YEY!! 😎😎😎

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: wit_as_a_riddle

Quoting: scaineI've never once, ever, in over 1100 games, experienced a launcher which improved a game experience.

Minecraft has a useful launcher. That's the only one I know of though. Funny how people make even better ones to replace the one useful launcher I know of.

I'll give you that. One game. And even then, a launcher that's only actually necessary because the core game design is so poor that you have to juggle versions for mods. So even then, while I agree it's a useful launcher, it's only useful because it's absolutely necessary and I'd STILL prefer that it didn't exist!

Perhaps the most successful game of all time has poor design? Sure, you can make an argument for that, but I'm not going to buy it lol. Also, being able to switch versions is a feature not a bug.

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Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleSo, any of you security experts actually try the app? 🤣🤣🤣

Well, I tried it after your comment and now I will take a look how to get rid of it again.

It's very easy to leave the beta, I only have android so for that just go to the Steam app in the Play store and press "leave" under there it says "You're a beta tester".

Quoting: EikeIt's got severe longer loading times than the old one on my mobile. It shows me lots of crap I don't care for, and what I actually care for, new discussion posts, is a) well hidden, b) hardly set apart from old discussions and c), when I choose a thread with new posts, it loads quite some seconds just to not bring me to the first new item. I'd rather use the web site on my mobile browser than this.

That seems like the opposite of my experience, the old app was crap, and the new one is magic. I don't know what kind of phone you have, maybe there's a difference due to that.

You know you can dictate what page you land on? It would be nice for you if discussions were one of the options, since it's just a beta, maybe they'll add it.

Did you mean new discussion posts are well hidden or that discussions are well hidden? I'm sure your feedback will be helpful to Valve.

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Quoting: scaineI've never once, ever, in over 1100 games, experienced a launcher which improved a game experience.

Minecraft has a useful launcher. That's the only one I know of though. Funny how people make even better ones to replace the one useful launcher I know of.

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"even more open"

Perhaps they are taking a page out of Aya Neo's book and bringing in other software stores? Possibly preloading their clients on SteamOS? Maybe they are even inviting the likes of Epic, Origin, and GOG to create linux clients for this purpose?

Going another route maybe they mean the OS itself will be more open to being installable on other pieces of hardware? I think that is coming as a certainty anyhow, given the words of GDP in that they are "cooperating with Valve" to bring SteamOS to the Win (Lin) Max 2 and the words of Gabe stating, "Our view is, If we’re doing this right, that we’re going to be selling these in millions of units, And it’s clearly going to be establishing a product category that ourselves and other PC manufacturers are going to be able to participate in. And that’s going to have long-term benefits for us. So that’s sort of the frame in which we’re thinking about this."

I still maintain if it was worth it for Valve to subsidize their own hardware, with the main goals being to grow the PC gaming open ecosystem, Steam's market share, and linux gaming viability (wresting PC gaming away from Microsoft control), then it is worth it to them to subsidize other hardware. Bringing the cost down means faster adoption, accelerating the pace towards their goals.

30% from every game is a lot of money to play with, they use a bit of it to help drive adoption of other handhelds or gaming PCs that ship with SteamOS.

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Quoting: KROMI'm feeling a little bit anxious, if there ever will be a Steam Deck 3, given Valves track record. :unsure:

As I saw mentioned on reddit, this curse is already broken. Behold! We have SteamOS 3 already running on every Deck!

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So, any of you security experts actually try the app? 🤣🤣🤣

For anyone reading comments to find out what the new app is like, it is SO much better! Much more responsive and it is very well organized. It's been long overdue and it is such a welcome change. The left to right scrolling through games (at least on the Great on Deck page) is a little buggy so hopefully they sort that out soon. Discovery Queue needs some work too. Beta, folks, beta!

The QR code login worked flawlessly for me. My extensive library loads near instantly now where as on the old app I'd have to shave my beard several times before seeing it pop up. You can currently sort your library by name, playtime or recent but it doesn't look like they have added any custom collections as of yet.

Wishlist lets you sort by all the same things the desktop client does, whereas in the old app, sorting was more limited (for instance sorting by discount % was missing).

Wishlist also let's you filter games by platform, Deck Compatibility (Playable, and/or Verified), and numerous other options.

There are settings for notifications so you can select what type you'd like to receive or block - receiving a gift, discussion replies, new inventory items, friend invitations, major sales, prepurchased game is available to preload, and of course, when wishlist items go on sale.

As in the desktop client you can select your Home Screen, albeit with some different choices than on desktop, e.g. Store, News, Steam Guard, Notifications.

In general the app seems as full featured as the desktop client. A very welcome change! Keep in mind it is only in beta so expect bugs and changes. I'd say it is already less buggy than the existing app though, so don't be afraid to give it a try because of UI bug worries.

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Looks like Blossom Tales 1 is 75% off right now too 😎

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Quoting: Ehvis

Souls inspired lock-on combat system

I despise lock-on systems. This is something for controller play, not for MKB play and I hate that some games feel that it is necessary to force it on MKB players.

In Dark Souls locking on is optional, perhaps it is optional in this as well.

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Terminal based games are something special. Has anyone played Bandit? It's a "wargame" - you learn about the command line in order to play, it's quite incredible. I think some of you might quite enjoy it.

Here're the instructions for "Level 0"

Bandit Level 0

Level Goal

The goal of this level is for you to log into the game using SSH. The host to which
you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is
bandit0 and the password is bandit0. Once logged in, go to the Level 1 page to find
out how to beat Level 1.

Commands you may need to solve this level
ssh

Helpful Reading Material
Secure Shell (SSH) on Wikipedia
How to use SSH on wikiHow

https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/ [External Link]

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