Update #1 - 14:31 UTC: Rockstar have now put up an official FAQ for BattlEye where they state:
Is BattlEye compatible with Steam Deck?
Steam Deck does not support BattlEye for GTA Online. You will be able to play GTAV Story Mode but unable to play GTA Online.
Note: GTAV and GTA Online are not officially supported on Steam Deck and all technical support questions should be directed to Valve’s Steam Deck support content and community.
I'm still currently waiting for an official statement from Rockstar on any plans to enable it, since BattlEye as mentioned below is supported on Linux / Steam Deck.
Update #2 - 18/09/24, 9:30 UTC: Rockstar press did not reply, but their support team did. They simply copied the new FAQ entry noted above, and when pushed just told me to use their feedback form and closed up my ticket asking about it. Typical support-level reply.
I've emailed Valve press to see if they have anything they would like to say on the situation.
Original article below:
Surprisingly, Rockstar have now added BattlEye anti-cheat to Grand Theft Auto V / GTA Online, and sadly it seems they have not enabled the support for Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Valve's Proton. The game is currently rated Steam Deck Playable.
When you try to play online, you might stay in for a minute or so but then abruptly you get this and you're kicked:
Pictured - my test of GTA V Online on Kubuntu 24.04
Hopefully this is just an oversight, since BattlEye does have Linux platform support. I've reached out to Rockstar in a few places to ask about it, to see if they do plan to enable Proton support for BattlEye.
Even if it wasn't intentionally blocked, let's say they overlooked enabling it, this once again just goes to show that the Steam Deck and Linux gaming have ways to go before bigger developers and publishers actually do some proper testing.
Considering it's one of the most played games on Steam overall, it will be quite a loss if it's intentionally not being enabled. It's also one of the most played games on Steam Deck specifically too, so it would make this banner on the Steam page look a bit silly if it stays broken:
The single-player story mode continues to work though.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I liked that game.
Hopefully they'll just send that email, as the game itself runs great on Linux and Deck.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 September 2024 at 7:26 am UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweValve have now changed #TAV rating for Steam Deck to Unsupported.It's feasible that they'll be more sympathetic to refund requests after that, should one be going through the non-automatic route and if it had been primarily played on the Deck (which we know they track).
Cyba.Cowboy Sep 19
Quoting: Liam DaweValve have now changed #TAV rating for Steam Deck to Unsupported.
What's the TAV rating?
I'm assuming it's something along the lines of ProtonDB's ratings... But where does one view a "TAV rating"?
LinuxPenguin Sep 19
There may be some hope on the horizon after all
Quoting: Stellahttps://steamdeckhq.com/news/valve-rockstar-fix-gta-online-steam-deck/
There may be some hope on the horizon after all
There are certainly changes being made. Unfortunately, it looks like they're just improving the user experience of being limited to story mode.
From my testing across various proton versions, looks like the latest R* launcher update always signs-in Linux users into offline mode. It now skips the first screen where you choose between story mode and online and just loads you directly into story mode, as long as you're using proton 9.0 or newer (8.0 throws an activation error and quits).
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