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Just got my email - have until the 16th to decide and I'm pretty on the fence. Is there a good resource for a rolling review/state of the Steam Deck type thing to help me come to decision? Also to the thread - should I buy a steam deck? e:sorry bad snipe
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Raffles posted:Just got my email - have until the 16th to decide and I'm pretty on the fence. Is there a good resource for a rolling review/state of the Steam Deck type thing to help me come to decision? I probably shouldn't say this but if you keep the box then worst case you don't like it you can flip it on ebay for a couple of hundred more than you paid anyway.
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Raffles posted:Just got my email - have until the 16th to decide and I'm pretty on the fence. Is there a good resource for a rolling review/state of the Steam Deck type thing to help me come to decision? It's very good OP
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 re: Amazon SD Card chat - Unless this is a cleverly named third party seller, Amazon is still selling fakes. Ended up ordering from B&H because the 1TB cards at BestBuy were massively marked up.
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Costo has a 400GB Sandisk for like $50 and it’s been working out great for me.
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Don't buy things from Amazon. sigher posted:The only thing that hasn't worked on my Deck is Microsoft Flight Simulator for some reason, I've seen videos online of it working but it just hangs on a white screen for a minute or two before closing. Did you try putting "-FastLaunch" in the launch options for the game?
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AnonymouseNo5 posted:Uplay (or whatever they're calling it now) actually works? This was on my desktop, but it has a similar config (AMD CPU & GPU) Bourricot fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Jun 14, 2022 |
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AnonymouseNo5 posted:Uplay (or whatever they're calling it now) actually works? Works well enough for Trackmania on Deck for me.
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interesting, deus ex mankind divided has a native linux version which the deck will default to - performance sucks and it struggles to maintain 40fps at medium settings forcing it to use the windows version (by selecting proton in the properties) improves performance noticeably, the game hits 40fps easily at high settings
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ColdPie posted:Did you try putting "-FastLaunch" in the launch options for the game? I'll give that a shot, thanks. Also, I'm not familiar with the Linux file structure and can't find where the game files are installed. I'm trying to install the Seamless Coop mod for Elden Ring and I have to keep the files in the game folder, than I have to add the executable to Steam so it runs through proton. However, hhen I add the game I can't find the "primary" root directory the game files are in. I can navigate to the files through Steam by going to "Browse Local Files" but I don't know how to get there when browsing for the executable.
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sigher posted:I'll give that a shot, thanks. the steam folder in Linux is organized exactly the same as it is in windows afaik with the exception that it's made hidden by default, as shown by the folder being ".steam" the period marks it as hidden. you should make it so hidden folders are visible by default and you should be able to rename the folder to just "steam" without repercussion
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mentioned last night that my left trigger was a little mushy, but also realized it goes away when the system is cool. Must be caused by heat build up causing the plastic to expand on some micro level. Anyways it sucks but I'm gonna stop worrying about it because it's really nbd
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got my ear to the ground on tech news lately and the new bgi thing is apparently its called "Steam dreck" now. why the name change
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Stux posted:got my ear to the ground on tech news lately and the new bgi thing is apparently its called "Steam dreck" now. why the name change Not sure my friend. It was always the "Steam dreck" as far as I'm concerned
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Valve stole the name "Stream Deck" from Elgato but a lawsuit forced them to relocate the R and name it the "Steam Dreck"
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How many posts do you average in the window between probes, Stux? You are fishing for them in like 3 threads so I'm curious how long you make it.
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stux claims he's never fished for a probation. protesting too much, one might say
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more line steam oreck because this joke sucks
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https://sharedeck.games/ was posted on the subreddit and it seems really useful to check people's configurations in game for the amount of time you'll get out of them or other fun stats like FPS etc.
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About to be added to my block list christ. Can’t mods thread ban.
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The Deck will supposedly do power passthrough if plugged in when at > 90% charge, which is good for the battery's life. This reddit post says you can check current power status as follows.nmkd posted:Scroll down to the very bottom of the battery/performance tab of the Quick Access Menu. E: The threshold for this behavior is either not at 90 or even 92% or it's based on a more complex selection algorithm than is in the quote. I see it switch to charging even at 99.4% full if a game is running. There are brief periods where it will display at tick mark within the battery where it may be doing passthrough but that only lasts for minutes. I trust Valve's engineers to be doing smart things, but it'd be good to have more detail on expected behaviors even from mere curiosity. v1ld fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Jun 14, 2022 |
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An Average Gamer's look at the Steam Deck and what it offers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8fSTivd0TA -I hadn't even heard of Heroic Launcher as a Lutris competitor before, sounds good -Didn't know itch.io games could be installed to SD card -It's funny how Cloud Gaming still isn't supported but then I guess neither MS nor Google have any incentive to do so, so right now it's DOA -I thought Mortal Kombat wasn't supported but he has footage of it running, maybe streaming over Steam
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Valve Steam Deck posted:An Average Gamer's look at the Steam Deck and what it offers: Xbox Cloud is supported through browser, since you can just install Chrome and play through there.
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njsykora posted:Xbox Cloud is supported through browser, since you can just install Chrome and play through there.
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Edge works.
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Huh I had no idea Edge was on Linux (and I guess neither did he)
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Valve Steam Deck posted:Huh I had no idea Edge was on Linux (and I guess neither did he) Microsoft actually put out a step by step guide to getting x cloud running on the deck as well.
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Valve Steam Deck posted:An Average Gamer's look at the Steam Deck and what it offers: Anyone know what game he's playing at 5:40?
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone know what game he's playing at 5:40? Oceanhorn, a pretty decent game that garnered Gamer Rage because it's a Zelda clone. The sequel is a Breath of the Wild clone which is even funnier.
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MarcusSA posted:Microsoft actually put out a step by step guide to getting x cloud running on the deck as well. Just to reinforce this because it's a legit good article and gamepass cloud works really well. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/xbox-cloud-gaming-in-microsoft-edge-with-steam-deck-43dd011b-0ce8-4810-8302-965be6d53296 Microsoft couldn't be happier to help support a new device that will give you a reason to keep paying their subscription.
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gotta respect valve for being chill about allowing other launchers on the deck once they support dual boot windows, i'm probably going to spending a fair bit of time going through the game pass catalog
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njsykora posted:Oceanhorn, a pretty decent game that garnered Gamer Rage because it's a Zelda clone. Ha. It has a nice looking style for a little Zelda clone. Might check it out. Not sure how I never heard of it in the last decade. Lockback posted:Just to reinforce this because it's a legit good article and gamepass cloud works really well. It’s probably more on valve than Microsoft. MS would probably throw a native gamepass option on there is valve let them. I’m hoping there’s a better option than cloud gaming or installing windows in the future but I’m not holding my breath
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veni veni veni posted:Ha. It has a nice looking style for a little Zelda clone. Might check it out. Not sure how I never heard of it in the last decade. Nothing is stopping Microsoft from releasing a native Linux Gamepass client if they really wanted to.
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Quixzlizx posted:Nothing is stopping Microsoft from releasing a native Linux Gamepass client if they really wanted to. Given this prior support I would be shocked if it wasn’t out by the end of the year. I base this on nothing though.
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Its far more likely that Microsoft will sue Valve for violating the Direct3D 9.0c/Visual C++ Redistributable/.NET Runtime/etc. EULAs which forbid their use with non-Windows operating systems then they'll ever support running Windows programs on non-Windows operating systems.
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if they were considering it, they'd probably want to wait to see what the actual sales numbers for the Deck are, before investing in it. like, windows gamepass is UWP and tied into windows pretty heavily, and there are plenty of games without native linux versions. it'd be an easier path to integrate a game pass subscription into Steam itself so the games can go through Proton if they need to, but i don't know that that will ever happen. like, Steam EA Play still requires Origin to launch to play a number of their games
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I don't think Microsoft would ever do it, I was just pointing out that the Steam Deck is a Linux PC and not a Valve console, so Valve isn't stopping Microsoft from releasing anything.
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pseudorandom name posted:Its far more likely that Microsoft will sue Valve for violating the Direct3D 9.0c/Visual C++ Redistributable/.NET Runtime/etc. EULAs which forbid their use with non-Windows operating systems then they'll ever support running Windows programs on non-Windows operating systems. They'd have an interesting time with this lawsuit given all of the official support they have given Steam Deck thus far: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22971257/microsoft-steam-deck-xbox-game-studios-list https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/xbox-cloud-gaming-in-microsoft-edge-with-steam-deck-43dd011b-0ce8-4810-8302-965be6d53296 Probably not a good look to turn around and say "that thing we were helping them do by providing compatibility information? Well actually it's illegal,"
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