was thinking about trying 3DS to see if you could use two screens at once, but someone else already did
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@ācopySaveā#p73461 Now this makes me actually want to get a Steam Deck. I wonder how it works
@āTheFragranceOfDarkCoffeeā#p73473 Iām guessing itās just setting the deckās desktop mode to vertical dual monitors and setting resolutions accordingly in Citra. Here is some info on how to manually set the dimensions in Citraās config files:
https://community.citra-emu.org/t/multi-monitor-full-screen-tutorial-citra/358898
Thinking a similar approach should also work great with DS and whatever Wii U games will run on it
@āffgā#p73341 thanks for the tip! I followed the instructions in the link and swapped in the recommended āffviā font. I didnāt even know the desktop mode existed, but it was super simple to do just by copying the files via microSD. I managed surprisingly well using the handheld controls and onscreen keyboard, but plugging in a usb keyboard/mouse made it quite a bit easier. At first I only swapped the āenā font, but then I realized you needed the ājpā font to get the numerical text to match up. Looks like this is the definitive way to play handheld, even when the eventual switch ports arrive!
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Sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere, but I canāt unzip a single file on this thing. Iāve messed around with the permissions, downloaded peazip and tried every .zip I could find but I always get an error within milliseconds.
I must be missing something simple, because no one online seems to be having this problem.
Oh heck! This just arrived in my inbox. I thought I'd be towards the end of the year so this is a nice surprise.
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@āCreekgrinā#p73898 Working fine here. You should be able just click on the .zip file in desktop mode and it will open with Ark. Are you able to open the .zip file on a Windows PC? Is the .zip file corrupted? Did you install peazip from Discover or another repo online?
@āsabertoothalexā#p73067 @āffgā#p73188 This is a long shot, but have you tried installing VLC? Itās possible that the Deck is missing a video codec that VLC might provide. I can get the gameās .dt and .avi files to play in directly with VLC in the install directory (unfortunately I don't have the time to play through the game to properly test)
@ācopySaveā#p73998 I installed peazip from discover, I didn't have trouble opening the .zip on my laptop so I was going to use a syncing program to get the files over there.
@āCreekgrinā#p74010 cool - at least you can extract the files and copy them over
Have you tried running ark from Konsole (the arch linux terminal)? Navigate to folder with a zip file, right click inside the window and select "Konsole" and type `ark --help`
This will bring up a list of ark commands you can try with your .zip files and it should print out any errors you are having in the Konsole window with potential solutions to errors such as permissions issues or missing libraries
Also, there is a flatpack GUI for peazip to make the program easier to use
@ācopySaveā#p74041 Iām new to linux, so these are all things Iāll try, thanks for the help!
@ācopySaveā#p74001 I uninstalled both games after I finished my playthrough of them. Will install VLC before I inevitably give Ys Origin a try at some point in the near future and report back, although that one has some more explicit video-fixing instructions from the folks over at ProtonDB.
Mineās due to arrive on Monday. Barring a few selections emulation isnāt my highest priority with this however I realised last night that I never gave Trails in the Sky 2 (and 3) a fair shake on PC before because I find it uncomfortable to sit for long periods at my desktop. Now I can play the PC port of a PSP port of a PC game portably!
Started playing around with mine this afternoon. First impressions are that itās not as big as everyone said it was - itās just a bit wider than Switch and has grip handles. I did notice the weight of it over time though whereas I donāt notice the weight of my Switch unless Iām playing it for aaaaages. The screen seems fine indoors with good outdoor lighting - I've had no issues with it. Neither have I had any noise issues from the fan, so far.
I was surprised at how quickly the 256Gb model filled up though and it turns out that all of the updates are also immediately downloaded too.
My only real gripes so far are that, as I've small hands, reaching the analogue sticks comfortably isn't something that is coming naturally to me. Other than that the general UI feels like there's a lot to absorb, and you can't go from the top of a menu list immediately to the bottom by pressing up!
Have branched out into doing some more tinkering, probably because I decided to play the FF pixel remasters in order and FF2 is just as bad as I remember it being.
Went ahead and installed Dolphin and Flycast through the Discover store and transferred some of my ROMs via Warpinator (or Winpinator on my Windows desktop, I guess).
Well heck, Iām requesting a refund on my Deck. Iāve had frequent, random shutdowns and returns-to-dashboard from day one, a faulty d-pad, and most egregiously my battery health has nose-dived to 1% inside of a couple of weeks and barely 10-15 hours of use.
Between that and the fact that half my library won't even run on the hardware I've decided to spend a little more and invest in either a mini PC or laptop that I can nest under my TV (I had intended the Deck to be partly used whilst docked to my TV). I know that these hardware faults happen but they seem to be fairly prevalent given what I've read on various forums so I'm not totally convinced that any replacement will be fault-free either.
Disapppointing!
@āLeFishā#p77807 ah, that sucks! I have to say I havenāt had any hardware faults with mine, thankfully. However my biggest complaint would have to be battery usage in the sleep state. I havenāt done any real testing or whatever, but I feel like I can leave my switch lying around unattended for over a week and come back to it with playable battery, while the steam deck would probably die after a day or two at most. Iām not quite sure what is draining the battery so rapidly in the sleep stateā¦I thought the point of using this specific hardware and custom OS was to avoid these inevitable issues if you just slapped some joysticks on a generic x86 tablet running off the shelf Windows. Software compatibility is something Iām at least willing to meet them halfway on, but not if I feel like the hardware/software translation layer is not giving me significant power-saving benefits on the back end. Iām trying to stay optimistic about compatibility getting steadily better, but itās hard to be certain that some older or more obscure games (like the Falcom back catalog!) are going to get meaningful support.
@ākoryā#p78014 Yeah, it does feel like a heck of a disappointment after the promise of the hardware. I live in a temperate area too so it's not even as if the battery has been exposed to harsh conditions either.
I had the same problem with battery dissipation in sleep _and_ whilst shutdown. As in, I'd play before bed for a half hour or so, shut it down (or put it in sleep mode) with plenty of battery remaining, and it would be dead by morning.
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Today I realised I could use setup my Steam Deck as a mini arcade cabinet. Itās pretty fantastic. I love that I can just power down and immediately resume where I was.
My other Steam Deck tip is to use 20v magnetic USBC cables! They have magsafe style breakaway safety and theyāre great for swapping power with gamepads etc.