Battlefield V now broken on Steam Deck / Linux with EA anticheat live

If Ubisoft won't enable anti-cheat support for Proton for Siege even when it's seemingly done for them, I don't have much hope for these EA games using an unsupported anti-cheat.

I don't think the anti-cheat problem will ever be solved for Linux.

Quoting: strycore

Quoting: pbSingle player doesn't work either?

Yeah, you can't launch the game at all. It gives you a "Wine is not supported!" error.

Damn, that's very inconsiderate of them.

I'm eagerly awaiting the moment in the near future when EA will complete its transformation into a cyberpunk dystopian corporation and develop an "anticheat" that will enhance your sense of high stakes and accomplishment and literally fry your brain if it thinks you're cheating. They can even call the anti cheat ICE, so it goes well with the Frostbite engine.

Welp… guess I’ll be writing EA today, demanding my money back as I can no longer play their game on my computer based on a decision they made to not support my operating system after initially allowing it to be supported.

I don’t cheat, I have no intention of cheating, why should I be punished because of the losers out there compensating for their own lack of skill in a video game?

I still recommend Battlefield 4 as the best BF multiplayer shooter available atm.

If you are looking for a fps game in WW2 setting, I recommend Hell let Loose. If you don't like communicating a lot over a voice chat, and don't mind an "oldschool"-look, Day of Infamy is still a great game!

Quoting: pb

Quoting: strycore

Quoting: pbSingle player doesn't work either?

Yeah, you can't launch the game at all. It gives you a "Wine is not supported!" error.

Damn, that's very inconsiderate of them.

I had a feeling that was going to happen (which why I quickly finished the game before April 3rd) since this is the same approach as other kernel anticheats, where single player story modes are blocked from Steam Deck/Linux despite certain customers not planning to cheat or playing multiplayer online mode. If only the single player story mode didn't get hindered by an anticheat and should only be applied to those that go online only but these companies would rather lazily apply the all or nothing approach.

At this point, if you still want to play the game, you'll either have to install Windows or use a cloud service like Geforce Now whenever they update it on their end since it's offline at the moment.


Last edited by ToddL on 5 April 2024 at 1:10 pm UTC

Quoting: MohandevirI was affraid I would not be able to play Jedi Survivor before they decide to put EA anticheat into it too... Turns out this game is a mess, performance wise. I ended up uninstalling it after a couple of hours of play, because there is no computer on the face of our planet that can run it without major stuttering issues. I regret buying it in the first place and with this news, I won't buy an EA game again.

sounds pretty much run of mill these days for a ue4 release. I basically have to look up all the games on wikipedia and check to see what engine they are running. UE4 is almost guaranteed to have awful performance with tons of stuttering.

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualIf Ubisoft won't enable anti-cheat support for Proton for Siege even when it's seemingly done for them, I don't have much hope for these EA games using an unsupported anti-cheat.

I don't think the anti-cheat problem will ever be solved for Linux.

Well, not without cheating.
I mean, the cheaters beat that stuff, so I don't see why there couldn't be a Wine mod that would do the same. Just not officially.

I heard a rumor today that Apex Legends will be getting this new AC within the next month or two, after the whole hacking debacle during the big competition they had recently. EAC has washed their hands of EA at this point, so the writing is basically on the wall.

Quoting: theHoneyBadgerI heard a rumor today that Apex Legends will be getting this new AC within the next month or two, after the whole hacking debacle during the big competition they had recently. EAC has washed their hands of EA at this point, so the writing is basically on the wall.

If they do, then you can be sure that Battlefield 1 and 4 will eventually get it because there's no way they wouldn't add it for just Battlefield V and 2042 only. I guess no one should be surprised anymore when it comes to companies like EA using these crappy anticheats that breaks our enjoyment of their games on Steam Deck/Linux.