Does anyone have experience with playing Baldurs Gate 3 from GOG?

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:01:20 +0200

Gnorv via Linux Gaming

Gnorv@feddit.de

I have read it runs fine on steam but would rather buy it on GOG due to the lack of DRM.

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Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:37:40 +0200

AirBreather

airbreather@lemmy.world

Plays fine for me on Arch using the wine-ge-custom AUR package on a WINEPREFIX set up with winetricks dxvk. I had a little bit more success with the _dx11 version for some odd reason.

BG3ModManager is… probably don’t try it just yet.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:46:46 +0200

Hot Saucerman

dingus@lemmy.ml

You should be able to add it to your steam library as a non-steam game and then in game options in Steam set up using Proton as long as you have Proton enabled for all games, not just verified games.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:51:37 +0200

Rikudou_Sage

rikudou@lemmings.world

I recommend Heroic Games Launcher for GOG games, it’s much nicer to use, IMO.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:57:03 +0200

Hot Saucerman

dingus@lemmy.ml

I thought Heroic was an alternative launcher for Epic Games, I guess I didn’t consider that it would work for GOG games as well.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:04:40 +0200

Questy

Questy@lemmy.world

From what I’ve heard, the Steam version also lacks DRM. Once you’ve downloaded it you can close Steam and just launch the game with the exe. Obviously GOG or Steam is still handy for updates.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:19:09 +0200

Dubious_Fart

Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml

You can log into GOG through Lutris too, and install and launch games through that.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 18:52:20 +0200

Dotcom

Dotcom@lemmy.ml

I was able to run it with Lutris from GOG, Arch

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 18:55:09 +0200 zuletzt bearbeitet: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 18:55:37 +0200

sugar_in_your_tea

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works

Updates are the main reason I stick with Steam. If GOG Galaxy worked on Linux, I’d probably buy a lot more from them.

But for something like this that’s likely to get more frequent updates, I’ll stick to Steam.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 19:04:44 +0200

Questy

Questy@lemmy.world

I link my GoG account to Heroic Launcher. It works just fine, updates included, store front included. I’m on Nobara Linux.

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:17:18 +0200

entropicdrift

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org

I have it. Installed/updated using Heroic. Works perfectly. I use the latest Proton-GE with it, and run the Vulkan backend (seems to have fewer bugs for me on AMD GPU than the DX11 version).

Running the latest Mint with the 6.1 OEM kernel and kisak-mesa drivers.

My wife has it installed with Galaxy on Windows. DRM-free means we can play co-op over LAN instead of being stuck with split-screen.

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:11:15 +0200

nieceandtows

nieceandtows@programming.dev

I thought this way in the beginning, but the way gog never even built a Linux client while valve literally made Linux a viable gaming platform from proton to steam deck, I buy all my games from steam now.

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:40:41 +0200

JustEnoughDucks

JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl

The steam version is also DRM free IIRC.

Why does that make you able to play co-op over LAN?

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:11:59 +0200

Nioxic

Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com

The steam version is also DRM free IIRC.

steam IS drm…

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:21:41 +0200

λλλ

lambda@programming.dev

True. Linux client is a must for me. Their Windows launcher is kinda crap too. It has so much focus on trying to get all your games in one launcher but it’s not great as a launcher for any platform…

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:19:51 +0200

schizosfera

schizosfera@feddit.de

No, Steam is a store and a content delivery mechanism. It has the option to add DRM, which developers may choose to do, but don’t have to. There are games which can be purchased on Steam and which can be launched without the Steam client, just like any normal program.

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:21:14 +0200 zuletzt bearbeitet: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:23:41 +0200

entropicdrift

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org

Because she has my copy of the game installed on her PC too, so with one copy we’re able to play together on two different computers instead of sharing a screen.

The lack of DRM means GoG doesn’t care about whether I’m online on more than one PC. Steam does, meaning one of us would need to be in offline mode. In games that implement the Steam DRM this would mean that the person in offline mode wouldn’t be able to play multiplayer.

Apparently that isn’t the case with this game but I didn’t realize that.

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 22:53:35 +0200

Raincloud

Raincloud@beehaw.org

That doesn’t allow you to update the game though, so it doesn’t work out great for new games with frequent updates and a large download file size.

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:17:42 +0200

Dubious_Fart

Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml

I have only used it to download older games, so I have no idea how it handles updates.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 03:36:11 +0200

Privatepower42

Privatepower42@fosstodon.org

@schizosfera @endDRM could use your thoughts on this.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 04:02:56 +0200

Privatepower42

Privatepower42@fosstodon.org

@rikudou @dingus I just posted my experiences using gog through heroic on this thread. I would appreciate your input.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:38:38 +0200

Rikudou_Sage

rikudou@lemmings.world

You didn’t post the error you’re getting.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:22:40 +0200

fschaupp

fschaupp@lemmy.ml

So, do you use Lutris instead?

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:46:15 +0200

Norshgaath :kafeneio:

norshgaath@kafeneio.social

@Gnorv

Great experience with lutris.

So I installed Galaxy and run it through lutris...next I installed bg3 through Galaxy.

Now I open lutris, open Galaxy through it, launch the larian launcher and launch the game 😅

It seems an extra step, but running Galaxy through lutris works with the cloud saving and multiplayer flawlessly.

Playing without problems around 200hours now with Vulkan and dx11

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:37:30 +0200

Gnorv

Gnorv@feddit.de

Why do you do it this way instead of using the heroic launcher?

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:54:56 +0200

schizosfera

schizosfera@feddit.de

Are you being sarcastic or are you asking for assistance? Please clarify.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:37:48 +0200

λλλ

lambda@programming.dev

I use Windows on Desktop and I use Steam Deck OS on my Steam Deck. On my Deck I usually just don’t play GOG games lol

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:54:26 +0200

Toidi

Toidi@artemis.camp

That’s good to know, my sons were interested in it, now we can all have a good gaming session together before they decide if they want to buy it. Sadly there is no PS5 cross play (although saves can be linked) so I am going to have to buy the PS5 version to play with friends. Still I don’t mind giving Larian some more money as the game is just fantastic, relatively bug free and even performs pretty well on the steam deck.

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:57:53 +0200

Holzkohlen

Holzkohlen@feddit.de

Could they not just support the Heroic Game Launcher and call it official? That’s what I’d do. By support I mean mostly financial.

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:01:00 +0200

sugar_in_your_tea

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works

Sure! But by support I mean:

officially link to it and offer some level of customer support
at least financially contribute to it, and perhaps provide dev resources as well
provide Heroic developers access to pre-release versions of any new API they introduce so support could theoretically land day 1

But not being hostile toward it is not enough for me to call it “support,” so I’m going to feel like a second-class citizen until GOG does something official.

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 03:19:21 +0200

Privatepower42

Privatepower42@fosstodon.org

@sugar_in_your_tea @Holzkohlen so DRM free on steam is legit as it is on gog? If so, then I I just buy it on steam and not need a launcher or have any worries about not owning the purchase.

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:13:10 +0200

sugar_in_your_tea

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works

YMMV of course, but I’ve played several Steam games without Steam running at all when my kids were playing on my account on another computer. I just killed the Steam process and ran the games from the commandline, and it worked fine.

These were Linux native games, so I’m not exactly sure on the best method to play Windows games without Steam (I guess lutris like anything else, but I haven’t needed to).

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 06:41:35 +0200 zuletzt bearbeitet: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 06:46:22 +0200

0mega ☣ [hz]

0mega@social.c-r-t.tk

@sugar_in_your_tea @Privatepower42 I've got some tar.xz compressed archives with win32 or win64 Steam games and Proton on my NAS. Sometimes one needs to replace the steam_api.dll or steam_api64.dll with a fake dll if the game relies upon it but it works most of the time. I'm downloading them with steamcmd.