PSA: DO NOT MOD THIS GAME

[purityloli]

I've been a long-time fromsoft fan. I know how to mod these games properly. I took all the precautions you normally take in previous fromsoft games (backing up unmodded saves, never going online, wiping modded game data & save data), and I still got penalized. My game data is in a frozen state now, where I cannot make / download new AC Data or decals. I can do all of these things in one game session, but they will revert back to where Bandai has frozen my data when I launch the game again.
tl;dr- The thing they mentioned in patch notes about modding the game was worse than just cheaters, it extended to offline mods as well.

[REhorror]

Thanks for the warning, friend.

[Xaelon]

I'm pretty sure everyone already knows they should backup their saves before modding anything.

[purityloli]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

I'm pretty sure everyone already knows they should backup their saves before modding anything.

Re-read the post. I literally did the same thing you'd do for modding dark souls or elden ring.

[Call Sign: Raven]

I was trying to tell people, but nobody listens. They warned everyone in the last patch:

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/armored-core/news/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-patch-notes-105

[REhorror]

Originally posted by Call Sign: Raven:

I was trying to tell people, but nobody listens. They warned everyone in the last patch:

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/armored-core/news/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-patch-notes-105

Man, wonder if this has something to do with Capcom.

These attempts to be anti-mod isn't good, it seems the japanese companies still don't get how PC gaming is supposed to work compared to consoles.

[Demonos3]

I'll do what I want, when I want.

[kripcision]

how are they supposed to know if your game is modded when you dont go online with easy anti cheat enabled? also deleting the save before you go back online, it doesnt make any sense unless you actually went online with a gamesave that was used when you played with mods.

[Getsu Fuma]

What was your method to disable EAC? Because that could have been the cause.

[purityloli]

Originally posted by Getsu Fuma:

What was your method to disable EAC? Because that could have been the cause.

ModEngine.

Originally posted by kripcision:

how are they supposed to know if your game is modded when you dont go online with easy anti cheat enabled? also deleting the save before you go back online, it doesnt make any sense unless you actually went online with a gamesave that was used when you played with mods.

No idea. Only possible explanation is that they log modified data outside of the save data, maybe on their servers?

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by REhorror:

Originally posted by Call Sign: Raven:

I was trying to tell people, but nobody listens. They warned everyone in the last patch:

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/armored-core/news/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-patch-notes-105

Man, wonder if this has something to do with Capcom.

These attempts to be anti-mod isn't good, it seems the japanese companies still don't get how PC gaming is supposed to work compared to consoles.

I'm wondering if it's regarding Capcom's current shift as well.

Though, Capcom has an incredibly good reason, due to that fiasco at that fighting game tourney where they forgot to disable the nude mods. lol

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by 292512:

Originally posted by Getsu Fuma:

What was your method to disable EAC? Because that could have been the cause.

ModEngine.

Originally posted by kripcision:

how are they supposed to know if your game is modded when you dont go online with easy anti cheat enabled? also deleting the save before you go back online, it doesnt make any sense unless you actually went online with a gamesave that was used when you played with mods.

No idea. Only possible explanation is that they log modified data outside of the save data, maybe on their servers?

If you modded, then went online, that will cause the issue. I'm running cosmetic mods for the HUD, and I'm permanently offline as a safety. I'm running around 80 mods in Elden Ring, again, setting the launch option to offline only. No issues on either game. I know as soon as I launch online thought it's going to nuke my game lol.

If you wipe your save file and reinstall the game fresh, it MIGHT clear the warning. I highly recommend contacting Bandai Namco support first, to be sure.

[Getsu Fuma]

Originally posted by 292512:

No idea. Only possible explanation is that they log modified data outside of the save data, maybe on their servers?

If it works like DS and ER then the main thing is it checks your stats to make sure you are not changing them. If you done this or if a cheater changed your stats by an attack it will get you banned. And this is Fromsoft's way of checking for cheating not EAC. So if you installed a mod that changes stat values that could cause Fromsoft's in game anti cheat to ban you even if you don't go online and if you restore the files wrong then you will get banned.

It's an awful way to check for cheating because it gets many people banned that are not cheating because it is easily abused. But this is the most common way people get banned on any Fromsoft game.

[REhorror]

Would this somehow affect Sekiro, a fully on SP game?

[lailaamell]

Originally posted by REhorror:

Would this somehow affect Sekiro, a fully on SP game?

probly they dont want you to mod doesnt matter if online or not

[justfaded]

Originally posted by REhorror:

Originally posted by Call Sign: Raven:

I was trying to tell people, but nobody listens. They warned everyone in the last patch:

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/armored-core/news/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-patch-notes-105

Man, wonder if this has something to do with Capcom.

These attempts to be anti-mod isn't good, it seems the japanese companies still don't get how PC gaming is supposed to work compared to consoles.

They don't care about PCs. Their domestic market is mainly consoles and they only care about global audiences purely for the profits. Luckily japanese videogame companies have other motivations than pure profit.