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"I would like to switch to Linux, but it's just not good for gaming" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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(The "Windows" slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur's Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

well, thanks to Gaben, new games working fine

[–] Shiggles 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s why they specified online, because the cancer that is Easy-Anti Cheat has a teeny tiny checkbox saying “allow linux users” that is rarely if ever checked.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

dunno, if we're talking about easy anti-cheat, i've played insurgency: sandstorm, war thunder and hunt: showdown. Not a lot of games, but none of them had any issues

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Halo MCC was fixed too and now that works without issues online. It is good fun.

[–] Shiggles 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of games do check it! Which is why it’s excessively frustrating when other games consciously choose not to. There were a few hiccups initially but now as far as I’m aware it’s literally just the checkbox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I really hate this "it's just a checkbox* narrative. It's bullshit. EAC functions very differently on Linux and it is ridiculous to assume that "it says EAC is on" = "game is secure"

[–] Shiggles 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

[The documentation] says how developers need to "test and activate client module updates for Linux regularly in addition to Windows".

But go off king

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that’s not the whole story

Enabling Linux support does inherently allow more attack vectors that need to be secured that don’t need to be if it’s windows only. Linux works against these kinds of anticheats, as they’re working to get the most information out of the system as possible to prevent 3rd party programs from being run. This is a major design consideration in Linux not present in windows, so there is considerable extra work that has to be done, on top of already being much less effective on Linux than they are on windows.