Quoting: elmapulwindows users DONT HATE FREEDOM

Some do. Otherwise I can't explain why so many people demand the inclusion of Denuvo in their games. I simply don't get it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: ElectricPrismSame thing with Source code -- we really aren't prepared if any websites we suddenly loose access -- like how am I going to install a thing from the [ AUR ] if GitHub has issues suddenly, or Email, or Google Docs, or Drive, or whatever really.

Seeing that Google Code has been a thing and was killed about seven years ago, there's been some precedence, but that did not disappear without warning. The strong dependence on GitHub is scary, but on the plus side every git clone contains the history. That's a huge plus compared to svn so there's a very high chance that code can be restored even if the server is gone. Case in point re3: There were so many local copies of the repository when the the access was blocked the first time.

What I'm not a huge fan of is that it seems that most development decisions seem to be restricted to discord conversations so there's no hope that anything will be preserved.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Liam DaweThere's the option in the game properties for each game, where you can tell it a forced resolution. Obviously on the Steam Deck directly it will still be limited to the base resolution, but it works for external screens.

Thanks. I've used the properties so many times, but I never realized that it would work with a higher resolution if an external screen is connected.

I don't know how much time I've spent with the global display settings and looking at the built-in settings menu of several games to investigate if anything did really change. To my defense, this has to be the most convoluted way to implement such a mechanism.

The second thing with external display is that I haven't found a way to clone the output to the internal display (only in desktop mode). My web searches haven't turned up anything as well. Is there a hidden way to get that?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Liam DaweYou've been able to force a different resolution for a while now on Steam Deck.

How? I've just gave it a quick test – nothing has changed. You can change the output resolution in game mode, but not the resolution that is used for rendering. That is fixed and will get scaled to the final output resolution.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I've read that the new Sony handheld will only be able to remotely play games on a PS5 and it was said that it would be permanently online only. If that's true then that thing will be no alternative at all.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: mr-victorySteam Deck defaults to 720p even on external monitors AFAIK.

The last time I checked – sometime at the end of last year – it was impossible to use a higher resolution in game mode (the only option for a different resolution was/is scaling). In desktop there is full control of resolution.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

The German government has been very generous with its new grant program focused on supporting the video game industry in our country. Back in January, we shared that we were given 1.65 million Euros to help produce the first major expansion for EVERSPACE 2, and we plan to match that with our own funds. While our creative team isn’t yet ready to share what this new adventure will be, safe to say this will not be a small expansion.

I'm not sure that taxes should be used that way.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: BlackBloodRumPerhaps even a little openable flap like old laptops used to have for quick access.

Hm… HDDs in the olden days were a lot less sensitive to ESD than M.2 SSDs. So that might be a case of increased support load.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: slaapliedjeThis isn't the first time Valve did an 'oops' as far as marketing goes.

It seems that they have too much faith in their partners' promises. I doubt that they would've used both games in advertisements on a whim.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Uberkeyserthe EeePC (aka netbook):

That story still makes me sad.

Quoting: UberkeyserEventually there will be a ROG Ally 2, which has a 22 inch screen, that can be folded over a full mechanical keyboard, 4 kg weight, etc,... essentially killing the idea of a handheld console..... but it will runs Windows well :P

Imagine something that folds out into the table that the Enterprise D had in engineering.

View this comment - View article - View full comments