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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Fucking please. I have an index but bought a quest for my wife to be able to play with me and meta support is far and away the WORST support experience I have had in my entire life. It's comically bad. Also steam link with the quest is rough, and I fucking refuse to give meta any money for games so it's basically shelved at the moment.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago

If you have weird issues with fps/resolution with a Quest over steam link or any PCVR stuff, make sure it's using the correct API for Steam (like alvr or Steam's own thing) and not the meta one.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't know what else you run in the house, but if you have a gaming rig and happe to run Linux I've had great success with ALVR for two years, then recently WiVRn. Both are wireless streaming solutions that replace Steam VR/Steam Link and according to my friends who also run Quest 3s I get way better performance. Obviously your mileage may vary with hardware/network etc. but it's better then not using your gear.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I did a test run of bazzite on a SHIT laptop that deserves to be thrown in the trash and it was a more or less positive experience for general gaming. When I installed it on my main rig, literally no steam games would launch and I honestly couldn't be assed to troubleshoot at the time.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

wasnt alvr in that list of compromised aur packages?

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It was, but I built from their git. 😁

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

good to hear, stay safe out there