Splitgate 2 - Beta only playable on Steam Deck but not desktop Linux?
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Splitgate 2 opened the public beta since today or yesterday. Unfortunately the game does not run on desktop PC with a Linux operating system. Others have the same problem.
But whats weird is, people claim it works on Steam Deck and even the official blog post from the devs says they support the Steam Deck. There is no word about general Linux desktops.
So does the developers treat the Steam Deck like a console and make their games not playable on general purpose Linux desktops? Its weird, because otherwise it is playable on a general desktop with Windows too. Even the previous game Splitgate 1 (which they shut off) worked on desktop Linux. It makes no sense!
I'm totally disappointed right now. Because I was excited for this game. It got some hero abilities (I like that) and even a map creator.
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Splitgate 2 opened the public beta since today or yesterday. Unfortunately the game does not run on desktop PC with a Linux operating system. Others have the same problem.
But whats weird is, people claim it works on Steam Deck and even the official blog post from the devs says they support the Steam Deck. There is no word about general Linux desktops.
So does the developers treat the Steam Deck like a console and make their games not playable on general purpose Linux desktops? Its weird, because otherwise it is playable on a general desktop with Windows too. Even the previous game Splitgate 1 (which they shut off) worked on desktop Linux. It makes no sense!
I'm totally disappointed right now. Because I was excited for this game. It got some hero abilities (I like that) and even a map creator.
Wasn't Splitgate 1 a pretty overwhelming disappointment? Kinda scummy to turn off the servers and then work on releasing a second installment.
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Splitgate 2 opened the public beta since today or yesterday. Unfortunately the game does not run on desktop PC with a Linux operating system. Others have the same problem.
But whats weird is, people claim it works on Steam Deck and even the official blog post from the devs says they support the Steam Deck. There is no word about general Linux desktops.
So does the developers treat the Steam Deck like a console and make their games not playable on general purpose Linux desktops? Its weird, because otherwise it is playable on a general desktop with Windows too. Even the previous game Splitgate 1 (which they shut off) worked on desktop Linux. It makes no sense!
I'm totally disappointed right now. Because I was excited for this game. It got some hero abilities (I like that) and even a map creator.
Proton github has a possible workaround.
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Proton github has a possible workaround.
I wouldn't experiment with renaming or deleting such files to trick an anticheat tool. There could be a potential to flag and ban a player account. It's too risky to me.
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Splitgate 2 opened the public beta since today or yesterday. Unfortunately the game does not run on desktop PC with a Linux operating system. Others have the same problem.
But whats weird is, people claim it works on Steam Deck and even the official blog post from the devs says they support the Steam Deck. There is no word about general Linux desktops.
So does the developers treat the Steam Deck like a console and make their games not playable on general purpose Linux desktops? Its weird, because otherwise it is playable on a general desktop with Windows too. Even the previous game Splitgate 1 (which they shut off) worked on desktop Linux. It makes no sense!
I'm totally disappointed right now. Because I was excited for this game. It got some hero abilities (I like that) and even a map creator.
Going from native support in Splitgate 1 to Proton and "Steam Deck Only" on Splitgate 2 is such a disappointment...
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Wasn't Splitgate 1 a pretty overwhelming disappointment? Kinda scummy to turn off the servers and then work on releasing a second installment.
The servers for split gate 1 are still up? Idk where you got your info.
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I wouldn't experiment with renaming or deleting such files to trick an anticheat tool. There could be a potential to flag and ban a player account. It's too risky to me.
Thinking about it... Since I'm not planning on switching to windows, and (non-VAC?) bans on steam are game specific, would I even care if I got banned from a game for using it on Linux?
Though I probably also won't be playing this game, since I have no prior interest, so I'm biased.
