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[Game] Sober is a new way to play Roblox on Linux from the Vinegar team (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Roblox was broken on Deck and linux by the addition of a new anti-cheat. The way the Sober app gets around the anti-cheat is by instead running the android app. This apparently has some significant performance improvements over the usual PC app as well, with people reporting up to twice the performance on the same hardware.

I know people are pretty dismissive of roblox (myself included), but it's hugely popular and it's always good to have the option.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I know people are pretty dismissive of roblox (myself included), but it’s hugely popular and it’s always good to have the option.

Yeah I mean, to be honest the first time I saw this post I scrolled past and was like "meh, I'd rather just play Wobbly Life"....

...but then I saw this post again and thought... damn actually this is a pretty huge win for the Steam Deck and Linux gaming in general!!

Even if the person buying the Steam Deck doesn't give a shit about being able to play Roblox... if they have a kid who likes to play video games... then there is a decent chance that kid plays Roblox with their friends which for the parent/family member adds a huge amount of value to the Steam Deck, and for a non-zero amount of kids who will now inevitably play Roblox on their parent's/family's Steam Deck because of this, Roblox will be their first introduction to Linux... and those kids will think of Linux as a no bullshit way to play Roblix ....which is objectively cool!

Also, it is easy to dismiss Roblox and stereotype games built on its game engine platform as all being of a certain type... and fundamentally unpolished/amateur in design. There are some genuinely awesome games on Roblox though, he is a short list of some FPS games (because that is mostly what I look for in 3d games) but also I will include other types of games if I find any especially good ones:

Phantom Forces - a Call Of Duty Modern Warfare clone, check it out before you judge

https://www.roblox.com/games/292439477/Phantom-Forces

Project Delta - open world multiplayer survival shooter set in post apocalyptic wasteland

https://project-delta-a.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Delta_Roblox_Wiki

https://www.roblox.com/games/7336302630/Project-Delta

youtube tutorial/basic guide

Do you know any good, mechanically polished games on the Roblox platform?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Thanks for posting about this! I’ll have to give it a shot when I can

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

If they do block this then it was never about anti-cheat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Did everyone play drunk before?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Just logged in for the first time in years and this was the first thing recommended. Fuckin' grooming simulator

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Ah yes now we can get omegle but in roblox

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

https://sober.vinegarhq.org/

I was hoping it would be a wrapper so could be used for other games like minecraft, but seems customized to Roblox and closed source.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Would WayDroid qualify as what you’re looking for?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

but seems customized to Roblox and closed source You don't have to give multiple reasons for one to avoid Roblox

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

There's already a similar project for Minecraft- https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Roblox was broken on Deck and linux by the addition of a new anti-cheat

Afaik, it wasn't broken. The Roblox devs put in extra work to block Linux users from playing because according to them "the majority of cheaters are on Linux". Who knows if that's true

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

The majority of roblox cheaters don't even know what a cmd prompt is

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I doubt that's true. Linux is barely 2% of the overall gaming market. 4% if you include general desktop users. I do not believe for a second that a tiny fraction of 2% who play roblox are "mostly" cheaters.

What's more likely is they're Windows users who are running a VM to circumvent the anticheat, and the Officers are too lazy to pay their devs to come up with a viable anticheat that doesn't exclude people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

It can be very fun with friends, so it's cool to not need to dualboot to be able to play