It used to be, AoE 2 DE on Linux worked fine in singleplayer, but in multiplayer with someone on Windows, I would see a desync a few seconds into the game. The steps here would remedy it: AoE2 on Linux in 2025
Recently (I assume it’s since the big patch?), when I (on Windows) try to play with my friend (on Gentoo), even after he’s run the arkanosis script, the game always desyncs. Interestingly this time the desync is immediate instead of after a few seconds. I’m not posting this in the report a bug forum yet because I don’t have enough information about it. Anyone else seeing this, or playing on Linux without seeing it?