CS:GO not launching in Trusted Launch mode by default on Linux

[schulzh]

Your system information

• System information from steam: https://gist.github.com/schulzh/b6e2e17281f30809bc54d307d1336be5
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Today the game informed me about the trusted launch update and that not using trusted launch may impact my trust factor. As I do not use the -insecure start parameter, I would expect the game to launch in trusted mode.

However, the console command trusted_launch_info suggests otherwise:

CS:GO was not launched in Trusted Launch mode

Also setting the option trusted_launch to 1 via the console did not help. I am guessing that trusted launch might not (yet) be supported on Linux, but I was not able to find any documentation on that in the announcement or elsewhere. As found out by @thaewrapt, when launching with -trusted the trusted_launch_info command gives the output that the game was indeed launched in trusted mode. So the actual issue seems to be that trusted mode is not enabled by default.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Launch CS:GO on Linux without using -insecure and without -trusted
2. Type trusted_launch_info to check trusted launch

[TheTrueRandom]

Same on Manjaro System information: https://gist.github.com/TheTrueRandom/5475f92adc00f275f30b820bb694d9ec

[thaewrapt]

Same here, also no "Trusted Launch" setting available via "Game" submenu nor for current version neither for Release Candidate beta. Two updates have arrived since the release announcement (the popup window of it also appeared in-game).

[schulzh]

After some more playing around, I found out that using the -insecure option will give an explicit message in the menu that the game was not launched in trusted mode and therefore I cannot join VAC secured servers. So is the trusted_launch_info command just not giving correct information and the game does launch in trusted mode without the -insecure parameter?

[thaewrapt]

After some digging into (and one more update received) was able to get trusted_launch_info to report the launch in the Trusted Mode with -trusted command-line switch in CS:GO Steam parameters. trusted_launch and trusted_launch_once console options are still getting ignored, no "Secure Launch" option in menu whatsoever.

[ipkpjersi]

I am also experiencing this on Ubuntu 18.04.

[khnazile]

I don't think Trusted Mode even works for Linux. I was able to attach GDB to csgo_linux64 while running in trusted mode. It didn't shut down, or give any warning, just continued to work.

[blogdron]

I use gamemoded gamemoderun steam from https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode/ to run entirely steam, this gives me a noticeable increase in games including csgo and also no warnings.

This is not cheating software, will my rank drop imperceptibly for me?

[tinimi]

Same here. -trusted helped.

[ipkpjersi]

According to the latest update here, trusted launch mode is enabled by default: https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

Release Notes for 7/23/2020 – Trusted Mode is now the default launch mode for CS:GO. — Previous Trusted Mode launch options have been deprecated.

However, when I launch the game without the "-trusted" parameter, I get the error that trusted launch mode is not enabled:

I have verified that I do indeed have the latest game version:

I would appreciate an update on this, I'm sure we all would.

@fletcherdvalve @kisak-valve Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

[gopal-kaul]

Adding - trusted fixes this but breaks my GPU support. I have a dual GPU system(integrated and Nvidia), earlier it used to use Nvidia but now it uses the integrated GPU. please fix.

[blogdron]

Adding - trusted fixes this but breaks my GPU support. I have a dual GPU system(integrated and Nvidia), earlier it used to use Nvidia but now it uses the integrated GPU. please fix.

Please add info

• Steam -> Help -> System Information

create gits https://gist.github.com/ and paste link there

[boustrophedon]

Can also confirm that

• I wasn't running in trusted mode by default
• My last few games have had weird ranks and one or two people who were definitely cheating
• Adding -trusted to the launch options makes trusted_launch_info report that I am running in trusted mode.

[blogdron]

My last few games have had weird ranks and one or two people who were definitely cheating

This mode does not protect against cheaters in any way :)

[boustrophedon]

My last few games have had weird ranks and one or two people who were definitely cheating

This mode does not protect against cheaters in any way :)

It lowers your trust factor, which means you're more likely to run into cheaters. https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2020/07/30736/

[lamka02sk]

Looks like Valve just doesn't care as always...what are we supposed to do to get this fixed? Should we make a sacrifice for our one and only Lord GabeN?

[boustrophedon]

Looks like Valve just doesn't care as always...what are we supposed to do to get this fixed? Should we make a sacrifice for our one and only Lord GabeN?

You can add -trusted to your launch options for CSGO in steam.

[lamka02sk]

You can add -trusted to your launch options for CSGO in steam.

Yes, but it is not a solution. Do you think everyone knows?

[thaewrapt]

I think we should get some clarification from Valve side, for the sake of the smooth and safe Linux CS:GO experience.

[SoftwareSchlosser]

Got cheaters in almost every game recently until I discovered this! Besides the fact that this trusted mode actually doesn't prevent people from cheating, having it turned on at least lowers the chance to meet them. But, I',m afraid this will not be fixed soon as other really nasty bugs in the linux version - like the gray ellipse in drone view - also didn't get fixed for years.

[ghost]

Got cheaters in almost every game recently until I discovered this!

I'm hoping that as trusted mode becomes more mature it becomes a requirement of Prime Status. Right now it seems confusing that there is a base Prime and then a second "trusted mode" Prime that is only mentioned in the game settings.

[SamuelTulach]

I was wondering why I was getting to literal HvH matches in high level Steam account with an expensive inventory. I almost quit the game. And it's this shit. Gj Volvo.

[ipkpjersi]

Yep, this does appear to be fixed, I think this can be closed now.

I noticed in the patch notes they said this: The -untrusted launch option is no longer supported

Maybe they had it backwards the whole time? Who knows...

[schulzh]

Just tested again, and CSGO indeed launches in trusted mode without -trusted. I'll therefore close the issue.