Linux support for Battlefield 2042?

[Player55]

Will this game be supported on Linux in some capacity?

Thank you!

[Noodlesocks]

Probably not natively but Valve's proton is sounding promising for compatibility with windows games.

[Fringerunner]

Directly from Dice, not as far as i know, but Valve are working on getting battleye and EAC working under proton (their wine version for the steam deck) so it should be possible once/if Valve gets EAC running.

If a native client is released then there's already native EAC support, but afaik there's no linux client coming.

Can track it here if you're interested;

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog

[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)