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figmentPez t1_j0lpvcb wrote

The article is inaccurate in one point. It says, "It’s not quite an even switch, though. GameStream allowed you to add games that weren’t available on Steam manually" implying that you can only use Steam Link to stream games you've purchased through Steam, which is not true. Just yesterday I streamed my GOG copy of Psychonauts 2, and previously I streamed my Amazon Games copy of Battle Chef Brigade. You can absolutely add non-Steam games to Steam and stream them via Steam Link.

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Tyrvaen t1_j0lt49m wrote

I’ve literally added my simulation software as a non-steam game and used my desktop to run it while watching kids in another room with my laptop to do some homework.

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Alutus t1_j0pf3pg wrote

...I can run fusion 360 on my desktop, then steamlink it from my laptop to model in comfort?...Really? :O

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anethma t1_j0lyusj wrote

You can even just stream your desktop haha.

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Gregory_D64 t1_j0n3wiu wrote

I use my steam link to play virtual dnd where my rig runs the server and I have my link on a TV in my dnd area

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Graekaris t1_j0pe125 wrote

Hmm... This has got my dm cogs turning.

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Justforthenuews t1_j0psubd wrote

Yeah, I was wondering why there’s so much talk about adding things to steam when you can just alt tab to anything else.

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Dinjoralo t1_j0m08uf wrote

You can add games to Steam, but there are limits. Anything that runs at admin-level, like Genshin Impact or I'm guessing most Riot games, requires Steam running at admin-level for it to work. And Xbox app games just don't work, because the Xbox app is somehow worse than buying games on CD in the 90's.

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Jammo2k5 t1_j0nm5n3 wrote

Just run steam as admin...

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JasonDJ t1_j0o6uak wrote

What could possibly go wrong…

Remember when log4j gained fame from Minecraft?

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brainbeatuk t1_j0p0x6n wrote

Add mstsc.exe from system folder then u can stream windows and every game works Inc ms gamepass etc

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Fire_Lord_Cinder t1_j0mebjm wrote

The article got it wrong, but it still is not an even switch though since game stream uses the Nvidia encoder and steam uses h.264. (I believe). The nvidia game streaming has always looked better to me then the steam game streaming.

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tariandeath t1_j0mx77s wrote

You can set steam to use the Nvidia encoder.

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Fire_Lord_Cinder t1_j0n24a4 wrote

Oh that’s really cool. I’ve always just used steam on non-Nvidia devices so it wasn’t an option

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G0ldenTwink t1_j0ngbr4 wrote

It’s a hit or miss if that works in my experience though to be fair. Usually, if it isn’t a steam game, I won’t be able to use my controller at all for the game and it’ll just purely read it as mouse input making it impossible to play. About 8/10 the games won’t work and rarely I’ll get one that does.

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figmentPez t1_j0nj15i wrote

I'll admit that my two most recent examples happen to both be best case, DRM-free games.

Things can get a lot more complicated if you're using Origin, Ubisoft, Epic, and other launchers, or even worse Microsoft store stuff.

That's when you start breaking out tools like GloSSI and OSOL to try to get unruly games in line. I've had to use one or the other get Steam Input to work with Amazon Luna running through Microsoft Edge, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen order on Origin, and Far Cry 4 on Ubisoft's launcher. None of those worked when simply added to Steam normally, but were made to work with extra tools.

It's not an ideal situation, but there are options

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Techutante t1_j0nmcjm wrote

I used to launch World of Warcraft through steam so I got the overlay and could chat with both crowds of my gaming friends at the same time. This was before Discord which more or less took over for both kinds of chat. Also I quit WoW. It was a bad habit.

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brunofin t1_j0pr9vr wrote

Yeah I play casual wow on my TV via steam link and the steam controller. It works well for just some casual questing thought.

As for the bad habit, yeah wow can get quite hardcore and I see how it can consume most of your time. I respect your decision, but it can also be a great casual game if you take it lightly. I just came back a month ago and I've been having a blast. I've never been a raider or anything, I enjoy map exploration, questing and dungeon so keeping up with the season gear isn't really important for me, but o played hardcore PvP during Wrath about 10 years ago and I remember the struggle. I had the latest arena sets and etc. It was fun but I am not sure I would do it again, especially that now I have a full time job and I'm a father, I don't even have the free time to put into it :p

Anything too much can be bad.

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BigSlug10 t1_j0onkgp wrote

Yes but a bunch DO NOT work, where as with game-stream they did.

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brainbeatuk t1_j0p0r82 wrote

Add mstsc.exe from system folder then u can stream windows and every game works Inc ms gamepass etc Edit meant for comment below lol

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xKaelic t1_j0om2c6 wrote

> GameStream allowed you to add games that weren’t available on Steam manually. For that, Nvidia is pointing toward its paid GeForce Now cloud gaming service [...]

The article appears incorrect, and seems to assume you can add your own games to GeForce Now.... you can't. I have hundreds of games in my Steam library, but it loads less than 20 in my GeForce Now library. Pretty shitty to find out now that I'm searching for a Stadia replacement...

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brainbeatuk t1_j0p0tvd wrote

Add mstsc.exe from system folder then u can stream windows and every game works Inc ms gamepass etc

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Galavantes t1_j0pmgl5 wrote

I had trouble playing almost every game until I did this. It also fixed the controller problems that I was having constantly.

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xKaelic t1_j10fwrv wrote

I might be misunderstanding, but my issue is that it appears the streaming service "GeForce Now" has an incredibly limited library, where the article seems to point at as a solution to game streaming. I do not have a local solution and after Stadia shutdown was announced, I turned to the cloud platform GeForce Now.

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brainbeatuk t1_j137785 wrote

Yeah sorry my bad. It did use to work on George now or was a workaround to run more games thru steam but it got shutdown

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Dasca6789 t1_j0pujyk wrote

I can also confirm that you can stream games that you did not purchase through Steam. Have done it a couple yimes

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