In March Linux Proton Users Will No Longer Be Able to Play The Game

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You completely ignored the point. Bravo. I'll repeat.

Your point was subsumed in a bad interpretation of anything and everything I've written on the subject. There is no way you could come away with the idea that I am giving people a hard time based on the OS they are running. I don't call them names. And your interpretation of anything I've written here as "that you don't like Linux" is so way off the mark that I guess you don't get the point, either.

Point out those posts here where you get the impression that I dislike Linux as an operating system (well, aside from the one post where I indicated that I personally wouldn't use it as the basis for a gaming platform, based on 30 years of experience with the OS.) Rather than have you go to all the trouble, here are all the mentions of Linux I've made in this particular thread:

2-15-2022 09:37 PM

Say that. Show how many Linux-platform gamers would purchase a license to run the game on Steam Deck, show SE that it makes financial sense for them to offer support for Yet Another Platform. Make that case.

Better yet: ask Steam to fix the issue on their platform that causes the problem.

3-08-2022 06:35 AM

Square Enix does not support running the game on the Linux operating system, nor on the new Steam Deck. If there is sufficient revenue that can be attributed to players on those platforms they could consider it in the future. Linux users would do well to provide evidence demonstrating the value of that revenue before complaining.

03-09-2022 7:31 PM

It's not 'hate' because it's Linux. It's intense dislike of the sense of entitlement in "SE must correct their <insert favorite swear word> code because we're important to their bottom line and it inconveniences us."

Tone the superior attitude down a bit, O Linux Godlings.

03-10-2022 09:58 PM

MSHTML, in all of its glory, is supported software, through 2029. It works perfectly fine on Windows 10 and Windows 11. There may be better technologies, but SE is under no contract with the Linux community to use them. Perhaps this solution doesn't cost anything to use? I know if they went to Java instead they'd be paying large amounts of money to Oracle for licensing.

03-10-2022 09:59 AM

You pay for a Windows PC license, not a Linux license. The fact that PC games work on Linux, unsupported by the game companies themselves, is a testament to the creativity of programmers in the Linux community. That does not excuse Linux user complaints to Square Enix for breaking their working system when introducing a feature in their Windows software. They are complaining to the wrong people.

I would suggest using search terms such as "final fantasy xiv launcher change 6.0" or "ffxiv steam launcher" or, even better, look at the Lodestone announcement from 9 February 2022 (and game-oriented websites from the 10th through the 12th on the issue).


03-10-2022 02:21 PM

Probably a moot point because, TADA!, Valve just announced their Windows 10 driver for the Steam Deck (literally, like in the last hour or two). It can't be dual booted, which may still be a deal-breaker for a subset of Linux users, but ... "not ready yet" is what Valve said about dual boot.

03-10-2022 2:30 PM

Personally, I have never said it was a bad thing that the game can be accessed on Linux. I only point to the Linux developers for solutions to problems encountered, not Square Enix. It is not up to a company with no official support for a particular platform to 'fix' problems that are only encountered on said platform. And, if support is desired, to make that case to Square Enix, not just post in the FFXIV forums.