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Dobby

23 Jan @ 7:30pm

Insecure mode???

It's been months since I played DoD, so I figured it's time. It loads up, just something with VAC telling me i'm in insecure mode. Linux Mint XFCE using Proton. I verify integrity of files, they fine, tried Proton 9, not sure what else to do.

Please help.

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INsane [dodbits] has Day of Defeat: Source

24 Jan @ 12:34am

Check your Launch options, make sure this isn't in there....
-insecure

That is normally used for RCBot2 or server mods like MetaMod.

Dobby

30 Jan @ 3:37pm

well that was completely irrelevant. It's DOD; Source if that helps?? I have no idea why it suddenly keeps giving me "insecure mode" launch options aren't even touched.

Devious Toast [SAC] has Day of Defeat: Source

30 Jan @ 4:20pm

You probably won't get an answer from here since almost everyone who plays this game uses windows.

Search on google "tf2 linux vac insecure" or CS2/CSGO, one of the way more popular games and will find a lot more support for this issue.

Example result
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/zz6fru/tf2_how_to_enable_secure_modeproton/

INsane [dodbits] has Day of Defeat: Source

30 Jan @ 4:36pm

Originally posted by Dobby:
well that was completely irrelevant. It's DOD; Source if that helps?? I have no idea why it suddenly keeps giving me "insecure mode" launch options aren't even touched.

It is a bug for sure, has not happened to me on Linux (nobara or ubuntu) unless I do have "-insecure" in launch options.

Edit: running on Linux native always, Proton may also cause that issue I see.

However, others like you report the same, nothing in launch options but still it's launching in insecure mode.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/5638

Now some have verified the game files, but you tried that too.

The OP in that Github link said this...

Okay I forgot this was still open so I might as well close it now.

The reason why I was having this issue was because I wasn't launching it directly from the desktop shortcut, I was launching it from the uh steam folder which has both the x64 and the legacy x32 and both of them would not let me connect to servers. I hope this helps with anyone else's issue.

Nasty bug!

Last edited by INsane [dodbits]; 30 Jan @ 4:45pm

let's make a shape has Day of Defeat: Source

3 Feb @ 11:50pm

Originally posted by Devious Toast SAC:
You probably won't get an answer from here since almost everyone who plays this game uses windows.

Search on google "tf2 linux vac insecure" or CS2/CSGO, one of the way more popular games and will find a lot more support for this issue.

Example result
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/zz6fru/tf2_how_to_enable_secure_modeproton/

This reply didn't age well.

Originally posted by INsane dodbits:
Originally posted by Dobby:
well that was completely irrelevant. It's DOD; Source if that helps?? I have no idea why it suddenly keeps giving me "insecure mode" launch options aren't even touched.

It is a bug for sure, has not happened to me on Linux (nobara or ubuntu) unless I do have "-insecure" in launch options.

Edit: running on Linux native always, Proton may also cause that issue I see.

However, others like you report the same, nothing in launch options but still it's launching in insecure mode.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/5638

Now some have verified the game files, but you tried that too.

The OP in that Github link said this...
Okay I forgot this was still open so I might as well close it now.

The reason why I was having this issue was because I wasn't launching it directly from the desktop shortcut, I was launching it from the uh steam folder which has both the x64 and the legacy x32 and both of them would not let me connect to servers. I hope this helps with anyone else's issue.

Nasty bug!