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Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago

Oh no!

Anyways...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm ootl. Why did they block it?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Selfish pricks with bad middle management probably.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lots of companies will block their product on Linux so they don’t have to worry about bugs/glitches impacting their playerbase

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cheating, officially.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

except they didnt have ONE example to show for it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Actually, fun story, someone was cheating under wine and posted it on the Roblox forums which is what caused all this to happen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

oh shit thats sad :(

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

How will I survive without anime cookie clicker games

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Well, there it is, the update for Roblox has arrived that now forcefully blocks it from working with Wine on Linux systems (like Steam Deck).

Roblox has always been somewhat iffy to play on Linux, at times being broken while people working on the likes of Grapefruit and Vinegar repeatedly kept up with changes to make it work.

The Roblox developers then introduced Hyperion anti-cheat software, but continued to make it work unofficially with Wine but that wasn't to last as a developer explained that it has caused cheating.

Despite what you may think of Roblox (and it's historically had plenty of problems) as one of the biggest gaming platforms ever, it's certainly a shame to see it go.

There's plenty of people out there that have Roblox as their main thing, and so not being able to do it on Linux is quite a loss.

Any game that intentionally prevents it from working on Linux is a loss as it just increases the uphill battle Linux has as a gaming platform.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can’t comment on the site but alternatives to Roblox are Fortnite (doesn’t work on Linux) and Core (haven’t tested)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How much has Fortnite changed that it is now an alternative to Roblox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can use unreal engine to make any mod you want

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Fortnite? it's a coop zombie shooter base building game, how tf is it an alternative to roblox