Localhorst86

@Localhorst86@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve reached out to Steam Support atleast, hopefully they can directly sell me one, or point me somewhere that I’m not buying one off Amazon

  From what I understand, iFixit is their official partner, valves support website directed me towards that as well.

  When did you get your steam deck? Mines an original Q3 an curious if this is something common for our 2 year old devices?

  August 2022, close to three years old now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I just went to ifixit’s website and ordered the battery. Ordered it on sunday night, according to my tracking app it has just been delivered, so no long waiting times.

  Maybe it depends on your region? It’s in stock on the german website. Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.

  In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery would have worked well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Dang. You understand batteries.

  eh, apparently, not really. When it comes to battery health, it feels to me like the wisdom changes every few years. It probably wasn’t very healthy for the battery to be on the charger for dozens of hours on end, despite battery management.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If youre talking about before the operation: I let the battery discharge completely (fired up a game and played until the system shut off on its own). I haven’t charged it afterwards, but imidiatelly removed it.

  If youre talking about general usage: it was plugged into the outlet whenever I was not gaming, It barely drained below 40% when I used it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This was a chore to remove. I had to heat up the battery so much, I was really worried.

  I remember batteries that had a pull tab, why can’t they use those anymore

  I am considering not using the adhesive that comes with the new battery, but using something a lot less adhesive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy pillow 🧐⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

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  operation seems to have been successful, Follow up pictures of the removed battery

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck News⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing to note about Junk store is the fact that out of the box it only supports epic games store. GOG is an additional add-on that you need to purchase.

  Personal, I just use heroic and have that added to steam so I can launch it in gaming mode. A lot more convenient

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Steam Deck mount looks silly, but greatly reduces the risk of dropping Valve's handheld on your face while gaming in bed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just use an IKEA Len breastfeeding pillow…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LGR had best experience of The Sims 1 & 2 Legacy Collection on the Steam Deck (timestamp at 14:16 min)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also experienced that getting older games to run is often easier on Linux using wine and proton than it was on windows 7+.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Picture-in-picture for Decky, watch videos in a floating window while you play⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can See this possibly being useful for having a walkthrough playing during the game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM + DOOM II enhanced versions get Steam Deck Verified⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Make that “Gaming on Linux”. I’ve barely come accross a game that wouldnt work at all, ocassionally (usually with older titles) setting up a decent controll scheme can be some worm. To be fair, though, I mostly play single player games or casual multiplayer games - I don’t play any exports titles or competitive multiplayer games, so unsupported anti-cheat hasn’t been an issue for me.

  All the effort Valve has put into proton for the steam deck has paid off for regular Linux gaming as well. So much so, that Linux has been my main OS for about a month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM + DOOM II enhanced versions get Steam Deck Verified⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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  Tbh, I haven’t been paying attention to the compatibility marker, at all. The day the game released, I played it on steam deck, unlocked all achievements a few weeks ago - entirely on the steam deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adding gog games to steam deck⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I didn’t realize that was the case, I installed the plugin at some point but eventually uninstalled it, because I always fell back to Heroic Games Launcher, because GOG has my third largest library of games (after steam and the free epic giveaways).

  Having to join their patreon to get early access to a beta plugin (essentially paying money to become a tester) does sound like embracing the current state of game development and not something I am willing to encourage/participate in.

  I’ll stick with HGL for the time being, I can just add that to steams gamescope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adding gog games to steam deck⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What aspect of it is paid?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have access to a 3d printer (owning one, having a friend that owns one, or a makersoace near you), this is a really handy print:
  printables.com/…/461009-steam-deck-usb-c-port-cab…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamescom Showed Me That Devs Really Care About Steam Deck Compatibility - Steam Deck HQ⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I got my steam deck in 2022, I prepared an SD specifically for booting windows, because I figured I might need to boot it at some point for playing a game. 1 year later, I have not once had to boot windows to play a game. Incidentally, it often was easier to get older games working on proton in Linux than it was on a modern windows system.

  I am not personally playing many multiplayer games, though, but I can see how being locked out of playing a current multiplayer game with your friends would be an issue. We can only hope that kernel level anti cheat is going the way of the dodo. But from what i understand, that would in a lot of cases mean for Tim Sweeney to get off his high horse, because of EOS, no?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamescom Showed Me That Devs Really Care About Steam Deck Compatibility - Steam Deck HQ⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know you are kidding, but after the failed Steam Machines, the Steam deck has made people realize that gaming on Linux is mostly viable. Microsoft has pissed me off enough with windows 11, that I have decided to switch to Linux as my main OS on desktop as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pillow holder for Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just use an IKEA Len pregnancy/breastfeeding pillow. Does the job very well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam’s latest update to user reviews doesn’t find your “jokes, memes, ascii art and other content” as funny as you do⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a 45 year old father on steam, I welcome this change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] Game hours in offline mode are not added to the library when you have internet access.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people are saying it, because steam simply doesn’t store offline played playing time.

  When playing offline, it temporarily tracks the offline playtime locals in your library. Butnomce you connect to the servers, it will sync up the playtime with what has been stored on valves servers, erasing any locally played game time.