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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.worksOPM
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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.

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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.

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

Edit: see this post

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz
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Good to know.

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nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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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.

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9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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And the anti cheat functions in user space! No special permissions required.

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astrsk@piefed.social
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Literally the only reason I decided to buy it.

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