Quoting: DefaultX-od

QuotePROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0

So now by default Nvidia gpu is hidden? Is that correct? Or is this specific to this game only?

DXVK has been pretending that Nvidia GPUs are AMD ones for years. Some games see Nvidia GPUs and then use an Nvidia-specific code path, which didn't work at all till NVAPI support got wired up. Some Proton games (in particular those that have DLSS) can have the Nvidia GPU exposed automatically through the manifest settings. Otherwise you can do it yourself with this option.

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I'm just going to repeat my observation that point & click games are really awesome to play on the Steam Deck.

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Getting Prism on Flathub will hopefully be a priority target, so that it's easy to use on the Deck.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI too have been getting the feeling that, rather to my surprise, and despite some high profile counterexamples, I'm seeing a bit more native Linux releases than before the Deck.

I spent a bit of time on SteamDB checking the numbers.

Year    Total   Linux   Proportion
2012      323      87       26.9%
2013      461     178       38.6%
2014    1,603     488       30.4%
2015    2,637     842       31.9%
2016    4,289   1,056       24.6%
2017    6,163   1,168       19.0%
2018    8,035   1,216       15.1%
2019    7,745     976       12.6%
2020    9,576   1,098       11.5%
2021   11,536   1,222       10.6%
2022   11,041   1,159       10.5%

The Deck might have stopped the number going down (or that might be a natural floor for the size of market and inherent preferences of game developers) but it hasn't made it go up yet. Fingers crossed that it ultimately will, though.

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Quoting: EhvisAlso, seeing how many games release on a daily basis demonstrates why indies have issues getting noticed.

For added context, there were 11,624 games released in 2021; that's 31.8 games per day, up from 26.9 new games per day in 2020. 2022 is averaging 34.7 new games per day.

(figures taken from https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/)

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The DOTA trademark is also listed as International Code 41 (the "entertainment services" one).

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Quoting: grigiAs someone that never had a game console, I was completely stumped when God of War said I should press "RS".
Nothing was labeled "RS" physically on the device or even in the steam input configurator.

Turns out it was pressing the right stick down.

These kinds of things may be taken for granted by someone that's used to a controller, but it certainly caused me a lot of grief.

Ironically enough, for a Sony title played on the Steam Deck, that's Xbox labelling. Both the PlayStation and Deck call that R3.

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The triggers work as clicks in the gaming UI, and in games, and in lizard mode if Steam isn't running in desktop mode... but it's mysteriously clicking the trackpads to click by default in desktop mode. Changing that so that it's consistent with everything else is an essential improvement for using desktop mode; it would be much better if Valve did that so that users didn't have to. (Scroll wheel on left trackpad is also very useful, but that might be personal preference).

The "English QWERTY" is the US layout. You can't make have the symbols in the right place as a user of non-US keyboard layouts. Arrow keys are missing from the keyboard, which makes text entry unnecessarily arduous.

Making it possible to have a Piper flatpak that can use a system libratbag so that those users who use a mouse can configure it well would be a big boon.

The audio stuff can get into a janky confused state with the virtual "echo cancellation" outputs, which has led some users to complain that they can't adjust the volume any more. That needs to be tidied up.

Having the default view when selecting a game in your library be Game Info would be much more useful than Activity. At least having a preference to control it would be a huge upgrade.

Having the Remote Install actually work would be good. Having the act of purchasing directly on the Deck not be broken would also be good.

Being able to have a Bluetooth widget on the top panel (like the WiFi one) to quickly adjust that without having to dig into the settings menu would be helpful.

They do really need to tighten up the whole Verified regime; it's absolutely essential that customers can trust those ratings. Some of that will happen once there have been enough unit sales that game devs are taking the time to ensure that they don't break their own games.

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Quoting: GeeksOnHugsSo why is it more difficult on Rust then other games?

Because the developers of those other games actually want their games to run on the Deck.

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Quoting: no_information_hereWhile I agree with your sentiment, this doesn't seem to be realistic in the current day and age. They already share all kinds of data on what games people are buying and their daily active players. I haven't combed through the TOU agreements, but I suspect there is some kind of thing that says "we will use your anonymized aggregated data and you will shut up and buy our games."

"The current day and age" has the GDPR.

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