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nmacholl

Adding support for the Steam Deck + Linux

SUGGESTIONS :snoo_shrug:

Hey y'all. It's been 5 months since the last thread so I figured I'd signal boost this issue a bit.

Overview

Currently Hunt: Showndown is not supported for Valve's Steam Deck, and Linux more broadly. To the unfamiliar: the technology which allows the Steam Deck and Linux to run Windows games (i.e. games not built specifically for the Linux platform) is called Proton. Currently Hunt does not even launch when running with Proton. The primary issue for Hunt (and other games) right now has been the use of Easy Anti-Cheat. While EAC itself supports Proton, the software developer (Crytek in this case) needs to manually switch on support for their game.

Why isn't it supported?

This isn't an easy question to answer. Even games that are running using Proton can have issues. The most basic problem currently seems to be Easy Anti-Cheat. Which on its face seems like an easy fix for the developers.

Valve themselves have released a guide for developers to update their software to be compatible with Proton. According to Valve it's as easy as:

Easy Anti-Cheat

Proton supports Easy Anti-Cheat without requiring any recompilation, but it does require you to manually enable support for your build. For the Epic Online Services version of EAC, see instructions here. For the Kamu version of EAC, follow these steps in order:

  1. Go into the SDK Configuration settings menu on the EAC partner site and enable Linux as a client platform.
  1. Go into the Client Module Releases menu on the EAC partner site, choose the Unix platform, and activate a module. If you cannot find the Linux module in the status dashboards, please contact EAC support.
  1. Once that's done, download the EAC SDK and find the Linux library (\Client\Assets\Plugins\x86_64\libeasyanticheat.so) for the SDK version integrated with your game, rename it to easyanticheat_x64.so, and add it to your depot next to the Windows library (EasyAntiCheat_x64.dll).
  1. Lastly, on the Steamworks site, publish a new build of your game containing the new depot contents. (You don't have to make any changes to the game executable, just include the new files in the depot contents.)

#Crytek Response There is a user on ProtonDB who posted this response from Crytek.

We are not confirming that it won't be ever supported, however we don't plan on this in the near future.

We will keep gathering more feedback about this matter in the future, and we might change our stance and add support at any point, so we don't think it would be the best to share any news at the moment.

We hope for your patience and understanding.

Closing

While most people are enjoying Hunt on Windows and consoles, I implore Crytek to explore getting Hunt to run using Proton. This issue doesn't impact a large population of players but to my knowledge the work needed to resolve the Easy Anti-Cheat compatability seems minimal. Hopefully someone at Crytek will see this and we can at least get some official word on supprting Proton or why it isn't worth working on.

Thanks for reading!

Posted Jul 4, 2022, 10:58 PM UTC · edited

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summerteeth•

Thanks for writing this up and posting.

Linux gamers are going to be a minority but it sounds like Valve has already worked out a lot of the details. Hopefully that makes it easier for crytek to support.

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MediumAd9648:steam: Machine•

Yep, please adding my support.

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DarkBRl•

Yeah. I've been wanting to play this game for a long time, but I'm not going back to Windows.

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TheRealDarkArc•

Would love this for my linux computer(s), steam deck, and my friend's linux computers!

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huntshowdownclips•

I would buy so much dlc if I was playing hunt on Linux

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nmachollOP•

Yeah man! I stopped playing because I stopped dual booting and I purchased every DLC as soon as they dropped.

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summerteeth•

Is it possible to play the game through a VM with a GPU pass through?

Don’t know how viable that is nowadays.

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nmachollOP•

It may be possible but GPU passthrough is a non-trivial VM setup requiring two dedicated GPUs to service each machine and is going to be less performant than an emulation layer like wine/proton. That said it may be possible.

The only additional hiccup would be EAC which I suspect does not wish to be run in a virtual machine and if it detects that it isn't running on bare metal it might not tick the box that says you're a trusted client.

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anglerbe•

Hunt is the primary reason I ever bother to boot up my old windows PC, but I don't do that nearly as often compared to how much I would play if it were compatible with Proton on linux

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NUTTA_BUSTAH•

Yes please! It's honestly a bit baffling they are not targeting the Deck at all. They talk about monetization revamps to keep the game live but seemingly disregard the opportunity of extra console sales with such a low barrier of entering that market. Maybe they lack Linux expertise and are scared to release something they cannot properly support or are concerned about integrity (cheating) they don't have much control over. Usually the anti-cheat guys are pretty well versed with Linux though.

The (small Linux) community has been asking for this for at least 4 years already.

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The_Broodlord•

Not to necro but it’s on sale right now and I’m not going to buy it due to a lack of deck support. I was looking forward to this one 😂

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viber_in_training•

I've been interested in getting Hunt: Showdown, but did some hunting around for the latest on Linux support. This seems like the latest and they haven't enabled EAC for Proton unfortunately. Just thought I would add my voice as an interested gamer who won't be buying the game until it works on Linux.

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HelixSix•

This needs another bump, I've been waiting for Hunt since I got my deck.

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TheOven•

You realize you can't bump a reddit post right?

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BrainSweetiesss•

Any updates from these son of b? I can't believe how they can give 0 fkcs about it.

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fortyfree93•

https://www.protondb.com/app/594650 sill Borked :(Is CryTek checking this Sub ? Meybe we can somehow start a pedition...

I had such a great experience playing it with my group of friends, it is such a decent game. I just can't bear windows anymore :/

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