Quoting: AllocAs Code Artisan wrote above EAC can't make the Windows version of EAC work on Wine. It's kernel level code that will never run with Wine. It's up to developers to just run the games natively on Linux, EAC *does* support that (since at least two years ago, think it was even longer now).

Of course, because EAC is just a root kit. That's what we call such software in the Linux environment.

Quoting: AllocIt's always been this way and will be, otherwise EAC will be useless (yes, it's considered useless by some people already, but it's at least doing a better job than VAC

Valve filters Dota2 and CSGO Matches (offline) with an AI (trained beforehand). This is OS-agnostic and comprehensible.

The EAC guys might do a great job. But they do it in a very non-transparent way, that leaves room for much speculation. Plus they install a root kit on your PC.

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It's a good decision, isn't it? Epic has simply not been on the right track since Tencent take it over. And they have their own definition of currently.

"Currently, there is no possibility to access the launcher on Linux systems."

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/index.php?title=Linux_Support [External Link]

I visit the site once a year to laugh.

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ArmA3 would probably run better over Proton than the port. I don't understand why they don't try this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIVJRZ3EE5c [External Link]

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Quoting: elmapulalso, if you make an game using Unreal engine, you have to pay 5% to epic+30% to steam, but if you make an game using Unreal Engine and publish it on their store, you only pay 12% instead of 35%, that may be enough for a lot of companies to publish only on their store or at least publish on both.

You reach a lot fewer people outside of Steam. It's a naive fallacy. The renunciation of Steam is only worthwhile for very huge publishers. Normal publishers will offer their games on Epic, but of course also on Steam.

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Quoting: liamdaweRubbish. Blizzard unbanning people, then banning some again only this last week (as noted on Reddit) is not Blizzard supporting Linux in any way. Don't see something that isn't there. Blizzard don't support Linux, anyone saying otherwise is just...*sigh*

Sadly, you'd be right.

Quoting: 0aTTThey helped Wildcard for example with the ARK Dev Kit which, of course, never was ported to Linux. Plus Ark is a ugly mess on Linux thanks to Epic and Unreal Engine. And Life Is Strange based on Unreal Engine 3.

Most of the ports based on the Unreal Engine are construction sites.

Quoting: liamdaweGiving a dev a little help with something, doesn't change anything. Wildcard own ARK, Wildcard are responsible for the Linux version of ARK, not Epic.

It's not about a little help for the developers. The mod support depends on it:
https://www.playark.com/workshop/ [External Link]

Quoting: liamdaweI really don't know what you're trying to get at. You just seem hellbent on disliking Epic Games with some sort of bias that's showing through very clearly.

Bias or not. We already have to bypass them together with other rotten fruits:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5638 [External Link]

With the Unreal Engine there are by far the most problems:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5638#issuecomment-442359828 [External Link]

I'm sure that option in Proton will come. Otherwise people will use Lutris.

I'm not counting on Epic and these are the reasons. You asked for it.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: 0aTTThere will be no port of Fortnite. They won't even customize their anticheat for DXVK like Blizzard did.

What? Never in my life have I heard anyone, ever say Blizzard specially customise their anti cheat for Linux. Hint: they don't, they don't support Linux at all.

They didn't invest a billion dollars, but they simply helped us solve the problem:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Blizzard-Banning-DXVK-Wine [External Link]

Epic would never provide such support. They would rather emigrate to Canada.

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Quoting: 0aTTThe UrealEnginge produce garbage for Linux and you need good porters like Feral to sort this out. The best would be if Epic would stop supporting Linux, so that we can finally play Ark via Proton and not have to wait for ages for ports like LifeIsStrange.

Now it's pretty clear you don't know what you're talking about. Ark is nothing at all to do with Epic. Life is Strange Before the Storm is also nothing to do with Epic and was built with Unity. Game developer decisions on their game engine choice and platform release choice is not down to Epic. Do some research.

They helped Wildcard for example with the ARK Dev Kit which, of course, never was ported to Linux. Plus Ark is a ugly mess on Linux thanks to Epic and Unreal Engine. And Life Is Strange based on Unreal Engine 3.

Most of the ports based on the Unreal Engine are construction sites.

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Quoting: liamdaweWhy are people instantly counting Epic out, when the situation is the same? Like I said in the article, there's no other "open" platform left - it's got to be Linux.

I found this from 2014:

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-4-and-linux [External Link]

It's still up to date. That actually says it all. There will be no port of Fortnite. They won't even customize their anticheat for DXVK like Blizzard did.

The UrealEnginge produce garbage for Linux and you need good porters like Feral to sort this out. The best would be if Epic would stop supporting Linux, so that we can finally play Ark via Proton and not have to wait for ages for ports like LifeIsStrange.

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Quoting: EikeWhat I'm wondering about all the negative Steam reviews concerning the monetarization model:
Didn't they know before buying?

And did these folks play after buying? So many bad ratings after 1h play time I've never seen for a triple-A game. For many, it seems to be an emotional subject. They seem to spend more time discussing than playing.

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Quoting: subI don't want games that are addictive and exploit
it mainly to squeeze out *further* money from people (in particular, but not only, young people).

That just feels bad. Like I need a shower afterwards.

I shower every day.

It may cost another $20 to build a competitive deck on the marketplace, if you invest the time to get to grips with the game. That can be enormous fun. Just like with real card games.

The shitstorm will probably break Artifact before it takes off. And that's very unfortunate, because the people who are complaining now don't want a trading card game, but something else. HalfLife³ for example.

And what's wrong with spending money continuously for a game that you play continuously? There are enough games, which after a few years hardly still receive meaningful updates. With Valve it looks different. By the way, even HalfLife still gets updates.

All this has to be financed somehow. But people just want this cheap F2P garbage. Where they then waste thousands of hours with repetitive gameplay, which isn't about anything. For Artifact I may spend another $100 over the next 10 years and get a game with perpetual support and real market players who care about their free time.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyNope, the game isn't banned in Germany.

A typically German translation error. When I write banned, I just mean locked not forbidden.

I am also allowed to own games confiscated by the courts in Germany. But I can't buy them, at least not on steam.

There are no games in Germany that are really forbidden. In practice, however, it is very difficult to come into the possession of a game. The Steam key of Wolfenstein2 (uncut) for example cannot be activated in Germany. Even a game like Portal2 is censored in Germany. Fortunately only mild.

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