Battery tracker is a new plugin that seems pretty useful. Gives a chart of tracked battery levels, but more importantly it tracks the average power draw of the different games you run.

Some games draw wildly different amounts of power depending on area/etc, so getting average numbers for your total play session will be really useful for getting real battery use numbers.

To install, you need to first have decky loader installed, and you should find it in the decky store. You don’t need to be in the testing branch of the store or anything, just the normal channel.

  • MJBrune@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’m worried it’s going to turn into a time sink. I want my deck to be a care free game playing device. I’m very technical minded on software and Linux. I just avoid doing so to things I don’t want to turn into hobbies.

    • hogart@feddit.nu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I think we all share your opinions. And Decky loader really is grandmother-safe. The Bluetooth plugin is the one I like the most since my headset sometimes doesn’t connect automatically. So I can turn BT off and on again, and reconnect very easily. I also like the plugin where I can see recommended settings on games and apply them manually if I want to. Stuff like that. I don’t go deeper at all.