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Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] who@feddit.org 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

When we stopped support for Linux, we saw more cheat users exploiting Linux, than actual legitimate users. — reddit

That's curious phrasing. Did he expect legitimate users to stick around after support was taken away? Or does he mean that there were more cheaters than legit users before support was dropped?

That's not to say that cheating was super widespread on Linux, — blog

Okay, so his blog post suggests that it was the former, making his original argument really bizarre.

When we stopped supporting Linux, users made up less than .01% of the total player base, even if that number has doubled, or tripled, it's not worth it. — reddit

When we discontinued linux support in 2019, — blog

The Steam Deck was released three years later, and nearly four more years have passed since its release. The portion of gamers using Linux has grown considerably more than he imagines above, and continues to grow.

Enabling proton support would mean we're asking the EAC team to provide support for a whole other platform, which we fear would reduce their ability to support Windows — blog

That is a false dichotomy. Rather than assuming what the Easy Anti-Cheat folks would do if more support were needed for Linux, he should probably ask. I would expect them to respond to increased demand by hiring qualified staff, not diverting existing staff to tasks for which they are unqualified. This is how businesses grow.

For now, we're still weighing up the risks and will continue to explore options with EAC. Don't expect to see Proton support in the near future, but we hope to have it enabled someday. — blog

I think that's the most sensible thing he has written on the topic.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I know you don’t need to hear this but just for the record, ARC Raiders just launched with EAC and works perfectly in Proton. This dude is either lying or ignorant, and I’m not sure which is worse.

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The main problem for developers isn't that it's hard to implement. It's the fact that EAC runs in userspace on Linux and is pretty trivial to bypass.

With that said, I want Linux to be THE gaming platform. Problem is that server side anti-cheat is not as widespread in gaming as it should be.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

ARC Raiders definitely has some server side checks. On launch day I was selling items too fast and got a pop up that I violated some constraint and that I was being sent back to the lobby with my inventory in the last good state.

That should honestly just be the norm.

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