Anti Cheat Authentication Timed Out

[Clu]

I keep getting this ever so often when I queue for 40 minutes to join a server.
A game restart fixes it.
I believe the issue is caused when the Easy Anti Cheat splash screen / loader is not focused on launch.

[Clu]

This is a real issue, please stop deleting these threads. At first I thought it was an issue because I using mobile tethering to get less ping, but I'm pretty sure its something to do wit the easy anti cheat not being focused when loading.

[bllx [S.O.]]

i get it too, but it only happens when the space I've been queuing for becomes available on server map change.
So, if I end up joining after queuing for ages because a bunch of people have left at the end of a map, then I get kicked shortly after spawning on the server's new map, maybe after 1 or 2 minutes, with an EAC error message.
I have always had this and stopped worrying about it years ago. Would be nice to have a fix though.

Tips:
While you're in the queue, if you see your place jumping forward quite quickly, it might be a good time to leave the queue! It probably indicates a map change. Wait 30 secs then try.

Or speak to people currently on the server you're trying to join (Im often trying to join a server a friend is on, so this can work): ask them to msg you when the map changes. Time your join attempt right.

[Clu]

Although it does happen quite a lot on map changes, it can happen mid game also.

[smsKONG]

It used to happen to me a lot when I was sat in a queue for too long - try refreshing the server list a short amount of time before you join. I haven't had any issues since I started doing this

[Clu]

Ok I'll give that a go, but queueing for 45 minutes only to get this kick is a little demoralising.

[worm]

FIX THIS PROBLEM FFS

[ekerci]

mine is a bit different. I join to the game then i choose my team, then I cant create a squad or join to a squad. buttons don't work then kicks me out from the game and says anti cheat aut.

fix it pls

[Propaganda of the Deed]

Publicado originalmente por ekerci:

mine is a bit different. I join to the game then i choose my team, then I cant create a squad or join to a squad. buttons don't work then kicks me out from the game and says anti cheat aut.

fix it pls

Same - did you find a fix?

[trokari]

I started getting a lot of Easy anti-cheat problems after the 6.0.1 -hotfix. The problem manifests itself usually as the "stuck in loading screen" problem when joining the server. After a while you get the "[EOS] Authentication failed / timed out (1/2) error" -error.

I don't know if this is related, but I spotted the following in Squad.log after one failed login attempt: "squad Player: Not Authed, cant check ownership of any appids"

Sometimes you're able to join servers just fine, but then the bug might strike again when the server is switching maps. This is extremely annoying when you got a good teams going in-game and just drop off or are unable to join after queuing to server for a long time. This problem needs to be addressed ASAP!

I've tried to troubleshoot this by deleting the "EasyAntiCheat" -folder in the Squad game folder and then checking the game file integrity in Steam. This seemed to help a bit, although it's hard to determine. I still keep getting stuck in the loading screen and the authentication fails ever so often.

I've also checked that the "Easy Anti-Cheat (Epic Online Services)" -service is started when the game starts. The problem is not related to server network latency (ping) either. It happens on server with 40ms ping and also on 120ms ping servers.

Dear Devs, you need to solve this thing. It's much worse than some random sound bugs or the like. This is really hurting the game now. Work with the Easy anti-cheat's people or do whatever you need to, but PLEASE rise the priority of solving this issue.

[phiberoptik]

I'm having same problem , I can spawn in and it runs for a bit then kicks me out

[trokari]

I usually can't even spawn. It's just the running man loading screen for some time and then I'm kicked out with the authentication failed error. For a few days it worked pretty well when I was first joining the server. I got in fast, short loading screen like before and played the whole map, but when the server loaded a new map, I usually got stuck in the loading screen again and got kicked out.

I just uninstalled Squad and am I'm the process of reinstalling the whole crap. I even deleted the \AppData\Local\SquadGame -folder for a good measure. It didn't get removed when I uninstalled the game. We'll see if this is going to do anything, but I'm not holding my breath.

Some people on the servers said they didn't have any problems while some claimed having the exact same issues. All I know this started with 6.0.1 -patch. Before that I had the loading screen bug every now and then, but most of the time the game worked fine. Now it's borderline unplayable.

[trokari]

Well, reinstall seemed to work for a day, but I'm getting repeated loading screens again so I'm guessing it has nothing to do with the stuff at my side. I have no clue what it could be. I even made sure Easy Anti-Cheat (Epic Online Services) is allowed to access all networks in my firewall. Or maybe it is the new Easy anti-cheat version they're using?

I wish the DEVS would comment on this crap and let us know they are actually planning on trying to sort this out.

[trokari]

I've done Prime95 torture test for 30 mins to make sure there's nothing wrong with my hardware (CPU, MOBO, memory) that could tick off EAC. I ran a rootkit scan with two separate tools and I'm about to reinstall newest graphics drivers too.

I've also created a ticket to Offworld industries' support few days ago and sent them all my game logs. If this keeps going on for long, I'm going to haul my ass to Arma 3 and forget a bout Squad.

[screamer]

You're not the only one having this issue, I just reinstalled only 2 weeks after uninstalling the game having no issues, and now I'm facing EOS auth errors every time I try to join certain servers, sproadically. Fixed my firewall, tried verifying game files, reinstalling the game, nothing seems to work at all. I'm tired of the devs doing something and immediately nuking their game into unplayability (seems to happen every patch).

[trokari]

For some odd reason, my Authentication errors disappeared almost around the same time I create the ticket to Offworld. I also gave them my Steam ID in the process. I'm using Avast antivirus so I created an exception for Easy anti cheat everywhere I could. That is, in General settings and in Blocked/Allowed apps I allowed both EAC and Squad executables.

Altho I did try disabling the whole Avast before submitting the ticket and back then it made no difference. I sent Offworld my logs and process monitor recordings and based on them, they said that Avast is interacting the game and recommended disabling or removing it.

So I actually have no clue why it started working now or what fixed it. Or if the problem was/is at my end at all.