Helldivers will likely be switching up its anti-cheat, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has admitted that its Gameguard cheat coverage “wasn’t as efficient because it might have been.”
In a post made to the game’s Steam page (not obtainable within the UK – get that VPN on), the crew explains the choice: “The implementation of GameGuard for Helldivers 2 wasn’t as efficient because it might have been […] In the long run we determined to take one other path with EAC. EAC is an trade commonplace utilized in over 200 video games, and we imagine this will likely be an efficient approach to defend the Galactic Warfare and can higher defend truthful gameplay and the integrity of the sport.”
As a part of this shift, Arrowhead additionally confirmed that a number of non-malicious mods, akin to beauty adjustments, will must be up to date to work alongside Simple Anti-Cheat. “We all know mods are a part of the DNA of PC gaming and gaming communities as an entire. Normally, we respect the creativity behind beauty and non-gameplay mods, which gamers can take pleasure in with out negatively impacting those that play alongside them,” the put up reads.
“The place we have to enhance is how we defend gamers towards modifications that create unfair benefits or negatively affect others, which fits past software program manipulation to tamper with our recreation. These adjustments imply that some mods, notably the kinds which can be affecting the expertise of different gamers, could now not perform.”
The put up continues to implore those that really feel a non-malicious mod has been blocked by Simple Anti-Cheat to achieve out through Zendesk. So, there needs to be a little bit of a tough transitional interval, however hopefully a number of the enjoyable mods needs to be good to go once more within the close to future.
It is certainly true that Simple Anti-Cheat has change into the norm for an unlimited number of PC video games. Nevertheless, whatever the anti cheat getting used, those in the UK are still unable to play Helldivers 2 as a consequence of a mysterious difficulty. Sony has promised to deal with the difficulty with Valve, however as of writing there’s been no decision to the issue.