Scum running on Linux

[rolandh1992]

I have managed to get scum running on Linux mint the game runs well but I can play multiplayer due to missing or unverified ddls? Can anyone help here? I am currently installing lutris to see if that will work.

[Deathwhisper]

Hello :),

Currently SCUM is not supporting Linux. You can play singleplayer but you wont be able to play it on Multiplayer.

[xKiCkx]

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Hello :),

Currently SCUM is not supporting Linux. You can play singleplayer but you wont be able to play it on Multiplayer.

That is correct, it's because of anti-cheat not being properly set for the Linux so the multiplayer option will be disabled when playing on it.

[DjohDjeen]

Sad, I had convinced 2 friends to buy the game, but LINUX...

2 refunds incoming...

[rolandh1992]

Originally posted by JoeJean (Qc):

Sad, I had convinced 2 friends to buy the game, but LINUX...

2 refunds incoming...

Lol I have it on windows but was keen to try make it work on Linux

[Σ_buddy]

multiplayer for linux is still disabled. sucks.

[Wanama]

Yes, if a developer is reading this, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get Linux on board!

[Valkyrie]

By enabling 'Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime' in steam. I can run Scum, click Multiplayer, Search for my server, attempt to join my server. and then proceed to timeout trying to connect. I do not get to hear a change in music generally associated with properly connecting. It does pull character information from the server, because the character on the menu will dress as per your character in the server.
I do not get any error message from EasyAntiCheat and the game only acts as DeathWhisper and xKickx describe if you do not install the runtime.
However, I still cannot connect to my server, so this is only a step in the correct direction.

[marktkm]

Originally posted by Sichvot:

It does pull character information from the server, because the character on the menu will dress as per your character in the server.

The game stores this info (basic appearance, not the actual inventory) locally.

[Valkyrie]

Originally posted by marktkm:

Originally posted by Sichvot:

It does pull character information from the server, because the character on the menu will dress as per your character in the server.

The game stores this info (basic appearance, not the actual inventory) locally.

That's all well and good. However, the only issue with that hypothesis is, my main linux PC can't play on any online servers and I haven;t played locally. therefore there is no locally saved character information to pull from.
So if that information is not local, and I also do not use cloud sync so it was not pulled from a online save that way either, where else could it come from if not the server.

I play Scum on a lesser spare pc running winblows until the devs allow linux player to play properly.

[Daxius]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Hello :),

Currently SCUM is not supporting Linux. You can play singleplayer but you wont be able to play it on Multiplayer.

That is correct, it's because of anti-cheat not being properly set for the Linux so the multiplayer option will be disabled when playing on it.

Have you guys attempted since then to make it enabled? Valve has an easy guide on it here. https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck/proton

[Arc]

Toggling the support is not be all and end all if you want to have secure functional multiplayer environment.

That stuff needs to be tested, maintained and monitored which is a commitment that they honestly could spend elsewhere
For now.

[Daxius]

Originally posted by Arc:

Toggling the support is not be all and end all if you want to have secure functional multiplayer environment.

That stuff needs to be tested, maintained and monitored which is a commitment that they honestly could spend elsewhere :manthinking:
For now.

They do not need to maintain, test or monitor Proton. This is a simple fix that would enable people to play on their steam deck and linux machines with 3 simple steps.

[Arc]

Famous last words:
"Programmer: it doesn't need testing"
"Programmer: I tested it on my laptop and it works"
"Dev: It works in the editor"

I love all these, they are proven wrong each and every time in QA pass

[Daxius]

Originally posted by Arc:

Famous last words:
"Programmer: it doesn't need testing"
"Programmer: I tested it on my laptop and it works"
"Dev: It works in the editor"

I love all these, they are proven wrong each and every time in QA pass :security:

Proton is not something Gamepires works on or maintains. That's valves job. If you need to know more about Proton and how little the developers of the game need to pay attention to it, you can go to protondb.com and see how much progress they have made to make games playable on linux with little to no developer input.

[marktkm]

It's not as simple as checking a couple of boxes. If it were they would have done it by now. For those who think it is, I'd truly like to know why you think they haven't. Do they hate linux users? Is it a conspiracy?

Proton.db lists games and which are and aren't compatible right now. A lot of current games still aren't. There's a reason.

They've said they'd look into it after 1.0. Just have to be patient.