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Baldur’s Gate 3 countdown: Exact start time and date (dotesports.com)
submitted 11 months ago by rodneyck to c/linux_gaming
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Larian Studios has published the official start time for Baldur’s Gate 3, which is a global release and will be available to players around the world at the same time. Release times can be seen below:

  • 8am PDT (Los Angeles)
  • 11am EDT (New York/Quebec)
  • 12pm BRT (Rio De Janeiro)
  • 4pm BST (London)
  • 5pm CST (Berlin)
  • 1am, Aug. 4 (Sydney)
  • 3am, Aug. 4 (Auckland)

Developer Larian has recommended players who have taken part in early access uninstall their game and delete their save files to avoid issues at launch. Unfortunately, players will have to wait until the release time to start their download of the full game as a Baldur’s Gate 3 preload is not available. The game is also quite large, over 100 GB, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to download it before you start playing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's happening!

[–] rodneyck 5 points 11 months ago

I need this!

[–] Fisk400 2 points 11 months ago

It's a shame there wasn't a preloading thing because at my current speed I am looking at two more hours of waiting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got real hyped when the trailer came out, then I managed to mostly forget about it. Now I'm trying desperately to go back to the amnesia stage because I won't have a chance to play until next week. But at least if the download servers get swamped early on, I won't notice... 🤷

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But at least if the download servers get swamped early on, I won’t notice… 🤷

Yeah. Steam is really known for having bad server infrastructure. :S

Edit: Yeah, wow, never mind. Download literally cancelled with the error "content unavailable"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

2 minutes! I've never played one of these games and I'll probably suck ass at it but I want to try all the same.

[–] Fisk400 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a single player, narrative game. Being bad at it shouldn't affect your enjoyment.

[–] GustavoM 2 points 11 months ago

Amen. Folks seem to forgot the many other aspects that makes a game good in exchange of focusing on the least important aspect -- how well s/he will play the game.

[–] Limonene 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anyone know where the Linux version is? Steam only has Windows and Mac OS versions. GOG only has a Windows version.

I'm assuming there is a Linux version, because this has been posted on https://old.lemmy.world/c/linux_gaming . If that is incorrect, I can't understand why it would be posted here.

[–] rodneyck 1 points 11 months ago

There is no linux version. Steam/Valve has been updating their proton versions to work with BG3. I would recommend using their 'proton experimental.' If you buy from GOG, you can use Lutris, they have a runner that should install everything needed to run BG3, and it also lists some tweaks to make.

[–] Nonononoki 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No tux, no bux

[–] rodneyck 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I get the open source support part of your comment, but you are taking out the fact Steam/Valve has done a lot ...A LOT...to get games working on Steam. Additionally, for the first time every they have driving Linux marketshare higher than MacOS as a result. So, to dismiss them completely is wrong. They have done a lot for linux....and linux gaming.

Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS

[–] Nonononoki 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Valve didn't make this game. I continue to support Valve and devs who support Linux.

[–] Molecular0079 1 points 11 months ago

I don't think its as mutually exclusive as you make it sound. Personally, I think showing that there's a bunch of Linux users interested in buying and running games in general is helping out the Linux gaming scene, regardless of whether its a native port or not. We need to shortcut the chicken-and-egg problem of not having enough marketshare and I think Proton and Steam Deck have been instrumental in doing that and getting developers to even be aware of Linux. It's a slow and steady march onwards, but I firmly believe one day we'll have enough marketshare to start demanding native ports from non-indie game devs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

@rodneyck @Nonononoki what would be a good gaming laptop that I can use Linux on?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I would go for one with official Linux support, try Framework or System76

[–] rodneyck 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You could go with System76, I think they have a high-end "graphics" laptop, which would be suitable for gaming. Open source company so you are guaranteed everything is compatible with Linux.

However, if money is an issue or you find something else you like, for example the Dell XPS laptops ( in the past have been very compatible with linux,) here is a tool to check the model and/or the parts (important) such as wifi, etc., to see if they are compatible for a lot of laptops.

Linux Hardware Database

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

@rodneyck thank you!

[–] di5ciple 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lenovo make laptops that easily run linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

@di5ciple thank you!

[–] fluxion 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It runs on the Steam Deck so I guess it runs on Linux

https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-steam-deck-compatibility-performance/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I haven't been able to get it running on my system, not sure why yet.

[–] w_l_l_w 1 points 11 months ago

Looks like it could be fun if I had friends to play it with xD Never managed to finish divinity original sin 2