Rachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️

I had been craving to play the Sims 4 recently because I watched someone build phenomenal houses in the Sims 4 (I've never played 4, but I've played 1 extensively and a little bit of 3.)

So I wanted to play it in a virtual machine on my Linux PC so that I can sandbox the game for personal security reasons. However, EA, being the dirtbags they are, won't let me play it in a VM. I wasn't about to run any untrusted code on my host OS, so there had to be another way.

Long story short, I ended up playing the game on my dad's old HP that runs Windows 10 poorly. I knew EA was bad, but this experience has left a bitter taste in my mouth, despite how much fun I had playing it on the old HP.

Just another reason why DRM hurts the consumer. I wanted to play the game in a way that benefits my personal security posture, and if I can't, I'm less likely to play the game in the future.

#EA #ElectronicArts #Sims #Sims4 #DRM #DigitalRightsManagement #DigitalRestrictionsManagement #Gaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #Windows

Aug 27, 2023 at 6:06amWeb
Show threadFaith, Purple haired feminist 🧋   Aug 27, 2023
@RachaelAva1024 Are you sure it's a DRM thing? 3D graphics inside VMs is generally shit, especially with a different guest and host OSs, unless you do PCI passthrough of your entire card. (VMware gives it an honest try but it's still kinda shit. Everyone else is terrible.) I wouldn't be surprised if Frostbite just looks at the driver situation and goes "Yeah... No."
Show threadRachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️Aug 27, 2023
@faithisleaping I tried VBox, and made sure 3D acceleration was enabled like I usually do on VBox.
Show threadRuby MaelstromAug 27, 2023

@RachaelAva1024 I agree that DRM is trash, and always harmful to users while almost never being a barrier to "piracy". However, the EA launcher generally has one of the lighter touches of modern shitty unnecessary launchers.

Alternatively: If you just play the game under Proton, whatever malware you're afraid of EA installing on your host OS is vanishingly unlikely to take hold. It will be looking for Windows APIs and will not find them once WINE is closed. Not much to fear here.