Want to tweak more on your Steam Deck? You need some PowerTools. A new plugin for the Steam Deck Plugin Loader.
I was hoping to see something like this come along, but fair warning on this — anything you use like PowerTools is at your own risk, so if you screw up your device Valve likely won't help you out. I say this, because there's quite a few advanced tricks it can do and for most normal users, it won't really be needed.
Anyway, some of what PowerTools includes:
- Enable and Disable CPU threads
- Enable & Disable CPU boost
- Set CPU frequency
- Set GPU Power
- Set Fan speed
- Probably more I missed
How can someone create this? Pretty simple if you know a bit of programming and where to look, since the Steam Deck uses Linux (SteamOS) and so the majority of it is open source (apart from the Steam client).
One of the way I know some of this will be useful is for emulation especially. Some old games and systems can act a little funny with the immense (relatively speaking) power and core count compared with what old games are expecting. Just one small example.
See more on the GitHub page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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QuoteOne of the way I know some of this will be useful is for emulation especially. Some old games and systems can act a little funny with the immense (relatively speaking) power and core count compared with what old games are expecting.
As The Phawx showed Parking cores can benefit Steam Games like Control too as the Deck is constrained in it's allocation of power.
P.S. I am the one who sent you email about about PowerTools, thanks for getting back to me and doing the article.
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Quoting: MrBareBonesI appreciate your praise.Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Oh this is going to be absolutely spectacular to use once it's out even in an early state. Been asking for this as a feature since I got my hands on my Deck at the beginning of March, so I'm glad that someone is working on it. You and NGnius are doing a great service for this device with your plugins.
WerWolv and Marios are the real ones to be congratulated. They got plugin loader up and running for us and have setup https://plugins.deckbrew.xyz and https://deckbrew.xyz and vital resources for plugin developers and users.
Peep the PluginLoader GitHub!
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Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Do you see any chance to automate loading the settings when a game is started?
Anyway, pretty cool. I'm planning to do something similar, yet with a community approach. Your code should be very very helpful in that regard (If I ever find time :()
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Quoting: constPlease make a feature request on my github! I want to include such a thing but I'm limiting the scope right now. This includes distribution of presets etc.Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Do you see any chance to automate loading the settings when a game is started?
Anyway, pretty cool. I'm planning to do something similar, yet with a community approach. Your code should be very very helpful in that regard (If I ever find time :()
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Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Ohhhh, be sure to email in when ready.
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Quoting: Liam DaweWill do! It'll be a while longer because modals and drop downs are seemingly black magic.Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Ohhhh, be sure to email in when ready.
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Quoting: robvvReminds me of the days of Power Toys for Windows :-)
Not sure if you're joking, power toys is still a thing
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Quoting: TrainDocQuoting: Liam DaweWill do! It'll be a while longer because modals and drop downs are seemingly black magic.Quoting: TrainDocIt isn't PowerTools but I wanted to give ya'll a little sneak peak of what I've been working on and even working with NGnius on:Ohhhh, be sure to email in when ready.
Have you seen sharedeck.games? There is also a reddit thread about the site. Integration between Performance Presets and sharedeck.games would be awesome.
Last edited by bonaparte on 10 May 2022 at 11:29 pm UTC
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Quoting: bonaparteHave you seen sharedeck.games? There is also a reddit thread about the site. Integration between Performance Presets and sahredeck.games would be awesome.Looks cool but I don't see any git repo I can access and I don't know see an API I could use. Either way integration of that sort will not be coming from me at the moment due to scope. Currently butting my head up against the fact that Valve doesn't provide a functional file picking dialog as well as the File APIs in the JS that ships with the deck doesn't work either...
Anyone with more python and JS experience than me (especially dealing with minified JS) is welcome to contribute https://github.com/TrainDoctor/PerfPresets as I am definitely in need of assistance.
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Quoting: TrainDocIf you and whoever does sharedeck.games fancy, I might help out integrating your plugin with the website.Quoting: bonaparteHave you seen sharedeck.games? There is also a reddit thread about the site. Integration between Performance Presets and sahredeck.games would be awesome.Looks cool but I don't see any git repo I can access and I don't know see an API I could use. Either way integration of that sort will not be coming from me at the moment due to scope. Currently butting my head up against the fact that Valve doesn't provide a functional file picking dialog as well as the File APIs in the JS that ships with the deck doesn't work either...
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