Linux Gamers Banned in Battlefield V if Using Wine and DXVK

guest · Jan 3, 2020

Linux Gamers Banned in Battlefield V if Using Wine and DXVK
January 3, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...nned-in-battlefield-v-if-using-wine-and-dxvk/

Linux users who are running Battlefield V under Wine with DXVK are being permanently banned from Electronic Art's Battlefield V because the anti-cheat system is mistakenly detecting them as cheating.

According to a forum post at Lutris.net, Linux users are reporting that Electronic Art's anti-cheat system for Battlefield V is detecting these DLLs as a game modification and triggering an automatic and permanent ban on their accounts.
The DXVK project page does state that using the DXVK Direct3D DLLs in multi-player games could be seen by anti-cheat systems as cheating and that users should use the DLLs at their own risk.

"Manipulation of Direct3D libraries in multi-player games may be considered cheating and can get your account banned. This may also apply to single-player games with an embedded or dedicated multiplayer portion. Use at your own risk."
Ultimately, these users were not trying to cheat, but simply play Battlefield V in the gaming environment of their choice with their paid-for license of the game.
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Depriving users of their choice of gaming environments is a short-sighted decision by any game developer, especially as more people continue to move to Linux desktop environments.
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EA is Permanently Banning Linux Gamers on Battlefield V

Not just Battlefield V, it’s the same with Destiny 2
As pointed by a Redditor in the same thread, Bungie also happens to consider Wine as an emulator (which is against their policy) and has banned players on Linux a while back.
EA needs to address the issue
I know that BF V does not offer native Linux support – but supporting the compatibility layer and not considering it as cheating would allow Linux users to experience the game which they rightfully own (or considering to purchase).

However, considering Blizzard as an example, they should actually work on fixing the issue and reverse the bans on players using Linux.
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zapjb · Jan 3, 2020

I hear M$ whispering.

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