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Hero Deck for Skyrim · Stream Deck plugin for Windows and macOS · by GRAMSHIFT · Privacy policy

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Contact

Email contact@gramshift.com in English or Japanese. We reply within 7 business days, usually sooner. Please include your Windows or macOS version, your Stream Deck app version, your Skyrim version, the text of the "Status" line in the key's settings, and, if possible, a photo or screenshot of the key. Ideas for new keys are welcome too.

Getting started

Install SKSE64 and Address Library for SKSE Plugins for your version of the game (most players already have both, for example through a mod manager).
Drag a key of Hero Deck for Skyrim onto your Stream Deck and open its settings.
Press Install under "Game plugin" (with the game closed). The plugin finds Skyrim Special Edition in your Steam libraries and puts its game plugin into Data/SKSE/Plugins.
Start the game with skse64_loader.exe or your mod manager's SKSE64 entry, and load a save. The keys fill in.

Using a mod manager instead? Copy bin/game/gramshift_skyrimdeck.dll from the plugin's folder into a mod with the folder SKSE/Plugins inside, and enable it.

The keys

Key	Shows	Default game key
Health	Health now (or percent) and a bar; name and number turn yellow below 25%	1 (a favorite)
Magicka	The same for magicka	2
Stamina	The same for stamina	3
Shout	READY, or the seconds until your shout is ready	Z (Shout)
Carry Weight	What you carry against your limit; the bar turns yellow at 90%, the key turns red with TOO HEAVY when you are over the limit	I (Inventory)
Gold	Your gold	none
Level	Your level and the progress to the next level	none
Time	The time and date in Skyrim (24 or 12 hour clock)	T (Wait)

In each key's settings:

Key to send: any key, or none. Use the test to see what a press sends.
Hold for: a tap, or held 0.5, 1 or 2 seconds (hold the Shout key longer for more words).
Only while the game is the active window: on by default, so a press never goes to another program. Game program is the program it looks for (SkyrimSE.exe).
Show (number or percent), Clock (24 or 12 hour), Look (Classic, Neon, Ring, Bars, Solid) and your own color.
Showcase: every key shows sample values marked SAMPLE and a press sends nothing, for photos and videos.

On Stream Deck +, the keys also work on the dials: pushing or touching the dial sends the key.

Messages on the keys

The key says	What to do
INSTALL	The game plugin is not in the game yet: press Install in the key's settings.
SETUP	SKSE64 or Address Library for SKSE Plugins is missing or does not match your game version. The second line says which; install or update it with your mod manager, then restart the game.
START GAME	Start Skyrim with SKSE64 (`skse64_loader.exe` or your mod manager).
MAIN MENU	Connected: load a save and the values come.
UPDATE DLL	The game plugin in the game is from another version of this plugin: close the game and press Update in the key's settings.
GAME VER.	This version of Skyrim is not in the plugin's list yet, so nothing is read and the game is not touched. Update the Stream Deck plugin when a new version comes out.
SAFE MODE	The game's player data was not what the plugin expects (another mod may change it), so it stopped reading to keep the game safe. Restart the game; if it stays, write to us with your game version and mod list.
Dim key with an amber frame	The game's data has not changed for a few seconds (a hang, or the game is closing). It goes away by itself.
SAMPLE	Showcase is on: turn it off in a key's settings.
READ ERROR	The plugin could not read the game's values. Restart the Stream Deck app; if it stays, write to us with the error number.

Questions

A press does nothing in the game.

Look at the "Last press" line in the key's settings. Keys only go to the game while it is the active window. If the game runs as administrator, Windows blocks key presses from other programs: run it normally.

Which game versions work?

Skyrim Special Edition 1.5.97 and the Anniversary Edition updates 1.6.640, 1.6.659, 1.6.678, 1.6.1130, 1.6.1170, 1.6.1179, 1.7.99 and 1.7.104 (Steam). With any other version the game plugin does nothing and the keys say GAME VER.

Does it change my game or my saves?

No. The game plugin only reads a few values of your character and the time; it does not write to your saves or the game's files.

Does it work with VR or the old 2011 Skyrim?

No. It is for Skyrim Special Edition and Anniversary Edition on Steam.

Can I use it on a Mac, or with the Stream Deck on another PC?

Yes, for the stats. The game runs on your Windows PC; the Stream Deck can be on a Mac or a second PC in the same home network. On the computer with the Stream Deck, open a key's settings and set Receive from to "This PC and the network" (every key shares it; the port is 28472 unless you change it). The Status line then shows the address of that computer and the steps for the gaming PC:

Copy gramshift_skyrimdeck.dll (in the plugin's bin/game folder) into <game folder>/Data/SKSE/Plugins/ on the gaming PC, or install the plugin there too and press Install.
Next to it, make a text file named gramshift_skyrimdeck.ini with these lines (your address and port as the Status line shows them):
[Network]
Address=192.168.1.20
Port=28472
Start the game through SKSE64. The Status line says where the values come from.

If nothing comes, check that the address is the one shown, and allow Stream Deck through the firewall of the computer with the Stream Deck if it asks. Game keys are sent only when the game runs on the same Windows PC; on a Mac the keys show the stats. Without the ini file the game plugin sends nothing over the network.

How do I uninstall it?

First press Remove in a key's settings (with the game closed) to take the game plugin out of the game, then uninstall the plugin in the Stream Deck app. If you made gramshift_skyrimdeck.ini, delete it from the same folder.

Requirements

Windows 10 or later, Stream Deck app 6.9 or later, Skyrim Special Edition or Anniversary Edition from Steam, SKSE64 and Address Library for SKSE Plugins. Stream Deck MK.2, XL, Neo and Stream Deck +. For the stats on a Mac: macOS 12 or later, with the game on a Windows PC in the same network.