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Hi everyone,

As far as I know, the only plugin I’d use and need doesn’t exist.

I understand why Valve wants to keep things simple and doesn’t offer a way to have separate power profiles/resolutions, but would have thought someone would have created a plugin for such a user case.

Of course I don’t have the ability to do it myself, but it sounds simpler to realise than a lot of other plugins.

For those who are playing docked and handheld, how do you manage?

I’ve read that some users are just toggling on and off the per game profile, but it’s just a workaround.

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

https://github.com/aarron-lee/SimpleDeckyTDP?tab=readme-ov-file

I believe this plugin allows you to set different power profiles for plugged in vs portable play. It's not on the decky store for whatever reason (which is disappointingly common with new plugins), so you'll have to install it manually.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh that’s interesting.

Sounds complicated but doable. Have you ever used it?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Installing it isn't hard, you download the latest release.zip file from the GitHub, enable developer mode in decky, go to the dev menu in decky, hit install from zip, and then pick the zip file you just downloaded.

I installed it to check the feature set but haven't really used it besides that.

Thanks, I might try it some day then👍