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Shader cache downloads being a nuisance? Valve may have solved it
15 February 2023 at 9:05 pm UTC Likes: 3

that would be really nice if it was fixed. though i always wondered why they did not simply specify a reasonable cooldown timer per game once the cache has been downloaded once.

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Heroic Games Launcher 2.6.0 out now adding auto updates, new theme
3 February 2023 at 12:01 am UTC Likes: 3

Love the Launcher, but why did they hide the HLTB info behind two additional clicks and put it into a dialog window?! - having that info directly available was one of the cool features of the previous versions and could only have been improved by displaying it for imported games as well.

Otherwise all it's missing is maybe a little bit performance improvements, the option to only display installed titles and given the size of the libraries these days: 'auto-scroll'.

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Rocket League is getting additional anti-cheat functionality
23 January 2023 at 3:49 pm UTC Likes: 5

Must be users of that pesky Windows subsystem for Linux - better rewrite the client to only run on Apple products.

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Get a whole load of Wadjet Eye Games adventures in this new bundle
11 January 2023 at 10:52 pm UTC

scummVM with dotmatrix filter + these games = bliss

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Here's how to get The Witcher 3 working on Steam Deck after the next-gen update
14 December 2022 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: LordDaveTheKindIt would have been nice to set the DirectX11 version directly from the launch command (maybe with the parameter -dx11 as the UE games do), and skip entirely that launcher.
Yeah, the problem seems to be skipping the launcher appears to just set a default to DX12 from what I've seen.

Find the 'launcher-configuration.json' in the game directory and change the 'fallback' entry to "DirectX 11"
after that you can use --launcher-skip as a launch option in Steam

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The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023
1 December 2022 at 11:50 pm UTC Likes: 3

Don't want to steal credit for the quite solid base from Ubuntu, but yeah: it's Linux Mint.

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Valve giving away tons of Steam Decks during The Game Awards 2022
1 December 2022 at 12:18 am UTC Likes: 5

Hmm, stress testing their broadcast servers? One wonders... . Anyway good luck, everyone!

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Surprising probably no one, most people use the Steam Deck as a handheld
7 November 2022 at 9:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

I am actually considering one (apart from couch-gaming) as an energy efficient browsing and media machine in docked mode. Should be way cheaper than having a full blown desktop running for hours for these minor tasks.

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Victoria 3 is an ambitious society sim that will engross you if you let it
25 October 2022 at 4:27 pm UTC

Now, if only someone would tell them how depth of field actually works when it is not computer generated...

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GNOME 43 is out now with Quick Settings, refreshed Files app and lots more
22 September 2022 at 9:25 pm UTC

Quick switch of sound devices? - finally!
Now all I would want is proper toolbars and menus in applications and some common functionality to fill them with,
some sensible option concerning height of Window Title Bar and the option to remove of random icons from said bar and I might actually be tempted to give it another look.