Quoting: GuestYou can use Bottles, which has an installer for the Epic Games Store here. [External Link]

Makes setting it up much easier plus they have installers for other launchers too.

I actually have a small guide in progress on EA App with Bottles...coming up tomorrow.

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Quoting: thelimeydragonI've said it in a comment in another video, but I think would be a good idea to make a more general guide on hidden files and common locations for game data and exploring\explaining individual game prefixes/editing the registry on each prefix/etc.

As some people might not realise that each game runs in it's own instance or wonder why certain games can't find another games data (because it's in a difference instance)

Entirely possible, but probably to come later.

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Quoting: dpanterNow since Glorious Eggroll has renamed Proton-GE to GE-Proton, should we not adopt this naming change in general? Apparently it's a bit confusing for people not in the know, so to speak.
For context read his own statements [External Link] on this.

I didn't even notice 😬

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: ShmerlA question to experts. How do non Steam games work with controllers on the Deck? Is controller support untied from Steam? Same question for all controls, like pads, touchscreen and so on.

If I understood Liam correctly (in the story about Epic Game Store on Steam Deck), you have to run non-Steam games from within Steam to have controller functions work correctly. Hopefully he will clarify if I got that wrong.

Some games work outside in desktop mode but it's iffy. Running inside Steam gives you Steam Input so everything should work.

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To add my own quick bit now we're here, I've probably already said it in my review but my hope for Deck Verified is definitely more hands-on testing. Multiple Verified or Playable titles have plenty of below 30FPS framedrops that to me would strike them out.

Edit: Vampire Survivors is another Verified, saw it drop to single digits during the end of a battle and so on. Edit 2: Did it on livestream tonight and yeeeeah that should not be Verified.

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Quoting: LachuMaybe Windows users can use python solution, but is python installed in Windows by default? Is not it?

It would require a little setup on the Windows side.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: SolitarySo there is no application overlay for repository installed applications (like Fedora Silverblue does for example)? That kinda limits the use of the desktop

I have no idea what you're talking about here honestly. Got an example?

Well, Fedora Silverblue still allows you to install RPM packages from standard repositories in the read-only filesystem, but it works as "overlay". Basically those extra apps are installed/layered on top of the base system, so the system update re-imagining does not delete them. Looking at it, it might be OSTree feature though.

I see, no it doesn't have this by default.

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Quoting: SolitarySo there is no application overlay for repository installed applications (like Fedora Silverblue does for example)? That kinda limits the use of the desktop

I have no idea what you're talking about here honestly. Got an example?

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: g000h

Quoting: x_wingOr just run this in the folder with the data to upload:

 
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5555

And open in the deck browser YOUR_HOST_IP:5555

or python -m http.server 5555 for when your system is defaulting to python3.

The point is to avoid the terminal for simple guides.

Edit: however, that's pretty cool! I'll add a note.

I can understand that warpinator is cross platform, but not the answer that the point is to avoid the terminal for simple guides.

Why?

Terminal can simplify complex and simple tasks, and this is an excellent example.
The sooner the people will understand that, the sooner we can progrsss instead of involve into dumbness (no offense).
I doubt there is something simpler or even easier than that command, really... software is already installed on both ends (literally, the challenging task here is to know an ip address and the location of a file) let alone install and use warpinator with all of the steps involved on both systems.

It's a repeating problem. What's one of the main things people outside the Linux bubble are afraid of and turn their nose up at learning and using? The terminal. It's about knowing the audience in regards to the Steam Deck, it is *mostly* people coming from Windows and traditional consoles, and largely (in the nicest way) a large pool of tech illiterate people who prefer pressing buttons. You hook 'em in with an easy app, then you can start the terminal talk.

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Quoting: CyborgZeta

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: CyborgZeta

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: CyborgZetaCan't you just connect the Deck to a PC using USB and transfer files that way?

Tried that, no dice.

That's really strange, but I guess it's because of the immutable filesystem. Since SteamOS would have to format microSD cards, I imagine you can't just put files on your card either.

It's not like no files can be added or changed. I mean, you can download games, flatpaks etc., and presumably there are save game files and so on.
Does SteamOS have to format the SD cards? Well, if you were a Windows user I guess for practical purposes because SteamOS wants them to be ext4, and I doubt Windows will format something to ext4. Presumably you could plug in an SD card, have SteamOS format it, then put it in your other computer and add things . . . can Windows work with ext4 if it's already there? You'd think, since Linux is so big in the server space and Windows still does server stuff, but I don't know. If you're a Linux user you'd be fine though, right?

I'm not a Windows user. My concern is that SteamOS formats the microSD card to its immutable filesystem and I become unable to drag-and-drop files from my PC onto the card.

Also, if SteamOS formats the card into ext4, would it even have write permissions for another user (in this case, my PC)?

SD Cards have a standard ext4 format, you can do whatever you want with them.

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