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Baldur's Gate 3 now has a native Linux build (bsky.app)
submitted 1 week ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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The store page hasn't updated yet, but you can see the Linux Steam depots on steamdb.

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[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, I played bg3 on my steam deck over a year ago and it ran just fine. So what’s the difference here? Is this new thing specifically made to run on the steam deck whereas before I was just lucky that bg3 ran on the steam deck?

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What you played on your Steam Deck before was a Windows build run through Proton. It's not really luck that it ran before, but with a native build, you can start tweaking the way things work in Linux to optimize for what the Linux version is using. They must have seen the performance gains to be worth the time investment.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 4 points 1 week ago

Oooh I see. I might download it on my steam deck then again if it means performance improvements because I’ve been wanting to play on the go. Thanks for explaining!