nottheengineer

@nottheengineer@feddit.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any notable content creators that focus on content other than niche tech and US political on Mastodon?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s mostly politics as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just received my Steam Deck OLED. The screen looks so good.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  90hz screen with 180hz polling is what my phone uses as well, it’s nice that the deck has now caught up to that.

  Also remember to leave your original deck on when downloading games on the new one so it can transfer them locally, which should be faster. There’s a setting for that, but I think it’s on by default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good Times⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The 502 came up before even getting to checkout for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t get the LE because the server kept giving me errors unfortunately. I didn’t plan on upgrading so soon but the OLED seems to fix every issue I have with my deck. Better trackpad edges, slimmer bezels, a DPAD that allows overlap and some more cooling so it’ll probably be quieter.

  90hz was what convinced me. I can’t believe valve put that into the fine print instead of the top of the site.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite casual games on the steam deck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If casual means relaxed to you, factorio. Their new controller integration is great. But be careful, it’s highly addictive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solving Steam Deck Shader Storage with a 61.44TB SSD⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  60TB is a lot. My library almost fits on a 4GB drive, but I don’t play modern COD or Battlefield. All the huge AAA games nowadays are huge in storage cost as well, so it’s probably be possible to fill it all up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Recommendation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Control is great. It’s beautiful and atmospheric and tells a great story, but shakes that up with some pure chaos and stuff flying everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[PSA] If you had switched to the main update channel to get 3.5 early, I would recommend changing back one of the less bleeding edge update channels.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I expected better of valve. They have the stable and beta channels so they should use them without exception.

  The beta users would’ve created enough crash reports for them to notice that 3.6 isn’t stable yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] New month, new games. What are you playing on your deck? - September 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that makes sense, I started out on the deck so I’m used to the shortcuts. I also played a ton of elite dangerous which does something similar to fit 50 controls into 10 buttons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I get a Steam Deck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t be getting 60fps in Elden Ring most of the time and as time moves on, there will be more and more games that won’t hit 60fps on the steam deck but can still be played. Starfield is a notable example.

  If you aren’t bothered by that, go for it.

  The deck is an absolute beast for indie games and the controls are incredibly good, so you can play stuff like factorio almost as well as with a mouse. If you fly often, factorio alone could make the deck worth it. They call it cracktorio for a reason, it just makes time fly.

  I haven’t emulated much, but emudeck made it super easy (I’d almost say foolproof) for SNES and C64. Wii games are a bit of a pain because of the controls, but older stuff is generally fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] New month, new games. What are you playing on your deck? - September 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Factorio got me. It continues a pattern of games that can really take advantage of the deck’s controls.