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PayPalA reoccurring theme here with THE FINALS from Embark Studios is that it appears to break on Linux / Steam Deck each major upgrade, and it has happened again with the launch of Update 5.12.0.
It's not clear yet what's happening, but it could be anti-cheat related. Their update notes did mention a tweak to their anti-cheat, but it may also be unrelated since this situation has happened before multiple times and then fixed by Valve in a Proton update.
For me, when I go to launch it gets to the Easy Anti-Cheat loading screen and then quits with this error box:
There's already replied noting this on the Proton GitHub ticket. Hopefully Valve's Proton developers can take a look soon, and we may see a Proton Hotfix update like we've seen in the past.
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How do we keep doing this??
(Ya'll know i'm a little biased, but still...)
The Finals is one of the biggest multiplayer anticheat-abiding linux games right now... and they repeatedly fumble it for linux players on every major update.
everytime i turn on my pc there's a finals update and its fine. like 15-20 updates a month. but when the new content season drops the linux player's day 1 isnt until like day 4. so annoying.
(Ya'll know i'm a little biased, but still...)
The Finals is one of the biggest multiplayer anticheat-abiding linux games right now... and they repeatedly fumble it for linux players on every major update.
everytime i turn on my pc there's a finals update and its fine. like 15-20 updates a month. but when the new content season drops the linux player's day 1 isnt until like day 4. so annoying.
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RenardDesMers 6 days ago
Before I move to AMD GPU, I was worried every time I saw "NVIDIA driver update".
Now, I'm worried when I see "Tweaks to the anti cheat".
Fortunately, I don't play too many games with anti cheat any more (thanks, no thanks RIOT).
Now, I'm worried when I see "Tweaks to the anti cheat".
Fortunately, I don't play too many games with anti cheat any more (thanks, no thanks RIOT).
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It is broken 4 days now,im waiting for GE-Proton 9-26 release if that fixes the error
I want to play this game again so badly,it has battlefield graphics lookalike
I want to play this game again so badly,it has battlefield graphics lookalike
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It should have been fixed via Proton Hotfix a day later: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/proton-hotfix-updated-to-fix-the-finals-and-grand-theft-auto-v-enhanced-offline-on-steam-deck-linux/
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