Quoting: BTREThe steam package ought to have created /lib/udev/rules.d/70-steam-input.rules and that should have a couple of entries for the pro controller.

It does, and the entries there even fit the controller from what I could see from the lsusb, etc. It also recognizes the controller - but the controller either doesn't work at all or constantly reconnects.

That was on my 5+ years old laptop, though, might just be something incompatible in there.

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Nintendo Joy-Con and Pro Controller support

Bought a Pro Controller a month ago and was really surprised that it isn't supported yet.
There were a few custom drivers around, but not one of them got the controller working for me. Just weird behavior with the controller turning itself on and off constantly when connected via Bluetooth (and nothing at all via USB).

Hopefully, once this kernel is "safe" for Manjaro, this will no longer be a problem.

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Quoting: MohandevirCP2077... You're finally mine! :grin:

You sure it's ready yet? :wink:

I bought some co-op games for my GF and me to try.
Time to get rekt endlessly in Barotrauma.

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Quoting: Mar2ckthe act of traversing the world is fun and challenging in and of itself

This has to be a joke.
It is practically impossible to fail in this game. You don't die (unless you count that one scene). You just respawn a bit back with all of your stuff.
Except if human enemies kill you - in which case you lose some packages, but can just go look for them again.
But dying to human enemies is likewise basically impossible, given the inane state of enemy AI - unless you have two left hands and your eyes at the back of your head.
And even then, sorry, but that's not a fail state. A challenge requires the realistic possibility to fail at it and some kind of stake.

So only the terrain and the "challenge" of traversing it remains.
In my 7-9 hours of trying to get from cutscene to cutscene, as the "gameplay" itself certainly was no motivation, I did not manage to fall even once (after the tutorial).

At some point, I gave up on the repetitive and entirely-devoid-of-challenge gameplay and instead just watched the story unfold on YouTube.
Which is cool - felt a bit like watching an overpriced arthouse movie.

Other than that, this game is the very best example of The Emperor's New Clothes in game form.
I read a review once that pretty much goes like this and I found it very fitting:
"It feels like some vernissage, famous people, expensive food, ... - and nobody really understands what’s the point of the paintings but you are semi-intimidated into praising the masterpieces, while no one wants to admit they are bored."

I can really only assume some people enter a kind of zen-like trance when meandering through the nothingness of the game, which then counts as "fun" for them.
Somewhat similar to people who waste their time away play Animal Crossing and somehow find enjoyment in that.

Beats me how that works, but more power to them, I guess!
Believe me, I wish I could be entertained in that manner. I'd spend a lot less money on games. :grin:

PS: Yes, yes, I know. "Players work together to achieve a goal!" "Inspires altruism!" "Such a brave premise!" yadda yadda, bla bla,... all fine and dandy, but none of that makes the gameplay better.

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Ugh.
Silent or bust.
Clicky sounds are triggering.

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Quoting: Lofty

Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: scaineI just can't believe that they a) they didn't test b) they pushed on a Friday and then, the final nail c) they did absolutely nothing about it all weekend. Incompetent

As someone who works freelance and switches projects about 2-3 times per year, let me tell you:

I can totally believe that.
The levels of incompetence and complete breakdown of communications on multiple levels I have seen in some companies (that you'd think would be more professional given their size) would make most people revert to their pre-landfall evolutionary state just to cope if they heard it.

The longer I work in IT, the more miraculous I find it that everything around us that is software does not crash and burn 99% of the time.

Which is why im glad i left the I.T industry. Much less stress now & happier all round.

Some day...
Some day...

:grin:

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Quoting: scaineI just can't believe that they a) they didn't test b) they pushed on a Friday and then, the final nail c) they did absolutely nothing about it all weekend. Incompetent

As someone who works freelance and switches projects about 2-3 times per year, let me tell you:

I can totally believe that.
The levels of incompetence and complete breakdown of communications on multiple levels I have seen in some companies (that you'd think would be more professional given their size) would make most people revert to their pre-landfall evolutionary state just to cope if they heard it.

The longer I work in IT, the more miraculous I find it that everything around us that is software does not crash and burn 99% of the time.

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Played it for 7 or 8 maps now.
It's really fun, can recommend.

I like when games add something more to the formula, like shops, upgrading weapons, etc.

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Quoting: CreakHow do you use retroarch on Steam??

Edit: oh! It's actually an application to install within Steam itself! https://steamcommunity.com/app/1118310 [External Link]

Hehe, yeah, I remember being confused about that as well.

"Wtf? How is that useful? You can't download ROMs on Steam! So what point is it to use Steam with RetroArch?!"
(Of course, I mean ROMs of games that I all physically own myself :whistle:)

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'd say it certainly means that if all else is equal, pick the open source.

Basically what every argument boils down to.
And that's generally true, of course, but it's also a very strict requirement. The only reason you'd use an inferior product (as in, inferior for your use case) just because X is ideology - or you are on a shoestring budget, which I'd also consider fair enough.

Take Linux itself.
I realize the advantages it has from being open source, but the reason I'm using it is not that or privacy or the cost factor. All of these are welcome (or I don't care), but the major reason is that it simply works much better (or on par with Windows, e.g. for gaming) for everything I want to do with it.

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