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Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version
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Larian is a good company overall but this is plain stupid
And why do we only get this 2years after the game released ? It's one of the most played games on deck !
Because they’re done with the game and have moved onto their next thing, they explain this is literally one dudes passion project. That’s why there’s no Linux support, it’s one dude who wanted to play the game on his deck better. Sucks, but that’s the way it is.
the steam deck didn't exist when the game was in development. industry is slow to adopt without strong monetary incentive. the fact that a large studio is acknowledging the deck as a viable option means we should start seeing optimizations like this in the wider industry.
Maybe because everyone keeps repeating the lie that Proton is the perfect Linux game platform.
I don't think anyone is claiming that Proton is perfect, but it certainly beats not being able to play most new-ish games. Which was the situation on Linux prior to Proton.
That's not the point of my comment. My comment is about clueless people claiming that Proton is superior to proper ports running natively on Steam Linux Runtime 3.0. Larian are now stating the opposite and as you can see from downvotes and Thaurin's commet that people still think that.
Not perfect, but close to it.
"Running the game natively on the Steam Deck requires less CPU usage and memory consumption overall!"
Larian says the opposite and they know much better than randos on some internet forum. Proton is fine to bridge the gap especially for unmaintained games but proper native version are the clear superior option.
It depends. If there is enough CPU and memory headroom, it’ll be fine. Some games run better, some same, some worse.
Steam Deck is a handheld platform. Anything that wastes CPU power results in shorter lasting battery. Proper native ports are always superior.