Comment by Normal_gaussian

3 months ago

Probably not. Kernel level anti cheat is the problem. I know BF6 isn't proton safe. Fortnite is the same.

GTA VI will probably run single player on proton fine, GTA V does. Multiplayer will probably not.

The multiplayer with kernel level anti cheat will keep Sony safe through at least another generation; Microsoft is less safe as they're so vulnerable this generation anyway.

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rkangel  3 months ago

There's a circular opportunity though - if the SteamOS market share gets anywhere, then it might become worth it for these developers to support anti-cheat on the that platform. Some systems (notably BattleEye) actually have Linux support, they just need to enable it, but there's no incentive for them to do so.

  • Kbelicius  3 months ago

    > Some systems (notably BattleEye) actually have Linux support, they just need to enable it, but there's no incentive for them to do so.

    This isn't really true. As GP said, there isn't a kernel level anti cheat for linux. You can switch a flick on BattleEye to run on linux but it wont be a kernel level as it is on windows. So there is an incentive for them to not turn it on because it simply is the worse version than the windows one. As far as I know even on windows you get cheats even if it is kernel level. Meaning, allowing linux you'd probably be flooded with cheaters if you already get them on windows.

    • mschuster91  3 months ago

      > Meaning, allowing linux you'd probably be flooded with cheaters if you already get them on windows.

      There's an easy way to not get cheaters, or at least to slow down their impact: stop making your games "free to play". When cheaters have to buy 60€ games everytime they get b&, eventually they'll run out of money.

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    • unaindz  3 months ago

      Battleeye games get flooded with cheaters no matter what. On most anti cheats is the same anyways. Just see tarkov for a battleeye game with rampant cheaters

moomin  3 months ago

After the CrowdStrike debacle, it’s amazing Microsoft isn’t coming for kernel-level gaming patches.

  • bzzzt  3 months ago

    I don't think kernel-level anti-cheat is a big problem on company managed PCs.

eptcyka  3 months ago

GTA V multiplayer was working fine on Proton not too long ago. Haven't played in years though.