[Request] Valorant anticheat's (Vanguard's) kernel driver (`vgk.sys`) and later the anticheat as a whole

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ValveSoftware/Proton#6966 · opened 2023-07-26 by m1karii · updated 2023-08-25 · 2 comments · github

Mm1karii 2023-07-26 github

Feature Request

I confirm:

[x] that I haven't found another request for this feature.
[x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
contain this feature already.

Description

I'd like - if it 'd be possible - for you to make Valorant anticheat's kernel driver (vgk.sys) and later the anticheat as a whole runnable through proton

Justification [optional]

This would enable running of Valorant, the game itself

Risks [optional]

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-07-26 github

Hello @m1karii, in general, no game on Steam should require superuser access to run on Linux, and that's exactly what you're requesting in this feature request.

It looks like this game isn't distributed on Steam, so that makes this request something that would make more sense for the upstream wine devs to ponder instead of Proton devs.

Mm1karii 2023-08-25 github

Hi @kisak-valve, could you please explain why would Vanguard AC require superuser access to run on Linux?
As far as I understand - and my understanding is quite limited - other ACs (for e.g. Easy AC) also have kernel acces. In what does Vanguard differ from these other ACs?

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