This does exactly what I needed.
Just downloaded the appimage file, put it into the Baldur's Gate installation directory, and executing the appimage starts the game in a Window that can be maximized and turned to fullscreen.
The issue with gamescope seems to be all about the way GOG makes the game run without disks in a drive. The BGMain.exe files don't execute by themselves on a linux system. Which is why there's no problem with StarCraft.
#retrogaming #linuxgaming #baldursgate
Martin Christopher /
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2024-06-26 11:55:33
in reply to nevent1q…t7a4
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