Rufous

{
  "post": {
    "title": "Hear me out: Marvel Rivals allegedly \"supports\" Steam Deck. Could this be a sign CrossOver might get it working on Mac?",
    "selftext": "",
    "url": "https://i.redd.it/su76rl5go15e1.jpeg"
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "body": "there is no parity between Proton and CrossOver/D3DMetal, a game working on one doesn't mean it'll work on the other (or vice versa), and the Steam Deck runs on X86 architecture, which is another notable difference",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Absolutely. I have a Steam Deck and some things just plain work better than on Mac. The architecture is a plus for it, for example."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Can we start a hashtag on Twitter & Threads to show our support? Would be helpful to get the word out tbh, especially since we already don’t have Overwatch on Mac"
    },
    {
      "body": "It's difficult to say something, because maybe the anticheat works on valve's steam deck, cuz they have some kind of partnership with the anticheat it self, so it's hard to say",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Yeah this is the thing everyone is leaving out. I have a steam deck and there are a bunch of games that could work but don’t simply because of all the anti-cheat software. I do wonder if rivals will even continue to work. I remember there was an online game for steam deck that worked around launch but then was later patched and stop working because of anti-cheat restrictions",
          "replies": [
            {
              "body": "> I do wonder if rivals will even continue to work\n\nwhy? it was the devs that talked about rivals being steam deck compatible, so why should it not stay that way?",
              "replies": [
                {
                  "body": "Ah okay, I hadn’t read that. That is great to know",
                  "replies": [
                    {
                      "body": "yeah and sadly they said that there were no plans for a native mac port (around 2 months ago)"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "body": "valve has a special build of proton that works with easyanticheat"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "I'm asking myself the exact same question. We need to wait and see. Test it and check if it works.   \nThe Beta build was crashing with graphic card driver errors. We'll see if they changed stuff.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Or in the Best case, they don't bring the anticheat to the steam deck"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Unfortunately the launcher is stuck at preparing. lmk if someone has any better luck",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Same here!"
        },
        {
          "body": "Same here with d3dmetal & esync... :(",
          "replies": [
            {
              "body": "yep tried every combination. will have to wait for the crossover magicians to figure that one out",
              "replies": [
                {
                  "body": "Yes! And on my Steam Deck I notice that there is anti-cheat, so… I guess we will see. For what it’s worth, the game doesn’t run on Steam Deck yet either. Not on mine and I see multiple people saying the same thing in their Discord too.",
                  "replies": [
                    {
                      "body": "thanks for the info"
                    },
                    {
                      "body": "I’ve been playing on my deck with no change/tinkering to proton, for the last 3 hours.  No issues and runs perfect."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "what does Steam Deck have to do with Mac?"
    },
    {
      "body": "there's only one way to find out"
    },
    {
      "body": "Likely functional in Asahi"
    }
  ]
}