Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
According to Mutahar:
The Anti Cheat has already been bypassed by a free cheat menu on Windows.
He’s fairly sure he has figured out some kind of way to temporarily bypass (as in, it’ll probably get caught in a few weeks) the linux block by some kind of custom virtualization method that he says he may explain in detail at some point.
In general, he’s done with playing GTO.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMSagozpKPs&pp=ygUSbXV0YWhh…
But yeah, obligatory reminder for BattleEye and EasyAntiCheat games that refuse to allow linux play:
All these game devs have to do is flip a switch, click a few options in their developer portals, to allow BattleEye or EAC to work on linux, through Proton.
And its been that way for 3 years, since 2022.
There is literally no reason for games that use these services to not work on linux, the devs just don’t fucking care.
Dont blame developers. It’s never developers that make decisions. It’s the management, the shareholders, the project manager, the product owner, the whatever-mba-dipshit on top. But never the developers. They just execute and comply and if they refuse, they’re let go. A developer is a fleshy code printer. A resource. They don’t have real power. They’re a factory worker. Remember that. Don’t blame the worker, blame the boss.
Source: i’m a professional software developer.
This.
I follow code of ethics and raise concerns where applicable. But even if you refuse, they’ll just pick another development team out of their hats to implement anyway.
So many are afraid to lose their jobs now they will keep their heads down and do it anyway.
I had been wondering why everybody was so angry at them for implementing anti-cheat software. I didn’t realize that they were locking out Linux users. That’s a bunch of bullshit.
Especially a big problem for people who play on Steam Deck. Which most game companies don’t consider it a Console, which is stupid.
AsudoxDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
Some devs sure do fear linux users.
doctortran@lemm.ee 4 days ago
It feels like it’s part and parcel with an overall, growing trend in software to be openly hostile to any system wherein the user has proper admin rights.
Because the potential for someone to use those rights to fuck with the software merits refusing to support systems where they can.
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The potential?
People are hacking the shit out of any online game without proper anticheats
knightly@pawb.social 3 days ago
*with or without
FTFY
Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Normal users do that on Windows, why would anyone install Linux for that
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
I’ve heard Deb say that Lennox users come up with something like 90% of the bug reports. They’re often bugs that only affect Linux so you’ve got say 10% to the player base reporting 90% of the issues and about 85% of those issues only affect the 10% of the player base.
Simply from an economics standpoint it doesn’t make sense to spend that much resources on such a small percentage of the player population. Additionally about half of those Linux users do have Windows computers that they are prepared to buy your game on if that’s the only option. So again it makes no financial sense to actually support Linux.
As far as the studios see it they are taking a 5% cut in profits in order to reduce workload by 85% - seems like a good deal.
I can’t even really argue with that because they make a good point. Indie devs have it even more difficult because they often have much smaller teams and really can’t handle the workloads that Linux users would give them.
nous@programming.dev 4 days ago
The devs from ΔV: Rings of Saturn give a completely different story. Yeah, most bug reports come from Linux - but platform specific ones a vanishingly rare: reddit.com/…/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38…
Not to mention the quality of the reports from the Linux users was vastly more details and useful to them.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Cool game, btw, if anyone hasn’t heard of it.
Womble@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thats was a. From years before proton, b. from a dev renowned for being linux hostile, c. ignores the fact that linux users are far more likely to be technical and likely to submit a proper bug report rather than shrugging and moving on.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
I’m not sure who you’re referring to but I got this off a developer forum about 3 years ago. I don’t know which dev came from just a number of developers chimed in to say they agree
cmhe@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Who was that developer?
Buttons@programming.dev 3 days ago
“Do you guys not have phones?”
Aeurek@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Because Linux users file bug reports.
reddit.com/…/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38…
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
rockstar is such a small indie company, how could they even afford to fix bugs…
Wooki@lemmy.world 4 days ago
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
I’m not confused what they said. That’s what they said now what they said may be wrong but I’m not confused about what they said.
However what I have been told is that actually that’s not necessarily the case. Because the reporting issues that only affect Linux operating systems so most of the user base are not actually benefiting from the reports.
Wisdom is that they would submit better quality tickets and they do but since most of them are disproportionately Linux limited is not really as much of an advantage as you would think.