mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnitelemmy.mlimagemessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1683arrow-down115
arrow-up1668arrow-down1imageEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnitelemmy.mlmr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square297fedilink
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down2·8 months agoalso why the fuck does Lego Fortnite require anticheat? it’s a survival co-op, there’s no competitive element, and yet from what I’ve read it still kicks you out when you’re trying to play it on Linux.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoDoes it have a Funbucks store?
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoEven though it’s cooperative, can randos still join your game and grief you? I wouldn’t want to deal with a cheat engine enabled griefer.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agono, only your friends can join you, and you have the option to kick them out from your party before they actually enter the game.
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThen sounds like Epic is just being greedy fucks.
minus-squareDestroyMegacorps@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down25·8 months agoIts to prevent piracy thats why and also to prevent modders from adding mods
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoPeople will still steal it to avoid using the Epic store Source: Me
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-28 months agoWhat is HGL? Is that like Fitgirl? Empress/Codex?
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoHeroic Games Launcher. Let’s you download/manage/launch games from Epic, GoG, Amazon, etc. without having first-party launchers installed.
minus-squareGalli [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThey don’t want pirates removing the slot machine monetization from their game for children.
also why the fuck does Lego Fortnite require anticheat? it’s a survival co-op, there’s no competitive element, and yet from what I’ve read it still kicks you out when you’re trying to play it on Linux.
Does it have a Funbucks store?
Even though it’s cooperative, can randos still join your game and grief you? I wouldn’t want to deal with a cheat engine enabled griefer.
no, only your friends can join you, and you have the option to kick them out from your party before they actually enter the game.
Then sounds like Epic is just being greedy fucks.
Its to prevent piracy thats why and also to prevent modders from adding mods
Piracy? The game is free?!
People will still steal it to avoid using the Epic store
Source: Me
That’s what HGL is for
What is HGL?
Is that like Fitgirl? Empress/Codex?
Heroic Games Launcher. Let’s you download/manage/launch games from Epic, GoG, Amazon, etc. without having first-party launchers installed.
They don’t want pirates removing the slot machine monetization from their game for children.