u/LiveLM — LiveLM

Damn that big art mode looks great, that single change is like 90% my reason to use decky.

Hey, nice to hear it's working out for you!

I might try picking one up for myself...

I recoiled reading the title but seeing the form factor in action it does look awesome!

Gyroscope:

DualShock 4, Dualsense, Nintendo Pro Controller or Joycons, some 8BitDo models and some other third-parties.

Touchpads:

Outside of Valve, really only Sony controllers, but I find the touchpad to be way too out of reach to use for anything that isn't quick shortcuts.

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There is a third-party controller called "DarkWalker ShotPad" that packs both Gyro and a big ass touchpad, but it only emulates a Keyboard and Mouse (so no Steam Input) and people online complain the touchpad is awfully low resolution so...


The Deck also wasn't fully baked when it shipped.

I was hoping their experience with the Deck would have them not repeat the same mistake with the Machine...

Enjoy!

It'll probably be long time before I can import one 🥲

Valve limited controller sales to 2 per transaction, *but* didn't limit it to 2 per account. This is speculated to have been a mistake

Huh, wouldn't expect them to mess this up, especially after their experience shipping the Deck.

It does, I use it exclusively with the 2.4g dongle on Linux.

You do unfortunately need the proprietary software for the initial firmware update (it works in a VM), but afterwards all you need is to ensure your distro has the proper Udev rules installed and to hold B when booting the controller.

Note that if you're only after Gyro and Back buttons, 8BitDo's Ultimate 2 Wireless also has these features, and they work fully with Steam after a firmware update.

If you're looking for dual touchpads then yeah, Valve tax.

The Ultimate 2 Gyro works on PC too, at least on the Wireless version.

Update the dongle and controller firmware via the 8BitDo App then hold the B button when turning on the controller. Steam can make use of the Gyro and extra buttons directly.

I hope the Steam Frame means Valve is putting serious effort in fixing up SteamVR's issues on Linux

The 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless 2 also only received full Steam Input capabilities after a couple firmware updates to the Controller and 2.4g dongle.

No bad specs, only bad prices.

Yeah it's a shame. I want to stay in Beta to get new Steam Input features first but I really don't like the stock Big Picture homescreen without CSS Loader

Cool, makes sense to me.

I'm a little worried about the Frame since VR (and especially the whole x86 to ARM) might be too big a difference to this comm, but IMO it's fine to cross that bridge when we get there.

Maybe the Frame gets it's own comm and this stays for the more conventional (?) Hardware like the Deck, Machine and Controller since they're so closely tied together?

Get a Xbox controller then. What's the point of them releasing their own controller hardware if it does nothing new compared to the competition?

Some computers have special USB ports that stay powered even when the computer itself is off. Guess you'll have to see if yours has one or if it's an option you can turn on in the BIOS or something.

So fucking hyped for this thing. Hope the price is good.

I honestly hope so.

A lot of people talk about running smaller indie and older games on their decks, if the translation becomes efficient enough we could have a Steam Deck 2 with serious battery gains!

I've been playing this game on Linux before the Steam Deck was even a thing. It was one of the first games I've played when Proton 3 initially launched.

You'll be fine, at worst you might need to remap the controls a little.