Non-Steam apps should still be responsive when bringing up the OSK in today’s Deck client update. The New BPM got an update and a few fixes, as well as Steam Input. Full patch notes are as follows: General Fixed non-Steam apps becoming unresponsive to gamepad when onscreen keyboard is opened Fixed background images on a collection on the app details page not being clipped correctly Fixed issue where the Remove Collection dialog was not appearing Added icons for VR support or Mouse & KB only support to app portraits New Big Picture Mode

Some quick n’ dirty thoughts regarding the new Smash Bros-like game around the block.

Well, I guess we’ll never get Wayland support for AppImages.

Here’s how you can unlock more advanced power settings for your AMD GPU.

New update for GE-Proton is out! Wine has been updated to the latest bleeding edge and includes the Alt+Tab fix. Wine-staging has been rebased on the latest Proton-Wine bleeding edge. DXVK and VKD3D-Proton have both been updated to the latest git and includes the HDR patches. Proton imports upstream changes; it includes the prefix sync revert/fix. Protonfixes have been added for the following titles: Pentiment – workaround for the launch failure Stronghold HD/Crusader/Extreme – multiplayer fix Battle Fantia Revised Edition – framerate fix Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – launcher workaround See the patch notes on GitHub.

Sonority. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, one of the definitions of the word is as follows: The perceptibility or distinctness of speech sounds when spoken in a context in which stress, pitch, and sound duration are constant. It could also be interpreted as the state of being sonorous, as in producing sound, full or loud in sound. I don’t blame you if you’re a little confused as to what “sonority” or “sonorous” means.

As I’m sure many of you are aware, EVGA is no longer making video cards. Gamers Nexus took the flight to Taiwan to document EVGA’s final days on making their last video card, seeing it get burnt to hell, then “resurrecting” it back to life and making it the most powerful 4090 there ever was. Per the video description: This video documents the behind-the-scenes of the EVGA GPU division. The company has exited manufacturing video cards, but for now, the crew remains at EVGA working on final projects and supporting customers.

New Steam Deck client out for beta and preview users. This update adds a fix for the OSK, adds Up/Down arrow keys to said OSK, decreases size of controller support icons, and a few other features. Patch notes are as follows: General fixed opening onscreen keyboard in-game causing input to no longer go to game. added up/down cursor keys to keyboard, press shift then left/right cursor to use. added option to ignore Steam Rewards on Account page if they were registered by another user on the device.

Wine 8.0 continues in the release candidate stages. RC4 just released, and with it are 25 bug fixes (remember, Wine 8.0 is in feature freeze; only bugs are getting ironed out at this point). Gaming-related fixes have been added for Guild Wars, Petz 4, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth. Patch notes are as follows: #48553 Catia (CAD software) refuse to run installation on newest wine (<=4.18) #51268 Assembler messages: Error: no such instruction: `xsavec (%esp)’ #51301 Any action that locks the cursor into place inside the Roblox Client window causes the cursor to freeze #51420 Running any program in Wine causes 100% cpu usage in Xorg #52089 d2d1:d2d1 fails in test_draw_geometry() on Wine #52152 comctl32:edit gets unexpected heights in test_text_position_style() on Windows 10 1809+ #52429 Guild Wars: login not possible #52557 GetNetworkParams loops forever on musl #52749 winetricks dotnet35sp1: printfilterpipelinesvc.

Moving from a 1660 Super to a 6700 XT…has it been a bed of roses?