Quoting: Lofty

Quoting: M@GOidNot what I am looking for right now. Since I'm riding the indie wave, what I need is a decent D-Pad. And those that are under the analog simply wont do, no matter how good the actual pad is. Location location location. I have a Dual Shock 4, but the D-pad is unbearable for those of us that had tasted Nintendo's finest.

I was about to get a 8bitdo Pro 2, but after their recent releases, I have the gut feeling a "Pro 3" is in the works. So for now I'm using a original N64 controller with a USB adapter. Those things have great D-Pads that nobody used back then, so mine is like new, despite having been manufactured 25 years ago.

My advice is to not get the pro 2, i have this and the buttons stick and creak. the triggers are too easy to press (like almost no resistance) the dpad is meh. not only that it has not been very compatible for me at all even on xinput mode, some proton games will not work even when its supposed to be set as an xbox controller. Oddly only the switch emulation works well in these cases but then the buttons are mapped incorrectly. Ohh and i cannot get anything to recognise the back under side paddle buttons.. and .. yes there is more .. the rumble barely works on most games if at all. If you want a controller like an xbox controller get an xbox controller.

However its not all bad for 8bitdo if your after a retro/indie game wave where you only need a really good d-pad and a decent set of face buttons (no analogue or rumble) then the M30 model (that looks like a megadrive controller) is much better built and the d-pad is excellent.

I actually had to double-check which gamepad you're writing about, because it's so weird how much our experience differs. The Pro 2 has been hands down the best controller I've ever owned. The buttons are responsive and quiet. The triggers aren't very stiff but they provide just the right amount of resistance for fine control. The D-pad isn't too bad either. And compatibility in X-input mode (with Steam Input and outside of steam) has been excellent. Maybe we don't play the same games?

The paddles on the bottom don't work, that's true. But you can only set them to double as face buttons even on Windows apparently. Doesn't sound very useful. And about rumble, I'll take your word for that one. I've never seen the point of controller vibration so I always disable it.

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Quoting: Rouhollah

Quoting: ljrkAlso note that you can use

 
--launcher-skip

in Witcher 3 to skip the annoying launcher :-)

Hey, thank you for the tip.
Can I ask where I could find different launch options for games? Do developers release documentation or something?

I think pcgamingwiki.com [External Link] might be your best bet.

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What, no permadeath? A human-designed world to explore and a proper story? Rare in this type of game, lately, or maybe it just feels like that's the case.

Wishlisted. Looks like something I'd enjoy. As soon as I get through at least some of my depressingly bloated backlog...

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Quoting: omeganebula

Quoting: tuubiMatter of taste I guess. I don't mind the icon theme at all. Haven't even thought of switching away from Moka since it was introduced in Mint. IMHO it's a perfectly "sane default" as you put it.

English is not my native language, and I'm not even an Indo-European speaker, so sorry for any incorrect grammar.

Your grammar is fine. Or maybe I just think it is because my native language isn't Indo-European either. :wink:

Quoting: omeganebulaHowever, I can't see how overriding common application icons could be a sane default. In fact, one of the first reactions when I recommend Mint to someone, is asking if they can do something about it. Firefox is usually the one that's particularly striking, and the server-side decoration on it. Not a deal breaker, just an annoyance, because other than that, it's a great distro.

Personally I enjoy the visual consistency and dislike having a bunch of clashing icon styles in my panel or on my desktop. And apparently my friends and family don't mind it either. To me it seems like a perfectly sane default.

You might like the fact that in addition to Mint's own (partially Moka-based) icon themes, this new release comes with a bunch of alternatives out of the box. Namely Breeze, Numix, Papirus and Yaru. Maybe one of those is more to your liking. I think Papirus might have application icons as well though.

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Quoting: omeganebulaI don't understand why they don't use a more neutral icon theme. The Firefox icon, for example, is completely alien to what Mozilla wants to promote. Moreover, I have yet to hear of anyone who considers Moka icons aesthetically pleasing.
While I really appreciate the efforts of the Mint team, I can't overlook this aspect, since it is the first impression for many people of the Linux desktop and first impressions are important. Obviously one can change the icon theme if a newcomer wants to and knows about the option, but sane default are always better.
Imho.

Matter of taste I guess. I don't mind the icon theme at all. Haven't even thought of switching away from Moka since it was introduced in Mint. IMHO it's a perfectly "sane default" as you put it. I haven't actually heard anyone complain about it before, and I know a bunch of Mint users.

That said, I'm not yet sure if I like the new, bright colours and yellow folders.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Craggles086

Quoting: NanobangIt broke my heart when word came down that there would be no new Steam Controllers, and since then, gaming sessions feel a little ... bittersweet, like getting coffee with a dying friend. But news that there's talk of a Steam Controller 2? That's like getting news that there's a chance I'll get a new, better friend---maybe even before my dying friend ... dies?

Yeah, that sounds wrong. So, Steam Controller v 2.0? Awesome! Replacing dying friends? Not so awesome.

So a new controller will mean that I can say that the Steam controller is awesome and not get the response, “Then why has it been discontinued?”

Much in the same way that they would say it was a failure, so they are not going to try it for themselves. Can’t wait to see what they do for Steam Controller 2.

My childhood gaming experiences were spent with a Commodore 64 joystick in my hand, and the closest I come to that in modern pc gaming was using the Steam Controller.

What sucks is my favorite controller for the Atari/Commodore is the Epyx 500xj, also known as the Konix Speedking. But my old age makes it painful to use the triggers...

I had a single trigger version of the Speedking and it was pretty fun, but the stick was quite noisy if I recall correctly. My fave was and will always be the Suncom TAC 2. That said, I totally prefer a modern gamepad for comfort.

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Quoting: MinuxI've always been a huge fan of KDE. I've tried xfce but not much. Do you recommend it? How would you compare it to KDE?

It offers everything you need from a desktop, and not much else. A great file manager. A decent panel and desktop. A pretty good terminal. Plenty of customizability and a limited but sufficient amount of bells and whistles.

Nothing trendy or exciting, but it does exactly what I need and in a way that feels intuitive to me. But that might just be the fact that apart from a few brief digressions, I've been running Xfce on my computers pretty much exclusively for the last two decades or so.

I couldn't really compare it to KDE, as I never got along with that particular DE enough to get to know it properly. The last time I tried it, it felt big, buggy and clunky. But that was obviously quite a while ago.

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:heart:

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Quoting: emphyGentle reminder that fwupd supports 8bitdo's controllers. Not sure how it would be handled on the steam deck and other systems, but in ubuntu that means you can update their firmware with a simple click, directly from the software centre.

That is true, but sadly 8BitDo hasn't uploaded any new firmware files to the LVFS for a couple of years now. I've contacted them to ask about this, and they simply sent me the latest firmware file for my gamepad so I can update manually. Complete silence about fwupd/LVFS.

That said, I was very happy with the Pro+, and I'm even happier with the Pro 2. The back buttons in the Pro 2 don't do anything, but I think they can only be programmed to double as some of the face buttons even on Windows, so meh. Also the gyro is only active in Switch mode for some reason, and then you lose analogue triggers...

Anyway, better build quality and ergonomics than any controller I've used before.

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Quoting: Xpander

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: XpanderStill no graphics pipeline library? :sad:

My `vulkaninfo |grep pipeline` output, still on Mesa 22.2.4:

Spoiler, click me

[SNIP some irrelevant loader warnings]
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control      : extension revision 3
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback           : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties       : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_library                     : extension revision 1
pipelineStatisticsQuery                 = true
pipelineExecutableInfo = true
VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library             : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control       : extension revision 3
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback            : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_library                      : extension revision 1
pipelineStatisticsQuery                 = true
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control      : extension revision 3
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback           : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties       : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_library                     : extension revision 1
pipelineStatisticsQuery                 = true
pipelineExecutableInfo = true
VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library             : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control       : extension revision 3
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback            : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_pipeline_library                      : extension revision 1
pipelineStatisticsQuery                 = true

Don't know why it lists the extensions multiple times.

Ahh nice, it is in then. Maybe its just experimental and needs variable?

Yep. According to the docs [External Link] `RADV_PERFTEST=gpl` is needed. And the description is not very reassuring:

enable experimental (and suboptimal) graphics pipeline library (still under active development)

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