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.

  • Björn Tantau
    3•25 days ago

    Don’t know if it’s possible with SteamOS. But in KDE you can select different power profiles for battery powered and on a power supply. And those profiles can be configured.

    • Dariusmiles2123OP
      4•25 days ago

      Sadly I don’t think you have these in gaming mode.

      Maybe in desktop mode though since Steam OS uses KDE.

    • Daniel QuinnEnglish
      2•25 days ago

      It might be interesting to test if changes in this area via KDE persist with the switch to game mode. Much of what you do in KDE is just making changes to much lower level system rules, so you may find you can set rules in KDE and use them in Steam.

    • Dariusmiles2123OP
      2•21 days ago

      Oh that’s interesting.

      Sounds complicated but doable. Have you ever used it?

      • FubarberryMEnglish
        2•21 days ago

        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.

        • Dariusmiles2123OP
          2•16 days ago

          Thanks, I might try it some day then👍

          It’s just a shame that apparently you can’t link the resolution and fps to the TDP profile you’re using.