In another clear case of anti-cheat woes for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gaming, The Division 2 is another broken game. Ubisoft continue their shift back onto Steam, with Tom Clancy's The Division 2 launching January 12. If you were excited to give it a run on Steam Deck though, or a Linux desktop, you're completely out of luck right now. Update: a fix was released.
The Division 2 uses Easy Anti-Cheat, and while that tech does support Linux and Proton, Ubisoft have seemingly not enabled it. That, or there's other technical issues currently with Proton and support for Easy Anti-Cheat. We've seen some issues in the past like glibc updates breaking Easy Anti-Cheat, so it could be related.
Currently, no matter the version of Proton picked either the official Proton or the community-made GE-Proton, The Division 2 will load until the Easy Anti-Cheat logo screen and then just get stuck in a loop trying to load it forever until you force-quit the game.
Shame, could have been a good fit for the Steam Deck.
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It's available via GeForce Now, but currently only via Ubisoft or Epic, where I don't own the game. And it being borked on Steam, I guess I won't play it at all now.
We have other games to play...
mr-victory Jan 17, 2023
Quoting: CorbenMy way of playing the Division 2 would have been Stadia... it even had crossplay with PC players. I bought it on sale... well, got refunded.I feel you there. I had it on Stadia too and quite enjoyed it there.
It's available via GeForce Now, but currently only via Ubisoft or Epic, where I don't own the game. And it being borked on Steam, I guess I won't play it at all now.
We have other games to play...
officernice Jan 17, 2023
Quoting: GuestThat's only for the old EAC, not the one from EOS. In this case, there is no .so file.Quoting: mr-victoryThere is a slim chance that Ubisoft may have tried to add Linux EAC support but screwed it up so it could be fixed on our side. I am obviously very optimistic here.If that's the case, there should be a .so in a wrong folder.
InhaleOblivion Jan 17, 2023
EagleDelta Jan 18, 2023
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: CorbenMy way of playing the Division 2 would have been Stadia... it even had crossplay with PC players. I bought it on sale... well, got refunded.I feel you there. I had it on Stadia too and quite enjoyed it there.
It's available via GeForce Now, but currently only via Ubisoft or Epic, where I don't own the game. And it being borked on Steam, I guess I won't play it at all now.
We have other games to play...
I can't speak for The Division 2, but I had Assassin's Creed: Odyssey on Stadia and Ubisoft just transferred it to my Ubisoft account. Did they not do that with The Division 2 (for playing it on GFN)?
Last edited by EagleDelta on 18 January 2023 at 1:32 am UTC
maggotinfested Jan 18, 2023
Quoting: mr-victoryThere is a slim chance that Ubisoft may have tried to add Linux EAC support but screwed it up so it could be fixed on our side. I am obviously very optimistic here.
Yeah, you shouldn't be. It's UbiSoft.
https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/109926/now-that-epic-has-released-eac-for-free-and-the-division-2-is-already-native-due-to-stadia-will-you-please-turn-on-eac-for-pc-linux-users
just sharing a dead post where we asked for ubisoft to make a move and no reply....
Ubisoft is pro "we don't give a fish about linux, all the money for denuvo and EAC old version"
And today they have announced a social movement to fight against overtime.... how to delay developments
it's not a surprise Ubisoft won't do a single move
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