Well, that's a nice surprise isn't it. Ubisoft did something good. They released a tiny patch, that enabled Easy Anti-Cheat so The Division 2 now works on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
I've tested it on Steam Deck and my Fedora Linux desktop and yep — it works. Although, performance can be pretty rough due to the usual shader compiling issues on your first couple of runs while it stutters about quite fiercly. That will become smoother over time, and eventually (hopefully) Valve will have the shaders to send out with the game when it downloads like they do for others games.
Note: for Steam Deck players, don't turn on DirectX 12 as the game won't run. If you do, steps are noted in the video below on how to fix it sliced in between some gameplay clips I did earlier (timestamped). Text steps on the fix below:
Direct Link
Turn Off DirectX 12 fix:
- Head to this location:
./steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/2221490/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/My Games/Tom Clancy's The Division 2/
- Edit the
state.cfgfile in a text editor, find where it says "dx12 = true" and change it to false. - Reload the game.
With it now actually playable, I'm quite hopeful that Valve will have some tricks they can do in Proton to improve performance, on top of the shader stuff mentioned above. Now that it's working, at least they'll be able to investigate it to see if there's anything possibly.
If you find it actually doesn't still run for you, make sure you have the "Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime" installed from your Steam Library. Just search for it in Steam, it will be there to install. It's supposed to be automatic, but sometimes not.
Now if we could just get Destiny 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Rust and Dead By Daylight then I will have a lot less to complain about.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/commit/8fe39ee44b4c47fa925d413659a06d061b3dc981
Would be sad if i had to buy it again on Steam to use it on linux and the deck.
Quoting: tpauIs the same fix applied to the releases on Ubisofts own launcher and the epic games store ?
Would be sad if i had to buy it again on Steam to use it on linux and the deck.
i thought about buying it on steam too since i own the ultimate on UC but it's not worth it with what's happening at ubi HQ.... better wait maybe they will do like bethesda
i have tried by adding the launcher on steam it doesn't work i mean EAC is stuck in loop.
InhaleOblivion Jan 19, 2023
mr-victory Jan 19, 2023
Quoting: LeopardI guess it would make it's way into Proton Experimental in a week.Possibly sooner into the "bleeding-edge" branch of Proton Experimental.
mr-victory Jan 19, 2023
Quoting: JulianI tried with Lutris, but doesn't work. I will wait until some fix appear, I can't buy it againDoes your build on Lutris have the .so file? (in path: EasyAntiCheat/easyanticheat_x64.so) If it isn't you may need to add the file manually.
Remember to paste those file into de Easy Anti Cheat game folder
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here is my post where i tested.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/10fsva1/how_to_get_the_division_2_ubisoft_connect_to_work/
Everytime I try to start the game, it says "Connection lost - A Ubisoft service is currently unavailable. Please try again later."
When I "Try Again" it's the same error message. When I "Go offline" it restarts the app and wants me to login again.
I've tried with the newest Proton-GE 7-47 and Proton Experimental. EAC Runtime is installed.
AlphaObeisance Jan 23, 2023
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