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How's the battery life after you've had one for a while? (self.steamdeck)

submitted 2 days ago by Matty_r to c/[email protected]

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Hey all, just wondering how the battery life is after you've had it for a while? I'm getting one soon and wondered if it would have a noticeable impact on the battery if it was on a dock for most of the time.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this new? I tried to figure out how to do that a while ago but couldn't find anything about it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Passthrough input, or charge limiting? Charge limiting was added after release but that was a while ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The charge limiting, is it in the settings somewhere? I haven't seen anything about it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You'll need PowerTools for Decky: https://git.ngni.us/NG-SD-Plugins/PowerTools

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Ahh excellent, I'll definitely be checking that out. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh man, thanks for linking this. I'm glad there's someone out there writing plug-ins but Valve should really provide this out of box.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Valve is doing a decent job of replacing plugins with stock functionality. Progress is a bit slower there than I would like, but many of my decky plugins have been partially or fully replaced.

Some replaced plugins off the top of my head

Animation changer (although I still recommend the plugin for easier downloads of community boot videos)
Vibrant deck
Decky Recorder
Bluetooth (let you quickly reconnect to BT devices, but the QAM menu now lists BT devices directly)
Controller tools (let you see controller battery levels, which is now in QAM)
That plugin for managing what BLE devices would wake the deck

and probably some more I'm probably forgetting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah and the fact that they allow plugins in the first place is great. It's a great way to gauge what's in demand and how it could be implemented. Reminds me of games that allow modding/addons and often key features are later added officially.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Legend, I have been looking for that for a while, and it is the cherry on top that it does not require booting into the uefi!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Is it on by default for people on the stock firmware without any modifications?