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Works well on my little bazzite machine. Loads hella fast now.
So, it runs on Steam Deck natively and yet doesnt support Linux? How does that work?
Steam on Linux provides a fixed target set of libraries because it’s kind of hard to release native games on Linux (you have to include a crapload of libraries you expect to be installed otherwise, which Steam solves).
Larian is essentially styling now. Even Valve doesn’t release native ports anymore and went as far as removing some in favour of Proton versions.
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.
Not perfect, but close to it.
Steam deck is a closed ecosystem so it is likely tied to the file system and bundled libraries.
It would likely take a little work to get it working on other distros, but the underlying binary is now going to be elf and use the correct system calls
Edit:
Closed ecosystem is not the right word. Probably known system is a better way of saying it
