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Nintendo 49ers posted:Got my Deck yesterday. The main thing you want to do is to get your head to psychologically consider the device in the right way. What I mean is that given the awesomeness of the hardware, you'll be mistakenly lured into thinking it acts like a handheld console. It is not. You're basically holding a handheld PC. This means all the tropes and experiences of PC gaming are here on this too. Once you get that motion into your head, then I swear everything starts clicking into place, from not being mad if the odd game doesn't work without some graphics tweaks, to installing different applications in desktop mode or connection different peripherals to it via Bluetooth, etc.
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what's the general process for playing games locked to other platforms, especially DRM'd platforms like Epic? boot desktop, install & open launcher, install game, open steam, add as non-steam game, switch to game mode, and play? (lol it cannot possibly be that simple) what's the under-the-hood difference between game & desktop mode, anyway? i only know that they exist (e) also has anyone tried pairing airpods pro or other 'pods? how well / badly did that go Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Oct 24, 2022 |
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Oct 24, 2022 17:49
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Ciaphas posted:what's the general process for playing games locked to other platforms, especially DRM'd platforms like Epic? boot desktop, install & open launcher, install game, open steam, add as non-steam game, switch to game mode, and play? (lol it cannot possibly be that simple) Use heroic launcher or Lutris from the discovery store in the desktop mode. It’s pretty simple tbh
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Oct 24, 2022 17:52
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Man the steam controller thing lets you configure turbo/autofire to whatever buttons you want on whatever button you want I can idle cheat at PS4 DQXI casino slots without any extra steps
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Ciaphas posted:what's the general process for playing games locked to other platforms, especially DRM'd platforms like Epic? boot desktop, install & open launcher, install game, open steam, add as non-steam game, switch to game mode, and play? (lol it cannot possibly be that simple) There are launchers called Heroic and Lutris which are what people use for other launchers, Lutris will give you the option of adding a game to Steam when you install it.
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Oct 24, 2022 17:52
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Kin posted:The main thing you want to do is to get your head to psychologically consider the device in the right way. Nah, if you use it like a console, it works like a console. If you jailbreak your console it stops acting like a console too. Playing supported steam games in game mode is like playing a nintendo.
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MarcusSA posted:Use heroic launcher or Lutris from the discovery store in the desktop mode. It’s pretty simple tbh njsykora posted:There are launchers called Heroic and Lutris which are what people use for other launchers, Lutris will give you the option of adding a game to Steam when you install it. so it's easier? i'm going to have a hard time absorbing this....... what's a Discovery Store, is that like your linux distro package managers (apt, rpm, yum, etc.) but for the Deck?
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Oct 24, 2022 17:55
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Vic posted:I have a locked down corporate laptop I'm using for work, and used to carry another personal one for everything else like email, youtube and other work. I had to use my Steam Deck to diagnose internet issues on my locked down corporate laptop once. It's pretty handy! Not so much without a keyboard, but it didn't occur to me at the time that they both use USB-C docks.
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Vic posted:Nah, if you use it like a console, it works like a console. If you jailbreak your console it stops acting like a console too. Well, with 90% of the games being unverified you've got this question in the back of your mind if one of your games is going to work. A question of a game working on a console isn't even a thing. A game works, end of. If it doesn't then it's a HUGE deal. That immediately makes it not work like a console and folk shouldn't go into it thinking it will. Especially as for each game folk will also wanna tweak the graphics settings to make sure the resolution and AA, etc are configured for docked/undocked usage. You don't do that with consoles.
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Ciaphas posted:so it's easier? i'm going to have a hard time absorbing this....... Yes, it's the little blue bag icon on the desktop. Both Heroic and Lutris can be installed from there.
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Ciaphas posted:so it's easier? i'm going to have a hard time absorbing this....... It’s easier* *until you run into something that needs you to dig into winetricks or whatever it’s called to install specific extra .net or directx components, and then it varies from a little fussy but no big deal to tearing your hair out as you bang your head against a wall trying to make it work. But considering the device is billed as a steam specific piece of kit it’s not like that’s an unforgivable sin.
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Oct 24, 2022 18:00
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Ciaphas posted:
Regular airpods and no problem at all
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History Comes Inside! posted:It’s easier* ah, there's the computer janitoring i know and love to hate & yell at clouds about at least i have some experience with WINE Is Being An rear end in a top hat problems, hopefully that'll help (e) Tweak posted:Regular airpods and no problem at all
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Oct 24, 2022 18:06
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Can anyone explain to me how to setup button chords? There's not much documentation on it out there and what there isn't doesn't make sense. It’s been a while but if you open the game and go to the controller options where you normally set them, there should be a gear there and that will have some other options, one of which will be something like “add other command” and you can stack them there. Pretty sure it only works on the back buttons though
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Oct 24, 2022 18:11
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Vic posted:Playing supported steam games in game mode is like playing a nintendo. But sure, there's a good chance that you can take any "Great on Deck" game and set the 30 FPS limiter and it will run just fine, and then you can go from there and tweak it as much as you want.
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Oct 24, 2022 18:17
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Kin posted:Well, with 90% of the games being unverified you've got this question in the back of your mind if one of your games is going to work. Why would you play unverified games? The whole point of the verification process is to make it a seamless console experience. Games autodetect hardware and pre-set your graphic settings to recommended since 2000s. It's as seamless as it can be without the game literally being made for the system. E^ you're adding tweaking battery life into the question, but that's not something consoles do. On a nintendo you just run out of battery. Vic fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Oct 24, 2022 |
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Oct 24, 2022 18:19
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Vic posted:Why would you play unverified games? Some of the unverification is just like, you have to click through a menu or something. Plays perfectly otherwise. Protondb is a more accurate "does this work" flag ime
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Oct 24, 2022 18:27
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Yeah if you look at the games marked as playable it's almost always "you need to manually call the keyboard up" or "it doesn't default to 16:10".
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Unverified covers an entire range from "some text is a bit small" to "technically it runs".
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Oct 24, 2022 18:33
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Just install the protondb badges through decky loader. protondb is crowdsourced internet website that it going to try a lot of games out way faster than valve can verify them.
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Heran Bago posted:Unverified covers an entire range from "some text is a bit small" to "technically it runs". I've noticed some games change status recently as well, like Dead or Alive 6 was verified but apparently the story cutscenes didn't play properly and now its marked as unsupported.
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Vic posted:Why would you play unverified games? The whole point of the verification process is to make it a seamless console experience. Games autodetect hardware and pre-set your graphic settings to recommended since 2000s. It's as seamless as it can be without the game literally being made for the system. As folk have mentioned. Not verified doesn't mean poo poo. Plus, you still have to adjust the resolution settings in verified games, so yeah, it can act like a console, but you'd be gimping yourself in a lot of ways.
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I have been treating my Deck as a portable console and it's working fine. I've only played Deck verified or Deck playable games and not had any problems at all. The Dock was also plug and play (hooked up to an LG OLED TV, with a A/V receiver and an AppleTV also plugged into it). Just want to give people that are considering getting a Deck some reassurance, if you stay in the... bordered? garden things work great.
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Kin posted:you'd be gimping yourself in a lot of ways. Just like a console.
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I really don't care if you think of your deck as a pc or a console I just hope you have fun
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Oh… I should be adjusting stuff manually when I play a game on the deck? I’ve just been playing them as-is.
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I'm glad the universe has provided me a system which lets me play alpha protocol whenever and wherever I want.
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you can min max for battery life but you really dont need to if youre just playing around the house or whatever
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I’ve had my deck docked with a controller 90% of the time to play all the PC/PS stuff I’ve missed and I have zero complaints.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Oh… I should be adjusting stuff manually when I play a game on the deck? I’ve just been playing them as-is. There's a lot of games that'll run fine by default but sometimes it requires some tinkering. I only do that if the framerate is unstable or if the battery is draining fast, though.
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Super No Vacancy posted:you can min max for battery life but you really dont need to if youre just playing around the house or whatever Adjusting the TDP makes a world of difference for me here. There's some games (Death Stranding, Cyberpunk) where I really let 'er rip though bc frankly they deserve to eat some battery cells.
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Opopanax posted:I’ve had my deck docked with a controller 90% of the time to play all the PC/PS stuff I’ve missed and I have zero complaints. You can even stream from your rig through steam play, especially if you have both machines connected via Ethernet.
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Kin posted:The main thing you want to do is to get your head to psychologically consider the device in the right way. Yeah I get you. Following the advice received earlier, I’ve just been exploring desktop mode for the first time and it was a genuine mind blowing experience. It really dawned on me that holy poo poo.. this really is a PC experience if you want it to be. The vast majority of my time with this device is going to be in the “Plug and Play” deck verified walled garden. But knowing the option is there - near seamlessly - to take it into a traditional PC space is amazing. I already own the dock and I’m now thinking of picking up a monitor and M&KB to create a little dedicated docking station somewhere in the house. The flexibility and execution of this device is astonishing to me.
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Srice posted:There's a lot of games that'll run fine by default but sometimes it requires some tinkering. I only do that if the framerate is unstable or if the battery is draining fast, though. Yeah Horizon Zero Dawn defaults to max settings and you really want to drop that down to medium.
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Even game mode is nowhere near as locked down as a traditional console. It's a pretty cool little machine that you can configure however you want and Valve's consumer-friendly attitude about it basically sold me on it.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Almost. Verified games in the "Great on Deck" category should largely work out of the box, but most games don't have great default control schemes (specifically shooters) and a lot of times you'll need to adjust in-game graphic options and/or set the frame limiter in the overlay performance tab to make them "look good" or at least not kill your battery in two hours, since very few games actually come with Deck optimized graphics settings. I’ve had one verified “great on deck” game just straight up not work. Minit fails on launch to a console command prompt for me.
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Vic posted:Why would you play unverified games? The whole point of the verification process is to make it a seamless console experience. Games autodetect hardware and pre-set your graphic settings to recommended since 2000s. It's as seamless as it can be without the game literally being made for the system. Faith, Backpack Hero, Neverawake and more work without issue at all. even weird jank poo poo will generally work outside of the box.
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Is there any way to override the resolution when connected to an external monitor? I know it wont run great at 1080p+ but I don't care
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Is there any way to override the resolution when connected to an external monitor? Settings, display, resolution.
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trying to install Heroic: it says "open the epic store here, log in and copy your authorization code information number" the link and the question mark don't do anything when i click on them, is this the only way to get the code they want?
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