Steam link gaming thread.
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Ha yeh just remembered how bad that was...
Battlefront is for my lad really...
The games I use it for so far are Lego games and platformers. I intend to play ABZU, Hyper Light Drifter and Thumper on it...
With regard getting the pad working it just worked when I plugged it in. 360 pad.
Taking Origin out of admin mode worked better for me. Also my monitor and telly are slightly different displays. Putting the games into windowed mode made them full screen and lost the small (but annoying) borders.
I have also got a third party Bluetooth pad working. Again no issues. Plug the dongle into the Steam Link and it picked it up straight away.
Whilst I'm at it....!
My new faster and more expensive powerline adapters barely managed to get the Steam Link menu screen to display.
The bog standard cheapo ones I bought for about a tenner literally work perfectly on everything I have tried so far.
My new faster and more expensive powerline adapters barely managed to get the Steam Link menu screen to display.
The bog standard cheapo ones I bought for about a tenner literally work perfectly on everything I have tried so far.
any advice on how to set up pc purley for this, got it set to auto sign in, but this doesn't apply to when waking from sleep?,
also want it to wake from sleep without touching it, wake on land somehow maybe? etc, any one got a pc just for streaming what have you done.
it does drop qulity ever few minutes for a second or two on wifi, but doesn't matter for the games i play. liking it so far, other than my computer is slow and noisey
also want it to wake from sleep without touching it, wake on land somehow maybe? etc, any one got a pc just for streaming what have you done.
it does drop qulity ever few minutes for a second or two on wifi, but doesn't matter for the games i play. liking it so far, other than my computer is slow and noisey
Not really sorry. Not needed to do this.
Wake on LAN is available on only some network adapters, not all from memory. You could probably send a packet from your mobile phone to wake the machine.
Hopefully someone with knowledge of this might help...
Thanks, if no one knows in here then I'll ask in windows forum.
It works great although need to upgrade PC, can't afford to do that and not sure when illbe able to. Think a ryzen 6core 12 thread when it's released and a 1060 or equivalent and will be more than a good upgrade from a i7 920 and gtx 280
It works great although need to upgrade PC, can't afford to do that and not sure when illbe able to. Think a ryzen 6core 12 thread when it's released and a 1060 or equivalent and will be more than a good upgrade from a i7 920 and gtx 280
Yeah quite sure, I paired them manually too. Pulling my hair out with this
Got one of these around Xmas and started of by playing some 2D side scrollers. It was only connected over wifi to the virgin media super hub and both Limbo and Inside worked flawlessly.
Had a bit of a stutter every 20-30 seconds so decided to connect it via ethernet cable and it's been flawless.
Played through Quantum Break and finally played through my first ever first person game (Resident Evil 7) with a controller.
Well worth the £16..
Had a bit of a stutter every 20-30 seconds so decided to connect it via ethernet cable and it's been flawless.
Played through Quantum Break and finally played through my first ever first person game (Resident Evil 7) with a controller.
Well worth the £16..
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Limbo and Inside.
I am also playing Max, The Curse of Brotherhood with my 6 year old. It's also fun, but more aimed towards youngsters.
Both Limbo and Inside are fantastic games though.
I started off with a wireless xbox360 controller. I just connected the usb receiver to the link and everything worked without any issues.
When I heard Steam added built in support for the Playstation DS4 controller I paired mine and used it to play Resident Evil 7 with assisted "gyro" aiming.
Doom also works brilliantly this way and I really cant say that I experience any latency, even in Doom..
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Got a technical question that might be better in it's own thread, or even in the OS forum, but it's specifically about the Steam Link, so I'll try here first.....
When the PC upstairs is off, and I turn on the Steam Link via the X360 pad, the link has the ability to 'wake' the PC, however, the PC on Windows 10 boots to the password screen and of course there it stays.
I'm the only person with access to my PC, and I have no reason to require a password but can't find an option to boot without requiring one.
Assuming that simply can't be done, is there any way for the Steam Link to run as normal without me going upstairs to input the password?
Very FWP I know, and not a huge deal, but still something I'd like to address if possible.
Ta
When the PC upstairs is off, and I turn on the Steam Link via the X360 pad, the link has the ability to 'wake' the PC, however, the PC on Windows 10 boots to the password screen and of course there it stays.
I'm the only person with access to my PC, and I have no reason to require a password but can't find an option to boot without requiring one.
Assuming that simply can't be done, is there any way for the Steam Link to run as normal without me going upstairs to input the password?
Very FWP I know, and not a huge deal, but still something I'd like to address if possible.
Ta
Thanks this is interesting.
I want to play games like Civ and Cities: Skylines, but fear the Xbox360 controller perhaps isn't adequate for these?
The steam controller is currently reduced to £27.99 at game. That might be a better option..
Also, the Steam Link has also been reduced to £15.99, which is an absolute steal!
On your PC, press (win key + R) and type netplwiz. There you can untick the box that requires the password when you log in..
this, full guide here
https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/automatically-log-in-to-your-windows-10-pc/
at the end also tells you how to turn requring sign in from waking from sleep
bummer
looks like I will have to try and raise the cash tomorrow some how then lol how much will it be after the deal?