savvywolf
@savvywolf@pawb.social
Hello there!
I’m also @savvywolf@furry.engineer , and I have a website at www.savagewolf.org .
- Comment on GE-Proton 9-16 released with mod support for various Bethesda games 2 months ago:
How would this work? As I understand it, GE is used in things like Heroic or Lutris where you typically just point it to the exe directly (unless you own Skyrim on gog, I guess?). In that case, wouldn’t it be easy enough to point to the modloader exe rather than the main game exe?
Even if it could happen through steam (can GE be added to Steam?), wouldn’t Steam’s mandatory automatic update thing cause issues meaning you’d just launch it through your mod loader anyway.
- Comment on Valve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australia 2 months ago:
Shoutout to Unlucky Steve who made this happen by paying $1000 to get one from the US a few minutes before the announcement.
- Comment on Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat 3 months ago:
People seem oddly optimistic about all of this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the solution they came up with still wouldn’t work in Linux. I don’t know how exactly they’d do it, but I can imagine some encryption key or hardware nonsense that Linux can’t replicate.
- Comment on What have you been playing lately? 4 months ago:
Mostly just working through my “I should get around to playing this” list. Hades, Dome Keeper, Loop Hero and Whisper Squadron: Survivor.
- Comment on Do you still use your Steam Deck much? 6 months ago:
I use it for “light” games (the 2D stuff, Balatro, Dicey Dungeons, Whisker Squadron Survivor) while sitting in bed. Honestly when I got it, I wasn’t expecting to use it as much as I did.
- Comment on Slay the Spire on Steam Deck is such a joy 8 months ago:
Slay the Spire is the “original” Rougelike Deckbuilder and IMO got the formula down perfectly.
- Comment on Playtron's Linux-based gaming OS aims to be a cheap, versatile option for handheld gaming PCs (and other systems) - Liliputing 8 months ago:
I get that, but I’m wondering why people looking for that wouldn’t just get a Switch? Even the Steam deck can be used as a “console” if you just own Steam games.
They’re trying to complete with two companies that have huge amounts of resources whilst also not bringing much new value to the table.
- Comment on Playtron's Linux-based gaming OS aims to be a cheap, versatile option for handheld gaming PCs (and other systems) - Liliputing 8 months ago:
PlaytronOS, meanwhile, won’t even have a desktop mode. Speaking to The Verge, Playtron CEO Kirt McMaster says the goal is to offer a more console-like experience that’s easy to use, allowing handhelds to feel more like a Nintendo Switch than a full-fledged PC.
What. Isn’t one of the selling points of the Steam Deck that you could run normal software like emulators and Discord on it. What target audience are they after? People that are into PC gaming, don’t use Steam and don’t want to customise things. But also don’t want a switch?
Licenses will be around $10, making PlaytronOS much cheaper to install than Windows (which can cost as much as $80 per device).
Not for OEMs! It costs them about ten dollars, and if you talked to the right person in Microsoft, you might be able to get them cheaper if your hardware can give them an edge against Valve.
- Comment on I'm sorry to use the word r*ce 11 months ago:
Take the L and move on. You made a reasonable mistake (it’s an old phrase that not many people recognised, iirc), learn from it and let it go.
Honestly just an edit in the post saying you didn’t know the phrase’s origin would have been enough. No need to make it into a “thing”. That’s probably where the downvotes are coming from.
Part of being a good person is realising and accepting that people make mistakes. Anyone that still keeps giving you crap over this after you’ve apologised probably isn’t worth listening to.
- Comment on Valve Pleads With Steam Deck Owners to Stop Inhaling Exhaust Fumes 1 year ago:
Consume the Fumes
- Comment on [News] SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' 1 year ago:
Yeah, the fact that it just works and comes with the hardware is good.
However I think the article is suggesting a world where gamers go and install SteamOS as a regular distro. I think that’s going to be a lot harder and more error prone than just installing Mint and putting Steam on it.
- Comment on [News] SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' 1 year ago:
People will do anything to avoid installing “linux”…
- Comment on Should i wait a Sale to buy the Steam Deck?? | [Discussion] 1 year ago:
My understanding is that the Steam Deck itself is sold at a loss, so if there is a sale it’s likely to be only 10%, like it was last sale
They had higher discounts on higher tier devices last sale, but I think it’s more cost effective to just buy the lowest tier and a third party ssd.
- Comment on I'm going to upgrade my SSD...but I'd like to still have my save states on Emudeck. 1 year ago:
If it’s something you’re worried about, you can move the data files to another location or your cloud storage of choice. I can’t think of why it would get erased, but bugs and mistakes can happen.
Emudeck seems to store its files in the “Emulation” folder, in a subfolder named “saves”. It seems that’s next to where it keeps your ROMs. Using the file explorer in Desktop mode, you can copy-paste this folder somewhere else (or pull it off the SD card entirely), so if the Emulaton folder does get reset, you can just copy things back into it. Although some emulators do use links to other folders (think like shortcuts), so check that out for any specific systems you emulate. If it has a small “link” icon, then you’ll need to copy the files inside directly.
Of course, this is all if you want to be paranoid and 100% sure. I’d be very surprised if Emudeck erases any user data on a reinstall.
- Comment on Disneyland’s new Star Wars droids are controlled by Steam Decks 1 year ago:
I mean, why not, right? Readily available hardware with a screen that you can just slap your own software or OS on.
Must have been real nice for the developers building software for it, considering it’s just Linux as opposed to some proprietary nonsense.