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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] 2 points 6 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] 3 points 5 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] 3 points 5 days 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.