Hi there
There have already been a fair few posts about this but I just want to add my voice into the mix.
Personally I would love to be able to play d2 on linux through steam when it launches in a couple of weeks.
The game runs great! The only issue is that players have been banned for this due to:
[quote]Modified operating system files including emulators and virtual machines[/quote]
I don't think this is a reason to ban people as it doesn't match what is going on, as either proton or wine only supplement windows specific calls with linux compatible ones like vulcan and don't emulate a windows system.
There is the argument that the only officially supported os on pc is windows and at the very least, that is what the reason for the ban should be in my opinion. It may also increase developer workload to check for linux exploits on top of windows ones.
Of that I think that at least not banning linux users should be given a trial period.
[url]https://www.change.org/p/bungie-inc-allow-linux-users-to-play-destiny-2?recruiter=43398943&recruited_by_id=9f392310-69b9-0130-8cb8-3c764e04edaa[/url]
A decent amount of people want this too
What are your thoughts on this matter now we are coming up to the steam launch?
Thank you for your time
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Edited by TuxyDoh: 9/20/2019 3:12:01 PMWine has caused numerous bans. Windows is listed as a required OS, any software that tries to fool the game into thinking it is in a windows environment is most likely going to fall under the emulation category and get you a ban. The reason is that D2 uses parts of windows to for its anticheat detection, running in any sort of emulation it cannot detect what is actually running/interacting with d2 as it may be outside of the emulation "bubble".