaded because mod creators opt out of modpacks, or something I don't really understand that part, but when you have those mods, GDLauncher will automatically download those mods via the browser. It will get them all without you touching it. In fact, it recommended you don't touch it while it's doing that 😅. I highly recommend checking them out as well!

Thanks ant this helped

Holy hell the things i need to do to play Minecraft with my daughter. I bought her a steam deck OLED for her birthday and purchased both Minecraft games from Steam... not realizing they arent what we had played together previously. Now to jump through all these hoops! I appriciate this video man. I'm taking it slow to get this up and running for her.

ant will find a way to run minecraft on anything. can't wait to see "I Ran Minecraft On A Ti-84" in my recommended in a month

Some people don’t realize that the steam deck has *everything*

i just wanted to come here and say i love ur thugpro stuff and couldn’t believe it was u, someome i used to watch so much as a kid right after my thug1-2-thaw phase :) also think i saw u in main lobby for a literal split second yesterday 🤣🤣

Just got re-excited about my steam deck arriving soon

As a Linux User, I really like what valve does with the Steam Deck, since they are making Linux mainstream and showing that Gaming on Linux is possible. (If you play games that don't Natively support Linux that aren't Steam Deck Verified, you might need to do some tweaking, but otherwise, it just works, in most cases).

I don't have a Steam Deck, but I'm really glad I watched this video and learned about Prism. I've been using the official CurseForge launcher, and all the ads and popups really make it feel like adware and make me super uncomfy. After installing Prism and seeing that it not only allows you to install packs from CurseForge but also Technic and other places, it's definitely my go-to now. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Wtf I knew I recolonized that voice. I haven't watched your videos since I was like 12 or so. Glad to see you're still making content all these years later.

Hey ant i got a steam deck recently and this video is very helpful thank you!

I bought my steamdeck exclusively because it could run Minecraft, since that game is what I mainly play as someone who doesn't game much. I can say it's extremely weird watching you play the game using the joysticks, when using the touchpads to control movement and mouse is so much easier. Other than that, I've been playing Minecraft basically daily for several months now, and it's been a fantastic time. Highly recommend from me!

Gyroscope aiming is extremely underrated, I don’t understand why it isn’t an option in the mainstream shooters when it’s basically the answer to the aim assist debate.

Glad you’re still around. It’s cool you adopted the ant theme, i always thought you were eventually going back to Ant1venom

This guy was my childhood and he still makes high quality videos

i bought a 256GB Steam Deck about a month back and i can say its probably one of the best purchases i've ever made. it's basically just a hand-held PC. i have a few choice words for Valve when it comes to how they handle updating some of their most popular games that still make them tons of money 15 years later (it's been 7 years since TF2's last major content update despite the player count peaking earlier this year) but i think they're doing great work in the hardware department first with the Index and now the Steam Deck, and the work they've done for gaming on Linux has honestly been nothing short of monumental. if anyone is thinking about getting into PC gaming, honestly just get a Steam Deck and a Steam Deck Docking Station. even the cheapest Steam Deck option performs about as good as more expensive gaming set ups, and there's the added benefit of hand-held mode.

You don’t need midnight controls if you use a community controller setup. Works great!

It’s really cool to see Ant still doing videos. I appreciate the fact he ever lost his touch.

Waw thanks man I need to step up my game Minecraft survival hardcore roles 🤗

Amazing video !

5:33 you can bind multiple buttons to one button in steam input you just have to add an extra command with the gear icon

I will always enjoy this man's content

bro i remember ur songs bro 8 years ago nostalgia damn

Now go try some radial menus, they’re so great in Minecraft. I have both trackpads set up as separate radial menus, with the right one doubling as a mouse in menus, so nice.

don't have a steam deck but i wondered if it would be a pain to run minecraft on it or not. i use a linux PC so i figured it would basically be the same setup, save for controller configuration.

thankyou i just went and got minecraft so i can enjoy it once again and mow me happy

Daaang. The Steam deck looks great with minecraft. I plan on getting it eventually but this makes me wanna get it more now! :D

It's been 4 months and he hasn't upload a video. Edit: 6 months?

The important thing you shouldn't forget is that Steam Deck runs Linux, so you can do anything that you can do with a normal Linux PC. You can play non-Steam games like Minecraft: Java Edition if it has native Linux support. You can play non-Steam games like League of Legends even if it doesn't have native Linux support by Proton. You can install and use any app that has Linux support (Discord, Spotify, etc.) You can install and use game stores other than Steam itself like Epic, Rockstar Launcher, etc. by Lutris You can plug a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse and use it as a normal PC. You can tell people "I use Arch btw" Hell, you can even turn your Deck into a fucking server. And most importantly, you can brick your Deck by deleting the fucking kernel.

I didn't know ant played osrs. What a video to find this information out on

something important to note is that the trackpad is *really* really useful for stuff like mods that don't work with midnight controls i use litematica quite a bit, and as such i need the right trackpad to emulate mouse controls, so i just set it to do just that, and it works a treat if i want more precise aiming without using gyro. and btw it would've been helpful if you told us what shaders were used, but i personally use sildur's vibrant shaders lite and it works pretty alright

Just get the Fabulously optimized modpack on modrinth and turn on controller mode in the settings of modrinth and you're good to go

Cerous question where did you go I have been watching you since my childhood and seeing you go like this is sad

Thank you so much. I really wondered what happened to PolyMC. Will try it out tomorrow.

Hey, Great video, got up and running with little work. One thing to mention is that you need the Fabric API as well. I had errors saying that 0.71 + was not installed after installing the API, it worked great :)