Does anyone know what they mean by “legacy runtime environment”? Do they mean running of the host system libraries rather than Valve’s runtimes?
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
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Steam developers can now select which Steam for Linux runtime to use for native titles
(store.steampowered.com)
Previously they used library injection and redirection techniques, but the new runtimes are basically containers.
Do they mean running of the host system libraries rather than Valve’s runtimes?
AFAIK yes
Right on!
I was almost worried steam allowed devs to opt out of steam play, that would be horrible and 90% of devs would opt out