Steam Deck Discussion

Current version of Aurora: 1.9.1

At the moment, I'm unaware of any method of setting the window size for full screen or windowed mode, when using either the Aurora compatibility mode launcher, or the SteamTinkerLauncher for the forked Aurora.exe application. The experience, when not defined, launches the application in the smallest form for width and height, which makes it difficult to navigate, or to select options in games for, often cutting off text to know what the option does.

I'd like to see optional command line arguments for window width and height, so users can set the resolution themselves to match either the steamdeck resolution at 1280x800, or to the device they're connected to.

In the setting in arurora there is a setting to launch in maximized mode. I don't remember exactly where but it's a box you can check just read them and it should get you there.

Sorry I wasn't clear enough in my initial post. When I referenced the window size for 'full screen or windowed mode' that's what it was in reference to (Settings>Appearance>'Maximize Window On Start' option). In my experience, the size of the Aurora window remains very small with, or without that option checked.

[Edited by DWolf, 2/12/2024 6:24:41 PM]

[Edited by DWolf, 2/12/2024 6:27:32 PM]

Aurora remembers the window size. So if you open it in desktop mode just resize Aurora and then close it. Next time you open Aurora it should be in the same size (unless you have turn on options like maximize window etc).

In game mode however all external windows appear to be super small. Like when I tried and change the width of SD tool because I wanted it to cover the whole screen, then it had no impact in game mode. No matter which size I've set the actual window size was always the same in game mode.