nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoFor some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at allwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkFor some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at allwww.polygon.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoEAC does work on Linux, developers just have to flip a toggle switch to support Linux. Some devs just don’t want to do that. Halo MCC, Apex Legends, Back 4 blood, and Smite are all games that use EAC and work on Linux. And basically no kernel anticheat will work on Linux. So Helldivers 2 isn’t kernel anticheat, just user-space.
minus-squarenanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI did forget apex legends works, boggles the mind that EA’s most popular multiplayer game just werks on linux. But most EAC using games don’t sadly.
EAC does work on Linux, developers just have to flip a toggle switch to support Linux. Some devs just don’t want to do that.
Halo MCC, Apex Legends, Back 4 blood, and Smite are all games that use EAC and work on Linux.
And basically no kernel anticheat will work on Linux. So Helldivers 2 isn’t kernel anticheat, just user-space.
I did forget apex legends works, boggles the mind that EA’s most popular multiplayer game just werks on linux. But most EAC using games don’t sadly.