TheRedSpade

@TheRedSpade@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might as well get a laptop???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If I don’t have it docked I use the right one for anything first-person. I hate aiming with a thumbstick, so it gets used as a mouse. The left one usually gets used as a hotbar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might as well get a laptop???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, how is it that none of these so-called “rivals” have even a single touchpad? I personally wouldn’t even consider a device that forces me to use a thumbstick as a mouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam deck LAN? And game suggestions?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Needs to not have a big learning curve and be something we can just play for an hour or two when we have time.

  So no on Factorio

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks like Valve is preparing to release SteamOS to the public (or at least to third-party hardware manufacturers)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re thinking of *nix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Deck does have desktop mode. I use it almost exclusively on mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can buy them used if you can find them. I bought 2 directly from Valve before they were discontinued then a 3rd on Ebay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamescom Showed Me That Devs Really Care About Steam Deck Compatibility - Steam Deck HQ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read Tim Sweeney’s name for the first time in this thread and don’t care enough to look him up, so I can’t comment on him. I don’t play a lot of multiplayer either, so Proton has been pretty great for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamescom Showed Me That Devs Really Care About Steam Deck Compatibility - Steam Deck HQ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much the only remaining hurdle to Linux gaming is kernel-level anti-cheat which may be going away in the near future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never occurred to me to use it this way until my brother came to visit.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well to each their own, but the only thing closer than the trackpad to a mouse would be a mouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never occurred to me to use it this way until my brother came to visit.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aiming with a controller is just going to be terrible.

  In general I’d agree, but on the deck why would you not use the trackpad as a mouse for anything first-person?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Some good budget wireless controller for the Deck??⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually stick with mouse and keyboard if I have it docked, but if I play something where a controller is preferable I have a couple steam controllers I can connect. Those are my go-to, but I also have a stadia controller and joy-cons if there are more than 2 of us playing.