GTA V Online No Longer Available On Linux/Steam Deck

[bigsmit19]

Linux users. I’m sure you know but GTA V recently had an update where they implemented an anti-cheat system known as “Battleye” where you must enable it in the Rockstar Launcher in order to access your online account. Unfortunately for us Linux/Steam Deck users they removed the option in our menus for absolutely no reason at all.

After taking with rockstar support I got 4 responses from 4 separate “people” and they basically told me straight out that this is the fault of Linux specifically for not being compatible with the Battleye program which is 100% false. Several other games use this anti-cheat fine on Linux and the company has even released updates online which inform their users that they are fully compatible with steam deck and Linux.

I pointed this out to Rockstar and they essentially told me I’m still wrong. I asked them what us Linux users are to do about this because I myself have several hundred hours on my pc and 600hrs alone on my steam deck where I have made a massive amount of progress online. I’m sure there are also people out there who have bought shark cards (in game currency) and since we can no longer access online that means that this is all wasted and you can’t get back anymore (unless you switch to windows or console).

All your time is gone. All your real world money is gone. And Rockstar is simply able to tell the public what terrible thing they have just done to their consumers with a smile on their faces and get away with it.

I’m my eyes this is theft and absolute garbage but sadly as every gamer out there knows completely average behaviour from Rockstar at this point. We paid for a product and all of a sudden don’t get the product. THIS IS WRONG!!!

I asked them how they don’t see a problem with this and they simply responded with a pre-generated message saying something along the lines of “your concerns have been passed along to our feedback office”

I know my word alone won’t make any difference in this so I urge each and every one of you - even windows players - to please submit a ticket with rockstar to complain about this issue. It is an unbelievably easy fix on their end and if enough people complain about it they’ll eventually fix it!

Because they make it impossible to contact them here’s the steps

1. Go to support.rockstargames.com
2. Sign in
3. Drop down menu hit “submit ticket”
4. GTAV
5. Online Play
6. Gameplay Issue/can’t login

[BORG]

Your enthusiasm is admirable, but sadly, it won't do anything.

Rockstar is skeevy, smug and selfish. They'll just shove all the tickets to the wayside and continue on as usual. Even if gamers on the other platforms did flood Rockstar with request tickets to enable Linux support, Rockstar will keep doing what Rockstar does and ignore us all.

The only way Rockstar will take anything or anyone seriously is if everyone on every platform quit playing Rockstar's games and as well, stop spending money on their products.

Money is the only language Rockstar speaks. If we want them to listen and act fairly, the only way that's going to happen is if people walk away from Rockstar and their games. That won't ever happen either though. Gamers don't collectively work together to achieve justice anymore - especially when companies do them wrong. That's sad.

Gamers became soft and complacent over the past two decades. So long as gamers remain complacent, divided, continue to play and buy things from Rockstar, none of this stuff will change. That also goes for any other major corporation out there screwing their customers over.

[Goldenfightinglink]

and all of y'all will still pretty order frame zero. I won't since my comp can't run anything new past 2021 lmaoo

As for linux users, it was rumoured that were working together but with the amount of backlash, maybe they just dropped it to focus on other things, probs some new
mircotransaction for using your in game phone

[eblis khata kar]

just dual boot if youre that desperate bro

[BORG]

Originally posted by eblis khata kar:

just dual boot if youre that desperate bro

Why not support Linux gamers instead of kicking them to the curb like Rockstar did? All that company has to do is get BattlEye to tick a box to enable Linux support. If their shoes were on your feet, would you like to be supported or would you like them to kick you to the curb like you're doing the Linux and Steam Deck gamers?

What ever happened to gamers collectively sticking together and helping shape the industry for the betterment of gaming on all platforms? Don't you think that's more important?

[Soloplayer901]

Originally posted by BORG:

Originally posted by eblis khata kar:

just dual boot if youre that desperate bro

Why not support Linux gamers instead of kicking them to the curb like Rockstar did? All that company has to do is get BattlEye to tick a box to enable Linux support. If their shoes were on your feet, would you like to be supported or would you like them to kick you to the curb like you're doing the Linux and Steam Deck gamers?

What ever happened to gamers collectively sticking together and helping shape the industry for the betterment of gaming on all platforms? Don't you think that's more important?

Best just to kick Linux users to the curb survival for the fittest baby borg

[BORG]

Originally posted by Soloplayer901:

Originally posted by BORG:

Why not support Linux gamers instead of kicking them to the curb like Rockstar did? All that company has to do is get BattlEye to tick a box to enable Linux support. If their shoes were on your feet, would you like to be supported or would you like them to kick you to the curb like you're doing the Linux and Steam Deck gamers?

What ever happened to gamers collectively sticking together and helping shape the industry for the betterment of gaming on all platforms? Don't you think that's more important?

Best just to kick Linux users to the curb survival for the fittest baby borg

I can tell you don't actually care about gamers as a whole. It shows in just that one statement. I don't even own a Steam Deck, but I still dislike that they got cut off. I'm a gamer who cares about other gamers, regardless of whatever platform they're on. We are after all apples that come from the same tree. We all like playing video games. Nobody should be getting kicked to the curb, especially when the company that kicked those gamers to the curb can enable support in BattlEye.

[Lil B_999]

Originally posted by BORG:

Originally posted by Soloplayer901:

Best just to kick Linux users to the curb survival for the fittest baby borg

I can tell you don't actually care about gamers as a whole. It shows in just that one statement. I don't even own a Steam Deck, but I still dislike that they got cut off. I'm a gamer who cares about other gamers, regardless of whatever platform they're on. We are after all apples that come from the same tree. We all like playing video games. Nobody should be getting kicked to the curb, especially when the company that kicked those gamers to the curb can enable support in BattlEye.

Yea, I hope R* and Valve fix this. I am a Deck user.

[Cheezus]

just letting you know, the way battle eye has been implemented for Linux is that it just disables it. So it actually isn't compatible. The games that have linux support that have battle eye the linux mode is just a bypass. So they actually can't enable it as that will now be a VERY easy way to cheat, not that people aren't already easily cheating but that's why.

[BORG]

Originally posted by Cheezus:

just letting you know, the way battle eye has been implemented for Linux is that it just disables it. So it actually isn't compatible. The games that have linux support that have battle eye the linux mode is just a bypass. So they actually can't enable it as that will now be a VERY easy way to cheat, not that people aren't already easily cheating but that's why.

No it is not. That's not how it works.

BattlEye Linux support is not simply a bypass. I'm guessing you don't know much about this stuff and are making wild guesses as to why Rockstar can't enable it.

BattlEye has confirmed Linux support for the Steam Deck, making it opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat. BattlEye is actively working to provide native Linux support, rather than just providing a bypass. It's not a bypass, but is a genuine effort to provide native support for Linux gamers.

[LogicalKarma]

Originally posted by eblis khata kar:

just dual boot if youre that desperate bro

You cannot even trust dual boot. Windows will break it if they feel like releasing a funny update.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-breaks-dual-boot-windows-and-linux-pcs-with-security-update-sent-to-wrong-systems

As for running the anticheat on Linux. I mostly agree with BORG, but with some caveats. BattlEye still works on Linux, however, due to Linux not being an intermediary for spyware, it does not have kernel access. This does lead to a less effective anticheat, but I was against the idea of proprietary kernel level anticheats in the first place.

[psi onix]

Originally posted by LogicalKarma:

Originally posted by eblis khata kar:

just dual boot if youre that desperate bro

You cannot even trust dual boot. Windows will break it if they feel like releasing a funny update.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-breaks-dual-boot-windows-and-linux-pcs-with-security-update-sent-to-wrong-systems

As for running the anticheat on Linux. I mostly agree with BORG, but with some caveats. BattlEye still works on Linux, however, due to Linux not being an intermediary for spyware, it does not have kernel access. This does lead to a less effective anticheat, but I was against the idea of proprietary kernel level anticheats in the first place.

yeah i read a lot of people got this problem on the steamdeck discussion board. dualboot on the Deck's NVMe never ended up being officially supported by Valve though. i installed windows to SD cards instead for the Deck and haven't had any issues.

the new Enhanced version working fine on a Deck with windows installed as well.