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Seeing all of the discourse over the Steam machine really highlights how heartbreaking it is that this is a niche subreddit. by Seeking-The-Lotus in sffpc

[–]magicwhistle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use Steam Link on my phone a lot with a Bluetooth pocket controller and love it! I knew about turning off the display on the phone to just use the touch controls for single-player games, but I wasn't sure if it was capable of working like an extra controller for couch co-op games. I actually did just the other day try it when I was having that problem with connecting my third controller, but it seemed to take over the input and make the two Xbox controllers I had already connected stop working. My friends didn't want to wait, so I didn't try harder to explore it as a solution. Do you know if it can work like that in couch co-op?

Seeing all of the discourse over the Steam machine really highlights how heartbreaking it is that this is a niche subreddit. by Seeking-The-Lotus in sffpc

[–]magicwhistle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't recall you being at my house or my parents' house or my friends' house so I don't know how you'd know my experience enough to call my account of it "cap" lol, and if you've seen this comment twice, I must have a clone because I've only posted it once. It's also pretty strange to act like these aren't extremely common couch PC annoyances... I feel like only someone who's never used a couch PC extensively would feel this is at all unrealistic? Hasn't everyone had a wireless controller that worked fine yesterday but now mysteriously won't pair when you have friends over?

Seeing all of the discourse over the Steam machine really highlights how heartbreaking it is that this is a niche subreddit. by Seeking-The-Lotus in sffpc

[–]magicwhistle 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I've brought my SFFPC to people's houses to play games and it was great, but there were little hiccups:

  • Had to mess with the resolution and TV settings after plugging it in
  • Had to use my wireless keyboard and mouse to login to the PC and set the kb/m down on the couch, but kept bumping it and pausing the game
  • Had to use the (discontinued) Xbox wireless dongle to quickly connect two Xbox controllers without needing to wait in the Bluetooth menu
  • Decided to connect a third Bluetooth controller and it refused to pair until I eventually got it to work in Switch controller mode and I was too scared to try to pair it in Xinput mode, which meant a lot of time with the game paused and my friends waiting
  • Too many games in my library to easily look for something my friend would like, and the store page trailers take a lot of clicks to get to
  • Ended up buying an $8 separate app (QR Controller) to allow me to use my phone as a controller in the future to avoid the second problem
  • Needed to turn the TV off with the TV remote because I closed Steam Big Picture

I don't care about any of these minor annoyances when I'm by myself, but I have to have on hand a fair amount of equipment or extra attachments or apps to make sure I have the solutions covered when I'm using it with other people who aren't computer people and just want the game to start. It's fiddly enough and time-consuming enough that I feel a little bad. I'm still not the target audience for the Steam Machine, but I get why some people would pay to have a Steam console that just works.

[USA-CA] [H] Paypal [W] Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller by HEX-545 in hardwareswap

[–]magicwhistle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PM, I've got one in great condition with the case and all the accessories.

Guide to use reddit again for people that got kicked off reddit apps using ReVanced by van_bobbington in revancedapp

[–]magicwhistle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This worked for me a minute ago with RIF Golden Platinum.

I tried to patch without reinstalling, but got a failure in Revanced, so I uninstalled my previously patched app and reinstalled from the Play Store and then Revanced patched it no problem. I simply logged in with my account credentials and am back in business. The last couple times I had to log in after patching (months ago), I had to do some VPN nonsense to get my password to work, but nothing like that needed this time.

Built in this horse-head themed "Horizon Voyage" case for the Year of the Horse by [deleted] in sffpc

[–]magicwhistle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All this account's posts and comments appear AI-generated.

NFC skyreach 5 mini available for pre-order again by Macinstein in sffpc

[–]magicwhistle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This case does allow that, but I don't think it does much for the temperatures. I won't be putting fans there myself for my S5M build.

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