Quoting: LoftySo why is it then that the new big picture mode runs like an old wooden door ? If you scroll through the Recent games thumbnails it almost judders.. not entirely judder y but its certainly not butter smooth by any means. And a modern PC on which i am running ( with nvidia GPU ) should be able to run through these types of scrolls butter smooth ?

The regular client just feels as useless as ever. How do they code these things to be so archaic feeling, it's a talent valve have im sure. It should feel as snappy as a Smart phone scrolling through the UI. If a 5w handheld device with a higher resolution than my desktop can do it why can't a 250w PC ?

I'm sure it's "web" again.

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Quoting: Calinou[It doesn't look exactly simple to implement though, given the official FSR 2.x buildsystem is heavily tailored towards Windows, Direct3D 12 and CMake.

What's the trouble with CMake?

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Quoting: CybolicHow on earth does one get the demo to install on Steam Deck?

Or on Linux in general for that matter. I went to the game page in Steam and there's no demo button at all.

There is. Maybe try Ctrl-F. There seem to be two places to put a demo, this is using the "other" (less usual) one.

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That looks niice!

(And to the CRT fans: It's got an optional, adjustable CRT filter built in!)

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumThen there's easily mistaken ones like Alcohol, technically speaking also a drug. Again, people won't think of it as a drug.

That's not "technically speaking", it has got literally everything a real drug needs.
(I don't know how to express it in English, in German, a drug/Droge is considered the stuff that's addictive, should for sure not be used before driving and might kill you, while in English, there's stores full of "drugs".)

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Quoting: Nanobang

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: redmcg

So perhaps some older readers might want to keep an eye on Zoom Platform.

"Older readers". This hurt.

To be fair; at our age, what doesn't hurt? :wink:

Napping.:happy:

Not even in the back?!? Lucky you!

;)

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Quoting: elmapulif we buy those games, those companies will make more games like those? no? so what is the point?

Well...
* owning the games you love(d)?
* maybe - depending on what they agreed upon decades ago - sending some money to the people having made these games? (This might be unlikely.)
* making those who sell it dig up more treasures from the past? (People keep talking about "abondonware" and how they totally unselfishly rescue these games from vanishing - how about doing the same in a undoubtedly legal way?)
* playing the games?!?

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Quoting: soulsourceBlumenkrantz' blog is worth reading. He has a very entertaining way to write about code optimization.

Thanks for saying that, I wouldn't have read the post without this.

(One takeaway for me is though that I'm still fine with having an Nvidia.)

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Quoting: gabberLet's hope I'm paranoid: in the back of my head the idea of Valve focusing steamdeck and leaving the desktop behind is starting to grow.
- Protondb is more like steamdeckdb now. Only showing "Deck Verified Games"

I don't know what you mean here...

https://www.protondb.com/search?q=time%20hack [External Link]

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Quoting: GetBeanedIt's got good reviews, but I can't shake just how similar it looks to A Short Hike, which was admittedly great, but I'm not sure I'd want to experience something extremely similar to it.

I like what the first Steam review [External Link] I stumbled upon says on this:
I read a lot of reviews saying it's a blatant copy of The Short Hike and was wary, but I am happy to report that... it is, but in a good way. For me it doesn't feel like cheap 'steal the idea and make a copy' but more 'I loved Short Hike but wanted some extra elements there, so since I have the skill, I will MAKE my version, which has the bits I want' and it shows.

Looking forward to giving this a try. Probably alone first, and then with the kids. :)

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