I’ve used both of those mods and they’re great. These days I use a pre-built modpack like “fabulously optimized” to update and include all the mods for me. (there are tons of similar packs like this). Those can still play on vanilla servers.
Avoid the “steam deck” modpacks, as many of them are abandoned or straight up don’t run at all. Stick to the very popular, well-tested packs if you do use a modpack at all. Even if they aren’t branded with some sort of “works on steam deck” note. They will probably still work.
And of course, +1 for prism. It’s the only recommendable option for steam deck or standard PC play these days.
Although it’s been half a year since I last played Minecraft, that was the route I went with as well. Fabulously Optimized is a great place to start as a base for making ones own custom modpack (with Prism Launcher of course).
I chose not to include them since they aren’t updated frequently, and in my experience often require the user to do some fiddling. If you’re experienced in setting up modpacks, then they are a decent starting point though.
How do you mean? Modrinth modpacks do this automatically (on the website), and I’m pretty certain Prism automatically downloads new versions of the modpack that are compatible.
I’ll save you all a click: https://flathub.org/apps/org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher
Use either Midnight Controls, or Controlify if you want to use the gamepad. Midnight Controls has a Steam Deck profile built-in.
I’ve used both of those mods and they’re great. These days I use a pre-built modpack like “fabulously optimized” to update and include all the mods for me. (there are tons of similar packs like this). Those can still play on vanilla servers.
Avoid the “steam deck” modpacks, as many of them are abandoned or straight up don’t run at all. Stick to the very popular, well-tested packs if you do use a modpack at all. Even if they aren’t branded with some sort of “works on steam deck” note. They will probably still work.
And of course, +1 for prism. It’s the only recommendable option for steam deck or standard PC play these days.
Although it’s been half a year since I last played Minecraft, that was the route I went with as well. Fabulously Optimized is a great place to start as a base for making ones own custom modpack (with Prism Launcher of course).
There’s also a couple modpacks on Modrinth for the deck that include Controlify alongside some graphics mods to make things run smoothly: https://modrinth.com/modpack/minecraft-steam-deck-edition
I chose not to include them since they aren’t updated frequently, and in my experience often require the user to do some fiddling. If you’re experienced in setting up modpacks, then they are a decent starting point though.
I mean, Prism makes it dead simple, probably moreso than even just a single mod because you can do it from the “Create Instance” menu.
https://prismlauncher.org/wiki/getting-started/download-modpacks/
Yes, but then you need to go in and change out some of the mods that aren’t up-to-date, which for some users is intimidating.
How do you mean? Modrinth modpacks do this automatically (on the website), and I’m pretty certain Prism automatically downloads new versions of the modpack that are compatible.