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Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

saubeidl wrote: post #13
snvzz wrote: post #2

(from the FAQ) >>Now that there is a Steam Deck Native build, is Baldur’s Gate 3 supported on Linux? >Larian does not provide support for the Linux platform. The Steam Deck Native build is only supported on Steam Deck. Only half a step forward.

I bet it still works , it's just not supported . It's just arch on an AMD chip after all.

And honestly I'm fine with that. Given the permutations involved I think it's reasonable for Larian to not commit to supporting them all. And as you said, it will probably work fine.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by chowells »

snvzz wrote: post #2

(from the FAQ) >>Now that there is a Steam Deck Native build, is Baldur’s Gate 3 supported on Linux? >Larian does not provide support for the Linux platform. The Steam Deck Native build is only supported on Steam Deck. Only half a step forward.

Not supported means they're not debugging your broken system. It doesn't mean the game doesn't work when your system isn't broken.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by kibwen »

rfarley04 wrote: post #8

I really appreciate this. But color me skeptical that the late game will work on SD. It chugs on PCs. Hopefully they conjured a miracle!

I played it on Steam Deck when it first came out (docked, standard HD display). It was perfectly acceptable, as long as you're fine with semi-stable 30 FPS and cranking down the graphics a tad. The only real problem that I encountered was that the game wouldn't recognize or remember my input settings, and would always default to controller-only, so I would have to attach a controller to navigate to the menu to switch it to keyboard; hopefully the Deck-native version fixes that.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by alexchantavy »

hinkley wrote: post #10
rfarley04 wrote: post #8

I really appreciate this. But color me skeptical that the late game will work on SD. It chugs on PCs. Hopefully they conjured a miracle!

They are partway through creating two new games. It’s possible that some of the engine improvements could be easily back-ported to BG3. Or even just compiler improvements could be a little more oomph. Edit: > Our Proton version runs on the Steam Deck via the Proton compatibility layer, which requires extra CPU processing power. Running the game natively on the Steam Deck requires less CPU usage and memory consumption…

Shame they said they’re not going to do more in the Forgotten Realms though, I love this campaign setting

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by recursivecaveat »

saubeidl wrote: post #13
snvzz wrote: post #2

(from the FAQ) >>Now that there is a Steam Deck Native build, is Baldur’s Gate 3 supported on Linux? >Larian does not provide support for the Linux platform. The Steam Deck Native build is only supported on Steam Deck. Only half a step forward.

I bet it still works , it's just not supported . It's just arch on an AMD chip after all.

It works, I played the entire back half of the game on Linux. A lot of games fall into this bracket with proton of "devs not willing to commit to Linux support, but does actually work".

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by bigyabai »

rfarley04 wrote: post #12
gilgoomesh wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They've supported the Steam Deck for a couple years now. Here's a review of Steam Deck performance from early 2024: https://steamdeckhq.com/game-reviews/baldurs-gate-3/ I'm assuming this is just an effort to slightly improve things.

Yea, I could also blame steam's SD verification system, which just rates compatibility without giving much thought to performance. Cause I'm aware BG3 "works" on SD but walk into an area crowded with NPCs and it becomes an impressionist painting at 10fps

ProtonDB is better for gauging the performance penalty, giving different "medals" in accordance with how good/easily it runs on Linux: https://www.protondb.com/

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by bigyabai »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #23
bigyabai wrote: post #9

Slick! Worth noting that Baldurs Gate 3 runs fine through Proton already - I played it on Linux at release with zero issues.

Worth noting that some games run better on Linux than on Windows and have for a few years now. Crazy.

Yeah, I noticed this myself ~4 years ago when I was playing Overwatch on a relatively low-spec PC. Gave me 10-20% GPU headroom and ~2gb of extra RAM I never had on Windows.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

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Post by reilly3000 »

Whatever they are doing to make the image fit 100% is not retaining aspect ratio on mobile Safari. The cookies banner was initially full width and the content was in a small column to the left and I had to zoom to get to it. I’ve never viewed a Steam Deck web layout outside of its element before.
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