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For some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at all

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Is there another way to prevent cheating?

For some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at all

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I'm amazed it even works on linux, guess there is one benefit of using some shady unknown Korean kernel level anticheat instead of EAC.
- EAC does work on Linux, developers just have to flip a toggle switch to support Linux. Some devs just don't want to do that.
  
  Halo MCC, Apex Legends, Back 4 blood, and Smite are all games that use EAC and work on Linux.
  
  And basically no kernel anticheat will work on Linux. So Helldivers 2 isn't kernel anticheat, just user-space.
  
  Helldivers 2's anti-cheat (nProtect GameGuard) is kernel-level on Windows, but has a userspace fallback for linux
  
  Edit: see this post
  
  Good to know.
  
  I did forget apex legends works, boggles the mind that EA's most popular multiplayer game just werks on linux. But most EAC using games don't sadly.
- And the anti cheat functions in user space! No special permissions required.
  
  Literally the only reason I decided to buy it.

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