Dolphin wasn't made for the steam deck, and I don't think being steam deck verified was ever in the cards. The games it's playing was after all optimized for GameCube or Wii, not any desktop OS. Even if it was, the big problem with figuring out "the right settings" comes down to opinon.
That's the tradeoff for the sweet beautiful freedom of a customizable emulator that people proceed to use as a reason to bash Nintendo for laziness or whatever. If you don't like something running at 30 fps you get to change it. If you don't care about that customization to begin with I question why you buy a steam deck. Becsuse thr steam deck at the end of the say is advertised as 'just being a PC". Up to the ability to ditch Steam OS and throw Windows on as a dual boot or exclusive OS.
> Even if it was, the big problem with figuring out "the right settings" comes down to opinon.
Not particularly, no. The hardware in the Steam deck is a known parameter set and it's entirely feasible to optimize around it.
You're not really responding to my points, and instead seem to be opting to recede into user choice or customizability as a feature. I'm not dogging on either of those - I'm just saying that they don't need to be the default for a platform like this, and to imply otherwise is just weird.
Things should "just work" where they can. Expecting people to become Linux wizards is poor form.
>The hardware in the Steam deck is a known parameter set and it's entirely feasible to optimize around it.
I'm saying that we can't agree on what is "most optimal".
- Do you prefer 30 fps, 60fps, or even higher? those are different ways to optimize it.
- Do you want a pure experience or would you prefer highest internal resolution?
- Do you perhaps want to add in post processing, maybe as a way to get around what would otherwise be visual glitches?
- Preference in renderer? I guess we eliminate DX11/12, but OpenGL vs. Vulkan will give different results, even if Vulkan is in theory the better graphics API.
- and ofc there are preferences on various other nitty gritty settings that some people will be opinionated on.
A switch user just takes what they get and either accepts or grits their teeth with these opinions. But since we're ultimately talking about PC users they will be much more opinionated, and fight amongst one another. Because those supposed "linux wizards" exist and are very loud. I'm sorry if you see this as talking past your point, but my point is that we can't agree. Which ironically enough reinforces my point, I guess.
That's the tradeoff for the sweet beautiful freedom of a customizable emulator that people proceed to use as a reason to bash Nintendo for laziness or whatever. If you don't like something running at 30 fps you get to change it. If you don't care about that customization to begin with I question why you buy a steam deck. Becsuse thr steam deck at the end of the say is advertised as 'just being a PC". Up to the ability to ditch Steam OS and throw Windows on as a dual boot or exclusive OS.