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Latest Comments by kokoko3k
Pixel art survival horror game Lamentum now supported on Linux
18 May 2022 at 5:30 pm UTC Likes: 2

Wow, nice.
When pixels are drawn with love, they can convey great emotions and athmospheres.
it's quality over quantity

Stardew Valley hits 20 million sales
9 May 2022 at 2:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Does the developer earn at least a dollar from each sale, yes?

Fortnite added to Xbox Cloud Gaming, easier than ever to play on Steam Deck
6 May 2022 at 3:24 pm UTC

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: lejimsterPlaying games through streaming services suck in my experience.
I tried Fortnite on cloud too and it sucked hard both with 5 GHz WiFi and wired. Heavy (1 sec+) input lag, dropped frames, low resolution.(probably 720p) Hardly playable. Perhaps it has something to do with that I had to use VPN.
Highly probable.
In other cases, is a win, you'd need to be online anyway to play it, so what's left is a free game in a free streaming hosting, low power consumption on your device.

Steam Deck hits 2,500 games Verified or Playable
5 May 2022 at 12:27 pm UTC

Like others said, there are games that has been verified today and tomorrow will break - given they are not already broken - and games that hasn't been verified yesterday, but today works or that worked since yesterday.
I'm unable to find the key to understand those numbers, they don't assure you anything except that that Valve is working.
I understand that Valve has to sell Decks, but still what people need to know, is if a game is supported or not, in a way or the other, by the developer, before buying it, for the Deck.

How many?
If Valve refuses to share that number, the chances that it is low is too high.

Space Invaders fused with awesome music, Beat Invaders gets a huge 2.0 update
4 May 2022 at 10:49 am UTC

Very tempted.
The same old story, an infinite queue full of games i've to play sooner or later and a new appealing game with an unbeatable price to jump in it.

PowerTools is a Steam Deck Plugin for power users
4 May 2022 at 4:30 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: kokoko3kI think this is overengineering through tools of questionable utility.
…what? Kind of a weird statement to make blindly with no reasoning.
I can't think an use I may have for it.
So I think it is not useful.
Why? 99% of the time you want your gpu or cpu to do things in little time, so that they can go to sleep faster and save power, it is commonly called "race to idle".
From what i see, this does the opposite.
Probably i'm not the kind of user this tool would target.

PowerTools is a Steam Deck Plugin for power users
3 May 2022 at 7:15 pm UTC

I think this is overengineering through tools of questionable utility.

Going Rogue: A Festival of Persistence event is live on Steam
3 May 2022 at 6:48 am UTC

I don't love the genre, but still, if anyone missed it, I strongly suggest Everspace (Linux native).

Canonical going 'all in' on gaming for Ubuntu, new Steam Snap package in testing
29 April 2022 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: tamodoloFedora 36 is the first Linux release that actually solves input delay to be on pair with windows. They did this unintentionaly as it was an issue related to touchpads. I am extremely happy by this fix as FINALY FINALY Linux is starting to move forward instead of just doing sidesteps and go anywhere.
Care to explain with more details, maybe a link to relevant bug reports/merges/discussions on the topic?
Last time i measured the input lag, it was into a resonable 23msecs from the keyboard hit to an audio sample playing.
considering that pipewire was configured for a latency of 20msecs, the input lag was just 3msecs, which in turn are more than enough for today refresh rates (1000/3=300hz).

SteamOS 3.2 Beta brings a new Steam Deck Fan Curve, experimental Refresh Rate Switching
28 April 2022 at 1:48 pm UTC

Out of curiosity,
are the steam deck beta images available for download?
Or maybe updated sources available somewhere?