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.
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Not 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 ?
Or is the support only through Wine ?
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Not 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.
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Not 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.
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Yeah, 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.
This fixes b) finally.
Doubt it'll do much to help a) though, I'm afraid.
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slaapliedje Sep 25, 2021
Just 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.So 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.
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This is fantastic news.
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.
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.
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All of this because of Valve and their idea to put the Linux as the default OS for Steam Deck. Those companies know most people just want to get their hands on this device and play the games without a deep knowledge to install Windows, so, that's why they now care about Linux.
Last edited by gustavoyaraujo on 25 September 2021 at 3:23 pm UTC
Last edited by gustavoyaraujo on 25 September 2021 at 3:23 pm UTC
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Not too toot my own horn here (or, alright, a little :) ) but back in the first post about the Steam Deck I actually said that I suspected the anti-cheat challenge (whom many voiced concerns) was something that Valve should have under reasonable control for the timeline leading up to launch.
I mean, they had to.
I mean, they had to.
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Yeah, 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.
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I think with EAC being from EAEpic*
All 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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0xc000007b Sep 25, 2021
They remembered about us... True because of the steam deck, but anyway)
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we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton)
It really does sound like they will have a proprietary module on the steam deck with in-kernel anti-cheat, not sure we'll be able to use that on our computers?
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I'd really like to play (and lose) some rounds of PUBG finally.
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we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton)
It really does sound like they will have a proprietary module on the steam deck with in-kernel anti-cheat, not sure we'll be able to use that on our computers?
I don't remember where I read this but Valve stated that this will all be available outside of Steam Deck
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There's still a lot of inertia to get past when it comes to the idea of supporting anything related to Linux, especially when it's management making the call. No matter how simple the switches are to flip, the question will be "Do we devote manpower to Linux when it's maybe 1% of the gaming market, and most of them probably dual-boot anyway?"
The trick from the engineering side will be to sell management Steam Deck support without ever mentioning Linux.
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we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton)
It really does sound like they will have a proprietary module on the steam deck with in-kernel anti-cheat, not sure we'll be able to use that on our computers?
I don't remember where I read this but Valve stated that this will all be available outside of Steam Deck
Here you go - fifth question down: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/valve-answer-questions-about-the-steam-deck-in-a-new-faq-anti-cheat-for-all-linux-systems
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i wonder what feral will do now
they didnt get hitman 2+3. it also makes no sense to port the new life is strange
they dont get AAA like 2077
now they dont even have to port online games
they didnt get hitman 2+3. it also makes no sense to port the new life is strange
they dont get AAA like 2077
now they dont even have to port online games
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i wonder what feral will do now
they didnt get hitman 2+3. it also makes no sense to port the new life is strange
they dont get AAA like 2077
now they dont even have to port online games
I like feral, but last time I bought a game they ported with multiplayer, Company of Heroes 2, they changed the libraries so crossplay with Windows wasn't possible. I rather have proton so I can play with my friends rather then a port from them where I can't. Just saying.
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In fairness, I have no doubt that these preorders are a limited run to gauge interests before they go into mass production
And they do the same trick for GPUs an PS5?
No, no matter how many they want to make, there's a supply problem.
Well kind of AMD arent making any other apus that feature rdna 2 at the minute that apu is exclusive to the steam deck. remermbering that an apu takes less waffer to make than a full fledged cpu, because of the reduced sizes of the l3 l2 cache compared to full ryzen cpus
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Additionally, since it's only a few clicks, what you say is "I have a build working with Steam Deck support. Do we want to release that way or remove it?"There's still a lot of inertia to get past when it comes to the idea of supporting anything related to Linux, especially when it's management making the call. No matter how simple the switches are to flip, the question will be "Do we devote manpower to Linux when it's maybe 1% of the gaming market, and most of them probably dual-boot anyway?"
The trick from the engineering side will be to sell management Steam Deck support without ever mentioning Linux.
As an engineer, I like your solution, it's elegant.
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