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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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> 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. "does not support" is not the same as "no", right? In theory it should be possible to run this build on other arm-based linux?

I finished the game on Ubuntu when it came out, so it should work fine since ever. You can check out https://www.protondb.com/app/1086940 for more info.

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

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post #204

Anyone knows what does "native" means here precisely? Steam Deck has a x86-64 instruction set AFAIK, so it's just same as a the Windows version? Or has it to do with the GPU / OS? Or does it just mean "properly configured"?

It means compiled for Linux/SteamOS instead of being compiled for Windows and using a compatibility layer to play.

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

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post #39

Bought the game when it came out, but still haven't had the time to play. Just flew out for a three week vacation with my Steam Deck in tow. Unfortunately, I left it on the plane and I haven't heard back from lost and found yet (seems unlikely I'll get it back considering it was an international flight). Oh well.

It's a shame that the Steam Deck has no such a thing like Apple's "Find my".

I used to be a great fan of Prey Project, but I don't think it's installable on the Steam Deck without leaving Steam mode.

https://preyproject.com

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

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post #172

If there was ever a game to play with KB+M, this is it. I don't get the need to stuff everything into a handheld. It's not Mario kart!

There's no "need" to, just some people's preference. Also you can play the game just fine on PlayStation or Xbox using a game pad too.

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

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post #174

This is a gigantic effort from Larian, who among all things is still updating its software instead of resting on its own laurels. But the Deck is limited in hardware. It makes sense that it has some difficulties running gigantic games and is more aimed towards simpler games. In parallel I don't understand gamers with 15 years old hardware leaving bad reviews or whining when a game chokes above 720p with minimum setti…

Agree this is great from Larian. Though BG3 does run fine on Steam Deck as it is, especially for such a large game.

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

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post #174

This is a gigantic effort from Larian, who among all things is still updating its software instead of resting on its own laurels. But the Deck is limited in hardware. It makes sense that it has some difficulties running gigantic games and is more aimed towards simpler games. In parallel I don't understand gamers with 15 years old hardware leaving bad reviews or whining when a game chokes above 720p with minimum setti…

The Steam deck is really not that limited. Every game could be made to run well on it if some time was spent actually making the low settings work well. Something often skipped on modern games which optimise only for people with a $1000 GPU chugging 400w.

It's not like we have seen anything in gaming that wouldn't be possible on PS3/Xbox360 era hardware, certainly not in terms of complexity.

Just remember that stuff like red dead redemption ran on those things with all of 512 MB of unified memory. It ran and looked better than borderlands 4 does on current consoles.

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