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For some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at all (www.polygon.com)
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[-] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm amazed it even works on linux, guess there is one benefit of using some shady unknown Korean kernel level anticheat instead of EAC.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 34 points 7 months ago

EAC does work on Linux, developers just have to flip a toggle switch to support Linux. Some devs just don't want to do that.

Halo MCC, Apex Legends, Back 4 blood, and Smite are all games that use EAC and work on Linux.

And basically no kernel anticheat will work on Linux. So Helldivers 2 isn't kernel anticheat, just user-space.

[-] sp6@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Helldivers 2's anti-cheat (nProtect GameGuard) is kernel-level on Windows, but has a userspace fallback for linux

Edit: see this post

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

Good to know.

[-] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I did forget apex legends works, boggles the mind that EA's most popular multiplayer game just werks on linux. But most EAC using games don't sadly.

[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

And the anti cheat functions in user space! No special permissions required.

[-] astrsk@piefed.social 1 points 7 months ago

Literally the only reason I decided to buy it.

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