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