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.
Or is the support only through Wine ?
Quoting: pete910Not interested in wine/proton support tbh, Would be more interested in more native games being shipped now that EAC/BE supports Linux. (I'm looking at the likes of you NWI)
Or is the support only through Wine ?
EAC and BattleEye have had native Linux support for a while. This was just to add support for them through Proton for Wine.
Quoting: KohlyKohlQuoting: pete910Not interested in wine/proton support tbh, Would be more interested in more native games being shipped now that EAC/BE supports Linux. (I'm looking at the likes of you NWI)
Or is the support only through Wine ?
EAC and BattleEye have had native Linux support for a while. This was just to add support for them through Proton for Wine.
I knew battle eye did , didn't think EAC did though.
This fixes b) finally.
Doubt it'll do much to help a) though, I'm afraid.
slaapliedje Sep 25, 2021
Quoting: SlyvanJust get them in Wal-mart and Best Buy and Target. They worked hard on getting the right pricepoint so that it could work in retail.Quoting: DerpFoxQuoting: CatKillerSo now all Valve need to do is keep this device highly desirable, and sell enough units that it represents a significant number of users rather than a potentially significant number of potential users.
EZ.
That will be a big problem if Valve keep selling their hardware exclusively on Steam and not in the usual store circuit. Particularly for the Deck, whatever people say it's not just an ultra-mobile gaming computer it's a handheld console. And console sell way better when you can found them everywhere.
I hope not steam had to cut their budget already. Distribution through other companies could make the steam deck .ore expensive aka less desirable then a switch for the normies.
If the developer STILL doesn't support proton/AC in any way shape or form after the wall has been lowered so low they can step over it and gain revenue for next to no effort, for no other good reason that they discriminate against Linux people then maybe we don't need those studios/developers. On any platform.
i guess the only other thing valve could do is lower their take from 30% to like 29.9995% to cover for the cost of adding AC.
Last edited by gustavoyaraujo on 25 September 2021 at 3:23 pm UTC
I mean, they had to.
Quoting: scaineYeah, quite a few games have native EAC, such as 7 Days to Die. The problem has only ever been a) lack of native titles, which is compounded by b) lack of anti-cheat support via Proton.
This fixes b) finally.
Doubt it'll do much to help a) though, I'm afraid.
Indeed, Unfortunately it still means no buy from me.
Quoting: STiATI think with EAC being from EAEpic*
Quoting: gustavoyaraujoAll of this because of Valve and their idea to put the Linux as the default OS for Steam Deck.All of this because Microsoft wanted to make Windows more similar to a smartphone, it's always amazing how the butterfly effect works.
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