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  • #601
    So are you guys still able to stream PS5?

    I've just started playing with it and that Chaiki and chaiki4deck does not work. I can't get the code from 'trinket' or anything else. Follow the instructions and it just resets itself. I don't get any data.

    I just updated the PS5 so either the app on the Deck is messed up or Sony just blocked this or the sun set in the west and the internet is busted.

    Anyone seeing this? Maybe they did this to protect the Portal? All networking here is fine and the PS5 logs in just fine. Can't find much on the net as everything is about a month old or more. ??
     
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  • #602
    sword_9mm said:
    So are you guys still able to stream PS5?

    I've just started playing with it and that Chaiki and chaiki4deck does not work. I can't get the code from 'trinket' or anything else. Follow the instructions and it just resets itself. I don't get any data.

    I just updated the PS5 so either the app on the Deck is messed up or Sony just blocked this or the sun set in the west and the internet is busted.

    Anyone seeing this? Maybe they did this to protect the Portal? All networking here is fine and the PS5 logs in just fine. Can't find much on the net as everything is about a month old or more. ??
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    I haven’t tried in a few days, but it’s been working here. If you can’t get your Account ID, you won’t have much luck. I didn’t want to mess with my privacy settings or sign in through some third party to get it, so here’s what I did:

    1. Go to https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/ and sign in.
    2. Under PlayStation Network, select Privacy Settings.
    3. Select Data Access Request. In a day or two, you will receive a .zip file which will contain a .xlsx file.
    4. Your Account ID will be in the Account Detail sheet.

    Then take that Account ID (long string of numbers) and pass it through this script:

    import base64 user_id = int(AccountIDHere) user_id_base64 = base64.b64encode(user_id.to_bytes(8, "little")).decode() print() print("This is your AccountID:") print(user_id_base64) exit(0)

    Mine ended up in a format like H7uFds5…etc
     
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  • #604
    sword_9mm said:
    Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

    edit: I assume run that code in a console?
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    I believe you'll need to run that in Python -- in Konsole (the Deck's console), just type "python" and hit <Enter>. You'll get a ">>>" prompt, and just copy and paste (or type) that script in there. It should print your account ID and exit back to the console command line after it runs.
     
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  • #608
    N35t0r said:
    You can bind a button to 'magnify', which will zoom into a portion of the screen. I don't know how feasible that is in GOW (I use it for Old World, where some tooltip are too small to read and the alternative is scaling the whole UI), but it might be useful.
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    It has a default binding:
    Steam/••• (you can use either for those functions) + L1.

    Holding either the Steam button or the ••• button brings up a list of them.
     
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  • #616
    Mister E. Meat said:
    My OLED is set to be delivered today. In 2024, what's the hivemind's best solution to install and manage non-Steam games (Epic/GoG mostly)?
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    Heroic Launcher as has been said but I've not worked with it yet. I do have Epic games and need to get that launcher up but just haven't messed with it yet. From what I understand it's not super difficult to get running.
     
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  • #617
    Deck has been great, finally got one this week. I've been hooked on Balatro and going through my backlog of older games. Dust: An Elysian Tail looks fantastic on it. I played it on PC when it first came out ten years ago, never finished it, so starting over. Also picked up Dicefolk after enjoying the Demo on the Steam Deck.

    I did pick up a dock (JSAUX) haven't hooked it up yet. Been enjoying playing on the actual Deck instead. Will probably hook it up this weekend though and then connect one of my DualSenses to the system.
     
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  • #619
    Chaedog said:
    Deck has been great, finally got one this week. I've been hooked on Balatro and going through my backlog of older games. Dust: An Elysian Tail looks fantastic on it. I played it on PC when it first came out ten years ago, never finished it, so starting over. Also picked up Dicefolk after enjoying the Demo on the Steam Deck.

    I did pick up a dock (JSAUX) haven't hooked it up yet. Been enjoying playing on the actual Deck instead. Will probably hook it up this weekend though and then connect one of my DualSenses to the system.
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    Hah. Same with Dust for me. Bought it a long time ago and didn't finish. Got the Deck and forced myself to restart and play through. Finished it a week or two ago.

    1 down 1 million to go. :)
     
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  • #620
    I’ve been really pleased with my Deck in general. The first turn on, OOB experience is exceptional and I had a great time with the pack-in “game”, not the least of which because I really enjoy Nate Bargatze. It did a good job of teaching about the different controls while feeling far less annoying and didactic than the “press A to jump” stuff that actual “real games” include.

    I installed a few games that were listed as verified and had a little buyer’s remorse. New stuff like Balatro and Deep Rock Survivor worked flawlessly. But then I tried FF XII, which I have never beaten. It was listed as verified, but kept booting to a white screen after the launcher, which was pretty frustrating. I tried different Proton versions to no avail. Finally I was able to get it working by overriding the internal resolution to be 1080p, the launcher to 1080p, using a community controller profile and then everything worked fine.

    About an hour into Googling and trying fixes, I was honestly regretting not getting the Ally but once it was running, it looked really great. The colors popped. After a few hours of play, the frustration was mostly forgotten. So far of everything I’ve tried FF XII has been to only outlier of something being “verified” and not working flawlessly. In fact everything I’ve tried that is marked “playable” has also been smooth sailing.
     
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    Lately I've been playing a lot of Balatro, the game mechanics just work so well on a platform like the Steam Deck. On the other end of the spectrum, I've also started up a game of Death Stranding that I switch back and forth between playing on my PC and on the Deck. It runs the cooling fans a bit and is a bit hard on the battery life if you don't just keep it plugged in, but still surprises me how well the Deck handles those higher-end games.
     
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    Ed209 said:
    I've also started up a game of Death Stranding that I switch back and forth between playing on my PC and on the Deck. It runs the cooling fans a bit and is a bit hard on the battery life if you don't just keep it plugged in, but still surprises me how well the Deck handles those higher-end games.
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    FWIW, I played through Horizon Zero Dawn directly on the Deck, but Death Stranding (which I'm running through now) I stream to my Deck from my desktop.
     
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  • #625
    Cat Killer said:
    FWIW, I played through Horizon Zero Dawn directly on the Deck, but Death Stranding (which I'm running through now) I stream to my Deck from my desktop.
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    Cool, I may have to try that out. I've used streaming for turn-based games (like Civilization), but always assumed there'd be some annoying lag when playing more input-intensive games.
     
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    It came!

    So out of the box experience wasn't great, although that's partly my fault. I'm currently live outside the US but was back for a work trip at a hotel. For some reason the built-in browser in Steam kept glitching out on the hotel's web login page. So I sacrificed some data on my roaming plan and got it through the initial updates on hotspot. My other big gripe with this is the very first login had multiple timers on the same progress bar, so I thought it would be done soon and tried turning off the hotspot... but that only made it longer and had to restart the device.

    But once I finally got to the homescreen, still can't login to the hotel's wifi. So I have to google how to do this and immediately have to play with desktop mode to download Chrome. Finally through Chrome I can login to the wifi.

    So I go to download some games. Again, hotel internet not recommended here, lol. Started with some smaller mobile/deck friendly games with Vampire Survivors. I was super impressed by the OLED screen and the overall feel of this thing in my hands. The fact that a pixel art game like VS looked like it had a shiny new coat of paint was a little mindboggling. So I set a bunch of other games downloading overnight.

    One of the streamers I'm following started playing DayZ so that was one. Booted that up and again SUPER impressed with how clean it looks and how smooth it ran. FPS's are gonna need some practice or I might just have to dock it and use a M+KB.

    So I switched to what I've really been aching to play which is Fallout 4. I had started it last year before we moved out of the US but hadn't played it since then and the show just made me itch to play it more. Again, runs flawlessly. And while this is FPS'ish I can still rely on VATS. Maybe use this game to build my dual stick FPS muscle memory.

    The big thing is just like at home, I would like to focus on just a few games to complete them. After FO4, the next big games I'm looking forward to is RDR2 and Elden Ring. But of course there's always emudeck too to play around with.

    Anywho, thanks for reading my rambling. Excited to see what other fun things I can do with this!
     
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  • #629
    sword_9mm said:
    I can't even imagine trying to use those mouse pad things to do any type of gaming.

    Hell just using them in the desktop is maddening.
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    My main mouse for work is a thumb ball (Logitech MX Ergo) and has been for years. Haven't honed my response for FPS stuff but it's pretty good. It should translate to the trackpad since it looks like they have built in inertia.
     
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  • #630
    MrLiNcH said:
    My main mouse for work is a thumb ball (Logitech MX Ergo) and has been for years. Haven't honed my response for FPS stuff but it's pretty good. It should translate to the trackpad since it looks like they have built in inertia.
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    Yeah I guess if you're used to that type of input.

    Doesn't work for me at all.
     
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  • #631
    Welp my OLED Deck will be on its way for repairs on Monday(keeping it over the weekend as my Dad is visiting and my brother is sleeping where my PC is). I had some random lines appear and started a support ticket more out of curiousity. About 30 minutes later they got back to me saying "Send it in for repair/replacement". You can still hear the game running but the only way to make the lines go away was by force reboot.

    Pardon the dust but this is what it looked like:
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