We definitely need an option to download carts in splore. I bought this for my steam deck expecting the standalone app to be, well, standalone. I have to reboot my whole system to access the web browser and file explorer needed to download and add carts. It's very frustrating that such an essential feature was ignored. I doubt there's any chance for a refund, so I guess I'll just have to beg for features that should have been included from the start. Maybe if I'm lucky it'll be added in less than a year. It's only been 9 so far..
Maybe this is overly salty, but it's very frustrating that an implied feature isn't actually present when it's the whole reason I paid for the standalone app in the first place. Buyer beware I guess...
You can do this already
If you:
- load the cart you want to download
- CD ./
- SAVE filename.p8
This method doesn't work well on multi-cart games but it should work fine for single-carts
Might have been a good idea to read the manual before purchasing on an assumption
Splore should do this automatically. When you run a cart it saves a copy to your machine. This copy is then launched every time you select it from a Splore menu instead of re-downloading the cart each time.
I don't know much about the Steam Deck, but if you could try something:
-Connect to the Internet
-Run a cart you've never run before.
-Disconnect from the internet
-Restart Pico8
-Run the same cart again
I'm curious if the Steam Deck's OS is different.
@hwd2002 a bit late, but the steam deck is based on arch Linux, it should have the same behaviour as the Linux build if pico-8, which in turn should behave the same as the windows build.
@HappyYoyo09 I have no idea if the Steam Deck gives you any kind of terminal or file browser, but if it's based on Arch, you'll find the carts you've played in Splore downloaded to $HOME/.lexaloffle/pico-8/bbs/carts.
yes, but that technique does not quite achieve what we are asking for: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=77344#p
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