Quoting: Salvatos

Quoting: damarrinThe SD has ABXY buttons, but not RB/LT etc. For some reason, Valve decided to take these from Playstation and they’re L1,R2 and so on.

Interesting. That suits me fine as RB/LT mean nothing to me, whereas "left 1/right 2" is pretty self explanatory.

Just to complete the roundabout, "left 1/left 2" means nothing to me other than "left". Which is 1 and which is 2? Are we counting top-down, bottom-up, by increasing/decreasing size? There's no immediate logic to it for me.
I had trouble with "LT/LB" as well until I figured out that "B" is "button" - there's only one of the two shoulder things that clicks, so that's the button, done.
At least "LT/LB" can be figured out, "L1/L2" has to be taught.

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Quoting: no_information_hereI have no interest in buying a portable game device. This thing is not for me at all.

However, Valve is doing everything right here. I am very impressed with the Deck and its roll-out. I sure hope it helps improve Linux gaming in general.

I don't really have any interest in using one either as I basically never leave the house and don't particularly want to play games outside of home. That said, I've reserved a Steam Deck and set aside the money for it - I see it more as a way to support Valve's efforts to make gaming on Linux a viable alternative to Windows and to improve cross-platform development efforts in general.

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I will probably jump straight into emulation using a bootable SD card. I imagine PS1/2 will work very nicely on it, so WipEout might just be the first thing I try (racing and gyro are wonderful together), probably followed by some Gamecube games.

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I've got an extra key for Zero Caliber, if anyone wants it: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=zWzqC2ZHdvG5Bsye [External Link]

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Quoting: areamanplaysgame

In the notice it complains how the code now runs on platforms it was never released for

Am I missing something? I thought there was an exception in the DMCA for exactly this - making software more useful to end users.
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I don't know about DMCA, but that exception is definitely valid in the EU. That's how it's legal to "circumvent" DVD and Blu-ray encryption on Linux - if a product cannot be used in the advertised manner on your system, you're allowed to make it work.

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Speaking of VR keybinds, do they actually work for anyone? Apart from the interface for selecting community binds being incredibly slow, I've never been able to get the interface for setting it up my own to show up and selecting community binds never seem to do anything.
Is my system cursed or is this a general problem?

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I'm just going to be overly optimistic here and say that there are more games that work for me now with Proton than there were the last time I tried running a Windows machine. From what I see online, that situation hasn't exactly improved on Windows with regards to backwards compatibility.
In the eyes of the average consumer - assuming the upcoming AC work from Valve actually works - I think the Steam Deck is likely to work with the expected amount of games, which will likely read as "100%" to the average consumer.

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I bought GTA3 when this engine became usable - to bump the Linux sale number and show that the engine has a positive effect - now I've had to file for a refund, which is probably not likely to happen.

UPDATE: Refund denied.

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Oh, I was meaning to pick that up, guess I won't have to now.

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Quoting: d10sfan

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: CybolicAt least on my build of DarkPlaces (using DarkPlacesRM), the new episode (Dimension of the Machine) crashes when killing an enemy with the axe [...]
I'll try Luxtorpeda's DarkPlaces build next.

Yup, same thing with Luxtorpeda's build of QuakeSpasm-Spiked and VKQuake. The crash is not from using the axe but seems to be when one of the first enemies is killed (number 6 or 7 I think). The wrong portal text is in all three versions (and not in the Kex Engine version).

I just added FTE QuakeWorld as an option. Give that a try and see if it works better if you have a chance.

I just tried that one and it seemed to go alot further.

That works, no crashes now! Is it just me or is the timing on jumps and projectile travel speeds slower on FTE QuakeWorld?

QuakeSpasm-Spiked build 6042 is supposed to have full support for the new episode :)

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