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EAC Seems broken on Arch? (lemmy.simpl.website)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/linux_gaming
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I recently installed BattleBit Remastered on Steam (uses EAC). Upon trying to run the game, I only get as far as a screen telling me to ensure EAC is installed. I tried their "repair EAC" option in steam, and there was no change (a terminal opens, blinks, and closes again). I tried a system update to see if that would help, but no dice.

Now, when I try to launch Apex Legends (a game which I play all the time), I see EAC loading extremely slowly, then it goes away, but the game never launches (though Steam still shows the title as running).

Is anyone else having issues right now (with an up to date system)? Has anyone else experienced this before?

Edit: Decided to format my OS drive and move to Fedora. Using the same steam library, both games are now working. Clearly some package ended up misconfigured, but I have no idea what or why.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you install Proton EAC runtime? On Void Linux glibc is "broken" so EAC wont work, I have to use the flatpak version of Steam and then EAC works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have, yes. I tried to uninstall it, but I get the error that it cannot be uninstalled as it is missing shared content. I tried deleting the EAC runtime from disk and verifying file integrity to redownload, but that didn't solve it, either.

I tried using the flatpak, but had the exact same issues, oddly enough (but using the same game library).

I am now trying an uninstall and reinstall of Apex Legends (since it was a known working game prior to all of this).