Steam Deck may still not run some older games according to Vermintide 2 developer
Your entire Steam Library might not be playable on the Steam Deck after all according to comments from the developer of Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
The Steam Deck has been a hotly anticipated gaming device since its announcement last year. However, it has faced its fair share of hurdles to cross. By far the biggest was the device’s initial incompatibility with anti-cheat software — which would have made 28% of the 50 most active Steam Games would be unplayable at launch.
While it seemed like the crisis was averted back in September last year, a recent Steam post from a Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer (spotted by GamingOnLinux) suggests that some of our favorite games may still face compatibility issues with the Steam Deck because they use the wrong version of Easy-Anti Cheat.
The main cause behind the issues was Valve’s decision to have the Steam Deck run on a Linux-based operating system.
For the most part, this seemed like a smart move; the Linux OS is less technically demanding than Windows meaning that the Steam Deck’s limited PC power could be focussed on running games rather than background operations.
And because not all games are designed to run on Linux, Valve would also implement its Proton software — a nifty tool that would make Windows games compatible with its Linux device.
Unfortunately, some games aren’t just reliant on their own software to operate, plenty also use external anti-cheat programs and won’t allow users to play unless these systems are active.
It wasn’t clear if these anti-cheat programs — such as BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat — would be compatible with Proton or not. Thankfully fears were assuaged back in September 2021 after the developers of both the software said that Proton and Steam Deck
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