Quoting: Frawo

Quoting: slaapliedjeHuh, Dying Light ran awesome natively for me. Granted I don't know if running under Proton makes it run better, as I had no reason to test it.

It definitely does run better in Proton, see Liams and Xpanders videos on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dZ0iuzH-M [External Link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdT3RuL9jQ [External Link]

Even if the game runs "good enough" with the native version, I think they still will prefer Proton as it seems to be more efficient and should draw less power from the battery.

It could also be because of the controller support. I don't know about Dying Light, but controller support in the native version of Trine is pretty much broken, while in Proton it works as expected.

IIRC liam has a 2080ti in the first vid ?

Here is a rx5700 non xt running dying light on a AMD R3 3300 CPU compared to windows .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7LXbD0IN8 [External Link]

As you can see on AMD windows is only slightly better and this was 2 years ago, Mesa has improved a great deal since then!

If that is Liams rig in the first vid it is looking a bit pants compared to a lowly 5700 GPU. How much was a 2080ti, 1200ish?

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Quoting: JpxsonI feel bad for Feral, I'm guessing Proton will be selected for all their games.

Particular reason why ?

Quoting: BielFPsJudging by this message, I bet Dying Light will be one of those games who will be opted to run on Proton by default despise having a "native" version.

The native build apparently has controller support so don't se why they would. It certainly runs well on AMD hardware in Linux so no reason why it won't on the deck !

Quoting: BielFPsBut I wonder how they'll handle cases like Borderlands 2 that, while having a "performant" native build, the last DLC can only be played through Proton.

BL2's situation is embarrassing to be frank. The port from Asprey runs really well but basically it's abandoned from the looks of it. Whether thats due to Gearbox or whomever I don't know. Could be the deal/license has run out as in the case with some of feral's ports.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyFeral Interactive do horrible ports

What a ridiculous comment, Pretty much bought all of Ferals ports bar the total war series. All have worked flawlessly!

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I think they glue batteries in as glue flexes slightly, Being a device that's "Portable" it's likely to be dropped the odd time.

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TL:DW version ?

Also, I like the references in the article pic/thumbnail :grin:

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I've noticed all the people I have looked at saying "Proton runs better" are using a Nvidia card :dizzy:

Me personally both TR and BL2 run far beter native than Proton! OSS FTW :grin:

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Quoting: Cmdr_IrasFlatpak will certainly make installing Lutris on the Steam Deck much easier, no need to faff with switching to 'Dev' mode.

My understanding is it would work the same way as on Android? So anything will install via steam but dev mode is needed to install any other program ect.

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Quoting: Frawo

Quoting: pete910Never had a native break, Only problem I have had is them abandoning them! Am looking at you Gearbox !!

Cant say I've had a lot of luck with proton on native builds. I have tried running borderlands 2 through proton but it's a terrible experience compared to the native.

This is strange, my experience with BL 2 is quite exactly the opposite. I was surprised to see that Proton now even manages to show the desktop launcher (I once had forgotten to switch that launcher files). Performance was way better with Proton, and I also noticed that some effects seem to be missing in the native version, which looked kind of dull in comparison.

Many more of my native games just work better with Proton, for example Dead Island, Dying Light, Trine, ETS 2, Thalos Principle.

Am using a AMD card, That's probably the diff. Theses OSS drivers are mega :grin:

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Quoting: micke1m

Quoting: GuerrillaIt seems strange to me that Valve is validating all of these non-native games but seems to be skipping right over all the native ones. Certainly it would be faster to verify/mark playable native games, given that there's no need to be concerned with a game breaking.

/tin foil hat on

Sort of makes me think Valve would prefer developers to make games for Windows that just target a Proton version rather than encourage native development.

/tin foil hat off

Native games breaking is not uncommon though. In fact, often you're better off running the Windows version.

Never had a native break, Only problem I have had is them abandoning them! Am looking at you Gearbox !!

Cant say I've had a lot of luck with proton on native builds. I have tried running borderlands 2 through proton but it's a terrible experience compared to the native.

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Quoting: jordicoma$88? It's expensive for a case.

Cheap for what it looks like which is a handbag :tongue:

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