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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was daunted by it at first as well when I got my hands on my deck. I didn't want to break anything. But I tried it at some point and can't recommend it enough! There are plenty of good tutorials on YouTube (that take just 5 minutes) and they also made the process of installing easier since when I did it. So if you're on the fence, I'd recommend just to go for it, it's not as techy as you might think.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those all sound really useful. You’ve convinced me to give it a try

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it really is a good plugin manager.