{"id":6858,"date":"2022-04-14T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/?p=6858"},"modified":"2023-03-05T22:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:38:26","slug":"fall-guys-is-back-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/?p=6858","title":{"rendered":"Fall Guys is back on Linux(!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a while <em>Fall Guys<\/em> the game worked fine on Steam\/Linux using <em>Proton<\/em>, but because of speedhacks and other cheating they decided to start using the dreaded <em>Easy Anti-Cheat<\/em>, which immediately broke Linux compatibility. Even if you could still start the game, it was no longer possible to join the servers, so that was that. Recently, <em>EAC<\/em> did appear on Linux and also <em>Proton<\/em>, but <em>Fall Guys<\/em> stayed out of reach \u2013 not even the introduction of the Linux-based Steam Deck changed that. After some very recent updates (possibly preceding direct <em>Proton<\/em> compatibility), however, the guys are back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6859\" width=\"512\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1-1536x960.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.kameli.net\/marq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220414154152_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I still suck at it tho.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not yet a turn-key solution, as some tweaking is required, but if you follow <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=2787044978\">these instructions<\/a>, it shouldn&#8217;t be too tricky either. A few things you need to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Switch to <em>Proton Experimental <\/em>in the per-game settings.<\/li><li>Either run the script (that <em>curl<\/em> &#8230; stuff) in the terminal or do the editing by hand, <em>not<\/em> both.<\/li><li>Your Steam accoung needs to be linked to the Epic account \u2013&nbsp;or something like that. This, apparently, doesn&#8217;t currently work on Linux, so start the game once on a Windows machine (doesn&#8217;t need to be the same machine).<\/li><li><em>Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime<\/em> needs to be installed on Steam, as it doesn&#8217;t happen automatically.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sounds like a chore, but once you know the steps, it&#8217;s not that complicated at all and won&#8217;t take more than a couple of minutes, provided you have the Steam account linked or a Windows machine nearby to do that. At first the game didn&#8217;t want to proceed past the title screen, but on the second try all seemed to be well and now <em>Fall Guys<\/em> is back on Linux with no notable glitches. Let&#8217;s see how long this lasts \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a while Fall Guys the game worked fine on Steam\/Linux using Proton, but because of speedhacks and other cheating they decided to start using the dreaded Easy Anti-Cheat, which immediately broke Linux compatibility. Even if you could still start the game, it was no longer possible to join the servers, so that was that. 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