Hello! In today patch in Proton Experimental, 2042 started successfully on Linux with NVIDIA drivers, so game is almost playable but anti cheat is still not enabled. It kicks me after few seconds after joining a match. DICE Devs we are asking you this from release of game what was almost 2 years ago and you can't still enable it? We (as a linux users) don't want to have separate partition/drive for Windows to play only one game. Your friends at Respawn enabled support for Apex long time ago and it works really well, you could do that too! We belive in you 🙂 CM edit: edited title for clarity.

Hi @PolluxAU,No, there is no need to keep creating threads about this topic as there are already multiple threads discussing it, which have now been merged into one big thread, so everything about this same topic is in one place. As we've mentioned a few times in this (long) thread, Linux & Steam Deck (which runs on Linux) are currently not one of the supported platforms for the game. If that changes, you can bet we'll let you know through the Battlefield social channels.Continuing to create more posts on the same topic may be considered spam and could have consequences for your AHQ and/or EA account, as per https://answers.ea.com/t5/help/faqpage.Thank you.

Battlefield 2042 Linux & Steam Deck EAC support

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ElliotLH
Hero+
18 days ago
Hello everyone,

I've closed this thread as per the comment from EA_Rtas, below. However, if anyone would like to continue the discussion, feel free to create a new thread.
Bloodgin
Newcomer
18 days ago
You seem to have an aggressive response to fans loving your game and asking for it to support the steam deck.
Why not take it for what it is. You made a great game ! And we are telling you what we like and want, aka how to stay in our wallets.. why not listen and work on allowing it to be played on the stream deck instead of fussing about the overwhelming request. Just an idea to help you make money like you used to when you made games for the players instead of the accountants. Making games for the players insures money for you long term not just a quick cash grab. I promise you its better for us both. Good luck abd hope 6 is what we are promised im looking forward to it !
EA_Rtas
Community Manager
7 months ago
Hey folks,

As there is still no change in support for Linux or Steam Deck as was originally posted by @EA_Leeuw and this thread is regularly inactive for months at a time I'm going to go ahead and close it off.

If there are any changes or if support for Linux or Steam Deck is added in future it will be posted here and other social channels.
1201BCG
7 months ago
So not only do cheaters ruin the game for people they are also responsible for the entire Linux playerbase not being able to play the game at all now?
Nice to see that EA has made efforts to make a new anticheat, but for what purpose are you preventing thousands of Linux users from being able to play the game? Surley you have software engineers who are fully capable of programming the anticheat to work on Linux, or who are able to create a Linux specific version?
fufufighter
9 months ago
Issue still ongoing. Nowadays publishers are more focused on degrading their paying customer's experience rather than delivering great products. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft was found to be strong-arming publishers into locking anything that's not Windaube out of their products.
blackbeardSCBC
10 months ago
Sept 24, did this ever get resolved? Its one of three apps I need to migrate 100%
Please enable EAC for Linux/Steam-Deck if you haven't costs 1/4 hour for some wage slave to check the box, the license agreement already limits liability and it doesn't violate IP.
sargenthp
2 years ago
So it should be even easier to have this updated. Game plays fine on Steam Proton. Just the anti-cheat kicks us out when going into Multiplayer mode.
ElliotLH
Hero+
2 years ago
@zakpatat712 Just to let you know, this game doesn't use Easy Anti-Cheat anymore. It's using in-house EA anti-cheat now.
zakpatat712
2 years ago
Most other Battlefield games work now on Proton. It's such a shame as 2042 has the beautifull aspect of going co-op against bots which Battlefield I and V dont have. Please Dice/EA... As you are using EasyAnti cheat it's just as simple as setting a flag to allow it. Please please please..
iHateWildcats_4
2 years ago
+1 Dice/EA please add Anti-Cheat support for Linux.