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"Soon after launch". Fuck.
At least they're working on it as opposed to releasing a mess, or not supporting Linux at all.
What ~~exactly~~ are they working on?
Did you read the Discord message in the original post? There isn't much fat to trim off their statement. Let me know if you can't see the image and I will write it out for ya.
I've seen "we're working on proton emulation" turn up empty before. Without knowing what they are actully working on I do not see any meat on the bone.
That's fair. I don't know what all that entails, nor how easy/hard that is. It could be a nothing burger statement to shut people up. Like, hopefully not, but you're right about there not being much to go off.
Honestly I don't have much stake in this situation. This is the first I've heard of the game, and it doesn't look like my jam. I just thought maybe you couldn't see the photo. Some people have issues with that every now and then depending on how they're viewing the post. I've been pretty lucky so far with the Boost app though. I do like seeing more games compatible with Linux too.
It was working on Linux during the last play test. The rumer is they added a new anti-cheat and it by default doesn't support Linux.
Tarkov was working on Linux and then they added anticheat. Comments were made, iir it would be enabled in the future, but it's still blocked today.
This is fucking annoying. I’m tired of being treated like a second class citizen for choosing to not install spywareOS on my computer.
Fuck these companies. I’m refunding my wardogs purchase.
The previous beta was fine. First For Honor and now Wardogs. Fucking shameful.
e: I was wrong, user below is correct
Better efforts and communication than a lot of other developers
A Discord message does not equate to good communication. Good developers use blogs posts on websites, not random messages locked behind a login.
It annoys the crap out of me when people say "YOu can give feedback on Discord.
No, no I cannot. I dumped them when they decided to do an IPO, and from what I've seen since it was a great decision.
Yup. If Discord is your main point of contact, then you already failed community management.
This is because, while EasyAntiCheat was installed previously, it wasn't enforcing. So Linux clients could run because EAC wasn't kicking anybody.
In Early Access, EAC will be enforcing because it is one of the systems they want to test at scale.
As it stands now WARDOGS plans on adding EAC Linux support but it isn't ready for the playtest. So once EAC is enabled, without a valid Linux client, it will kick Linux users.
This is just more of a 'This is currently Beta/Early Access' thing than a 'WARDOGS hates Linux' thing.
Are you sure? Because on their discord people (i mean users, didn't see any official statement) were saying that EAC had been completely replaced with Embark's new anti-cheat
The title here is misleading. A game not being supported can be completely ok. The vast majority of games ran through Proton on Linux aren't and they typically work perfectly fine regardless.
As the announcement itself says, they have actively chosen to not enable the setting that would allow Linux, but is working to support it in the future, presumably to get it SteamDeck-verified for the real launch.
In the beta last week the game was perfectly playable via proton which is why people are frustrated.
Worked fine with linux in the last beta. Why disable it now?
There's a theory that they are trying a different anti-cheat, but I really don't know.
I miss the days of server-side anti-cheat.
I've returned a few games because of KLAC, if it pops up demanding I install spyware I'm out, which really only hurt for Star Citizen.
Pretty annoying if true. I preordered with the idea that I could refund if the beta didn't work. It worked great so I was happy to wait for release but now it looks like I'll have to refund after all.
Don’t preorder.
I was thinking the same thing. He did claim they are working on it, so I might wait for release before refunding. I bought it to have access to the beta though so I'll still be pissed either way.
I appreciate the heads-up, though. I was planning on getting it for the beta, but I guess I will just keep waiting. My Steam library isn't hurting for other things to play, even within the genre.
Currently Steam page says:
Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat
Easy Anti-Cheat
Did they add this recently?
As of two weeks ago it was listed when I bought.
Also Easy Anti cheat does not preclude Linux from being supported.
I mean, yeah, Proton does have EasyAntiCheat Runtime but I wondered because it says kernel level anti-cheat. Though I know a couple games that run fine on Linux even though their Steam page states kernel level anti-cheat, so maybe that's not a problem at all. But I guess we have rights to have suspicions.
Oh yea no doubt.
The whole anti cheat thing is so damn silly anyways.
Kernel level anti cheat only really became necessary after we destroyed user hostable servers and mods that could just kick and ban cheaters.
Could have easily expanded that system and lets humans be the anti cheat. Would have educated a bunch of people and brought us all closer by watching each other's digital backs..
But nah you need to let EA access your systems most vulnerable parts after reading that Bobby Kotick and Jeffrey Epstein were indoctrinating kids into the economy via CoD points.
Love this world
Edit: I know Bobby Kotick and EA are not literally related, point is I don't trust any of these people.
Wardogs? More like conflict coyotes amiright?
Ah yes, the classic "it's not on Linux because all Linux users are dangerous criminals and I don't have kernel access." They're wrapping it in nicer packaging, but what else could "it's an anti-cheat issue," and "we're focusing on security ahead of that part of the player base" mean?