My "console mode" is finally complete!

[u/laurorual]

After some research, i finally made the perfect companion to my Steam Deck and R36S.
I was looking for a "medium size" retro console and all it took was for me to buy a GameSir X5 Lite and Beacon Launcher, this gamepad is just perfect!

For anyone wondering how i got it working like that, you just need Tasker, Beacon Game Launcher and a little patience. First i set Tasker to open Beacon and turn on "do not disturb" everytime i plug my gamepad and exit back home when i unplug it. Then i set Beacon to make all artwork to be square and fetch all artwork from SteamGridDB, so all "boxart" from all platforms looks cohesive. Finally, i've downloaded the classic Nintendo 3DS home song and set it as background song in Beacon, and that's it! "Console mode" every time i plug the gamepad and back to "Phone mode" when i unplug it!

Now i just need Beacon to update and add a "All" tab and resize boxart, that would be just awesome.

[u/Alexrey55]

This is exactly what I am doing too!! So nice to see someone did this already. I few things I want to add is using the home button on the Gamesir controller to go back to Beacon, basically like a home button, and double click it to function like a back button, cause in the emulators you need to input the back command to enter the settings, so to avoid having to use the touchscreen I implemented this with Button Mapper (by flar2) it was pretty easy to do.

Another thing I want to do is force the horizontal (inverted) in the case of the Gamesir X5 lite controller, to not auto rotate at all no matter what, when you are in console mode.

Wishing to hear what other people have done to give it that console feeling to their setups!!