EAC on Steam Deck / Proton / Linux

I still wasn’t able to get it running again. Have you been able to get it running multiple times? If so, could you change your launch args to `PROTON_LOG=1 %command%` and reply here with a log file of when the game runs? Should be in your home folder under the name steam-{GAME_ID}.log

I have a suspicion that the anti cheat is actually not working, the game is just ignoring the fact that it couldn’t download the files it needs. When you try downloading the wine64 binary for DbD EAC you get a 0 bytes file. This has happened before to other games temporarily. On some the games run fine, on others the game kicks you out eventually when it validates all your files.

The log would be helpful to figure out if that’s the case or not, but in any case, if someone gets the game running, BE CAREFUL. We haven’t heard anything official and if the anti cheat is turned off it might cause bans. If someone can get me the log file of the game starting I’d recommend you don’t play any games, just get the log file. At least until we know what’s going on.

I added you. It seems very much like the issues some other games have. Paladins is a good example, even though Paladins is fully playable for about a week after each patch. Basically EAC is letting you go through initialisation, and it thinks everything is fine. But after a while it checks again and sees that it doesn’t actually have a valid EAC so it kicks you out.

Thankfully it doesn’t seem to result in a ban, so far…

Update:

I got a log from a successful boot (thanks davidlicurici). Unfortunately it doesn't really offer a clear reason as to why the game boots sometimes. Considering that trying to download the wine64 EAC binary still gives this output:

./download.sh --id=83
No '--os-type' argument, defaulting to wine64
 game id	 dl size	last modified (UTC)download saved as
 -------	 -------	------------------------------------
      83	       0	2021-10-08 03:38:23

I'm assuming no work has actually been done from Behaviour's side. The fact that it boots sometimes is probably an EAC bug, which explains why you can't actually join a game, since I assume the server realises you're not actually using EAC and kicks you out when it finishes matchmaking.

I just tested the PTB and the same issue is still there. For a second it seemed like Behaviour was actually following through on their (almost) year long promise, but in classical fashion that is not the case.

I'll see you guys in 2045 when we can actually play this on Linux.

disappointing

How's going this, this's already working on Steam Deck? I want to buy and play ittt.

I have more than 300 hours playing this game, I latest only try if the game is working on Linux, but nothing I have iridescent fragments that I have not spent in-game because there is no working the game in ubuntu, only try if a new update makes the game working in them, is terrible, waiting for any update of devs, or my money also of my all friends that playing in Linux is not sufficient for BHVR.

Also, for some reason I can't figure out how to edit my comments properly so I apologize if you suddenly see like 3 messages from me...

I tried this out using Remote Play on my Steam Deck, and while the game looked great, the frame rate and input delay from Remote Play using wifi did make it difficult to play as both Killer (countering jukes) and Survivor (skill checks). It's sad because the game will run great on the Steam Deck otherwise.

please devs..

Where is this BHVR? Didn't you say it was coming?

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date Mandy. It is frustrating that the devs don't have any new information. For those out of the loop, Steam Deck support was confirmed 9 months ago. They said that the Steam deck would not be supported at launch, but the launch was back in late February. There have been hints of Steam Deck support in a few updates. Primarily in the form of an EAC library file, but nothing else since. Its understandable that other dev work is more important that adding Steam Deck support, but the silence is deafening.

Of course it can be played via remote play, but this requires an active computer somewhere else and much more delay than playing locally.

The steam deck is just a PC essentially, so when it works you have exactly the same state as on the computer/Windows version, i.e. no further grind should be necessary, even if cross progression is turned off.

Can't wait for this. I cannot stress how much more important this was/is than releasing the meme that is Hooked on You. I know Proton/Linux support doesn't directly bring in profit like the meme game will, but player satisfaction unequivocally leads to long term revenue increase (Think Amazon). Plus, people who use Linux tend to be more invested in their computer and the games they play, which would could mean higher per-user spending than users of other platforms.

With that said, Behaviour, give Linux the same standards as Windows, and I'm sure the return on investment will be more than worth it.

Thank you.

+1

I tried for a while with remote play but the inconsistent latency made skill checks impossible to predict, on top of just the general added latency making it so I have to hit skill checks extra early. So I'm worried playing like that will just make it harder to switch back to non-remote play, and also makes all my teammates hate me.

Just came here to say that I would love to be able to play the game on Steam Deck. I got the game as a gift from my girlfriend and I'm saving some money to buy the Steam Deck eventually.

But for now, I'd play on my Linux machine.

+1 for Linux support. There are people in this topic said they can add eac support for free, maybe bhvr will offer them?