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Hopper posted:I just bought the 64gb version. I am not afraid to open it up and upgrade the ssd, but I think I'll wait. No games need to be on an ssd. I'm playing current games from a micro SD with no impact except for +3 seconds on level load. I'm talking 80+GB games E: Do not open your Deck it's super not necessary
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Since the sale started, EU eBay has been completely picked clean from cheap used 512gb SSD's, so my plan to update from 64gb might have to wait a while. Good thing this thing really runs well from the SD card, at least for my purposes. I guess there are some loading times but coming from a decade of gaming only on PS4 and a laptop, I'm very happy with my purchase so far! Next: Wii emulation and Yakuza remasters.
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Suburban Dad posted:But also open your deck because tinkering is fun.
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Is ebay safe for ssds? I worry about sketchy sellers and counterfeit drives..
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Vic posted:Sure but it's all plastic with tiny clearances and you're using prying tools. People are also making it sound mandatory which is bullshit. Buy a fast microSD card and stick it in. The back plate comes off super easy with minimal prying. You don't want to open it, that's fine. But it's not a big deal to, either.
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priznat posted:Is ebay safe for ssds? I worry about sketchy sellers and counterfeit drives..
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I'm probably going to sell my microSD and snag an SSD instead, cryoutils and shadercache really fills that 64gb fast 😮💨
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RandolphCarter posted:Baldur’s Gate 3 looks and runs pretty good on the deck. Just hope when it comes out proper it has controller support. You're in luck! This is from their most recent update: quote:Those of you who prefer to navigate the world using analogue sticks and buttons may have caught a glimpse at what full controller support for Baldur’s Gate 3 will look like for launch. With split-screen co-op, too, you’ll be able to experience the entirety of your adventures in Faerûn with another player on the same device!
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Commander Keene posted:I don't consider eBay "safe" for buying anything, been burned before there, but apparently they aggressively side with the buyer in almost any disputes, so you're probably not going to lose the money in any case. Just be prepared to keep fishing I guess.
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Are 3rd party docks bad news? I seem to recall them blowing up people’s Switches back in the day.
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GigaPeon posted:Are 3rd party docks bad news? I seem to recall them blowing up people’s Switches back in the day.
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The Switch doesn't actually implement USB-PD correctly.
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GigaPeon posted:Are 3rd party docks bad news? I seem to recall them blowing up people’s Switches back in the day. No
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ok ... i used emudeck to put on super mario galaxy 2, saw a bunch of videos warning of how difficult it was - you need to set this and that - which i didn't do but just downloaded some community controller profile and set the L4/L5 to A and R4/R5 to B. I just wanted to see what the performance was like but it plays almost like when i was a kid with no issues, although i was playing it while powered. This thing rules lol
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Quantum of Phallus posted:What's the best way to play morrowind on Deck at the moment? does openMW run better than just the native game? Any way to get controller support on openMW? Something I am going to try is making an ISO of my Morrowind GOTY edition for xbox (booted once and then promptly forgot about) and then running it in emudeck - that way I know it has fully configured joypad controls out of the box.
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pseudorandom name posted:The Switch doesn't actually implement USB-PD correctly. Wasn't that a deliberate design choice on Nintendo's part as some sort of pseudo-DRM for their docks or am I wearing my tinfoil hat on too tightly again?
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VideoGames posted:Something I am going to try is making an ISO of my Morrowind GOTY edition for xbox (booted once and then promptly forgot about) and then running it in emudeck - that way I know it has fully configured joypad controls out of the box. That sounds like a really bad way to play it. OpenMW has controller support and widescreen!
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Quantum of Phallus posted:That sounds like a really bad way to play it. OpenMW has controller support and widescreen! But xbox stays winning?
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It runs like poo poo under xemu apparently but I don’t remember it running that great on the actual Xbox anyway so this could just be accurate!
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Is xemu the Xbox emulator of choice? I tried Xenia on my PC a while back and it just kept crashing.
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Xenia is a 360 emulator Xemu is an OG Xbox emulator
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Vic posted:No games need to be on an ssd. I'm playing current games from a micro SD with no impact except for +3 seconds on level load. I'm talking 80+GB games This is tacitly false if you wanna bump up the performance by using Cryotools. Those have to go on the SSD.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Xenia is a 360 emulator Ah, gotcha.
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Fuzz posted:This is tacitly false if you wanna bump up the performance by using Cryotools. Those have to go on the SSD. But again this is in service of further tinkering either at a hardware or software level. I think the point OP is making - and which I completely agree with - is that treating opening up a Steam Deck to replace the 64GB drive as a need is inaccurate. If you are just wanting to play some games from your Steam library, or even do light tinkering in service of stuff like Decky Loader or emulation, 64GB + Micro SD is totally fine. Nobody in that position needs to open up their deck and replace the internal drive.
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I replaced the drive myself to save money, but I haven't bothered with Decky or any other tools, it runs great out of the box.
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The benefit of decky isn’t making it run any differently it’s having all the QOL features it brings like grabbing artwork from steamgriddb and proton compatibility badges and howlongtobeat integration and a not-garbage boot animation manager and for some reason people go hogwild for one that just cranks up the saturation and fucks up all the colours but 
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VideoGames posted:Something I am going to try is making an ISO of my Morrowind GOTY edition for xbox (booted once and then promptly forgot about) and then running it in emudeck - that way I know it has fully configured joypad controls out of the box.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I replaced the drive myself to save money, but I haven't bothered with Decky or any other tools, it runs great out of the box. The only thing I’ve done to my deck is install Decky (besides steam games). It’s plug-ins provide some excellent QOL upgrades. It is worth installing. If you use any Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth plugin makes reconnecting so much easier than before.
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Is it worth buying the Steam version of The Division 2 if I already have the Ubisoft Connect version? I'm not sure if running the Steam version has any inherent benefits over just going through the Ubisoft launcher directly, and I heard they were crashing problems but those might have been fixed. But for nine bucks I could buy the game again if it would run better.
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GigaPeon posted:Are 3rd party docks bad news? I seem to recall them blowing up people’s Switches back in the day. Official dock has FreeSync. Others don't.
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I might check out Decky then, I'm not that fussed about tinkering if I don't need to but I'm happy to do it.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Wasn't that a deliberate design choice on Nintendo's part as some sort of pseudo-DRM for their docks or am I wearing my tinfoil hat on too tightly again? It's more likely that Nintendo is just bad at console making, seeing as how they made a console that was not great powered to begin with, and it was appropriated from an Nvidia shield
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Is Minecraft Java viable on the Deck, or am I best off running a Windows install from an SD card and doing it from there? I remember having an absolute nightmare of a time adding Minecraft to Steam and using Steam Input in the past, but maybe things have changed.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Is Minecraft Java viable on the Deck, or am I best off running a Windows install from an SD card and doing it from there? I remember having an absolute nightmare of a time adding Minecraft to Steam and using Steam Input in the past, but maybe things have changed. I don't know the answer to this question, but I remember Minecraft Java was discontinued sort of recently? I wouldn't be entirely surprised if the best bet to having a modern Minecraft running on the Deck would be using a Switch emulator.
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I will admit my JSAUX dock has been acting funky lately and I don’t care for it much anymore. I’m gonna get an official Steam Deck dock soon.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I might check out Decky then, I'm not that fussed about tinkering if I don't need to but I'm happy to do it. Decky is extremely light touch "tinkering", which is why I mentioned it as one of the softest things you can do beyond using the Steam Deck as a stock, out of the box experience. Really handy though. Decky lets you do some cool poo poo for sure.
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so many weird little one-person no-budget indie games are deck verified now, i'm always surprised but since it makes me approx 100x more likely to buy the game i guess it's a good strat for indie devs
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Is Minecraft Java viable on the Deck, or am I best off running a Windows install from an SD card and doing it from there? I remember having an absolute nightmare of a time adding Minecraft to Steam and using Steam Input in the past, but maybe things have changed. Basic MC? Sure. You’ll need mouse/keyboard since Java has no native controller support. I don’t think there’s any clean ways around to emulate controls via steam. If you’re going for modded MC then just use Controllable for controller support but know the more mods you get into the longer the load times will be. ATM8 pushes the deck unlike any other game.
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