Anticheat: Anti-cheat client protection error right after connecting to a match, 100%

[dark forge]

Played just fine 2 Fridays ago and tried to play again last Sunday i believe and since cant stay connected in a match...feels like i've tried everything to get it to work, to fix the problem, seems like the easyanticheat eos service wont start and erros out with error 87:

[misty stag]

check this post, maybe this causing the issue on your end

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[dark forge]

thanks!, my windows 11 is fully updated to version 24h2:

still getting the error message and kicked from connected games...if i try to join another game after getting that first Anticheat message, the game allows me to stay in for like 10-15 seconds and then kicks me giving me the following error message:

this is such a bummer, like it might just be my fav game of all time after 40+ years of video gaming. with 1300 hrs in, i was looking forward to another 1300...dang

[burnt lichen]

Hey @dark forge , thanks for the post. If you haven’t already, I recommend verifying the game files or completely reinstalling the game.

Here is the guide for Steam: https://youtu.be/LwGLNVdau20?si=g_XhM_S8nHesH5N9

Epic Games Guide: https://youtu.be/IV5FMzBEcW8?si=qxM-pQ4X4iwAOwzw.

Let me know the results! Thanks.

[dark forge]

Thanks Gaelryn and apologies for the delayed response. Yes I've reinstalled and run this verification a bunch of times including removing the EAC folder and running the verification to get it to reinstall the EAC folder which doesn't seem to help. Here's a screenshot from running the verification just now:

I've actually tried a handful of steps to resolve from videos on youtube and googling and reinstalling spending many hours trying to resolve. Irony is the thing that is supposed to protect my game experience is putting the kibosh on it.

In Windows security under "Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection" there is a warning of incompatible drivers with EAC in the screenshot here which may provide some light: