Gompje

Would be great if the official dock could be used for the Switch! Any custom firmware?

https://lemmy.world/post/1129264

Would be great if the official dock could be used for the Switch! Any custom firmware? - Lemmy.world

I bought the official dock on sale. While I have other docks that kinda worked, the continued support with firmware updates and an extra excellent usb-c charger sealed the deal. 20pt off helped off course too! 😎 Now I’m dreaming of the day I can use this dock as my go to solution for traveling and even at home use. I have a multi story home, and lots lots of usb-c devices. This will be perfect! Except… I also like TOTK a lot. And I have a first gen switch, anyone know a hack to let the switch play nicely with this dock? Just screen hdmi and charging would be sufficient. The charger works perfectly for the switch, the hdmi… was a no go with the other docks. Still have to test with this new one but……. I fear it will not. :((

Jul 7, 2023 at 7:40amWeb
Show threadKushiJul 7, 2023

USB-C docks not made specifically for the Switch seem to be hit and miss.

As an alternative, you can check out the Genki Covert Dock and Covert Dock Mini that work well with the Switch and the Deck and are really small, so great for traveling.
Unfortunately they’re rated for 25W and 20W respectively, while the Deck usually requires 38W for full-speed charge, so it won’t charge as well as the official Valve dock and it doesn’t have power pass-through.

Covert Dock

Show threadGompjeJul 7, 2023

Should have been clearer: traveling would be an added bonus. I don’t travel a lot. Although this might be a good solution: if their is a dock that is small for the switch that does work for al my other devices :)) but like you said the power delivery is often the issue then.

I sometimes feel like sure with usb-c we have a single connector but it’s all more complicated than now even before we had usb. We had multiple connectors then but not “oh that cable/psu does have the good connector but not the watt or density for fast charging/data or whatever”

That said: al the different micro usb connectors and usb3 connectors was a nightmare as wel. Af least that is solved now I guess.

Show threadlotanisJul 7, 2023
Yeah, the supplied Deck charger is 45W
Show threadHonkinwafflesJul 7, 2023
The problem with the Switch is that it’s requirements for the dock are really strange, what makes it worse is that it’s in a hardware level, so the dock has to be specifically designed for it.
Show threadGompjeJul 7, 2023

Damnit. Ugh. :( I thought I read that somewhere.

Man I love Nintendo, bought almost all consoles over the years but their strange overly protective platform guarding makes zero sense. Especially in 2023. It’s even worse than Apple imho.

Show threadfoggenbootyJul 7, 2023

And this is why I don’t love Nintendo. They’re are aggressively anti-consumer.

As others have said you can emulate TOTK with motion controls on the steam deck, but it is a bit of setup to get it going and the performance isn’t perfect. I’m still enjoying it though. (plus unlimited weapon durability and all the mods you could want)