GTA On-line is not formally supported by Steam Deck, due to the introduction of some anti-cheat software program which may, in truth, be made appropriate with Steam Deck. Say what now?
Rockstar added BattlEye Anti-Cheat to GTA 5 and GTA On-line in an replace on Tuesday seventeenth September, along with choices to disable the anti-cheat performance for Story Mode play on the Rockstar Video games Launcher or third-party launchers. Within the course of, assist for Steam Deck play has fallen by like a police helicopter right into a visitors jam.
“Steam Deck doesn’t assist BattlEye for GTA On-line,” the changelog baldly notes. “It is possible for you to to play GTAV Story Mode however unable to play GTA On-line.”
It is all a bit curious as a result of, as The Verge level out, it has been doable to arrange BattlEye to run on Steam Deck for years, although the Linux-based OS does not assist it by default due to its Proton Home windows compatibility layer. Apparently, it is as easy as sending BattlEye’s distributors a mail. As PCGamer add, GTA On-line is or was one of many most-played Steam Deck video games, so all that is inflicting a little bit of a stink down Los Santos method.
Of their changelog, Rockstar lay the accountability for the lack of compatibility at Valve’s door. “GTAV and GTA On-line should not formally supported on Steam Deck and all technical assist questions must be directed to Valve’s Steam Deck assist content material and neighborhood,” it reads. This, gamers have been doing. One redditor has allegedly heard from a Valve rep that they are “working with Rockstar Video games to discover a repair”.
I am a bit mystified, frankly, however there’s precedent for large publishers being iffy about whether or not they can run anti-cheat software program over the Steam Deck’s Linux-based OS. Presumably, you may nonetheless hearth up GTA On-line on the Deck should you dual-boot Home windows and skip the Proton layer.
If there’s one factor all people can agree on, it is that GTA On-line has a dishonest drawback. I am to see how they will deal with that and GTA On-line basically after the discharge of GTA 6.