It runs perfectly fine. Sadly no one is playing this game anymore. It's safe to say that this game is officially dead.
Excellent experience out of the box
Main menu background was like an old TV had lost signal, the color calibration image but game worked flawless. Low player count. Under ~30 players online in servers
Works great out the box
Works great on Deck, but recommend customizing the controls to your liking.
Had to run in borderless for it to fill the 1280x800 resolution screen, otherwise it only seems to run in 720p.
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After Legacy update, the game is running perfectly fine through Proton.
The game seems to work well on Proton 7.0.4 after the Legacy update.
Note: Game seems to run by default at 1080p until you manually change resolution to 1440p, even if the resolution says 1440p initially.
Some initial freezing and stuttering as shaders are computed, but clears up after a short while. Otherwise 100+ FPS at 1080p or 80+ at 1440p on my system at mostly Ultra settings.
EAC requirement was removed in Legacy edition released 2022-08-16. Multiplayer works great!
The game is now free to play and no longer uses EAC. More info about the Legacy update here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/489940/view/3388414690610601454
Won't launch
Anti cheat makes game unplayable
Game crashes due to missing EAC support. Training and Crates work.
Won't run at all.
Unplayable online. EAC Failure
Is shown as a native Linux title but, have found out it isn't. Running through Proton makes the game playable on Lan (despite pop-up Windows showing EAC/FaceIT related errors). Attempting to play in multiplayer will get you kicked right away, which is the entire point of the game as a competitive shooter. I don't expect this game to ever run on Linux unless something is figured out between Valve and EAC, and FaceIT brings a linux client and the developers act accordingly.
Game launches into Menu. Multiplayer kicks due to EAC missing with error message sandbox client.
Launcher no longer instantly crashes, 60 FPS on lowered settings Max resolution. Generally performs quite great though.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/thomas/.steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. /bin/sh: 1: /home/thomas/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Battalion 1944/Battalion.exe: Exec format error
Instantly quits.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/username/.steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. /bin/sh: 1: /home/username/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Battalion 1944/Battalion.exe: Exec format error GameAction [AppID 489940, ActionID 6] : LaunchApp changed task to Completed with ""