Quoting: blindcoder

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: blindcoderWill it ever get proper PLAYER documentation? Like what to do early, mid, late game? How to get X, Y, Z resource? You know, stuff that kids want to know when playing.

There's a basic version of that on the Minetest wiki [External Link], though it's still under the old "MineClone 2" name right now.

Thanks, I know that one, but it's, well, better than nothing, but just barely. I've spent in-game days (well, nights, really) holed up in a shed waiting for night to pass, because there was nothing else to do except go out and die because there's a dozen archers, several spiders and an exploding enemy or three.
Much, much later I learned that if you're lucky you can find sheep and if you're luckier still you can find a smidge of iron to craft shears and THEN make a bed. Maybe, I don't know, never found sheep.

Sounds like vanilla Minecraft TBH :)

In Minecraft, you can also collect spider silk and assemble it to craft wool, that you can then use for the bed. Don't forget to get some coal for torches, mobs spawn in the dark. If you don't have the resources for a bed, you can spend night time digging for ore, crafting/smelting, etc.

Of course, there is a bit of joy in figuring that out for yourself. I remember my first few nights in Minecraft, they were very rough, spent waiting for daylight in a hole somewhere (that was more than 15 years ago).

Regarding MineClone diverging from Minecraft, I can understand, some things were hard to achieve with the Minetest engine, and not every Minecraft mechanic is worth emulating, IMHO. That said, it was an interesting stress-test for the engine, and I think it drove some of its development. Curious to see where this leads.

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Exciting, looks like this has some rogue-lite mechanics from the trailer?

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CEC as in HDMI CEC? Is that a feature on Steam Deck?

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The phrasing is weird. This update won't roll out? So will they publish it at a later date? Or are they abandoning their plans?

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Just when I was considering hopping on that bandwagon. I think I'll give it more thought if it requires yet another account.

And Sony doesn't exactly have a stellar security record, they keep getting hacked :|

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I can't wait to ply this, but I have so many other titles to play first, including the first one. Oh well, at least I'll get to play it *after* it gets optimized :)

Anyone knows how well the busier sections perform?

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: CatKillerNot unless you Family Share with yourself as an alt account.

Did you or someone test this with the beta client? I don't think I saw this scenario mentioned in the FAQ.

I'm pretty sure that having an alt is against the TOS, so they're unlikely to recommend it in their FAQ.

I don't think it's against Steam TOS, their support also invited me to create a new account when I got a VAC ban ~15 years ago.

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Quoting: TurkeysteaksHmm, was hoping this would fix the issue I'm having. After upgrading to Plasma 6, I can no longer remote play to my Steam Link on Wayland (input streams back to PC, but no visual to Link except for alt tabbing causing a green rave).

It's a shame, I use it an awful lot to play local coop games - pretty much every day. X11 has its own issues.

Slightly regretting the Plasma 6 upgrade already honestly, my lock screen is now also broken and there's been a little instability.

You can try to launch steam with -pipewire or -pipewire-dma-buf (IIRC - I hope I didn't make a typo, more perf, more likely to be broken though usually fine).

They disabled it a while back as it creates a pop up to ask what to share on some desktops, there was no mechanism to remember a choice back then.

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Oh no, I just used it (remote play together) two days ago in order to use a second Steam Deck as a controller (while the first one was connected to a projector, and used by another person).

The lag on the screen was a bit much (for a platformer, ultimate chicken horse in this case), but it worked decently when looking at the big screen.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: grigiI can totally see the Steam Deck being a fantastic tool for games developers.
It's affordable, powerful, and easy to deploy software to.
It has many input schemes you can try, is a nice portable size, etc...

The trick they missed, that I hope they correct with the Deck 2, is having a Kensington slot. Load up your game/demo on some Decks and let people play.

Good idea! There are a few more simple things on my wishlist, such as reversing the SD orientation in its case, to allow charging it while enclosed (could also do that with a secondary port at the bottom). And of course, moonshots such as a second unsoldered M.2 slot to repurpose the motherboard outside of the SD 😁

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