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- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 4 weeks ago:
True, gives me something to ponder about.
- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 4 weeks ago:
Ok, sounds good.*but do I have to write manual commit logs whenever a config file changes? Feels like a hassle to track down and understand all the specifics. For instance when are app updates to new version with new features and that is reflected in new config files. I currently use freefilesync for backups and keep up to 5 version of old files m
- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 4 weeks ago:
Thing is: it was the backup that I accidentally overwrote.
- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 4 weeks ago:
I know the feel, many years ago I chose the wrong folder and overwrote all my video recordings.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 13 comments
- Comment on Steam Game Recording - Available Now 1 month ago:
Lovely, I tried the decky plugin for this before but it was somewhat unstable and also caused games to slow down while recording. I wonder what the storage requirements will be for recording, let’s say, a buffer of three minutes at all times? 🤔
- Comment on the official dock is never quite plug & play when it comes to an external display (DVI) 1 month ago:
OK, thanks for the hint. I just found out that you will only be prompted to update if you:
- power everything off (shut down deck completely, don’t just sleep it)
- remove all peripherals connected to the dock (except network cable if you use that for your connection)
- start the deck
- if there are any updates for the the dock, they should show in the options of gaming mode
here’s to hoping the updates will allay the display issues
- Comment on the official dock is never quite plug & play when it comes to an external display (DVI) 1 month ago:
- Comment on the official dock is never quite plug & play when it comes to an external display (DVI) 1 month ago:
I vaguely remembered it offering me updates when I first set the dock up (purchased the dock much later then the deck). I’ll make sure I have the latest version.
- Submitted 1 month ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 10 comments
- Submitted 2 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 2 comments
- Comment on Decky "Pause Games" plugin got rid of audio static I got resuming games from sleep 3 months ago:
Good to know. It was a common problem with XCOM 2 for me.
Whenever possible I tried to get around this distorted audio noise after resuming from sleep by first opening a pause menu and then sending the deck to sleep. It seems to occur less the less audio channels are used by the game engine at the moment that you sent the deck to sleep.
- Comment on [Help] Steam Deck settings for dummies 3 months ago:
Ideally you’ll adjust both in game settings and deck settings for each game with in-game settings taking precedence as they give you access to fine tuning custom tailored to that game. The deck settings are great to tinker with when you want longer battery life especially. If it’s inside the dock and charging while you play you needn’t worry much about optimization (frame rate limit, heat limit, half rate shading, etc.) and can leave it at the sensible defaults.
The Steam Deck per-game control layout is very helpful for games that don’t come with native controller support or those that don’t let you rebind controls inside the game itself.
I don’t own the games you mention, so I can’t suggest specifics but my general way of setting up a game is:
- install the game and get it running at all
- use in-game options to find a resolution and layout comfortable from your preferred playing posture/position
- enable frame rate overlay in the steam settings
- start with default or auto detect settings for graphics or look up what others recommend online in sites like protondb. if you hit a comfortable frame rate (40-60+ for me personally) keep increasing the graphics quality settings in game as long it remains fluid to play. Don’t need to do it all in one session. I usually minimally increment the graphics settings at the start of each gaming session and simply revert once it’s no longer fluid.
- Comment on Path of Exile 2 Is Being Optimized For the Steam Deck 6 months ago:
That likely means they’ll put thought into a pleasant controller layout (including steam actions) as well. Good stuff.
- Comment on Valve has little to worry about as new Steam Deck rival arrives 6 months ago:
i see a keyboard , but no track pads. track pads are really versatile and a key feature of the deck. this keyboard doesn’t look to comfortable to use either. Maybe it’s ok ish if you put down the device on flat ground and are seated, but typing on this thing while holding it in your hands is going to require some amazing thumb agility.
I have a small Bluetooth keyboard paired with my steam deck that I use whenever I need to input longer stretches of text. it works out just fine.
- Comment on Recording & Editing Steam Deck Gameplay Videos With Kdenlive 8 months ago:
Ok,the suspension is actually a big deal.I noticed that in desktop mode it usually closes my open files in GIMP and others when I suspend. Not that I wouldn’t save everything first anyway, but good to know.
- Comment on Recording & Editing Steam Deck Gameplay Videos With Kdenlive 8 months ago:
Different question: what’s the benefit/difference to launching the game from desktop mode instead? increased performance?
- Comment on Slay the Spire on Steam Deck is such a joy 8 months ago:
The interface is just so responsive and well laid out in Slay the Spire which makes it a joy to play. Not just on the Steam Deck.
- Comment on looking for a dock that let's me connect my DVI monitor 8 months ago:
I’ll give the adapter a shot. One costs < 10 € and a good monitor is easily 200+ €.
- Submitted 8 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 15 comments
- Comment on Installing a standard Linux just works 8 months ago:
Don’t think so. Big Picture mode still let’s you alt tab out to other applications. Essentially it’s a full screen window. Game mode seems to unload the desktop environment. This is quite handy for longer battery life.
- Comment on Installing a standard Linux just works 8 months ago:
If you use a different distro ¿do you still have access to the “game mode”? ¿Or do you launch everything from “desktop mode” (which is just the default for other distros)?
