alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoValve adds CD-ROM drive support to Steam Frame kernel, took less than ten minutes — update comes one day after user requests for capability in the Steam Community forumwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138external-linkValve adds CD-ROM drive support to Steam Frame kernel, took less than ten minutes — update comes one day after user requests for capability in the Steam Community forumwww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days ago… it’s intended to have stuff added to it. It’s like having a modular pc without the drivers for controllers or a keyboard and mouse.
minus-squareAxolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoNo one though of adding a CD drive to a VR apparently, which makes sense considering you are supposed to move with a VR
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoCd drives have been usb powered for decades now, people use them on the deck, why wouldn’t they use it on VR? It’s a feature they essentially chose to remove from one device to the next.
minus-squareAxolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoDo you walk around while playing a game on the steam deck?
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoI use it to transfer cd ISOs to it while I’m not actively gaming.
… it’s intended to have stuff added to it. It’s like having a modular pc without the drivers for controllers or a keyboard and mouse.
No one though of adding a CD drive to a VR apparently, which makes sense considering you are supposed to move with a VR
Cd drives have been usb powered for decades now, people use them on the deck, why wouldn’t they use it on VR? It’s a feature they essentially chose to remove from one device to the next.
Do you walk around while playing a game on the steam deck?
I use it to transfer cd ISOs to it while I’m not actively gaming.