Splitgate 2 - Beta only playable on Steam Deck but not desktop Linux? (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by thingsiplay@beehaw.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Splitgate 2 opened the public beta since today or yesterday. Unfortunately the game does not run on desktop PC with a Linux operating system. Others have the same problem.

But whats weird is, people claim it works on Steam Deck and even the official blog post from the devs says they support the Steam Deck. There is no word about general Linux desktops.

So does the developers treat the Steam Deck like a console and make their games not playable on general purpose Linux desktops? Its weird, because otherwise it is playable on a general desktop with Windows too. Even the previous game Splitgate 1 (which they shut off) worked on desktop Linux. It makes no sense!

I'm totally disappointed right now. Because I was excited for this game. It got some hero abilities (I like that) and even a map creator.

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[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

We assume its probably the anticheat, because its a Kernel level anticheat. Maybe it only works with an unaltered image of the Steam Deck OS and Kernel. This is highly speculative and it might be just a bug on the game or Proton side or something. This is still beta and the first day, so they collect information and see what the users have to say. Hopefully they will address this issue. At the very least being open and explain the situation, so we know for sure.

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