gamer improvements

home-manager/modules/gamerenv.nix

@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ in
       enable = lib.mkDefault true;
     };
 
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+        ark
+        unzip
+        unrar
+
+        mpv
+    ];
+
     xsession.enable = true;
     xsession.windowManager.i3 = {
       enable = true;

home-manager/modules/gaming.nix

@@ -72,9 +72,32 @@ in
       default = false;
       description = "If you want to include wine-staging as new-wine";
     };
+
+    sunshineService = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      description = "Enable sunshine game streaming service";
+    };
+
+    steamService = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      description = "Enable running steam as a service";
+    };
+
+    scService = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      description = "Enable running sc-controller as a service. This integrates with steamService to make sure your steam controller will continuously be mapped.";
+    };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    gaming.sunshineService = mkOptionDefault false;
+    gaming.steamService = mkOptionDefault cfg.sunshineService;
+    gaming.scService = mkOptionDefault cfg.steamService;
+
+    home.sessionVariables = {
+      STAGING_RT_PRIORITY_SERVER = 90;
+    };
+
     home.packages =
       let
         newwine = (pkgs.wineFull.override { wineBuild = "wineWow"; wineRelease = "staging"; });
@@ -101,17 +124,10 @@ in
         oldwine
         oldwinetricks
 
-        (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "steam" "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user start steam")
         sc-controller
 
         dolphinEmuMaster
 
-        ark
-        unzip
-        unrar
-
-        mpv
-
         tuxpaint
 
         extremetuxracer
@@ -125,9 +141,9 @@ in
             ln -s ${newwinetricks}/bin/winetricks $out/bin/new-winetricks
           ''
         )
-      ];
+      ] ++ lib.optional cfg.steamService (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "steam" "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user start steam");
 
-    systemd.user.services.sunshine = {
+    systemd.user.services.sunshine = mkIf cfg.sunshineService {
       Unit = {
         Description = "Host for Moonlight Streaming Client";
         Requires = [ "dbus.service" ];
@@ -162,7 +178,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    systemd.user.services.scc = {
+    systemd.user.services.scc = mkIf cfg.scSerice {
       Unit = {
         Description = "User-mode driver and GTK3 based GUI for Steam Controller";
         After = [ "graphical-session-pre.target" ];
@@ -179,7 +195,7 @@ in
       Install = { WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; };
     };
 
-    systemd.user.services.steam = {
+    systemd.user.services.steam = mkIf cfg.steamService {
       Unit = {
         Description = "Start Steam gaming platform";
         After = [ "graphical-session-pre.target" ];
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@ in
               /run/current-system/sw/bin/steam -fulldesktopres
             '';
           in
-          "${steamStart}";
+          lib.mkIf cfg.scService "${steamStart}";
         ExecStop =
           let
             steamStop = pkgs.writeShellScript "steam-stop" ''
@@ -204,7 +220,7 @@ in
               ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user start scc
             '';
           in
-          "${steamStop}";
+          lib.mkIf cfg.scService "${steamStop}";
       };
 
       Install = { WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; };

modules/workstation.nix

@@ -106,15 +106,52 @@ in
     # Needed for lots of controller stuff
     hardware.uinput.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
 
-    # proton esync
+    # Allows realtime stuff, useful for games, audio etc
+    services.udev.extraRules = ''
+      KERNEL=="rtc0", GROUP="users"
+      KERNEL=="hpet", GROUP="users"
+    '';
+
+    # Allows more open files, useful for sync software and some other stuff
     systemd.extraConfig = "DefaultLimitNOFILE=1048576";
     security.pam.loginLimits = [
+      # Allows more open files, useful for sync software and some other stuff
+      {
+        domain = "*";
+        type = "soft";
+        item = "nofile";
+        value = "1048576";
+      }
       {
         domain = "*";
         type = "hard";
         item = "nofile";
         value = "1048576";
       }
+
+      # Allows more locked memory, useful for emulators, some games, etc
+      {
+        domain = "@users";
+        type = "-";
+        item = "memlock";
+        value = "unlimited";
+      }
+
+      # Allows greater realtime priority, useful for audio, emulators, games, etc
+      {
+        domain = "@users";
+        type = "-";
+        item = "rtprio";
+        value = "90";
+      }
+
+      # Allow becoming less nice, useful for audio, emulators, games, etc
+      {
+        domain = "@users";
+        type = "-";
+        item = "nice";
+        value = "-10";
+      }
     ];
 
     # the user should have some basic permissions lol