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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/steam@programming.dev
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Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.

On Linux, there's no kernel-level mode available for anti-cheats like they would use on Windows. I know plenty of readers, and gamers across the net probably see it as a benefit due to privacy concerns, and that's fine - but it doesn't change what a lot of people want to play that can't.

This is something many bigger games simply don't want to pull away from including the likes of Call of Duty, Vanguard from Riot, EA Javelin for Battlefield and so on. While we do have some anti-cheat vendors that support Linux like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye (and a few others), it's user-mode with no kernel-level and many developers really don't like that.

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[–] 21 points 1 year ago

You know what bugs me so much more than cheaters in my games? Not being able to fucking play them. Sure, cheaters are an issue, but blocking Linux obviously doesn't fix that. Like someone else said, just develop server side anticheat and add a reporting system. I understand the budgetary limitations of smaller companies, but AAA titles like BF6 have no excuse, it's just penny pinching corporate fuckheads.

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