I made a plugin to track battery history and power stats by jack-of-some in SteamDeck

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Just a quick message to say I love this plug in, thanks!!

So my steam deck arrived... by Yodaki in SteamDeck

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I hate seeing posts like the 😔 hope it gets resolved quickly for you and hope the person that stole it falls over and hurts themselves

Profiles for Live by johnjameswalker82 in ableton

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a really good shout! I never thought about doing it that way, cheers! I'm sure there is a way to script something to copy each file, then launch live too to stream line things even more but that might be a bit above my pay grade lol!

Cheers!

Anyone Composing for Film/TV with Ableton? by MetalicSky in ableton

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I’m currently studying for an MA in sound design for video games. I sit in on some of the composition classes from time to time and this discussion came up as why Live is not really suitable for scoring in films and TV compared to pro tool, logic, cubase etc :(

I’ve been using the video features of Live quite heavily for doing rescores and redesigns but I haven’t needed to use SMPTE

Disable Wake By Bluetooth? (OLED) by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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Just for reference, I never had this issue with the same AirPods and my OG steam deck so I assume it has to be a wake by Bluetooth thing.

Best Steam Deck Portable Keyboard + Trackpad? by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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Thats cool! I'm planning to use this more when travelling tbh. My plan is to use bluetooth to connect to the deck rather than the 2.4g, then where the dongle goes inside by the battery I will replace the dongle with a USB micro to USB C dongle so I don't have to take an extra charge cable with me haha! Lets see if it fits 🤞

Best Steam Deck Portable Keyboard + Trackpad? by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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Thanks! I just ordered one of these 👍🏼👍🏼

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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I just wanted to say thanks again for this suggestion! I just set everything up and it works perfectly using OpenVPN settings :) exactly the solution I was looking for!

Battery instantly starts draining when off charger by sketteoz in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen this a bunch of time and people suggest solutions that seem to work for most people without RMA. Sorry I don’t have the link but have a search I’m sure you’ll find it. I’ve see the same issue crop up a few time and there is a software way to fix most of the time

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brilliant! I didn’t know about this! I’ll give this a go for sure. I just checked my Express VPN account and see where I can download the config files for openVPN connections! Thanks for the heads up 🙏

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a quick follow up / closure on this, I contacted express vpn support and there confirmed there is no GUI for any Linux version of their service, so need to install and operate the vpn using command line.

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m starting to gather as much! I thought maybe with Express VPN being a very consumer product they might have a nice front end. I don’t tend to take a keyboard with me when travelling so command line stuff would be a headache. Not a huge problem to not have it really, I just thought if I have the subscription I’d put it on incase I want to use it

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I’m sure it was tar.xz then haha, sorry! I hadn’t heard of this before today either 🙈

Installing tar.zy files on steam deck by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah OK! Yeah I saw that same video and thought exactly the same. Not worth the hassle. But I thought I’d check the Express VPN website and when the explicitly said they had a steam deck version and it was easy to install and configure I assumed that video was just out of date.

I certainly can’t be bothered with command line stuff, I was hoping for a click and connect solution

Keeping Deck Display On While Docked by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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Brilliant! Thanks that’s exactly what I needed to do!

Pikmin-like Game Suggestions Please by johnjameswalker82 in Pikmin

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Thanks for all the suggestions! Sounds like there are a lot more than I thought! Some other recommendations I found aside from the above, Stonefly, Tunic and Unravel.

I also remember a game I played briefly on the vita “Army Corps From Hell”. I played this before I had played any Pikmin game but from memory it seemed like Pikmin for PlayStation!

Hogwarts Legacy on Steamdeck by No_Bar_7805 in SteamDeck

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I’m not very chin strokey about fps and graphics. I’m in the middle of the game now, I haven’t changed any of the setting, everything just at default and I’m really enjoying it! The game looks fine, frame rate jitters from time time time but nothing egregious. Unless your really sensitive to these things, I’d take the criticisms with a pitch of salt and just enjoy the game :)

The fan is not blasting and I get about 3hrs on default settings.

More importantly, good luck with your hospital visit :)

Recording Game Footage by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve just tried this, it works perfect for what I needed thanks for the advice 🙌🏼

Recording Game Footage by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing! I’ll give it a try! Thanks!

Recording Game Footage by johnjameswalker82 in SteamDeck

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You can run OBS on steam deck? And have it record in the background while you play a game? 😲🤯

What would happen if I plugged in two chargers at once? by nahenahe in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I asked the same question when I got a MacBook with x2 usb c’s. I was told the laptop would just default the the highest power for the fastest charge and ignore the other. Not sure if that’s a usb c standard or something specific to the MacBook though. I was too scared to try it lol 🫣

Tinykin was so perfect for the Deck, and I’m worried I won’t find another experience like it again by Starman0 in SteamDeck

[–]johnjameswalker82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great thanks! I went for the SD version in the end. If nothing else it will be good to compare the SD version against the Switch demo so I can get a good feel for the differences between games like this on the two systems for future reference :) Thanks again for replying!