Steam Deck (handheld from Valve) - shipping is 4-8 days from NL to UK

[Simmy]

5 hours ago, KriessG said:

I worked on this at 2K LA  I was the database manager for the QA team and I got to meet some of the devs when I worked E3 that year. 
 

Little known fact, we spent a fair few hours testing the multiplayer (and map packs!) that never came out.

 

Two of my favourite projects to work on were this and The Darkness 2.

 

What happened to Yager?

 

I mean they made this, then something happened for Dead Island 2 to be yanked away from them and now they're in obscurity.

 

It's super sad.

[deerokus]

They're owned by tencent now. Whatever happened with dead island 2 seems to have been a bit of a disaster for them.

 

On that note, Dead Island 2 is meant to be coming out in a few weeks! We'll see.

[ph0rce]

Dark Souls: PTD Edition;

 

It’s showing as unsupported but from a quick search, that doesn’t actually mean that it doesn’t work, just that it might have issues. 
 

Anyone tried it / played it & are there any settings I should change?

[Simmy]

29 minutes ago, deerokus said:

They're owned by tencent now. Whatever happened with dead island 2 seems to have been a bit of a disaster for them.

 

On that note, Dead Island 2 is meant to be coming out in a few weeks! We'll see.

 

Are they?? Wow, ok I didn't know that!

[Strafe]

16 minutes ago, ph0rce said:

Dark Souls: PTD Edition;

 

It’s showing as unsupported but from a quick search, that doesn’t actually mean that it doesn’t work, just that it might have issues. 
 

Anyone tried it / played it & are there any settings I should change?

Just get the remastered version, that has online still.

[carlospie]

Is the constant outrun reference a rllmuk meme? The games dog shit?

[ph0rce]

11 minutes ago, Strafe said:

Just get the remastered version, that has online still.

I already have PTD, don’t have remastered. 

[ph0rce]

Installed it, played through to just before the Taurus Demon. 
 

Other than how rusty I am, it seems absolutely fine to me!

[T Pot]

1 hour ago, carlospie said:

Is the constant outrun reference a rllmuk meme? The games dog shit?

You’re dog shit.

[simms]

Are the issues people been having with Outrun to do with the Steam version or the non-steam version? 

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

It's abandonware, so I hope this isn't breaking forum rules or owt.

 

If you have access to a pc, download and install outrun 2 c2c from here.

 

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/outrun-2006-coast-2-coast-cc3

 

On deck desktop mode, install bottles and create a gaming bottle. 

 

Copy and paste the full c2c folder into the bottle.

 

Add bottles as a non steam game.

 

Change the bottles artwork to Outrun c2c.

 

Great success in life.

[Ry]

Tried that Transport Fever 2 after high praise. 

 

Runs like shite and controls are a nightmare. Got lost with what I had to do in the tutorial as it didn't feel intuitive. Might try again down the road but feels like a waste of money. Can't get a refund as I paid a tenner on shopto for it. 

[ph0rce]

1 hour ago, Opinionated Ham Scarecrow said:

It's abandonware, so I hope this isn't breaking forum rules or owt.

 

If you have access to a pc, download and install outrun 2 c2c from here.

 

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/outrun-2006-coast-2-coast-cc3

 

On deck desktop mode, install bottles and create a gaming bottle. 

 

Copy and paste the full c2c folder into the bottle.

 

Add bottles as a non steam game.

 

Change the bottles artwork to Outrun c2c.

 

Great success in life.

What do you need Bottles for, it just works if you download it from that site & add it to Steam as a non-steam game?

 

EDIT

 

Once you’ve run the config once to set it up, I should add. 

[Gotters]

 

Half Life Alyx no VR mod - looks genuine and not an April fools joke.

 

[bradigor]

1 hour ago, Ry said:

Tried that Transport Fever 2 after high praise. 

 

Runs like shite and controls are a nightmare. Got lost with what I had to do in the tutorial as it didn't feel intuitive. Might try again down the road but feels like a waste of money. Can't get a refund as I paid a tenner on shopto for it. 

 

I get not liking it, but controls a nightmare? In what way?

[Ry]

25 minutes ago, bradigor said:

 

I get not liking it, but controls a nightmare? In what way?

 

Hard to explain. I'm just getting lost. I have been sick all week and maybe my brain isn't functioning properly. 🤪

[robotattack]

27 minutes ago, Gotters said:

 

Half Life Alyx no VR mod - looks genuine and not an April fools joke.

 

 

It's real. I saw something about it a couple of days ago then forgot to look more into it. 

 

It's currently playable up to Chapter 7 (out of 11).

 

https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-alyx-novr/news/play-half-life-alyx-anyway-you-like-even-on-a-steam-deck

[bradigor]

9 minutes ago, Ry said:

 

Hard to explain. I'm just getting lost. I have been sick all week and maybe my brain isn't functioning properly. 🤪

 

Fair enough, it should all be controller icons and UI with everything clearly marked.

[Gotters]

Heroic bought by Epic doesn’t sound a great move for users

 

 

[deerokus]

4 minutes ago, Gotters said:

Heroic bought by Epic doesn’t sound a great move for users

 

 

Check the date man

[Gotters]

I fucking hate april fools jokes 

[Mogster]

Hmm, I wonder what that means for the app? A rebrand as the Epic Linux Store? GOG support getting axed?

 

One positive I can see is maybe better Steam Deck support for Epic store games I suppose.

 

FFS. That's the worst kind of April Fools "joke".  X has happened! Not really lol. Great.

[robotattack]

17 hours ago, Mogster said:

Hmm, I wonder what that means for the app? A rebrand as the Epic Linux Store? GOG support getting axed?

 

One positive I can see is maybe better Steam Deck support for Epic store games I suppose.

 

FFS. That's the worst kind of April Fools "joke".  X has happened! Not really lol. Great.

 

Absolutely. I saw a few of those yesterday. "Dino Crisis is getting a remake - LOL!!!", "Ghostbusters prototype leaked - Not really!!!" Don't joke about things people want, you pricks  

 

Anyway, in sale related news, Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut is £1.99

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/247660/Deadly_Premonition_The_Directors_Cut/

 

I meant to post that last bit in the Steam Sales thread. I'm glad people likes it anyway!

[Gotters]

I really want to get into a RTS game, but find them a bit overwhelming and fast - taken a punt on Sudden Strike 4 as seen it was not developed for PC only (so has console controls) and is meant to be a bit slower paced - plus CD Keys have the complete edition for £3.49p (Steam offer is around £5 for the base game which alerted me to the game as yet another I'd not heard of the series at all).

 

It needs Proton GE to get the controller working properly, tutorial vids still have some artefacts on but not illegible, I also downed a couple of graphical flourishes like shadow quality and framerate to 40fps to reduce fan (still seems to use battery though) - there is a lot of it for sure with all the extra content.

 

 

[Siri]

MGS2 and 3 looking good via the Vulkan renderer on Xenia:

 

 

 

Out of interest, what's the best version of MGS1? I read that the PC version has issues, and Twin Snakes changes the tone of the original. So, uh, just the original on Duckstation I guess?

[Fry Crayola]

Can't really go wrong with the PS1 original. Not yet played the PC version. Twin Snakes is worth playing as well, but as a complement rather than a replacement.

[ph0rce]

Playing Fez again thanks to this, you forget how amazing the world design is, it's so bloody complicated!

[Flub]

Would this be ok to upgrade the drive in the steamdeck?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Internal-Compatible-Surface-SB-2130-1TB/dp/B0BQG6JCRP

[bradigor]

21 minutes ago, Flub said:

Would this be ok to upgrade the drive in the steamdeck?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Internal-Compatible-Surface-SB-2130-1TB/dp/B0BQG6JCRP

 

Yes but I think it is cheaper in SCAN 

[Flub]

2 minutes ago, bradigor said:

 

Yes but I think it is cheaper in SCAN 

 

Out of stock But cheers

 

Gonna do this on wednesday lunchtime. We have a nvme cloner in the office.