Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: denyasis(to be fair, I've had a steam deck for a year and have barely used it, still can't figure out a use case for it for me)

(psst... You play games on it...)

I LOVE THIS😂🤣😂🤣

But yeah, I have trouble thinking of a time when I would use it where I can't just walk over and use my PC or Link instead, lol. It still feels weird trying to take it places when I could just read on my phone and have less to carry, 🤷‍♂️. Guess I'm still in the learning phase!!

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I used ClamAV, but it can be finicky with time outs on large files, etc.

Considering how wide open user space can be, I've always been kinda surprised how lacking Linux security has always been with protecting the user. I always chalked it up to the mentality of "The user is on their own" and "We're too smart to download junk or visit a bad website".

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Looks like a pretty beefy device. I'd still have no idea what to do with it (to be fair, I've had a steam deck for a year and have barely used it, still can't figure out a use case for it for me).

I remember when Asus had great customer service and good devices, 20 years ago (crap im old!!!). I had 2 of their cell phones and while I loved the first one, I could tell the quality went down a lot on the second and it broke pretty quickly.

It's a shame, they were one of the companies ppl swore by for device quality and performance.

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I tried No Man's Sky in 2019 or 2020. It was pretty good. I must admit I bounced off Terreria pretty hard, but maybe the kids will like it. Both are great games!

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Ooooo, with the key bind to switch it, i hope it's only a matter of time till they implement alternate hands for us cross hand/eye dominant people!!

Or I could just do it with the key bind manually!! Lol!

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Quoting: PhiladelphusAs someone who likes the fishing mechanics, fish frenzies sound interesting.

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Added a special cutscene after you’ve helped your new neighbors grow their family to the max.

Wait, are you a midwife in this game?!

I'm confused as well. Not sure if this is something added in 1.6 (which I haven't had much time to play yet) or something I'm just forgetting already exists.

I mostly assumed it was more playing matchmaker, lol. Midwifery never even occurred to me! My spare loves this game! They gonna be so excited!!

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I highly recommend playing this game! It's a great remake, although I will admit I have some nostalgia for the original series from when I was a child.

As much as I loved SS2, I always felt it transitioned from survival horror to regular shooter to its determent, the beginning of that game was terrifying.

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Glad they got it fixed! Hopefully they can fix it for desktop and Steam Link Hardware soon. The normal package seems to not properly switch the controller out of "desktop" profile and the flatpak seems to have a new bug where the menu and overlay don't appear (and sometimes the game window too!)

I spent several hours yesterday trying to get it to work to no avail. I finally just plugged the Deck into my TV and played it with a SC (not a problem there!). Maybe today I'll try streaming to the Deck and see if I can just replace the Link with it (I'm sure that's Valve's intention).

Even weirder, Streaming from the Deck to Link appeared to be just fine (I couldn't do much as it was using the Deck's wifi, which isn't great for this)

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Quoting: CatKillerThose are all entirely down to the game. If the game uses Steam Input, though, it does get appropriate controller glyphs automagically

Nice! I was unaware it did that through In Home Streaming! The last game I tried it with (Rimworld) did not work like that at all, despite very clearly being Deck Verified and having some way to tell it's running on a Deck and adjust accordingly. It's wasn't just the glyphs. The resolution was off, as was the interface scaling. It just seemed very half baked to me. Hence why I prefer to stream to my Link as opposed to the Deck.

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Ironically, this week was the week I actually have time to stream from my desktop to my steam link in the living room. I'm assuming, since it was a client update, it's probably broken across the board.

I like the work they do, but Valve's overall support for their stuff, particularly remote play, isn't very good. It took them years to fix the audio corruption bug they introduced.

I will admit, my very few attempts to stream from PC to Deck were mostly a let down. One would think, since the whole thing is in Steam's walled garden, the serving computer would pass some info to the game about the client computer. It makes no sense to send a desktop experience (complete with glyphs, resolution and interface) to a deck client.

I hope they do fix it, though! I personally think streaming is the future for the deck as it ages. It would add a lot of longevity to the platform with newer and more demanding games!

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