Linux support for Battlefield 2042?

[frantayps]

The problem i see here is that steam seems only to launch origin. 

[carsono311]

@Player55 No. The Linux operating system will not be directly supported.

[Authurie]

Linux support for this game is needed and should be available without using Steam.

[Fringerunner]

Just a quick update to this thread and other linux-related ones as i saw this earlier today.

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/easy-anti-cheat-now-supports-the-steam-deck/

So, that should in theory mean proton/wine and BF2042 is a go.

[carsono311]

@Fringerunner Good catch. Sounds solution-worthy to me…!

[ragnarok013]

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@frantayps wrote:

The problem i see here is that steam seems only to launch origin. 

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@frantayps I've been out of the Linux game since I returned to gaming but does Wine or a similar program allow Origin to launch? I swore that @StarscreamUK was gaming on Linux.

[Fringerunner]

@ragnarok013Was going to just type it out, but the fact that it turns out forbes has done a linux gaming faq i just have to...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2021/09/15/linux-gaming-guide-how-to-easily-install-and-...

Also, re Origin;
https://games4linux.su/en/games-en/wine-en/442-origin

(short short version, yes)

[ragnarok013]

@Fringerunner Thanks for the links, I actually reinstalled Ubuntu to mess around with in a VM this week.

[Fringerunner]

Yea, now that EAC is confirmed and Battleye is (probably) next to be confirmed, I'll be doing some testing of my own soon.

Only problem is my old testbed is now a 9-year old's gaming PC, and getting her off slime rancher and FFXIV is not going to be pretty.

(thankfully, she has no idea what dual boot is and can't throw that back at me. Yet.)

[ragnarok013]

@Fringerunner Ah my old friend dual boot! My only issue back in the day was Grub overwriting the normal Windows booter creating issues once in a while with my Windows installation.