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Warhammer Space Marine 2 multiplayer doesn't work unless you set STEAMDECK=1 in the launch options.
So dumb
Wait so it doesn't detect or do anything to check? It's just "well you said it was" and is ok with that.
It drops the graphics to their recommended settings, but you're free to crank them back up to anything you want. No, it doesn't check in any way. I have no idea why you would do this, it basically only means anyone who doesn't check Proton DB for config advice will think the game is half broken.
I assume this forces the anticheat to run in userspace
Eh? I don't understand. Either it works on Linux, or it doesn't. Seems like the author just doesn't know how to troubleshoot some compatibility issue on whatever desktop Linux distro they're using.
ACE (Anti-Cheat Expert) seems to work only on the Steam Deck, but doesn't let you play on any other hardware running Linux. Delta Force has the same issue
How does it know you're on the deck? I gave a gut feeling that that should be easily bypassable.
Maybe the Hardware? Easiest identifier for the deck would be the same hardware in any deck.
The question is whether the publisher will then press the brakes and generally deactivate linux support in the event of a bypass.
But how is it checking the hardware, I have more permissions than the game on my machine, I can very easily make it believe it's running in a Deck unless it tries to use specific instructions that my hardware doesn't have (which I highly doubt)
Well, valve and AMD have worked together on this. Apart from that, steam is a DRM platform and there is a lot of tracking going on all the time (also during login) and in games. I don't know what the rights look like anymore, because there was a change at steam once, but steam itself should still have root/system rights somehow. In other words, it wouldn't be a problem that anti-cheat solutions could act outside of their prefix. Maybe valve is trying to get publishers to support them with a platform they can trust. (Of course i could be complete wrong)
Gameindustry. Good stuff against tracking.