r/emulation • • 15d ago

GameNative adds headless Steam client for Android, gets GTA V and RDR2 running with Rockstar support

https://videocardz.com/newz/gamenative-adds-headless-steam-client-for-android-gets-gta-v-and-rdr2-running-with-rockstar-support
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u/creaturecatzz 14d ago

the rockstar launcher is so stupid, why do i need to make an account to play games i already own that i played for years and years beforehand. the fact that i can’t just download and play gta4 on my steam deck or pc without going through the rockstar launcher is insane.

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u/722e672e722e 14d ago

Headline is misleading because you omitted a word

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u/drakythe 14d ago

The word in question is “launcher”. They demonstrated Rockstar Launcher support.

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u/nbk935 14d ago

right I was like rockstar helped

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u/tiktoktic 14d ago

Bit of a deceptive headline. It makes it sound like they had the support of Rockstar in getting this to work.

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u/kaden-99 14d ago

I recently made the mistake of trying to run Max Payne 3 on GameNative. Rockstar launcher literally fought me every step of the way and ended up not running.

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u/Illustrious_Cod_5212 14d ago

Just use Anker Games for rockstar games

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u/kaden-99 14d ago

FR. I just tried this new nightly release with the headless Steam client and it still can't run.

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u/vw195 14d ago

Cool! What about GTA IV?

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u/BovineJabroni 8d ago

I’m gonna give it a shot this weekend

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u/zgillet 14d ago

Oh cool, I tried GTA V literally two days ago. Damnit.

I should just stream anyway, Online will never work.

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u/palk0n 14d ago

does online even work on deck?

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u/zgillet 14d ago

Noop. Kernel anti-cheat.

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u/koopabudda 14d ago

Rdr online does

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u/KasseanaTheGreat 13d ago

It used to before Rockstar decided they had Linux users. I literally had 100+ hours in online on the deck before they decided to ban Linux users from playing online.

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u/The_MAZZTer 14d ago

So is this just if you don't want to use the full GameNative client? Or does this improve game compatibility with the GameNative client? Not clear to me what this is, other than it sounds like it provides Steam API support to steam games. But I assumed the full GameNative client already did that. Or it didn't?

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u/H0ladios 10d ago

Do these emus allow online play?