They are adding Linux support - but only if it detects you are running the exact model of OLED screen as Steam Deck has on SteamDeck, and blocks every other Linux device.
EDIT: There is some kind of hardware validation that can’t be easily spoofed, I vaguely remember reading it was based on the screen HW, but that’s beside the point.
You are right, edited. I remember reading somewhere that they do hardware-based whitelisting, and that it was based on the screen’s HW, but the point was that they can (and a lot of game unfortunately do) somehow whitelist Steamdeck only, while still not letting desktop Linux play.
That would be awesome, but sadly the biggest shift wont happen until the major anti cheats start supporting proton.
It’s even worse.
They are adding Linux support - but only if it detects you are running
the exact model of OLED screen as Steam Deck hason SteamDeck, and blocks every other Linux device.EDIT: There is some kind of hardware validation that can’t be easily spoofed, I vaguely remember reading it was based on the screen HW, but that’s beside the point.
Infinity Nikki does this :(
That’s exactly how I found out about this, I was really looking forward to that game.
I think I also saw it somewhere else, but don’t remember what it was.
This doesn’t seem accurate — what about the basic, non-oled, steam deck?
(Yes the em-dash was intentional, I like them better than hyphens for division in sentences, don’t @ me I’m not a bot)
You are right, edited. I remember reading somewhere that they do hardware-based whitelisting, and that it was based on the screen’s HW, but the point was that they can (and a lot of game unfortunately do) somehow whitelist Steamdeck only, while still not letting desktop Linux play.
I assumed that most major anti-cheat systems now provide an option for Proton but many game developers don’t enable it.