I bought a jsaux dock 6in1. Here's the catch, buy it off their website, not from amazon, it will ship from China but it's actually tested before hand, and amazon has been accidentally sending back out returned units of tons of electronics, so buy directly from manufacturer, dock works flawlessly, has an L cable included, then just hook up a controller and play it on the coffee table or on a box in front of you.
Steam Deck
A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to the Steam Deck in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
If you have access to a 3d printer (owning one, having a friend that owns one, or a makersoace near you), this is a really handy print:
https://www.printables.com/de/model/461009-steam-deck-usb-c-port-cable-strain-relief-v2
I do not, sadly
Jesus fucking Christ right?
Like what the fuck were they thinking with that c cable?
They got it right in the dick why did they fuck it up on the main cable.
140W ? damn
I got one of these.
I honestly do not understand the problem this solves
Cable breaking from being bent in a weird way for too long.
Be aware that most of them are too tight and bend the port if you have even the slimmest case on the Steam Deck.
Fortunately, it never leaves the house so it's never in a case
I hope the next gen of Steam Deck really has the connector at the bottom this time. It makes all the accessories and docks really awkward the current way.
The bottom??? How am I supposed to set my deck up on it's kickstand with anything plugged in?
That's something I'm willing to give up
You should be drying up in a paper towel right now since I gave you up.
I wish it would have 2 ports, top and bottom, so I can be more creative with my accessories.
Another one on the back
And one in the display
So a USB-C puchhole notch, like for smartphone cameras?
yeah, except right in the middle of the display
I wish the port was on the bottom in the first place. Ditto audio jacks on phones (while they lasted, rip)
How am I supposed to keep my deck up on it's kickstand with it plugged in at the bottom?
The Nintendo Switch has the port at the bottom with the connector built into the dock. IMO a better solution, particularly for playing handheld with the cable in.
No this is better:
For me it's better on top since I sometimes play with the deck rested on a cushion on my lap.
Yeah I can see that. Can it breath ok like that?
There shouldn't be any vents on the bottom. Only hole is for the MicroSD
Same, I hate I can't do the same on the switch
I have that exact one and I agree with this. Makes using any other usb setup so much better and noy feel like you will shear off the plug by just using motion control or something.