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Now answer me how is this update not help for all of those who keep asking EA to do something against cheaters?
Because this was never the norm for BF1, BFV, BF4, SWBF2 or ANY BF titles, even when they had their cheating debacle for over the years those titles were receiving in-game anti-cheat support for the game. Global Anti-Cheat and EAC were relevant for past BF titles including SWBF2. BF2042 is an exclusive case for players to enable Safe Mode to play a single BF title, no other. This has never been done before and for EA/DICE to twist this around to their advantage and to the players disadvantage for potentially damaging their PC, isn't the solution and EA/DICE knows this. We shouldn't "need" to configure our PC's to play a game because of cheaters. There's going to be cheaters in every online FPS game 10, 20 years from now, then what....every title going to have a new or improved Anti-Cheat and guess what, someone smarter out there will still find a way to bypass that anti-cheat and the next one, slip in their cheating programs and use them. I'm trying to help you understand that this isn't a conducive solution. EA/DICE is doing more HARM than GOOD with this situation. Check the thread, MORE people are having issues getting BF2042 to work and STILL receive error codes even when their Safe Mode is enabled.
This is doing nothing for cheaters. Just like EAC and every other Anti-Cheat system EA/DICE has thrown to BF game titles. Cheaters are still present in BF2042, this "Safe Mode" idea was to minimize the amount of cheaters being able to get into BF2042, it will not prevent every cheater from getting into BF2042.
I CAN 100% put my PC in "Safe Mode" to play BF2042 If I wanted to, I just choose not to because I play many other games that don't require to configure my BiOS to put my PC in Safe Mode which could potentially not work because my Safe Mode is OFF and everything is good as gravy with all the game I play right now. I've never said BF2042 was "bad" to play. I enjoy playing BF2042. It's the fact that EA/DICE has to FORCE the players if they want to play a video game that they've created, with their anti-cheat built specifically for BF2042 infrastructure to put into Safe Mode is mind blowing. They're minimalizing the potential of cheaters getting through to play the game. This solution that everyone is posting to put their PC into "Safe Mode" to play BF2042, they're giving cheaters the solution to play BF2042 and still use their cheats. Safe Mode is not "cheat program proof". To think it is, it's laughable.
Now you may be thinking "The reason why you don't want to put your PC into Safe Mode is because you probably use cheats!". (puts hands up). Oh boy, you sure got me there. Surly I wouldn't be because it could potentially harm my other games from running properly because I might be a cheater, right? I don't have an impressive K/D or stats to care to cheat anyway, if EA/DICE were to know I was a blatant cheater, my account would of been banned from playing BF2042 A LONG time ago since launch and I only have ONE account with BF2042 installed.
Look at the consensus here in this thread. People are having issues no matter how many solutions you or EA/DICE throws at them, YT links to watch on how to put your PC in Safe Mode. People just don't want to bother and don't have a good feeling that this will be required going into BF6. In my years I've been playing BF titles from 1942, Bad Company all the way to BF2042, this is the FIRST time EVER I had to configure my PC in BiOS to play ANY BF title because of "cheaters". Ever. Whoopy do!! People cheat in video games, it's nothing new!! This isn't right, this is the wrong direction and solution EA/DICE gave to players because they can't produce a working Anti-Cheat. Plain and simple. The years of Anti-Cheats from every single BF title did catch cheaters ect, but overall, they've ALL failed because the Anti-Cheat wasn't good enough, people still found a way to bypass the anti-cheat system and use them and will continue to do so. This Safe Mode solution STILL isn't good enough because there are cheaters still playing BF2042.
BF2042 is an exclusive case for players to enable Safe Mode to play a single BF title, no other. This has never been done before and for EA/DICE to twist this around to their advantage and to the players disadvantage for potentially damaging their PC, isn't the solution and EA/DICE knows this.
Never heard that anyone run BF2042 in Safe Mode lol.. Just one question? Why to make your life difficult?
About "potentially damaging their PC"... You can potentially damage your PC when you surf on internet or you can get potentially hurt simply walking on the street minding your own business.. I can go on.
We shouldn't "need" to configure our PC's to play a game because of cheaters. There's going to be cheaters in every online FPS game 10, 20 years from now, then what....every title going to have a new or improved Anti-Cheat and guess what, someone smarter out there will still find a way to bypass that anti-cheat and the next one, slip in their cheating programs and use them.
If you know that cheat makers will find the way to bypass anti cheat anyway then why you keep demanding a fix against cheaters from EA?
We all know that it is endless cat and mouse that never ends.
People were demanding solution and there you have it. Due to cheat makers finding new ways to cheat then EA have to do the same by having Secure Boot enabled..
This is what you were asking for.. You should say "Thank you" not to moan here.
I'm trying to help you understand that this isn't a conducive solution. EA/DICE is doing more HARM than GOOD with this situation. Check the thread, MORE people are having issues getting BF2042 to work and STILL receive error codes even when their Safe Mode is enabled.
I'm lost here.. What about Safe Mode? What you on about?
In my years I've been playing BF titles from 1942, Bad Company all the way to BF2042, this is the FIRST time EVER I had to configure my PC in BiOS to play ANY BF title because of "cheaters". Ever.
As i said before.. Anti Cheat will improve and cheat makers improve. It is like climbing up the stairs with new methods and solutions.. It is keep going more difficult and nothing you can do about it. You asked a fix You got it.
Whoopy do!! People cheat in video games, it's nothing new!! This isn't right, this is the wrong direction and solution EA/DICE gave to players because they can't produce a working Anti-Cheat.
Question. Do you know anything about any coding language or programming in general? I know that this answer is big NO.
You can't understand how anti cheat or cheats work if you have no idea how they work.. So that there is just some moaning you do.
The years of Anti-Cheats from every single BF title did catch cheaters ect, but overall, they've ALL failed because the Anti-Cheat wasn't good enough, people still found a way to bypass the anti-cheat system and use them and will continue to do so.
You answered that yourself with this one:
