u/vinnymac

Given the size of communities here, it might be better to start a steam hardware community, rather than a niche one that will surely have few contributors.

Yea, and it performs well.

I highly recommend playing the PSP version using the PPSSPP emulator and configuring this texture pack:

https://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?tid=29776%EF%BF%BC

Source: https://github.com/Zodi-ark/Final-Fantasy-Tactics-The-War-of-the-Lions-Texture-Pack

If they’d just release Steam OS for desktop with proper support, they wouldn’t even need to make a steam machine. Someone else is likely already selling hardware in that form factor that’s more than adequate.

Not to mention many would stop using windows for gaming, oh wait they are already doing that…

If you want to use WOL you’ll need an adapter/dock with an Ethernet port.

Then use nmcli (network manager cli) to accept magic wake-up packets:

nmcli c modify "Wired connection 1" 802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan magic

See more info here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wake-on-LAN

Then you just send a magic packet using your Steam Decks MAC whenever you want it to wake up.

Note: if you own an OLED Steam Deck technically you can just do this over Bluetooth with a controller instead, because of the hardware update.

EDIT: looks like 3.7.0 preview has added Bluetooth wake support for LCD models as well!

You can already wake the device up over LAN, USB, or Bluetooth. You could even have a separate device such as a PC or phone that sends the wake up signal to the steam deck if you wanted. I have other devices that work this way in my home already.

It’d be preferable to manage this all on device of course, but I assure you this is solvable where existing Steam Decks already reside, without needing to fix any low level firmwares.

It’d be nice if it could wake itself up, and then begin to update games while idle. When done it could just go back to sleep again if it’s still idle after some time passes.

Even better would be settings to choose auto updates from discover, the client, and any proton changes.

Surprised they don’t have anything like this after years, it’s not a particularly complex problem to solve. All of the update logic for the games already exists, it’s literally just managing the wake/sleep events that they’d need to program.

The high seas are calling for those who are patient

I’ve cloned drives from an existing steam deck onto another brand new drive for a new steam deck. The swap you are doing should work the same without issue.

As long as we can never fully understand when or how it will turn red, and sometimes when you wrap it in towels it stops being red, I’m all for it.

Proton is the gateway drug to us getting more Linux native games. In due time!

Probably for the same reason Nintendo shuttered the stores for 3DS and Wii U over the last year. They are attempting to consolidate infrastructure, support, user base, and sales.

It is likely due to age and popularity. At this point PCSX2 is the only widely popular emulator you've listed, but is older, in the same way Dolphin is old and less of a concern of harming their limelight. That isn't to say those other emulators aren't making waves lately, but there is a window between age and popularity that makes this software a prime target. Especially emulators for current gen, which has been historically very rare, and when it did exist were no where near as good as CEMU, Yuzu, and Ryujinx were.

In my experience they are held accountable.

I agree w/ the sentiment but I haven’t heard of a dev that isn’t lit on fire from every direction at most of these companies.

It’s usually non-devs who require the encouragement. Although perhaps you meant developer more generally?

I have these exact same issues, never heard of someone else experiencing them.

I’d say the Bluetooth issues, and the inability for me to turn the steam deck on when docked at a distance (without extras) are my biggest pet peeves right now. Otherwise I’m a happy camper.

The Home + A is annoying, but I usually get it after a few attempts.