timi

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[–] timi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I really thought you got to *be* the plastic duck. I appreciate your help, because I wasn’t expecting a glorified screensaver.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by timi@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
 

So I've been looking for a nice relaxing and/or easy game. Placid Plastic Duck simulator is now on sale. Steam says it's Playable, but it isn't listed as having controller support. Does anybody have experience with this game on Deck? Does it require keyboard mapping? Is there a community layout?

Other not really game specific questions I wouldn't mind an answer for:

  • Is there a way to check for community layouts for a game without owning it?
  • Does buying a game that doesn't have a demo and then refunding it because its compatibility isn't great count against me in some way? The refunds policy seems to mention something about abuse, but without a demo I have no other way of knowing.
  • Any recommendations for relaxing games that are great on Deck? Journey was okay, but didn't capture my attention. I loved RiME.

Best wishes and thanks in advance!

[–] timi@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Apple will sell you a laptop with dead pixels on the screen and refuse to replace it unless a certain minimum number are dead. I was furious.

[–] timi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] timi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You missed two that I’d like to know about. DoH and DoT. Thanks, robot!

[–] timi@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest question, is there a good default config available somewhere or is what apt install fail2ban does good to go? All the tutorials I’ve found have left it to the reader to configure their own rules.

[–] timi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Tutorials on how to use and install the legal side of emulators are allowed, it’s when you encroach on copyright that things become a problem. Piracy is not allowed.

Do not post links to sources of copyrighted materials.

Pictures of your Deck running software never published to PC are questionable. My biggest problem with /r/steamdeck is how it made me feel like I joined a bad faith community by buying the device.

There are a handful of moderators and we discuss as a group before we take action. I am not the only voice, so you may opt to wait for others to comment.

[–] timi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use Deck mainly docked in 1080p. The only issues I have are with very recent games. After some questions and learning, I've come to expect not to use it for current big-name games. To that end, well optimized modern games like Powerwash Simulator run fabulous. Most of my Steam library plays very well and is perfectly enjoyable!

[–] timi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mostly use it to set up Non-Steam Games like Diablo. Once set up, I go back to gaming mode. I once briefly considered using it to resolve a server issue for a business client (by using SSH which for who knows why is expensive as fuck on iPad), but decided against it -- I was home to relax not work.

When I first got my Deck I installed several emulators for nostalgia (of course for games I own legitimate versions of), but after recently re-imaging my Deck I haven't had the urge to do that again. I got what I needed, and may do it again some day; but for now I'm satisfied by Steam games and Diablo.

[–] timi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

+1 for Skyrim!

[–] timi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Doin my part, driving a smartcar

[–] timi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I had problems with the “basic” method of launching battle.net as a non steam game. The Lutris method worked for me.

 

Today I pulled my steam deck out of my backpack to find that it ate 15% of the battery sitting in the bag. I swear I heard the fan running in the bag.

Now, the fan is just running all the time whether I'm doing anything or not. This is incredibly suspicious battery eating behavior that I don't recall experiencing before. I've checked what's running with top and the Steam instance and two web helpers seem to constantly be eating up 30% of the CPU.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any tips or ideas on how to debug? I don't think the fan should be running all the time, just sitting on the main menu doing absolutely nothing.

The Deck has been sitting here on, doing nothing on the home screen for about an hour, and 20% of the battery has been used. This thing would never last 48 hours doing absolutely nothing.

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