How (if any) is DRM handled, is it any different to the way steam does things with EA game is there any extra layer here or does it just depend on the specific game ? do all EA games released use a DRM layer authenticated via the client ? Heroic runs all games through Wine, since Epic does not have any Linux downloads. do you have to run a separate client among the Heroic launcher to play games from the EA store ? i.e Heroic downloads the game but then installs the actual client in wine? I'm not terribly familiar with EA games on EGS (or Steam for that matter), but if they require an extra client (Origin?) for Steam, I'm sure they do for EGS as well. Last edited by Lofty on 3 December 2021 at 2:17 am UTC Is it easy to get proton working with this, instead of just using wine prefixes. Sorry for the newb questions, i don't really support EA anymore, im just more intrigued as to how it works.Įdit* 5. Can i somehow use the Heroic client to act as a buffer for the EA games that are bought on steam where it claims a 3rd party client is needed ? Can i download or get a key from EA account using Heroic and then add it to steam and it show up in my library as a legit copy ( i don't expect that of course )Ĥ. How (if any) is DRM handled, is it any different to the way steam does things with EA game is there any extra layer here or does it just depend on the specific game ? do all EA games released use a DRM layer authenticated via the client ?ģ. do you have to run a separate client among the Heroic launcher to play games from the EA store ? i.e Heroic downloads the game but then installs the actual client in wine?Ģ. Article taken from .Īpologies for my naivety on this but i have a few question:ġ. Nice to see an open source project like this doing so well. Still a shame that Epic don't support their store directly but I can personally confirm how well Heroic works as a way to download and get into games, as long as you don't mind them all running through a compatibility layer unsupported.
EPIC GAMES DOWNLOAD LINUX FREE
In early November developer Flávio F Lima noted Heroic had hit 100,000 downloads, and less than a month later it's hit another 10,000+ according to the GitHub project page.Ĭonsidering how many free games have been given out by Epic, it's not exactly surprising that quite a lot of Linux users have looked to Heroic to make things easier to manage.
EPIC GAMES DOWNLOAD LINUX WINDOWS
Taking into account that the project does now also support Windows and macOS, it was originally Linux-only up until July 2021 where it gained initial support for the others. Despite the Epic Games Store not offering Linux support at all, it still seems to be somewhat popular with Linux users as the unofficial Heroic Games Launcher hit a big downloads milestone.