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Some games have anti cheat that only work on Windows.
by breakfastduck 3y ago
Some games have anti cheat that only work on Windows.
- interroboink 3y agoI thought Steam Deck used Proton, which allowed that stuff to mostly work without modification, even when running on Linux? (basically Wine+extras)
- rpmisms 3y agoAnti-cheat is usually a kernel extension, I don't think you can do that in Proton. Edit: yes, I know EAC is Linux supported, but you can't use proton to run a Windows kernel extension.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoProton has some support for easy anti cheat. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/proton-7-easy-anti-cheat-improvements-more-games-for-linux-a-steam-deck/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/proton-7-easy-anti-che...
- nazgulsenpai 3y agoIt seems to be up to the developer, as many anti-cheat support Linux if the developer wants it to. Elden Ring uses Easy Anticheat which works fine in Proton, but Black Desert also uses EAC and it doesn't. Phantasy Star Online 2 works with Proton-GE and it used GameGuard and now Uncheater. Here's a crowdsourced list of games with anticheat that do or do not work with Proton: https://www.protondb.com/explore?selectedFilters=antiCheat https://www.protondb.com/explore?selectedFilters=antiCheat
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoValve tries to make it easy to run a proton-compatible anti-cheat system which I believe is built in to steam libraries, but developers still have to choose to use it notably Microsoft seemed totally uninterested in using a proton compatible EAC for Halo Master Chief Collection last time I checked earlier this year. I read online it should have been easy to switch to the proton compatible EAC but some devs might not want to.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoHalo: MCC specifically did get support for it a few months ago. But anti-cheat is still very dependent on the game.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoThat is nice to know thanks! I figured it would come eventually, I’m glad they added it.