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No Man's Sky Multiplayer works on Steam Deck, but not Arch Linux (feddit.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by helix@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Regardless of which compatibility layer (Proton 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, experimental) I use and if I use the native libraries or Steam's, the discovery services work, but I can't see other players in the Anomaly.

Weirdly enough, on Steam Deck it works without any issues, but obviously I want to play this on my beefy gaming PC 😥

How can I fix this?

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You, uh, didn't turn multiplayer off in your options, did you? That setting doesn't follow your account around, it's per machine.

I leave it off on my laptop because it causes the Space Anomaly to devolve into single-digit frame rates when other players are present and rendered, especially when docking.

Note that this doesn't prevent you from seeing other players' bases, nor impact the ability to see people on your friends list or their status. Your game will still connect to the servers if it can. It only prevents other players' keisters and ships from being placed in your universe.

[–] helix@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

You, uh, didn’t turn multiplayer off in your options, did you?

Ha, good question, but I specifically made sure I enabled it. In fact, last year I could play with friends on the same installation. Something must have changed, but trying to find it is like finding a needle in a needlestack.

I can't see any bases either.

[–] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure of the solution since it works just fine for me in arch. We might need more details to isolate the issue. Have you tried any of the different configurations people have here: https://www.protondb.com/app/275850

[–] helix@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

It used to work fine. Idk what changed since I played last, but reinstalling several times, deleting all files I could find, didn't fix it.

Thought maybe it's the file system but doesn't make a difference between xfs, ext4, ext3 and btrfs.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Steam Deck runs Arch at its core. The distro has nothing to do with it.

How you have Steam installed might though. Do you have it installed via Flatpak by chance?

[–] helix@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Installed via pacman.

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

You could try the Flatpak version, maybe. Also have you tried some DLL overrides?

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Proton doesn’t really affect networking and focuses more on Graphics

Do you have a firewall enabled at all? I’ve noticed with the latest Cachy services like ssh and WebDAV seem to be blocked by default

I would definitely check for any firewall services like ufw. Any other games exhibiting this behaviour?

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Proton doesn’t really affect networking and focuses more on Graphics

Proton actually contains quite a lot of libraries, some responsible for networking.

firewall

Not really, I have IPv6, a regular consumer router and no client side firewall. The Steam deck is in the same network.

other games

Work fine. Never had issues with online functionality. Palia, CS2, Satisfactory, Warframe, BG3, GW2, Forza Horizon 4+5, ... all work fine

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Some responsible, hence the focus being graphics compatibility

If you don’t have 4to64 Nat translation that could definitely be a thing

Are you pure self rolled arch or a distro? Do you have a network that allows you to see mdns and multicast traffic?

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Regular Arch. My Steam Deck has the same network and works fine.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Self rolled arch, do you have ufw installed?

Since your steam deck works fine you can look for traffic with multicast or steam services

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Neither UFW nor Firewalld are enabled. I guess I'll whip out ye olde tcpdump+wireshark...

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Have you tried starting steam from the command line to watch output and/or checking game logs? I’m wondering if it could be a missing package on your pc that steam includes by default - doesn’t feel likely but from reading the other comments it seems like you’ve already exhausted the likely fixes lol

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

One of these might help: https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/601902145259725017/

Although I wouldn't be surprised if it was caused by NMS's own network backend. When the Corvette update was launched, multiplayer was fine on my work computer, but did not work on my home PC. It's a constant dumpster fire.

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

One of these might help: https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/601902145259725017/

The only thing I didn't try from these was disabling IPv4. Didn't work :(

EDIT: and I tried with another Steam account. Didn't work either.

[–] helix@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

multiplayer was fine on my work computer, but did not work on my home PC. It’s a constant dumpster fire.

Jesus Christ, so much this. I had so many issues with Multiplayer. After so many years they ought to have fixed this.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Off topic (sorry for hi jacking) but does Anyone know if it has LAN? Or does everybody Need to buy the Game for mp?

[–] helix@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

It doesn't have LAN multiplayer sadly.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

what repo do you usually use for your Steam package? try a different one? try flatpak?

I don't know but all I can say is last week I switched back to Arch and noticed a few programs I usually use the packages from like multilib were absolute garbage, just didn't work anymore.

but it's odd that it's only No Man's Sky multiplayer and your other games work fine.