Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat Easy Anti-Cheat

[Sylphin☆]

Why?

[Faberge]

Yeah, I am kinda upset with these news too, but what does that really mean for players? Some spyware possibility or something like that?

[Tigerhawk71]

Anti-cheat software typically has elevated access to make it harder for cheats to go undetected.

EAC isn't new and isn't dangerous. It means nothing.

[NiamhNyx]

EAC has been around a long time. Its basically a "quick fix" against cheating, not the best, not the worst. People are just in a panic because there is "potential" for a kernal level anti cheat to be malicious. Which ironically, everything has that same potential on a pc.

[sunofpearl89]

Fingers crossed they allow Steam Deck like so many other rootkit anti cheat games do. SAO Fatal Bullet (another Dimps game) is only available single player on Deck/Linux due to the anti cheat blocking it.

Allowing the user to pick between protected and non-protected like MCC does would be preferable.

[tokumeiko]

Originally posted by Tigerhawk71:

Anti-cheat software typically has elevated access to make it harder for cheats to go undetected.

EAC isn't new and isn't dangerous. It means nothing.

if you can't detect cheating at the program level, then you probably aren't putting a lot of effort into cheat detection in the first place, kernel level cheat detection isn't going to be a big improvement if you aren't doing the bare minimum in the first place.

[thecintokrator]

RIP. Was looking forward to the re-release, but this put a damper on that. Might go for Switch version, but would have preferred getting on Steam/PC. :/

[Lintton]

I doubt it will keep people from messing up the rankings.

[Xeawn ~Rafa~]

The Steam Deck is my daily driver so this is really concerning news.

[Scyris]

Originally posted by sunofpearl89:

Fingers crossed they allow Steam Deck like so many other rootkit anti cheat games do. SAO Fatal Bullet (another Dimps game) is only available single player on Deck/Linux due to the anti cheat blocking it.

Allowing the user to pick between protected and non-protected like MCC does would be preferable.

7 days to die has this on pc, you can play the game with EAC enabled or Disabled, if your using a mod that uses custom code it basically requires it to be disabled as EAC will let the code run which then breaks the entire mod/overhaul.

Besides EAC is not going to stop much, people will just use a save editor to cheat most likely and thats done from outside the game itself so EAC won't do jack to stop that. EAC is also quite easy to bypass, most anti-cheats seem to be anyway as people still cheat like hell no matter what anti-cheat thing the game uses they find a way. I personally never cheat in a game because if your going to cheat why even play the game in the first place?

[Scyris]

Originally posted by Lintton:

I doubt it will keep people from messing up the rankings.

Those can prob be messed up with a save editor, since all that sort of stuff would be saved to the save and they can just edit the values. I never believe rankings in any game as 98% of the time most of the people there have cheated to get there.

[tassadarforaiur]

I loved this game on the vita, and I had it wishlisted, but I moved it to ignore when I saw EAC on the store page. I'm not paying bamco so that they can have more control of my PC than I do, through a 10 year old game with a texture pack.

[tokumeiko]

Originally posted by tassadarforaiur:

I loved this game on the vita, and I had it wishlisted, but I moved it to ignore when I saw EAC on the store page. I'm not paying bamco so that they can have more control of my PC than I do, through a 10 year old game with a texture pack.

yeah I'm definitely getting the game on console, EAC means no mods, so I may as well get it on switch so I can at least enjoy a handheld game experience.

[Bort]

Welp that killed my interest in the PC version. Guess I'll pick it up on the switch when it gets a heavy discount.

[katsub]

Well ♥♥♥♥ i guess into the ignore list it goes and also it is hilarious there already are slop defenders in the thread.

[Outlaw Mugen]

Hmm i don't remember Easy Anti-Cheat being a kernel level...