Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service

Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by bastardoperator on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:21PM (#38957402)

I'm saying that the companies that make these games, many have been swallowed up by MSFT, so it would fantasy to believe they're going to change their position or hire people to make changes to a game that is a decade old.

Kernel level cheat engines (not VAC) will catch you on a different OS 100% of the time. EAC is vastly more popular for detecting in game cheating, versus VAC which scans the users computer for possible cheats and typically doesn't work well when it comes to preventing cheating if at all.

Many companies invest heavily in kernel level anti-cheat and having to support multiple OS's when the other two big OS's account for less 0.5% of the profit, I just don't see business folk lining up to ensure non-windows users can play video games given the fact it's probably Microsoft making or publishing the game in some capacity.

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Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by dmonitor on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:29PM (#38957541)

There are a few Microsoft games that have received patches to enhance Linux (Steam Deck) support, like the Halo game collection.

Could change if Linux numbers on Steam hit double digits, though.

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Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by FridgeSeal on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:28PM (#38957526)

Even EAC has Linux support though, and enabling Linux support basically amounts to a config change for devs.

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Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by bastardoperator on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:10PM (#38958260)

It does, but they're not kernel modules and run in userspace so no game studio that values their game or protecting players from cheaters uses it, and it is not just a config change.

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Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by ok_dad on Friday January 12, 2024 @03:10AM (#38965424)

There isn't any reason it can't be a kernel module, it could even be dynamically loaded if you wanted to.

Anyways, from what I am seeing from tech trends, the future is multi-platform, and it's only becoming easier to code for everything all at once. Smart people are taking time and energy to research things like WASM and APE (which supports Cosmopolitan Libc), not to mention long-running initiatives such as containerization, the various JS engines and other languages which run anywhere, etc. Even with ARM vs x86 happening, software runs cross-platform more and more.

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Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service by FridgeSeal on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:02PM (#38975337)

I’m not sure whether you’re aware of this, but EAC is a joke anyway. It’s pretty ineffectual, and often causes more problems for legitimate players than cheaters. At least having devs enable it would enable Linux users to play without obstacles.

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