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Spychopat(1 report)
7 hours overall
Spychopat (1 report)
7 hours overall
2 months ago
Steam Deck Logo

Anticheat not working

2 months ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Not working because of anticheat : BlackCipher. Btw, after looking about it for a bit, it seems to be a very intrusive kernel level anticheat. It's logging everything you do on your computer, and it's not even anonymous. People at Nexon can know everything you do on your PC, including browsers tab names, what files you open, etc... It's concerning.

Proton 9.0-4
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Spychopat(1 report)
7 hours overall
Proton 9.0-4
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
bruh(344 reports)
bruh (344 reports)
7 months ago

Doesn't work due to anticheat

7 months ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 9.0-2
bruh(344 reports)
Proton 9.0-2
πŸ…»πŸ…°πŸ†‚πŸ†ƒπŸ†‚πŸ…ΏπŸ†ˆ(1 report)
Owned
πŸ…»πŸ…°πŸ†‚πŸ†ƒπŸ†‚πŸ…ΏπŸ†ˆ (1 report)
Owned
9 months ago
Steam Deck Logo

NOT working becouse anticheat block steamdeck

9 months ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-7
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

anticheat block steamdeck

Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-7
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
πŸ…»πŸ…°πŸ†‚πŸ†ƒπŸ†‚πŸ…ΏπŸ†ˆ(1 report)
Owned
Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-7
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
huu(43 reports)
51 hours overall
huu (43 reports)
51 hours overall
9 months ago

BlackCipher anti-cheat prevents you from playing

9 months ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:Yes
Starts Play:No

6 months since the last report for this game. Nothing has changed, still does not boot due to the "BlackCipher not initialized" error. GE-Proton does not get around this either.

Proton 9.0-2
Distro:Fedora Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.90.07
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
huu(43 reports)
51 hours overall
Proton 9.0-2
Distro:Fedora Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.90.07
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
elfhuo(9 reports)
< 1 hour overall
elfhuo (9 reports)
< 1 hour overall
11 months ago
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Error: BlackCipher Not Initalized

11 months ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Wont Work Due to Kernel-Level Nexon AntiCheat

Proton 8.0-5
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
elfhuo(9 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Proton 8.0-5
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
pointlessbish(1 report)
Owned
pointlessbish (1 report)
Owned
1 year ago

Unplayable

1 year ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-25
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Unplayable. Error: BlackCipher not initialized: 0xE3010104

Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-25
Distro:Nobara Linux 39 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.6.7-203.fsync.fc39.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 545.29.06
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core
pointlessbish(1 report)
Owned
Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-25
Distro:Nobara Linux 39 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.6.7-203.fsync.fc39.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 545.29.06
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core
Sinful Oath(214 reports)
1 hour overall
Sinful Oath (214 reports)
1 hour overall
2 years ago

Anti Cheat Error

2 years ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-15
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Unplayable. Error: BlackCipher not initialized: 0xE3010104

Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-15
Distro:Nobara Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.5.3-200.fsync.fc38.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
Sinful Oath(214 reports)
1 hour overall
Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-15
Distro:Nobara Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.5.3-200.fsync.fc38.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
OpenGL(147 reports)
OpenGL (147 reports)
2 years ago

`BlackCipher not initlialized` popup and exit

2 years ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-6
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-6
OpenGL(147 reports)
Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-6
QuercusFelis(2 reports)
Owned
QuercusFelis (2 reports)
Owned
2 years ago

Does not work due to anti-cheat

2 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Displays "Nexon Game Security" momentarily and then BlackCipher not initialized: 0xE3010104

Proton 8.0-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.2.13-arch1-1
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.0.3
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (polaris10, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.2.13-arch1-1)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
QuercusFelis(2 reports)
Owned
Proton 8.0-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.2.13-arch1-1
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.0.3
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (polaris10, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.2.13-arch1-1)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
Monika(9 reports)
36 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
Monika (9 reports)
36 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
3 years ago

Starts, shows the main menu for about 1-2 minutes, then gives a Black Cipher error and closes.

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Seems like the anti-cheat does not play nice on Linux, regardless of what you do to tinker around with it. Don't even bother with this game on a Linux OS.

Proton 7.0-3
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.15.49-1-MANJARO
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 22.1.2
GPU:AMD KABINI (LLVM 13.0.1, DRM 2.50, 5.15.49-1-MANJARO)
CPU:AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Monika(9 reports)
36 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.15.49-1-MANJARO
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 22.1.2
GPU:AMD KABINI (LLVM 13.0.1, DRM 2.50, 5.15.49-1-MANJARO)
CPU:AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
TuX(5 reports)
5 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
TuX (5 reports)
5 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
3 years ago

Their anti-cheat is not being initialized.

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

I've contacted their support and suggested adding support for Linux since the player-base is not small. Hopefully they will take this suggestion into consideation and soon adding support our favourite OS or some anti-cheat workaround!

Proton 7.0-1
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.4.0-104-generic
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:2.1 Mesa 21.2.6
GPU:Intel HD (ILK)
CPU:Intel Core i5 M 520 @ 2.40GHz
TuX(5 reports)
5 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux
Proton 7.0-1
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.4.0-104-generic
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:2.1 Mesa 21.2.6
GPU:Intel HD (ILK)
CPU:Intel Core i5 M 520 @ 2.40GHz
April <3(18 reports)
2417 hours overall
April <3 (18 reports)
2417 hours overall
3 years ago

The game instantly crashes as soon as it launches

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

The game will run for about 1-3 seconds before quitting.

Proton 6.3-8
Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed
Kernel:5.16.0-1-default
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.4
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.0-1-default, LLVM 13.0.0)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
April <3(18 reports)
2417 hours overall
Proton 6.3-8
Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed
Kernel:5.16.0-1-default
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.4
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.0-1-default, LLVM 13.0.0)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
SryMan(2 reports)
SryMan (2 reports)
3 years ago

Getiing blackCipher not initialized error after launching(the anticheat's loading appears but it gave me the error after it.

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 6.3-8
SryMan(2 reports)
Proton 6.3-8
Terrariadlc(2 reports)
6 hours overall
Terrariadlc (2 reports)
6 hours overall
3 years ago

Seems like AntiCheat breaks it

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

"Black chiper not inicated"

Proton 6.3-8
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.15.7-1-MANJARO
RAM:20 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 21.2.5
GPU:Mesa/X.org llvmpipe (LLVM 13.0.0, 256 bits)
CPU:Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz
Terrariadlc(2 reports)
6 hours overall
Proton 6.3-8
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.15.7-1-MANJARO
RAM:20 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 21.2.5
GPU:Mesa/X.org llvmpipe (LLVM 13.0.0, 256 bits)
CPU:Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz
Evaldas(3 reports)
Evaldas (3 reports)
4 years ago

Blackcipher is not initilized

4 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 6.3-6
Evaldas(3 reports)
Proton 6.3-6
FrAndroid(1 report)
FrAndroid (1 report)
4 years ago

It doesn't start beacause of AntiCheat

4 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

"BlackCipher not inizialized"

I tried turning off Ethernet, the same happens

Proton 6.3-2
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO
RAM:3 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.67
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz
FrAndroid(1 report)
Proton 6.3-2
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO
RAM:3 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.67
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
Stoney_Fish (1032 reports)
4 years ago

Does not start.

4 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 5.13-4
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
Proton 5.13-4
HikikoStar(22 reports)
HikikoStar (22 reports)
5 years ago

Does not launch because of Nexon Game Security (BlackCipher)

5 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 5.0-4
HikikoStar(22 reports)
Proton 5.0-4
seczip꒰ᐒ. .α’κ’±β‚ŠΛšβŠΉ.(14 reports)
seczip꒰ᐒ. .α’κ’±β‚ŠΛšβŠΉ. (14 reports)
5 years ago

Stucks on logo company in right-down side, probably problem with anti-cheat.

5 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 4.11-12
seczip꒰ᐒ. .α’κ’±β‚ŠΛšβŠΉ.(14 reports)
Proton 4.11-12
Unknown
Unknown 
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago
Unknown
Newbyte *gurka.se(48 reports)
Newbyte *gurka.se (48 reports)
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago

Company logo appears on the right side of my main monitor, then the game crashes

Distro:Linux
Kernel:5.0.13-300.fc30.x86_64
RAM:24 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz
Newbyte *gurka.se(48 reports)
Distro:Linux
Kernel:5.0.13-300.fc30.x86_64
RAM:24 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz
M4ST3R(4 reports)
M4ST3R (4 reports)
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago

doesnt start, just a logo

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (64 bits)
Kernel:4.18.0-15-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.2
GPU:Radeon RX Vega
CPU:Intel Core i5-7640X @ 4.00GHz
M4ST3R(4 reports)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (64 bits)
Kernel:4.18.0-15-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.2
GPU:Radeon RX Vega
CPU:Intel Core i5-7640X @ 4.00GHz
Unknown
Unknown 
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago
Launch Flags:Use Wine D3D

The game is not launched

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 (stretch)
Kernel:4.9.0-8-amd64
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
GPU:Intel Q45/Q43
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Unknown
Distro:Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 (stretch)
Kernel:4.9.0-8-amd64
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
GPU:Intel Q45/Q43
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Jean Pierre(15 reports)
Jean Pierre (15 reports)
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago
Launch Flags:Use Wine D3D

no abre por el anticheat

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:2 GB
GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.2.3 - padoka PPA
GPU:Intel Sandybridge Desktop
CPU:Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz
Jean Pierre(15 reports)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:2 GB
GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.2.3 - padoka PPA
GPU:Intel Sandybridge Desktop
CPU:Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz
alvarlagerlof(88 reports)
alvarlagerlof (88 reports)
7 years ago
Borked
7 years ago

Company logo appears, then stops.

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz
alvarlagerlof(88 reports)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz

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