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ExcessBLarg! posted:I was "into" PC gaming for roughly a decade between 1993-2003 and ended up bailing on it for a few reasons, one of which is that I used a laptop exclusively for years and didn't want a "gaming laptop". So I was (am) peripherally aware of the controversies around HL2 and Steam, but I never realized they actually sold HL2 on disc for PC. I feel like HL2 was once sold without a disc, and you just were buying the Steam code for it. I can't totally confirm because I had only bought HL1, but when I did, I remember needing to validate it through steam using the disc, and continually needing the disc to play. Fuckin' PC gaming in TYOOL 2004 was weird, specifically because it was in that time between 'buy the disc' and 'own it digitally'. And you're absolutely right; it WAS thought of as risky and bad to only have a digital copy of a game. Nowadays, especially through Steam, and thankfully GoG, that kind of worry is essentially gone, at least from the pc space. I'd worry about my numerous eshop purchases, but by the time they shut down the Wii Shop (never had a WiiU), I didn't care about any exclusives there anyway. Maybe the current iteration of the eshop will last longer, perhaps perpetually, since it's not just offering little indie games (like what was on Wiiware), but full priced AAA titles as well? It might be too early to tell, but I know this; my desire to own the next Nintendo console will rest heavily on whether or not it's backwards compatible with the Switch.
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Tweak posted:I dont remember what dumb reason I had for not wanting to use steam when it first came out but I needed it to play CS with the boys so alas it was necessary It was a crash happy piece of poo poo back then. Also everyone hated CS:Source because of the Steam requirement
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Scrolling through nextfest on my pc - was there a way to direct it to download to the steamdeck? I'm sure that used to be a thing. From the website version maybe?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Maybe the current iteration of the eshop will last longer, perhaps perpetually, since it's not just offering little indie games (like what was on Wiiware), but full priced AAA titles as well?
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Tweak posted:I dont remember what dumb reason I had for not wanting to use steam when it first came out but I needed it to play CS with the boys so alas it was necessary Steam: the eternal gaming home for CS with the Boys.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Steam: the eternal gaming home for CS with the Boys. This but TFC.
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Just picked up Little Nightmares 2 for a spooky bedtime game. Seems like a perfect fit for the deck.
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https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1577342845542756352 Anyone play Deathloop on this thing?
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Anyone play the Escapist series?
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CBD Corndog posted:It was a crash happy piece of poo poo back then. Also everyone hated CS:Source because of the Steam requirement And you had to be Online to be able to switch to Offline mode. Genius. When I moved house, I had to hack my new neighbour's wifi to be able to switch to offline and play Skyrim as the phone/ISP company was predictably taking its sweet time. And yes, of course, I could have just asked, but where's the fun in that?
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I was 12 when HL2 came out and I remember crying because Steam was a massive pile of poo poo and it genuinely took 14 hours to install and update steam over our 56k connection.
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Angryhead posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1577342845542756352 I bought it but then it went it on gamepass and I'd rather use the Xbox. Dishonored worked well on it so I don't imagine any issues
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I have an HDMI > USB C adapter hooked up to my tv. When I plug the adapter end into the Deck either the tv freezes up, the Deck freezes up, the Deck stops rendering half of its screen, or all of the above. What's the deal? e: Got it to work once by doing nothing different v  v
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eddiewalker posted:I’ve been playing Splatoon with gyro, online on the actual Nintendo servers with my actual Nintendo ID. How? Everything I'm reading says you can't do this yet.
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Your adapter might not have the bandwidth that the Deck is trying to push out to the TV.Bruegels Fuckbooks posted:How? Everything I'm reading says you can't do this yet. I believe they said in Disc that it's Splatoon on CEMU which, apparently, allows for online play.
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sigher posted:Your adapter might not have the bandwidth that the Deck is trying to push out to the TV. Hmm, it says it's 4k60, but I'll double check everything and see. It worked once, at least
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RBA Starblade posted:I have an HDMI > USB C adapter hooked up to my tv. When I plug the adapter end into the Deck either the tv freezes up, the Deck freezes up, the Deck stops rendering half of its screen, or all of the above. What's the deal?
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RBA Starblade posted:I have an HDMI > USB C adapter hooked up to my tv. When I plug the adapter end into the Deck either the tv freezes up, the Deck freezes up, the Deck stops rendering half of its screen, or all of the above. What's the deal? Are you using the charger that came with the deck or another one? If it's a different one might just not be enough power
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I figured it out lol, it was working but the defaults were to an odd resolution and if it wasn't already on that input the monitor would freeze Got it sorted now
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XenoCrab posted:I've seen a couple people mention wanting/needing a dock or installing some remote desktop software to make it easier to do desktop stuff on Deck and I just wanted to remind everyone that Valve makes a version of Steam Link that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux PCs (and also phones). This is exclusively what I've used for remote connecting to my Deck and it is definitely the easiest and best software I've used for providing a seamless & smooth remote desktop and I would recommend that everyone try it first before anything else. This is great, thanks for sharing. I don't ever plan to use a dock (rarely play my switch docked either) but man is it nice to set up stuff with a real keyboard and mouse.
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Is there seriously no way to return a joystick to Joystick Move after you edit it in a config other than using another config that also had one? What the hell is this menu? e: That said thank god everyone is better with this menu than me so I can save local copies and tweak it for all these games RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Oct 4, 2022 |
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If anyone is interested that swap file adjustment definitely fixed RDR2. I get a nice pretty stable 40fps with higher quality settings. Everything set to medium but textures to high. Also the benchmark doesn’t crash anymore which it would do prior to adjusting the swap file. MarcusSA fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Oct 4, 2022 |
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Oh yeah and someone try out overwatch 2 and see how it goes. I might need to finally get the blizzard launcher installed on this thing for it.
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RBA Starblade posted:Is there seriously no way to return a joystick to Joystick Move after you edit it in a config other than using another config that also had one? What the hell is this menu? If you're making changes in Desktop Steam I don't know if they fixed it, but it's true they don't have an online template for the default Deck controls. You either have to save your own or futz around with copying files (the template is sorted locally) and pray it syncs. Maybe they fixed this though.
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MarcusSA posted:Oh yeah and someone try out overwatch 2 and see how it goes. I might need to finally get the blizzard launcher installed on this thing for it. Two hours after launch you get into a 15-20 minute queue of about 40000, and when you're up, the game throws generic server error message. On your couch.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Are you talking about Steam Input? There's an option to revert the config to the one you downloaded/official one. It took me like three hard resets to realize that Desktop mode doesn't really care about the back buttons (where I mapped basically everything Retroarch would use to open menus or close lmao). Annoying to get working but works fine once it is. Slowly getting the DS windows apart now too lmao
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Desktop mode will use the back buttons if you bind them, it probably wasn't using your retroarch map though unless you opened it from big picture mode.
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homeless snail posted:Desktop mode will use the back buttons if you bind them, it probably wasn't using your retroarch map though unless you opened it from big picture mode. Weird, it seemed like once the core launched they stopped getting recognized, but I launched in desktop mode so was just using my general one I must be screwing up something here, at least I have it registering its menu now
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Angryhead posted:Anyone play Deathloop on this thing? Yep, default options weren't my thing so I did some tweaking and included the game's FSR and can get it running at a decent frame rate. Remaining problem is that it takes forever to check for online so probably best to play the game offline to drastically reduce load times.
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What's the best ARPG to play on the Deck? I'm going through The Ascent currently and it sort of hits that vibe, but I really want a more loot based/trash mob farming something. Something you can pick up, run a dungeon, go do something else. D2R has controller support right? D3 with custom controls? D3 Switch Emulated? Something else?
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Athanatos posted:What's the best ARPG to play on the Deck? I'm going through The Ascent currently and it sort of hits that vibe, but I really want a more loot based/trash mob farming something. Something you can pick up, run a dungeon, go do something else. Haven't tried it on the Steam Deck yet but Minecraft Dungeons is actually surprisingly good in spite of the IP it's attached to
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If you don't mind online only, Path of Exile plays really well on the deck. If not, probably Grim Dawn?
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Tweak posted:I dont remember what dumb reason I had for not wanting to use steam when it first came out but I needed it to play CS with the boys so alas it was necessary Same, which is why my steam account turned 19 two weeks ago. I celebrated it turning 18 last year by sharing a beer with it and reflecting on the fact that you can practice the same game for nearly 2 decades and get actively get worse at it over that time.
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homeless snail posted:If you don't mind online only, Path of Exile plays really well on the deck. If not, probably Grim Dawn? I am strongly resisting loading PoE onto my deck because I like to sleep occasionally.
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That point where Valve gave away Portal for free was when I created my Steam account, so it's like 12-13 years old IIRC. EDIT: Steam says May 2010, so I guess a little over 12 years old at this point. Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Oct 4, 2022 |
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Athanatos posted:What's the best ARPG to play on the Deck? I'm going through The Ascent currently and it sort of hits that vibe, but I really want a more loot based/trash mob farming something. Something you can pick up, run a dungeon, go do something else. Joking / not-joking but Vampire Survivors and Brotato scratch this itch in a real condensed/streamlined way. Especially Brotato, which gives you enough information in advance of making choices to make them feel like decisions. Not that the hyper-condensed approach is for everyone.
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Path of Exile plays like a dream with native controller support. Too bad it's Path of Exile. I wish I could play the console version of Diablo 3 (with controller support) on this stupid thing.
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Anyone tried Chronicon on the Deck? I wonder if the text would be too small.
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drrockso20 posted:Haven't tried it on the Steam Deck yet but Minecraft Dungeons is actually surprisingly good in spite of the IP it's attached to This is a great suggestion! homeless snail posted:If you don't mind online only, Path of Exile plays really well on the deck. If not, probably Grim Dawn? Grim Dawn is one I have my eye on, was looking up how it works with a controller. Seems...playable. jokes posted:I wish I could play the console version of Diablo 3 (with controller support) on this stupid thing. Yuzu game list says the switch emulation of diablo 3 plays "great"
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