cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1543761
Got this from a post on the alien site. From previous discussion on Lemmy it sounded like Linux users had good things to say about this game but were discouraged about the upcoming FaceIt implementation such that they wouldn’t be able to join anticheat enabled matches. Those users and Linux gamers on the fence would probably appreciate hearing this news.
With this announcement on the dev team’s community Discord, it appears Linux users will NOT lose access to matches with anticheat.
Source: https://discord.com/channels/303681520202285057/345616096470237186/1129780379218358282
(BattleBit Remastered official Discord server)
If true. This is awesome. Definitely concerned me enough to think about avoiding buying this.
Every Anti-Cheat that works on Linux (the big one for example EAC and Battleye) only has surface level access and can’t scan your whole PC or act like a rootkit like on shitty Windows. Anything that goes deeper isn’t possible without root permissions and that doesn’t happen on its own with a normal Linux installation.
This FaceIT “Anti-Cheat” has other problems why it should be avoided.
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[EN|CN] PoM (Moderator shield) Today at 16:23
Just announced on [Stage Channel] there will be a new version of FaceIT that supports Linux!!! (Popular version of Linux and SteamDeck will be supported) And different than the CSGO version. BBR will be the first game to be using that version (A more casual version)
I was just looking at this last night, I hope it works well!
Having used FaceIt anticheat for… well, faceit on CSGO, I really doubt it will. In order to run the AC, you have to give it some very high level permissions compared to many other apps and then have it be running as a totally separate window before you even open the game. It’s notoriously buggy, but the bad thing is how much permissions it has and how intrusive it is. While FACEIT the company didn’t sell my system information, there’s nothing stopping the BattleBit folks from doing so.
It’s a THREE person crew making BattleBit. Idgaf if they sell my data. The Zucc, Musk, and Google already have sold it probably like, 10 times over in the time it took to make this post.
the size of the team making the game doesn’t automatically make it okay to sell your personal information
This is great news! I was debating getting Battlebit and even though I was planning on mostly playing on my PC this put me off, out of principle. But now Deck compatibility too is great.
