I feel like WC3 Reforged has been broken for over a year at this point. I remember last year trying to play it again since I really like Castle Fight custom map, and I too couldn't get past the lion doors. And prior to that I remember the game randomly freezing. Really sucks because for a few years there, WC3 Reforged just worked.

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i'm really surprised bethesda games wasn't the first supported considering how big (if not the biggest) modding community is with them. can't wait for fallout 4, skyrim, and starfield support.

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Quoting: MohandevirRhetorical question: Did it, at least, solved their cheating issues?
I'd be curious to know what Valve thinks about the situation, regarding the Steam Deck...

The previous in house, non kernel level anti cheat EA / Dice used for the Battlefield series actually worked against cheaters, and worked on Linux. Battlefield 1 and V didn't have big cheating issues, as long as EA / Dice kept the anti cheat updated. Battlefield V, which I have the most experience with over 1, didn't start having terrible cheating issues until EA / Dice dropped support for it shortly after Battlefield 2042 release.

I really don't understand why EA and other companies are pushing for the kernel level anti cheat when the non kernel level actually did work well. Maybe its less work for them or maybe because kernel level is the current hot fad in the industry I don't know outside it really sucks massively for Linux and in terms of stopping cheating, non kernel level actually worked.

I wouldn't let them off the hook as being ignorant for the simple reason it hurts Linux so much that the rhetoric of them being hostile is 100% justified because kernel level anti cheat is hostile to Linux. So many games that would otherwise work don't because of that stupid anti cheat.

That said, I wonder if its possible to create whatever kernel emulation within the Linux kernel itself that allows these anti cheat drivers to interface with and work. I remember back in the day for wifi drivers there was this thing called "ndiswrapper" that allowed Windows XP wifi drivers to work on Linux. Maybe something similar can be done for anti cheat.

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i'm looking forward to tempest rising and still hoping for a tiberian sun remaster like the c&c remaster.

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I have no idea why they won't enable linux support in easy / battleeye anti cheat when they have support for linux. As far as I am aware, its literately a simple toggle switch. I kinda wish easy / battleeye made linux enabled by default making developers having to go out of their way to disable it so we can REALLY know who hates linux.

Age of Conan has had linux support enabled the moment battleeye added linux support and they never had ANY hacking issues. I know that's an example of one but with all the games that do enable linux support with their anti cheat of choice, we never actually had any significant complaints / evidence of "linux hacking." Apex Legends is really a giant test case for this and so far, zero significant complaints / proof.

What's really ticks me off with EA is the original non kernel level anti cheat that was in Battlefield V actually worked. Hacking only became an issue in that game when EA dropped support for it after 2042 launched because they stopped updating Battlefield V's anti cheat. Non kernel level anti cheat does work. I'll never understand why they want that level of paranoia outside just wanting to be close to a rootkit as possible.

It really sucks the biggest hurdle today for linux gaming is multiplayer games. Not because they can't run, but because of dumb stuff like kernel level anti cheat. I'm waiting for the day game developers really show their true colors and start enabling anti cheat in single player games because its stuff like this that is really starting to leave a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to game developers.

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patenting the pokeball mechanic is as stupid as apple patenting rounded corners.

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Quoting: MohandevirLet's just hope Microsoft end up locking them out of kernel access, just to make this a complete waste of time and money, for EA.

why would microsoft do that? this helps microsoft. every game that doesn't run on linux is one less user leaving windows for linux.

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i'm sticking with valve just because of the "you mad bro" comment lmao that's great

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i was able to install battle.net by adding its installer via the "add non steam game" method. but after exiting out of the login in window, as stated, and going back to to change its target to the battle.net launcher, it wouldn't launch for the life of me. the way i finally got it to work was by removing the prefix completely, reinstalling it, but this time installing it to a different steam library on one of my many nvme's on my system instead of the default .steam in my home directory so its installed in the commom folder, instead of the compdata folder, then exiting from the login window, going back into steam, removing the battle.net installer prefix instead of changing its target so it deletes the compdata folder, going back to "add non steam game" and selecting the battle.net - launcher.exe that way. it recreate a brand new prefix linked to the actual battle.net install folder and it launches!
i saw other people complaining about it not launching too if you just try to change the target location.

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both fedora and ubuntu out with gnome 44 before arch. feels bad man.

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