Steam Deck User Replaces Boot Screen With Shrek, Can't Skip It
Now that Steam Deck officially supports custom boot-up screens, someone has decided to replace theirs with a full version of the original Shrek movie. After a number of owners of Valve's handheld gaming PC changed the original boot animation to customized alternatives, a recent operating system update introduced proper support for the feature, as well as an easier way to add replacement animations to the device.
Steam Deck's custom boot-up animations still have some limitations in place by default, it's worth pointing out. Namely, there's a video duration limit in place, though particularly savvy users have already discovered ways to side-step that particular limitation. This certainly allows for even more customization than Valve intended, but as Redditor thstephens8789 discovered, there's a reason those limits are in place.
Steam Deck Video Featuring Switch Emulator Has Been Deleted by Valve
After Valve's Steam Deck boot-up animation update, setting up custom videos has become one of the community's favorite pastimes, be it for memes or simply to make the device reflect its owner's preferences. In thstephens8789's particular case, however, this has turned into a bit of an issue, as they had overridden the duration limit and replaced the boot screen with a full version of 2001's smash hit Shrek. Since there's no way to skip the Deck's boot-up animation, this has turned the situation into a bit of an unexpected predicament.
«It's all ogre,» said one Reddit user when thstephens8789 posted the curious situation they found themselves in. Whereas most users choose to install short, snappy, and stylish animations such as ProjectPlatt93's Steam Deck Star Wars boot video, others are in a more experimental mood. Now, whenever
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