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ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree releases soon, and there's a patch out but sadly this has been causing issues for players on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Patch 1.12 has gone live, and unfortunately it seems to cause two major problems. The first, is that you can no longer do online play as their Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux platforms seems a bit broken. It will just refuse to let you play online with an error message.

On top of that on Steam Deck, if you leave it idle for more than 5 minutes, it seems to just break the game and you can no longer do anything, so you would need to quit it and reload. That's…annoying.

The official ELDEN RING account on X (Twitter) posted:

Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on. Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs. We apologize for inconvenience. The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately.

Hopefully they won't keep players waiting long. And so far, they haven't acknowledged the anti-cheat issue. Seems like not enough (or any?) testing was done here. Quite problematic for a Steam Deck "Verified" title.


Pictured - ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree

I will aim update the article if they fix it any time soon. If it's a couple of days or longer though, look out for a future article noting the fix is live.

Have you noticed the issues? Spotted some other problems? Let us know in the comments.

ELDEN RING can be purchased from: Fanatical | Humble Store | Steam

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sonic2kk Jun 20
Screw you, FromSoftware.
Stella Jun 20
Not surprising, considering Steam Deck still seems to be an afterthought for most publishers
Quoting: sonic2kkScrew you, FromSoftware.
But they stated that they're aware of the situation and are working on a hotfix
Aeder Jun 20
I got hit by this issue and by checking the logs it seems the Anticheat thinks a DLC file is missing.

Once the DLC installed, the issue went away.

I guess they didn't test the anticheat updates with a patched base game without DLC.
jams3223 Jun 20
I exclusively play Elden Ring on my Steam Deck, then reserve my PC solely for first-person shooter games.
QuoteThe first, is that you can no longer do online play as their Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux platforms seems a bit broken.
Is someone keeping a tally of how often this has happened to games? It must be in the dozens by now.
tohur Jun 21
Bruh how hard is it for devs to make sure once they decide to allow the anti-cheat to work to make sure EVERYONE involved knows for every build of the game to keep the gosh darm Linux check box checked on EACs website....
sonic2kk Jun 21
Quoting: StalePopcornBut they stated that they're aware of the situation and are working on a hotfix

I meant for including EAC in the game, period.
Essoje Jun 21
Quoting: sonic2kkI meant for including EAC in the game, period.
I don't think FromSoftware had much of a say on it after the RCE vulnerability appeared, as it was necessary to protect players of older Souls games, and ER was close to release.
If anything, going for EAC isn't nearly as egregious as some other anti-cheat software that is out there.
sonic2kk Jun 21
Quoting: EssojeI don't think FromSoftware had much of a say on it after the RCE vulnerability appeared, as it was necessary to protect players of older Souls games, and ER was close to release.

Cutting the multiplayer temporarily (or my preference, permanently) like they did for Dark Souls would've been better, and allowing EAC to be disabled for single-player.

Quoting: EssojeIf anything, going for EAC isn't nearly as egregious as some other anti-cheat software that is out there.

It's better than something like nProtect, sure, but that doesn't make EAC acceptable. I would rather no anti-cheat and cheaters than invasive anti-cheat, if that was the choice.
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