bjoern_tantau
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
- Comment on [Frame] Does anybody else have issues with streaming after yesterday's beta update to the Frame? 6 hours ago:
I remember there being a setting to disable multi-link. I think then it should stay with the dongle.
Can’t test it though. My graphics card (Vega 64) seems to be too old for streaming. Gotta get around to making a bug report about that.
- Comment on PSA: PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently (today 14:00 UTC) 3 days ago:
The vulnerabilities go back that far. You’re not safe.
- Comment on Has anyone managed to use their Steam Frame with an external monitor? 4 days ago:
Nearest I’ve done was to use it via Steam Link. Go to settings -> remote play on the computer where you want to see the frame and select the frame from the list of available devices. For the first time you’ll have to enter a PIN but then you can kind of use the desktop mode from the PC. You just have to position the headset so that it can see the desktop.
- Comment on [Frame] Is there a way to configure the input on desktop apps 4 days ago:
So far you can only change the controls of things added to Steam. You should be able to right click the .desktop file of Tux Kart and select add to Steam. Off the top of my head it should be in
/var/lib/flatpak/share/applicationsor something to that effect. - Comment on Steam Frame still missing after 2 shipments 1 week ago:
Average GLS experience.
Ok, maybe not that bad but I had plenty of bad experiences with them myself.
- Comment on Epic Games Wants Linux Gamers. It's Rebuilding EAC For Fortnite 1 week ago:
This targets the parents more. My son started out on Linux but has since moved to Windows because that makes it easier for him to play games with his friends.
- Comment on SteamOS 0.5.6 Beta for Steam Frame makes adding apk files simpler 1 week ago:
That’s because of me, I wrote the bug report! Woohoo!
- Comment on Frame Troubleshooting 1 week ago:
Yes, it works perfectly!
- Comment on 1 week ago:
You should be able to use most of the Frame UI with it. Much to my surprise the Frame controllers themselves default to gamepad mode for the UI. You explicitly have to activate the laser mouse, which is mildly annoying.
So you should be able to control most of the stuff except for window positioning and size.
Hmm, haven’t tried if the touchpads can be used as a global mouse. Probably not at the moment.
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- Comment on ScummVM 2026.4 brings nearly 200 newly supported retro games 1 week ago:
Wow, Rebel Assault 1 and 2. Together with The 7th Guest ScummVM now supports all the reasons to buy a CD-ROM drive.
- Comment on After modders removed Skate's live service bits, devs draw the line with tools that "bypass our systems to unlock paid cosmetics" 1 week ago:
No! 🔫🔫 The point is to not sign up!
- Comment on [Deck] 2 weeks ago:
Unless you need HDMI CEC, want the small form factor or can’t put together a Lego kit, building your own PC will probably be cheaper and/or have better performance than a Steam Machine.
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- Comment on DroidDeck 0.3.2 (SteamOS on Android) 2 weeks ago:
Don’t you count the current solutions as workable? People have been playing Steam games on their phones since about the Steam Frame reveal.
- Comment on Frame Troubleshooting 2 weeks ago:
I wrote to support, but of course they can’t help either but at least they said they’d pass it on.
The stupid thing is that you can’t fix it with a plugin either because pitch and roll are the only read-only values of the headset’s position.
- Comment on [Frame][Discussion] Recommended FREE VR apps 2 weeks ago:
SideQuest is basically just an independent store/curator for Quest and by now also other headsets. You don’t need any account to download the free games. It has a companion app to help you add the games to your Quest but that’s not needed for Frame.
- Comment on [Frame][Discussion] Recommended FREE VR apps 2 weeks ago:
I know there’s IKEA Pancake Kitchen, which is unavailable in Germany for some reason.
There were some Spider-Man games as promotions for the movies, but they have been delisted. The one I have wouldn’t launch standalone anyways.
If we ever get a working WebXR browser there are a ton of browser games like spiderman.webvr.link and moonrider.xyz.
I have successfully started Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay. There is also Trials on Tatooine which I haven’t tested yet.
SideQuest also has a shit ton of free games. Most are for the Quest, but they may also work with Lepton. I have only tested Minecraft VR so far and that worked halfway (the game started but actual Minecraft did not start).
- Comment on [Deck/Controller][Help] Getting a hipfire on helf trigger pull 2 weeks ago:
I’m too lazy to look it up. But can’t you adjust the full-pull-zone in the settings of the trigger, to make it more precise?
- Comment on [Frame][Discussion] Accessories 3 weeks ago:
I think Dave2d was the one washing his. I guess the replacement kit is also good in case it doesn’t survive the wash after all.
- Comment on [Frame][Discussion] Accessories 3 weeks ago:
My wife got trigger happy and just bought all the official accessories. We’re probably going to return the replacement kit. Can’t think of a reason to keep it.
I’m probably going to get a power bank. Personally I am always near a power outlet. But maybe the kids could use it. Then again the limited battery life is a good way to limit their playtime. Although at the moment they always bring it back with some power left.
- Comment on [Frame][Discussion] Accessories 3 weeks ago:
I’m really curious what people are going to do with that port.
- Comment on Frame Troubleshooting 3 weeks ago:
There currently is no lying down mode available in SteamVR. I would be much obliged if anyone had a workaround abd/or could upvote the issue on Github. github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/…/970
- Comment on Frame Troubleshooting 3 weeks ago:
To add non-Steam games you can use the commandline tool
steamos-add-to-steam. You have to adjust it to be able to add apk files. Just add “application/vnd.android.package-archive” to the list at the bottom. - Comment on Frame Troubleshooting 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, mine’s off as well. Haven’t measured my eyes but I dialed it up as much as possible (69,8 or so) and it’s still not great. Have read of many others who did measure their own IPD and they had something between 70 and 75.
- Comment on From feast to famine: Steam hardware reservations 3 weeks ago:
Current status is that it works in desktop mode. Normal Linux needs at least Kernel 7.2 and there’s a script you can run to help with troubleshooting.
- Comment on [Frame] Minecraft VR on the Frame ? 3 weeks ago:
QuestCraft launches but when I try to launch actual Minecraft it complains about a ton of missing libraries. But that doesn’t look like an unsolvable problem to me.
You can add non-Steam games to Steam for use with Lepton with the
steamos-add-to-steamcommandline script. You just have to modify it to allow files of the type “application/vnd.android.package-archive”. To modify it you could copy the script from/usr/binto your home (like~/.local/bin) and call it there.I’ve also tried the Prism route without any luck so far. Will try again when I find the energy.
- Comment on Nobody talked about the most useless feature of the Steam Frame 3 weeks ago:
I think many apps are missing due to missing ARM support. So no Heroic or other GOG client either.
- Comment on Nobody talked about the most useless feature of the Steam Frame 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I watched The Road To El Dorado yesterday on a giant cinema screen. The surroundings actually gently change color depending on what’s showing on your flat screen. I just wish you could choose a black void as surroundings. But the default starry sky is dark enough.
I used the normal Jellyfin Desktop app installed as a flatpak through Discover.
You don’t even have to use the desktop mode. All newly installed apps are added to a menu on your dashboard, plus some of the already installed ones are there. No idea how they chose what to put on there and I fear it will become cluttered with time. But for now it is nice. Given time we’ll probably be able to change it.
- Comment on Nobody talked about the most useless feature of the Steam Frame 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, I saw that. The trouble is that this driver is over 9 years old and we have moved on from OpenVR to OpenXR. On top of that it is a Windows driver.