What was the issue? Was it related to anti-cheat or something?
I would recommend in the future to people here that if they are not dealing with an anti-cheat problem they should just lie about playing on Steam Deck or Linux in general.
From what I understand the whole point of Proton/WINE is that they translate Windows syscalls to Linux ones. It translates the program being run with Proton/WINE into stuff that the Linux system understands. There is a good chance that issues that pop up when running a game in WINE are also popping up on Windows itself.
Example: I had an issue with the Halo Master Chief Collection. After an update there was some problem with a Win64.exe preventing EAC from working. I tried looking up the error message, didn’t get anywhere. I submit a ticket and say that I am using the Steam Deck. Support tells me they don’t officially support the Steam Deck and closes the ticket.
I ended up refining my search more and found that this Win64.exe issue also happens on Windows and that a full reinstall is the solution. I did that and everything started working again.
Just lie to them. Lie within reason but just lie. Say you are running Windows 10 (Proton/WINE creates a Windows filesystem for each prefix), and say you are running some variety of Ryzen mini-PC.
What was the issue? Was it related to anti-cheat or something?
I would recommend in the future to people here that if they are not dealing with an anti-cheat problem they should just lie about playing on Steam Deck or Linux in general.
From what I understand the whole point of Proton/WINE is that they translate Windows syscalls to Linux ones. It translates the program being run with Proton/WINE into stuff that the Linux system understands. There is a good chance that issues that pop up when running a game in WINE are also popping up on Windows itself.
Example: I had an issue with the Halo Master Chief Collection. After an update there was some problem with a Win64.exe preventing EAC from working. I tried looking up the error message, didn’t get anywhere. I submit a ticket and say that I am using the Steam Deck. Support tells me they don’t officially support the Steam Deck and closes the ticket.
I ended up refining my search more and found that this Win64.exe issue also happens on Windows and that a full reinstall is the solution. I did that and everything started working again.
Just lie to them. Lie within reason but just lie. Say you are running Windows 10 (Proton/WINE creates a Windows filesystem for each prefix), and say you are running some variety of Ryzen mini-PC.