Ulfsbane
Published
--skip-launcher
Skipping the launcher isn't needed, but allows quicker access to the game and will default to run DirectX 11 rather than giving the option to select Vulkan.
Best played at low or medium graphics settings to maintain good performance and battery life.
No idea why Steam lists this as unsupported, it works flawlessly with no settings changes at all.
Some in-game text can be difficult to read, but could be made better by changing resolution
It's likely the game will start in a 4:3 resolution. Best recommended display settings are to set the aspect ratio to 16:10 (Native), and resolution to 1280x800 (Native). This should also help with the readability of some text as well
Lowered framerate to 40 to get more out of the battery, but plays perfectly at 60 FPS if you're not as bothered by battery life
Occasional crashes while playing Metal Gear 2 make things frustrating meaning chunks of the game need to be played over if it's been a while since saving
Plays fine without any messing around. However, it's not a very good port of the original PS1 game. A better experience would be to play this via emulation through emudeck or something similar
WINDLLOVERRIDES="xaudio2_9=n" PROTON_HEAP_DELAY_FREE=1 %command%
If you're prepared to do the audio fix, then the experience is fine. If you don't want to do any tinkering of that kind then your best bet is to wait for this to be properly patched with an update to proton or from the game developer.
To do the audio fix, copy XAudio2_9.dll from your Windows System32 folder to a USB drive. Set Steam Deck to desktop mode and open Steam. Find MGS3, click settings > manage > browse files and paste the copied .dll to the game directory. In Steam, clik settings > properties, then scroll down to the launch options box and type in the command. Return to gaming mode and begin playing
great remaster of a classic that's had issues running on modern hardware without community support on source ports. Despite the default control scheme saying gamepad + trackpad, everything works as you'd expect if you were playing on controler, so there's no need to mess with Steam control schemes.
