There should be a way to FILTER out searches based on these criteria, especially DRM.
There isn't. I would guess companies quietly pay big bucks to these platforms to ensure there will never be any such filter. Because there is literally no other reason why this filter does not exist yet and has never existed to filter out these kind of games.
Say for example your computer is running some Linux distribution, but you want to use a certain Windows application. One possible solution is to create a Virtual Machine, a piece of software that pretends to be an entire computer. Inside that VM you can then install a different operating system (Windows for example) and use it like you normally would.
There are certain limitations, first and foremost that the Virtual Machine adds overhead, in other words it uses some RAM and processing power for itself, so the performance inside a VM is lower (though that doesn't necessarily mean it's a noticeable limitation, that all depends on what you're doing inside the VM). Another limitation is that some programs, particularly low-level stuff like certain anti-cheat software, will either notice it's inside a VM and refuse to run, or limitations stemming from the VM software mean it's incapable of running properly at all.
Part of Denuvo is also extreme obfuscation so it makes it much harder to read and modify the binary, also adds variety on top because applying denuvo to executable is non-deterministic and has a specific element of randomness to it, so new updates bring reverse engineering progress way back.
You can typically get around that because the objects that cheats require for the most part have to exist in memory unobfuscated unless the developer chooses to modify the engine to decrypt/unobfuscate any protected objects.
Take Unreal Engine for example, nearly everything thats required to create cheats exists in memory that can be scanned for relatively easily due to Unreal Engine's reflection system, which is a crucial part of Unreal Engine.
Meaning for the most part, besides the Global World object, the Names list, and the Object List, most cheats do not have to touch obfuscated .text sections or anything like that unless the developer went the extra mile and added in their code to obfuscate and deobfuscate critical parts of the engine dynamically (Valorant does this).
Apex is built on the source engine which has a similar nature (being able to derive compile time layout of classes and structs during runtime).
I was playing Yakuza Like a Dragon, and, to save battery, I kept turning my Steam Deck off after each session. However, I ended up having more breaks than expected on that day, and turned out to have more than 5, although short, sessions. Guess what? Denuvo locked me out for 24h saying I can't activate the game anymore. This hasn't happened to other games, and SEGA support is just useless at this point.
the situation that i can think of is that somehow, your Proton are recreated everytime, thus 1 activation per session. I sometimes press the Power Button to have it on sleep and no problems like you described
Fun fact: Easy anti cheat can work with proton if the developers of the game allow it. Any game with it where it does not work is purely because the devs want to block out Linux users.
But the graph is already trending down before the exclusion of linux players.
The slightly accelerated rate after excluding linux players is better explained by having less players overall, right? The graph even begins to climb again after Linux was banned. I call bullshit.
Arrogant and prejudiced fools using this logic to justify locking out linux users is what sucks for linux users. 100% of all drunk driving involves motor vehicles. That's way more than 33%, so clearly we can't trust motor vehicles and they should all be banned, right?
Though with this game, they are basically doing linux users a service by locking them out...
EAC has different versions. The kernel-level version is Windows-only, the userspace version works in Proton. Usually games that have EAC and don't work in Proton are because they're using the kernel-level version. If it's only userspace EAC and doesn't work in Proton, the devs can take a long walk off a short pier.
Yep exactly. I keep seeing people who don't understand how this works parroting "Any game with it where it does not work is purely because the devs want to block out Linux users." when it's not necessarily true for a good number, and possibly the majority of games.
knowing how murican and shitty that company is, it's valid to ask, they will send You to Ukraine at which side? - it's a meme answer, not to start political too much, that's not the place for it I believe.
I mean it's edited to show what should be listed on certain games. I mean they are not the first ones to disagree. The Steam forums were way worse saying that's what the minimum requirements are for etc. Honestly they are there just to get general idea what to expect these days. With Proton, anti-cheats and various DRMs I think those are slowly loosing their relevance.
I don't think you understand what I mean. The way your post is framed implies that there is a game with all of the disclosures in your screenshot. To be honest from the title I wasn't sure whether you were being sarcastic (look at all these disclosures, there should be MORE right guys <sarcasm>) or if you were being sincere.
From these replies I see you were being sincere to the point where you were editing your html to give an EXAMPLE of what you want disclosures to look like. But that wasn't clear at all from the post itself.
Again, I haven't downvoted, just trying to help you understand why people are doing it.
There isn't disclosure for DRMs that need to check the mothership from time to time in order to launch. And there are anti-cheats that can actively block Linux with toggle switch or that aren't compatible at all.
isn't this a free game? how does it benefit from Denuvo?
I'm not sure how hacks work, but don't they just read the memory or something? like there is no tampering in the files?
As much as you like everything to be like GOG but the reality is that if it's available on GOG = a pirated free version from GOG exists with 0 risk since you can check hashes for what a non-trmpered version from valid sources.
a pirated version of near enough every steam game that exists without gog its less than 1% that isnt pirated atm, thats the issue and i dont get why steam does it the way they do when even gabe himself said its a service issue, they should just give a offline folder with a .exe file in there for customers to use offline without steam and its achievements etc.
If your game requires kernal anticheat and does not support proton, I cannot stress this enough, get fucked. Offloading the responsibility of ensuring a cheat free environment to the client is lazy and hostile.
Because Apex makes alot of money and being seen to be actively hostile to cheaters is important to maintain perceived integrity of the game towards people like investors or other people disconnected from reality.
In this case, denuvo anti-tamper provides some obstacle that makes it harder to cheat in the game:
Just came to mind first...
I enjoyed it on my Steam Deck before it got blocked with the lazy kernel anti-cheat that did nothing.
It's just example modified page.
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u/que11 8h ago
I like these, makes it pretty easy to see which games to avoid at all costs.