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Oh it's okay, it's a single-player game, it's not that you need any server capacity for that. Other than download servers but it's Steam's problem, not publishe

Oh it's okay, it's a single-player game, it's not that you need any server capacity for that. Other than download servers but it's Steam's problem, not publisher's. ...right?

jncfhnb 3y ago
It’s also multiplayer coop but I assume this is P2P
- leshenka 3y ago
  I hope so, otherwise it's yet another time bomb
  - dvlsg 3y ago
    It should be. It supports LAN connections as well.
meltyness 3y ago
kind of like how disk shouldn't be a bottleneck for framerate, but, you know... how we forget.
- alasdair_ 3y ago
  BG3 even has an explicit “slow hd” toggle in the options to help mitigate this issue.
mastax 3y ago
They have a cross platform save sync service which has been disabled, but it sounds like that wasn't load related. I'm not sure how big the save games are but 700k people mashing the quick save button every 30 seconds probably adds up.
- jakebasile 3y ago
  I have a total of about 75 saves: quick and auto saves are limited to a rolling 25 by default, plus about 25 manual saves. Steam shows I have used 795 MB of space, so they're not _big_ but they're not small.
- _cenw 3y ago
  They are a pain. I'm 9 hours in and at 1/17GB in Steam Cloud. I've been going between my Mac and an ROG Ally and syncing saves takes upward of 3-4 minutes and sometimes just fails silently (loudly if you launch the game, but still fails). Steam is definitely not built for that, considering that piece of the user interface barely gives any feedback.
  - nickthegreek 3y ago
    Ive stopped playing on my Ally and only play on Geforce Now as I encountered a save issue that woulda lost over 7hours of play.
- ragestorm 3y ago
  It might be related to multiplayer or that one had to redownload the game. The EA was so different, you had to uninstall and then install when it unlocked globally. No preload available.
barbazoo 3y ago
It has a multiplayer mode https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-co-op-guide/ https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-co-op-gui...
cube2222 3y ago
You wrote your comment as though it's not ok, while you can play it offline in single player just fine. But there's optional Cross-Platform save sync (independent of the steam one) and multiplayer. Anyway, as a person who bounced off of the previous entries of this genre I'm really enjoying this one, and I'm very happy for the success the studio is having - they deserve it!
- jdright 3y ago
  You all forget about all the telemetry, which most decent games from the last 5 years have. It is fact of life that they collect all kinds of data to understand better their user base and game usage for future improvements.
  - account42 3y ago
    It's not a fact of life, just people with low morals making excuses.
wilde 3y ago
Can you start it without a login? They have a launcher
- rimunroe 3y ago
  Yes. Login is not required.
- ivann 3y ago
  You can skip it entirely with this launch option in steam: `--skip-launcher`.
xaduha 3y ago
> it's not that you need any server capacity for that They had Twitch integration since the beginning and judging by some accounts they weren't prepared for how much that would be in demand on full release. Each user can see streamer's full inventory and journal, vote on dialogue options when asked, etc. Surely Steam isn't handling that.

Oh it's okay, it's a single-player game, it's not that you need any server capacity for that. Other than download servers but it's Steam's problem, not publisher's. ...right?

jncfhnb 3y ago

It’s also multiplayer coop but I assume this is P2P

leshenka 3y ago
I hope so, otherwise it's yet another time bomb
- dvlsg 3y ago
  It should be. It supports LAN connections as well.

meltyness 3y ago

kind of like how disk shouldn't be a bottleneck for framerate, but, you know... how we forget.

alasdair_ 3y ago
BG3 even has an explicit “slow hd” toggle in the options to help mitigate this issue.

mastax 3y ago

They have a cross platform save sync service which has been disabled, but it sounds like that wasn't load related. I'm not sure how big the save games are but 700k people mashing the quick save button every 30 seconds probably adds up.

jakebasile 3y ago
I have a total of about 75 saves: quick and auto saves are limited to a rolling 25 by default, plus about 25 manual saves. Steam shows I have used 795 MB of space, so they're not _big_ but they're not small.
_cenw 3y ago
They are a pain. I'm 9 hours in and at 1/17GB in Steam Cloud. I've been going between my Mac and an ROG Ally and syncing saves takes upward of 3-4 minutes and sometimes just fails silently (loudly if you launch the game, but still fails). Steam is definitely not built for that, considering that piece of the user interface barely gives any feedback.
- nickthegreek 3y ago
  Ive stopped playing on my Ally and only play on Geforce Now as I encountered a save issue that woulda lost over 7hours of play.
ragestorm 3y ago
It might be related to multiplayer or that one had to redownload the game. The EA was so different, you had to uninstall and then install when it unlocked globally. No preload available.

barbazoo 3y ago

It has a multiplayer mode https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-co-op-guide/ https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-co-op-gui...

cube2222 3y ago

You wrote your comment as though it's not ok, while you can play it offline in single player just fine. But there's optional Cross-Platform save sync (independent of the steam one) and multiplayer. Anyway, as a person who bounced off of the previous entries of this genre I'm really enjoying this one, and I'm very happy for the success the studio is having - they deserve it!

jdright 3y ago
You all forget about all the telemetry, which most decent games from the last 5 years have. It is fact of life that they collect all kinds of data to understand better their user base and game usage for future improvements.
- account42 3y ago
  It's not a fact of life, just people with low morals making excuses.

wilde 3y ago

Can you start it without a login? They have a launcher

rimunroe 3y ago
Yes. Login is not required.
ivann 3y ago
You can skip it entirely with this launch option in steam: `--skip-launcher`.

xaduha 3y ago

> it's not that you need any server capacity for that They had Twitch integration since the beginning and judging by some accounts they weren't prepared for how much that would be in demand on full release. Each user can see streamer's full inventory and journal, vote on dialogue options when asked, etc. Surely Steam isn't handling that.