Linux and the FACEIT Rootkit

[Noborus]

I would like to know if there's any confirmation that the FACEIT AC was to be added to the game so I can request a refund before my 2 week period expires.
If so, then I suggest all Linux users (or anybody that cares a literal rootkit getting installed on their system) do the same. And I also believe that we should boycott the game until the devs renounce their decision.

[meow's eepiest puppy]

yes the dev stream yesterday said they are going to switch to faceit eventually and that its non-negotiable

[Sir Happy]

Ok I will still play because I use Faceit 4 csgo does not bother me and see less hacker over all.

[Buula]

REFUND AND GOODBYEEEE

[Noborus]

Originally posted by bendi ツ:

yes the dev stream yesterday said they are going to switch to faceit eventually and that its non-negotiable

That's unfortunate. I liked this game a lot more then any other new FPS game I've played. Thanks for the answer.

[Evelo]

Going to have to refund. Was really enjoying this game. I'll see if it works with Proton Experimental but odds are it wont. Yea we make up 1-2% of the player base but that is still losing 1-2% of sales. Major disappointment.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by Sir Happy:

Ok I will still play because I use Faceit 4 csgo does not bother me and see less hacker over all.

CS:GO was made by Valve and it uses VAC, not FACEIT. You just proved the point that you don't need a kernel-level anti-cheat to be effective.

[Sir Happy]

Originally posted by Co‏‏‏‏‏co:

Originally posted by Sir Happy:

Ok I will still play because I use Faceit 4 csgo does not bother me and see less hacker over all.

CS:GO was made by Valve and it uses VAC, not FACEIT. You just proved the point that you don't need a kernel-level anti-cheat to be effective.

Dum ass I use Faceit launcher and play faceit server in csgo so yes I need the faceit anti cheat to play.

[GarrdThennson]

I wish the developers would admit the change of anti-cheat is because there are clearly so many aimbot/wallhack cheaters! This is not the first time though anti-cheat has stopped Linux being a platform for games.

Honestly though if FaceIT cannot stop the cheater than this game will have much less players in short space of time.

Probably will see if I can refund. I like the game but not enough to boot windows on a regular basis! I do feel they should have done more server side checks to stop this problem. Still small team overrun with success.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

Valves anti-cheat has been ass for years now. Used to be one of the best but Gaben has been too busy eating buckets of fried chicken.

I'll take that over FACEIT any day. Not that I have a choice, since I couldn't use FACEIT even if I wanted to.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by Sir Happy:

Originally posted by Co‏‏‏‏‏co:

CS:GO was made by Valve and it uses VAC, not FACEIT. You just proved the point that you don't need a kernel-level anti-cheat to be effective.

Dum ass I use Faceit launcher and play faceit server in csgo so yes I need the faceit anti cheat to play.

More power to you. Enjoy having that spyware installed on your system.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by GarrdThennson:

I wish the developers would admit the change of anti-cheat is because there are clearly so many aimbot/wallhack cheaters! This is not the first time though anti-cheat has stopped Linux being a platform for games.

Honestly though if FaceIT cannot stop the cheater than this game will have much less players in short space of time.

Probably will see if I can refund. I like the game but not enough to boot windows on a regular basis! I do feel they should have done more server side checks to stop this problem. Still small team overrun with success.

This is how it's been with plenty of games for a while now. It was so much worse before, but thanks to the Steam Deck, game devs are finally starting to support Linux more.
It's really sad that games keep using these awful anti-cheats, especially this game.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

kewl bruh i be running my slackware 3.9 linux system and no ones can find me.

windoze is for l0sers and linux is going to take over the world.

If you're going to spout sarcastic nonsense about my character, at least make it accurate.

[GarrdThennson]

Originally posted by Co‏‏‏‏‏co:

This is how it's been with plenty of games for a while now. It was so much worse before, but thanks to the Steam Deck, game devs are finally starting to support Linux more.
It's really sad that games keep using these awful anti-cheats, especially this game.

Yeah 100%. I think there has been titles which use EAC that don't support linux that could but don't bother - then there is titles which have EAC and work with Linux. Some of the recent Warhammer games spring to mind. FaceIT does run in Linux.

Its insane what is going on over in Windows land though with people essentially opting to install kernel level spyware on their machines while developers seem too lazy to develop server side checks. Meanwhile Linux is perfect for single player games and self hosted games and the open source nature of the code allows for checks and balances.

Personally though I think the game is doomed to cheaters even with FaceIT if the developers cannot implement their own server checks.

I cannot be bothered dying on a hill worth £12 but I will be trying to get a refund if I cannot run the game in Linux.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by GarrdThennson:

Yeah 100%. I think there has been titles which use EAC that don't support linux that could but don't bother - then there is titles which have EAC and work with Linux. Some of the recent Warhammer games spring to mind. FaceIT does run in Linux.

Usually games don't really need to support Linux for us to run them. The main thing that prevents games from running on Linux are the anti-cheats. I don't know about FACEIT working on Linux, though. I have yet to see FACEIT work on Linux, but maybe I just missed something. As far as I know, you get banned when you try to run a game that uses FACEIT or some other garbage anti-cheat on a Linux system.

Originally posted by GarrdThennson:

Its insane what is going on over in Windows land though with people essentially opting to install kernel level spyware on their machines while developers seem too lazy to develop server side checks. Meanwhile Linux is perfect for single player games and self hosted games and the open source nature of the code allows for checks and balances.

People using Windows as their main operating system is already insane to me. At this point, it doesn't really surprise me to learn that people are more than willing to install rootkits for a false sense of security against hackers.

[Noborus]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

nonsense my ass.

pfft. scrub it was what i was running back in the day. you probably running gnome trash and don't even know what a cli is.

sarcastic my ass kid. your "character" is nothing compared to me.

now be quiet before i call up my boy kevin mitnick on your ass.

maybe i even call up Captain Crunch on you too!

You should consider not going off on a tangent if you want an actual reply from me. I mean, seriously, what am I even supposed to say to that poorly constructed comment? You make these baseless assumptions about me that add nothing to the conversation.