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devtimi Sep 12, 2023

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I really thought you got to *be* the plastic duck. I appreciate your help, because I wasn’t expecting a glorified screensaver.

devtimi Sep 11, 2023

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator Steam Deck Compatibility

https://lemmy.world/post/4879511

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator Steam Deck Compatibility - Lemmy.world

So I’ve been looking for a nice relaxing and/or easy game. Placid Plastic Duck simulator is now on sale. Steam says it’s Playable, but it isn’t listed as having controller support. Does anybody have experience with this game on Deck? Does it require keyboard mapping? Is there a community layout? Other not really game specific questions I wouldn’t mind an answer for: - Is there a way to check for community layouts for a game without owning it? - Does buying a game that doesn’t have a demo and then refunding it because its compatibility isn’t great count against me in some way? The refunds policy seems to mention something about abuse, but without a demo I have no other way of knowing. - Any recommendations for relaxing games that are great on Deck? Journey was okay, but didn’t capture my attention. I loved RiME. Best wishes and thanks in advance!

devtimi Jul 15, 2023

AAA Games: Worth it on Steam Deck?

https://lemmy.world/post/1530857

AAA Games: Worth it on Steam Deck? - Lemmy.world

A triple-A game I’ve been eyeing is finally down to a reasonable price on a third party website. But after seeing how much better Diablo IV performs on my friend’s Xbox, I am really disappointed in myself for buying the PC version to play on my Steam Deck. I play mostly docked and connected to a TV, so the visual experience is something I value. Diablo IV isn’t the first game I’ve regret purchasing on PC instead of Xbox. For older games, the Steam Deck is great; but it seems like modern games I really need to be wary of. You know what they say, fool me once, strike one, fool me twice… strike… three. Has anyone else had a similar experience, wishing they’d spent the money on another platform? Is there a rule of thumb you follow on what to purchase, where? Would it be okay to list the specific games I’m wondering about for input? I love my Steam Deck; but I’d rather not feel platform envy again.

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devtimi Jul 9, 2023

An update for what I’ve found:

The path Google/Reddit had was invalid, but there was a cache file there that helped me locate the actual directory (at least for my Steam Deck) and identify which layout goes with which game.

The path I found was: /home/deck/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Steam Controller Configs/{USER_ID}/config/

devtimi Jul 8, 2023

Where are controller layouts stored?

https://lemmy.world/post/1219663

Where are controller layouts stored? - Lemmy.world

I’ve been instructed by Valve to re-image my deck (in regards to my fans running while idling issue). Does anyone know where custom controller layouts are stored? I can reinstall most things, but I have a number of custom layouts that I’d like to keep without having to reconfigure them all.

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devtimi Jul 4, 2023

Here are the results from top – again just sitting on the main home screen doing nothing at all.

devtimi Jul 4, 2023

Fan running when doing nothing?

https://lemmy.world/post/1023814

Fan running when doing nothing? - Lemmy.world

Today I pulled my steam deck out of my backpack to find that it ate 15% of the battery sitting in the bag. I swear I heard the fan running in the bag. Now, the fan is just running all the time whether I’m doing anything or not. This is incredibly suspicious battery eating behavior that I don’t recall experiencing before. I’ve checked what’s running with top and the Steam instance and two web helpers seem to constantly be eating up 30% of the CPU. Has anyone experienced this before? Any tips or ideas on how to debug? I don’t think the fan should be running all the time, just sitting on the main menu doing absolutely nothing. The Deck has been sitting here on, doing nothing on the home screen for about an hour, and 20% of the battery has been used. This thing would never last 48 hours doing absolutely nothing.