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No Man's Sky Multiplayer works on Steam Deck, but not Arch Linux (feddit.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 4 months 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 18 points 4 months ago

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 4 months 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 4 months ago

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 4 months ago

Installed via pacman.

[-] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] ag10n@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

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 4 months ago

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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 4 months ago

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

[-] ag10n@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 4 months ago

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

[-] felsiq@piefed.zip 6 points 4 months 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago

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 4 months ago

It doesn't have LAN multiplayer sadly.

[-] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 0 points 4 months 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.

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