• hddsx
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    6 hours ago

    Is EAAC similar to EAC where we’ll need a specifically compiled glibc?

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      5 hours ago

      Nope, it’s completely proprietary, there’s no flag to flip for proton. It’s just borked on the deck now.

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    Okay let’s have a rational thought experiment:

    On the one hand, BF1 was never advertised as being Linux compatible.

    On the other hand, EA has retroactively changed the terms of the sale in such a way that breaks the game, ruins the experience, solves nothing, has extremely questionable security implications, and you who paid for the game did not consent to.

    Personally I think they should have to refund games for this and Valve needs to put their foot down and be good stewards for the community.

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      Honestly Valve needs to have a policy for this. If a game that once worked on Steamdeck and now no longer works after publisher intervention then refunds need to be issued. I have BF2042, BFV and BF1 and 1 was the LAST one I could still play on Linux. Now I have 3 digital paperweights that I can’t play anymore. I want my money back.

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        11 hours ago

        If a game that once worked on Steamdeck and now no longer works after publisher intervention then refunds need to be issued.

        If it’s up to me I would leave SteamDeck out of it altogether. If the publisher changes the terms of sale in any way, it should be refundable. But at the very least, if you bought it on SteamDeck and it later stops working on SD, I would agree and would add that as well. But Valve would have a hard time enforcing that against the publisher since, again, it was never advertised as supported by anyone but Valve.

        Of course, then we have to have a deeper discussion about things like game-breaking updates, so ultimately Valve needs to serve as not only legislator but as the judge, jury and executioner as well.

        It’s complicated.

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      9 hours ago

      “Solves nothing” is a stretch. These companies don’t still apply anti-cheat because it does nothing.

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    11 hours ago

    This is why I don’t see Proton as a substitute for proper support. Because if they don’t actually support the platform, they could break it at any time and say you’re outta luck.

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      11 hours ago

      Ive only heard of it not working due to anti cheat. Is there any other common support killer?

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        Nope.

        Games pretty much work unless the publisher explicitly chooses to break them.

        That doesn’t mean everything is always perfect, but games don’t generally just randomly break on proton. It’s almost all anticheat.