Just recently we had Epic Games announce that Easy Anti-Cheat now offers proper native Linux support and in addition support for Wine and Steam Play Proton - now we have BattlEye also confirming the same readying up for the Steam Deck.
They announced this in a short and to the point Twitter post:
BattlEye has provided native Linux and Mac support for a long time and we can announce that we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton). This will be done on an opt-in basis with game developers choosing whether they want to allow it or not.
So again developers will have a bit of work to do as it's not going to be automatic, so it remains to be seen what developers will actually enable this. Considering the Steam Deck has already seemingly done quite well on reservations, there will be a lot of disappointed players if some games are blocked when they ship with the Arch Linux-based SteamOS 3 distribution.
BattlEye was another blocker for Proton, not working, despite so many popular online Windows games using it. Games that currently use BattlEye include (but not limited to):
- Conan Exiles
- DayZ
- Planetside 2
- PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Even though it's opt-in like EAC, it's still very important progress. Now is the time to make developers aware that you want to see their games get this hooked up and ready.
A good time to remind game developers and readers to ensure you email us news tips, especially if a game enables this to start working so we don't miss it.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
This is all just incredible. Amazing. I'm gobsmacked. Valve just smacked me in the gob!
ThatOneGuy Sep 24, 2021
Quoting: GuestAnd it's opt-in... Fantastic 🙄
Pretty much the only way this would work is opt-in. Any attempts to bypass the anti-cheat without support would risk looking like cheating!
Personally I don't give a flying fuck about anticheat, but this is still good news for those who play online multiplayer games.
Quoting: GuestAnd it's opt-in... Fantastic 🙄
Laissez-faire freedom, heck yeah!
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Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 24 September 2021 at 8:40 pm UTC
AussieEevee Sep 24, 2021
I mean, this is definitely a good thing, but it still requires developer cooperation. I won’t be playing PUBG or Far Cry 5 on Linux any time soon, if ever.
Quoting: AussieEeveeWilling to bet most game devs won’t check that box for proton support.
If they want to sell games to Steam Deck owners, you're damn right they will.
Now the only thing that is left is Steam Deck to be relevant to mainstream users, because game companies will surely opt-in to surf in the deck hype, but they can can also give up as fast as such like the wave of native ports caused by steam machines before.
And in my opinion: If all of this, combined by windows 11 scheduled obsolescence, doesn't make some considerable difference in the adoption of Linux Desktop (more than 0,*) then I don't think anything will.
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