why doesnt valve demand devs make linux builds? if microsoft changed their apis wouldnt new games just not work on proton?

  • Greyscale
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    9 hours ago

    most Linux builds are terrible

    wrong.

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      8 hours ago

      4/5 Linux builds I’ve used on steam run significantly worse than the windows build through proton or just crash.

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        8 hours ago

        ok buddy sure native applications are harder to run than ones through a shim.

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          7 hours ago

          It’s not harder to run, but the devs ime give it less attention and testing before release. Also undeclared required libraries are super common so the game just doesn’t start until you check the logs to find out what it’s missing.

          I’d love to see more Linux builds, but only if they’re actually something the dev cares about rather than just ticking all the checkboxes in their game engine’s export menu and saying “fuck it we ball”