u/Gary_BBGames

I wanted Quake 3 on the PS5, - I absolutely love the game. I saw Mihawk's PS5 Vulkan stack on GitHub so thought I'd have a go. Quake3e already had a Vulkan renderer so it was the one to go for.

- Single player, local network and online server browser

- 4K, 1440p or 1080p, picked from the graphics menu

- DualSense controls, with every button rebindable in the controls menu and separate horizontal and vertical look sensitivity

- The PS5's on-screen keyboard for your name, server addresses and chat

- Show FPS toggle in the graphics menu

You need your own game data. pak0.pk3 comes from a copy of Quake III Arena you own (Steam, GOG or the CD) and pak1 to pak8 are id's free 1.32 point release. The README has the links and the install steps. Nothing from id or Sony is included.

I've only been able to test on my own console, at 4K on a 60Hz display. 120Hz is untested, so I'd appreciate hearing how it runs for you, with your model and firmware.

Repo and v1.0.0 download: https://github.com/griches/PS5_Quake3e

I'm adding it to the Prospero store as well, so it should show up there once it's been reviewed.

Huge thanks to Mihawk for the Vulkan stack and template, and to the Quake3e and ioquake3 folks.

If you have any issues or feature requests then please just let me know.

I already have Smart Remote+ for LG TV on the Marketplace and a few people asked for a Samsung version.

I built my Samsung TV control library whilst I was on holiday earlier in the year and had access to a Samsung TV, but I no longer have access so haven't been able to test the Stream Deck implementation.

It talks to the TV directly over your local network. No cloud or account/SmartThings.

It does:

- Power toggle, plus separate Power On and Power Off

- Volume up / down (hold to repeat) and mute

- Volume dial on the Stream Deck + that shows the TV's actual level

- Navigation dial - turn for up/down, press for OK, tap for back, hold for home

- TV status on the + touch strip and the Neo Infobar

- Launch Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, Spotify, Plex, iPlayer and Rakuten

- Play / pause and a remote button key for everything else (d-pad, numbers, channel, colour keys…)

It can't:

Pick a specific HDMI input, turn the screen off, or change picture settings. Samsung just doesn't expose those locally, so they're not in there.

It's built on the same Samsung code as my phone apps, but I've only been able to test the plugin itself against a simulated TV so far, which is why I'm asking before I submit it.

If you have a Samsung TV from 2016 onwards and Stream Deck 7.6 or later, I'd really appreciate you giving it a go:

https://bouncingball.mobi/apps/files/smartremote-samsung-streamdeck-1.zip

Unzip it and double-click the file to install. Add any key, press Scan, then Connect, and select Allow on the TV when it asks. No PIN.

The things I'd most like to know:

- TV model and year

- Does it find the TV and connect?

- Does Power Toggle turn it on from fully off? (You'll need "Power On with Mobile" enabled in the TV's network settings.)

- Does the volume dial show a number, or just a dash?

If power misbehaves, there's a Power troubleshooting section in the power key's settings. Turn on logging, press the key, and paste me the output.

If you have any issues or feature requests then please just let me know. Happy to answer questions.

Grabbing a sprite off the game winning kill should extract it. You leave the game with it, it should count.

I have an app that I make that controls LG TVs with Siri support, Apple Watch and Widgets. I'm currently expanding it to Sony Bravia TVs and I'm having some issues with the different versions and what seems to be supported.

Are there any apps you'd recommend that I can look at to see how they handle certain things?

I'm a sighted developer, so I don't know if this is useful.

I've been tinkering with an app and I'm not sure if it's actually worth continuing, so I figured I'd just ask the people who'd know.

The idea is it connects to an LG TV on the same Wi-Fi, grabs a still of whatever's on the screen, and uses the on-device AI on a recent iPhone or Mac to describe it out loud.

Either you press a button when you want a description, or leave it running and it re-describes every X seconds.

I've also got it to lean toward different things depending on what you're doing, reading menu options and which one's selected, the score during sport, that kind of thing.

It exposes Siri shortcuts so you can incorporate the functionality with other apps, or functionality you want to build yourself.

I should be clear about what it isn't: it's describing snapshots, not narrating along with the action, so it's nothing like proper audio description. I was more thinking about all the stuff that has no description at all, live TV, random YouTube, games, and especially fiddly TV menus.

What you'd need is an LG TV and a fairly new iPhone/iPad/Mac with Apple Intelligence on, both on the same Wi-Fi. The AI runs on the device, nothing gets sent anywhere.

If it's close to useful but not quite, what's missing? Is it worth me carrying on with it?

I appreciate your time and input.

I've got a watchOS app that controls LG TVs from the wrist, volume, pause, navigation, that kind of thing and I'm planning what to build next.

Wondering whether a Wear OS / Galaxy Watch version is worth doing.

Do Android watch owners here ever wish they could mute or pause the TV from their wrist, or is that a niche of a niche?