[HELP] (Solved) Cant join any server "Disconnected: EAC: Anti-cheat client protection not active (NullClient)"

[jorior]

I bought rust recently and I've been going insane. Dear reader, you might have seen this problem like a lot already but please help me.

When I try to open the game it works perfectly fine. But when I try to join a server I get Disconnected with this message: "EAC: Anti-cheat client protection not active (NullClient)".
I have already tried to open up "EasyAntiCheat_EOS_setup.exe", but it wont open. I have tried running it as admin, opening it in cmd and I have deleted it and verified integrity of the games files but nothing works.
I think the issue is just that I can not open this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ file.
I found a yt video that tells me to make a bat file, to install Epic Games online services or smth, i did that. But nothing changed.

I have had issues with EAC in the past but I dont remember why.
This has been driving me crazy.

Also when I open the file, it does open cmd for a split second.

[DonDruge]

i had same problem, solution?
Close the game.
Go to steam -> View -> Game Servers.
Search for Rust servers trough there and connect to server trough there.
Works perfect for me now

[jorior]

Originally posted by DonDruge:

i had same problem, solution?
Close the game.
Go to steam -> View -> Game Servers.
Search for Rust servers trough there and connect to server trough there.
Works perfect for me now

I tried that but it didnt work. Same thing

[𐂃𐂃𐂃]

Option 1)

Open

Steam\steamapps\common\Rust\EasyAntiCheat


Locate the "EasyAntiCheat" folder and delete it

Then verify your game files which should re-install EAC.

Option 2)

open cmd prompt with admin privilege/powershell with admin & paste:

Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

wait until it’s finished & then

Sfc /Scannow

Also check for Windows and Driver Updates

[jorior]

Originally posted by 𐂃𐂃𐂃:

Option 1)

Open

Steam\steamapps\common\Rust\EasyAntiCheat


Locate the "EasyAntiCheat" folder and delete it

Then verify your game files which should re-install EAC.

Option 2)

open cmd prompt with admin privilege/powershell with admin & paste:

Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

wait until it’s finished & then

Sfc /Scannow

Also check for Windows and Driver Updates

The thing is, I already tried all those things too. But I guess I can try again.

[DonDruge]

did you try Verifying the game files ? After i did that, the Steam -> View -> Game servers -> works fine for me

[jorior]

Originally posted by DonDruge:

did you try Verifying the game files ? After i did that, the Steam -> View -> Game servers -> works fine for me

Yes I did that a lot as well. Thanks tho.

[jorior]

Okay, I fixed it. Literally all I did was uninstall Epic Games and reinstall it. I have no idea why this worked but it worked. If I could've i would've uninstalled Epic Online Services (EOS) but my pc wouldn't let me lmao. But I can play the game now anyway! Only problem now is that my pc is to bad to play rust but thats a simple fix ofc :)

[Fer]

Originally posted by jorior:

Okay, I fixed it. Literally all I did was uninstall Epic Games and reinstall it. I have no idea why this worked but it worked. If I could've i would've uninstalled Epic Online Services (EOS) but my pc wouldn't let me lmao. But I can play the game now anyway! Only problem now is that my pc is to bad to play rust but thats a simple fix ofc :)

YOU SAVE ME!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Conquest]

none of this worked