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Proton is a configuration system for wine. The only big problem left is kernel-aware anticheat. Ideally, we would just stop allowing game companies to hijack t
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
Proton is a configuration system for wine.
The only big problem left is kernel-aware anticheat. Ideally, we would just stop allowing game companies to hijack the windows kernel in the first place...
- ronsor 3y agoPerhaps we can run (emulate?) the kernel drivers in user-space.
- jsheard 3y agoThat's known in the business as "bypassing the anti-cheat" and will get you banned the moment the anti-cheat provider notices what you're doing, even if you aren't actually cheating. If you tamper with, sandbox or subvert the AC in any way then they have to assume you're cheating since any signals they get from the AC can no longer be trusted.
- ronsor 3y agoThis is why Microsoft needs to stop signing anticheat drivers or otherwise require them to be sandboxed. AC providers will have to give up if platforms refuse to cooperate with them.
- shmerl 3y agoIf they don't trust you, you shouldn't trust them either. Their anti-cheat is essentially malware.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoYes, but the more important point is that you are forced into a position of compromise. The only options are for you to accept their malware, or for you to not participate. There is no practical way to convince them to remove their malware requirement.
- shmerl 3y agoMy point is, you that you shouldn't participate, becasue why would you trust them not to use that malware for malicious purpose.
- bitwize 3y agoBecause you want to play Valorant, that's why. This is like when a guy said to RMS, "I have to use proprietary video editing software to do my job" and RMS was like "Then find another job." IF LINUX CANNOT RUN THE SOFTWARE PEOPLE WANT TO RUN, IT IS A POOR OPERATING SYSTEM. We've been telling open source folks this since the 90s. It's time for them to listen and learn.
- asylteltine 3y ago[dead]