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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[-] Laavu@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Proton github has a possible workaround.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8010

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

I wouldn't experiment with renaming or deleting such files to trick an anticheat tool. There could be a potential to flag and ban a player account. It's too risky to me.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thinking about it... Since I'm not planning on switching to windows, and (non-VAC?) bans on steam are game specific, would I even care if I got banned from a game for using it on Linux?

Though I probably also won't be playing this game, since I have no prior interest, so I'm biased.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, I really want to play the game and hope it will work in the future. If I get banned now, then this future would not be possible for me anymore. Even if I can't play it right now, I care about not getting banned in this game. The game plays like Halo, but has Portals, a little bit of hero abilities and a good map creator; perfect!

Edit: BTW I have a Steam Deck and could play it on the device, if nothing else works on PC. So by trying to get around on PC and getting banned would take this away from me too.

[-] Laavu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

You could also point Steam custom launch command to PortalWars2Client.exe and leave the files as is, but I suppose you still could be banned.

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