Painfinity

So basically you're saying that my beloved MX Vertical will 100% fail pretty soon? I freaking love this mouse, it's so comfortable and elegant and a joy to use :(

It was @[email protected]'s pun ;) And I liked it too!

It's because you will not take care of it immediately......

but instead mid-journey. Midjourney! Ahahahahah, get it???!!!!!! (I'm lonely pls send help)

This is freaking beautiful, gives me big Harry Potter vibes!

I have a 256GB SD card (with the black & red SD2Vita adapter) and it's been nothing but a joy to use.

I'd say that the possible failure points are:

• A bad tutorial: I've followed this one from vitahacks, it was and probably is still the most straightforward tutorial to get it working.

• Using StorageMgr instead of YAMT(& viceversa): I've seen some people report that their SD2Vita didn't work well in conjunction with StorageMgr. Then again, I've seen people report that they had issues on YAMT and fixed it by switching to StorageMgr. I switched to YAMT and everything's fine, but didn't have any problems with StorageMgr either. I'd still try to switch to the opposite kernel plugin if I were you.

• Too many GB: While there are some people with 512 and 1TB SD cards, I've seen the most success with 128GB and 256GB SD card sizes. I have around 150 games and have roughly 80GB left, so think about if you reeeeeeally need the higher capacities.

• A knockoff SD card: What someone else has already commented, abysmal read speeds could theoretically maybe perhaps have an impact on your gaming experience. Make sure you have one from known brand names like ADATA, SanDisk, Samsung, Kingston, etc., and if possible not from Aliexpress, just this once ;). You don't need to splurge on U3 SD cards with 200MB/s transfer speeds, a normal U1 100MB/s will be more than enough.

Personally I'd recommend just going the good ol' troubleshooting route. Install on your internal memory a game that normally stutters on your SD2VITA adapter (possibly the most lightweight), see if it still stutters, go from there. If it doesn't stutter, nice, focus only on the points mentioned above. If it still stutters, nice, you can rule out the points above as the culprit. Install PSVshell and monitor your CPU and GPU (or even overclock if you're just looking for a quick fix) to spot any weird behavior.

Edit: Added advice.

Awesome run, so happy to see Gravity Rush at this year's AGDQ!

A wise man once said: "We're so backkk"

You're right, other people were definitely using the network! This doesn't seem to bother any other streaming solution, may that be Parsec, Moonlight, Stremio, Steam Link, etc...

I'm just saying that it felt like it had 400ms input lag. Basically, it wasn't a good experience at all, especially when flying and fighting with Kat, and that's simply what I wanted to stress...

I'd be the first to pre-order if we had the game available offline. It just saddens me that while others like Digital Foundry are, rightfully so, thinking about ways to run Gravity Rush at 4K 60, players on PC are still stuck simply worrying about their internet connections....for an offline game. 😔

Hopefully one day!

That's why I find this so mindblowing, my internet connection is wired to my PC with a steady 100Mbps up and down.

Just try it out for yourself, of course your mileage may vary. But in my experience, PS Plus streaming is simply not a viable alternative (last time I tried was during covid, dunno if they've made some improvements since then).

Imagine this on PC. What we have now at best is laggy 1080p streaming and what feels like 400ms input lag with PS Plus Premium

Oh, and it costs 160€/year.

Sorry if I've overexplained some stuff, I wanted to cover as many failure points as possible since my dumbass needs everything explained step by step :P

Anyways, I've figured out a simple and open-source way to move files in seconds, with and without internet:

• I tried every open-source file manager on fdroid that isn't older than 2 years and doesn't look like it was made in 1997, but none worked. So I made the only sensible choice and reversed the roles, transforming my PS Vita into a client and my Android phone into a server! I even tested it with a mobile hotspot and it worked like a charm. Here's how:

  1. ~~Download Material Files (on f-droid or github) or really any ftp server app on f-droid. Material Files is open-source, looks awesome and I'd switch to it if it were able to connect to more remote storages. Hopefully in the future.~~
  2. Download vita-ezremote-client on your PS Vita. It's on github, but you can find it on the VitaDB Downloader app or the EasyVPK app on your PS Vita as well. It can do FTP and even WebDAV is supported.
  3. Start the ftp server on your phone. With ~~Material Files~~ Amaze, just open the sidebar, press on FTP Server and start it. ~~If you activate "Anonymous login" it won't find the server so leave it off. Remember that this way Material Files forces you to have a username (the default being "admin"), and to remember this username when setting up the client on your PSV.~~ Deactivate "Secure Connection", and under Login, deactivate "Anonymous" and input a username of your choice (e.g. admin).
  4. On your PSV, open ezRemote, input the entire URL ~~(minus the "admin@" part if you use Material Files).~~ So for example: ftp://178.149.5.649:2121/
  5. Input your username you picked in step 3, connect, and you'll see both your PSV and Android phone files on one screen. Square to select, triangle to open the options for your selected file(s), "Download" or "Upload" simply means moving the files to the other device.
  6. Next time you do this, it's just one click on the PS Vita and your phone respectively :)

Happy moving and have fun with your PC next week!

Edit: Did I already mention that I'm a dumbass? Just keep using Amaze, it has a FTP server built-in! + grammar.

Have no fear, Lemmy is here!.....gotta work on that. Anyways, hope I'm not too late, but I had your exact same issues and got 'em fixed in 2 minutes. Here it goes:  

1. The VPN thing has something to do with some weird shenanigans on Android. At least for me, whenever I connect to a VPN and turn the Android setting "Block connections without VPN" to on, any local connection won't work, even though you're not really connecting to the internet per se but just to your local hotspot or network, it just won't accept anything that isn't reporting back to your VPN provider first. And this includes any FTP connections, since as far as my understanding goes it has to be some sort of a local connection as it only works when you're connected to the same network or hotspot. So, if you want to use FTP or really connect locally to anything while not having to turn off your VPN, just switch the above setting in your Android to off and it should work.

2. Setting up an FTP connection: I downloaded Amaze and tried connecting my Android with my PS Vita, but it doesn't matter what I tried it just wouldn't connect or show any files and folders. I'd recommend simply switching file manager. I used MiXplorer, then tried the same thing that I did on Amaze and it worked. Simply click on the "+" symbol on the taskbar below, then "Storage", then "FTP(S,ES)". Under URI address, input the IP of your VitaShell FTP server without the colon and the port. Under display name, put FTP PS Vita or whatever name you like. Lastly, under "port=", simply add the port number (e.g. 1337). Leave everything else as is, then press save, and it should work. MiXplorer isn't open-source like Amaze, but it's completely free, developed by trusted developers in the XDA-community, and is insanely powerful.

3. Setting up an FTP connection with a hotspot (and without an internet connection): Same thing as above, the IP will probably be different than when you're connecting to your WiFi router at home since VitaShell will give you a different IP for every network. So don't use the same FTP MiXplorer profile for your home WiFi and your hotspot, or you won't be able to see any files on your PS Vita. Just press on the "+" in MiXplorer, name it "PS Vita FTP Hotspot" or whatever you like, change the IP to the one that VitaShell gives you and you're good to go :)  

Hope this helps!

Edit: typo.

Not all heroes wear capes....this fixed it, thanks! Man, how I've missed LibreTube.