Re: Easy Anti Cheat Aint Being So Easy Why

I saw another post and they went in the EA/AC folder and deleted the three associated EAC files in there and this user said they haven't ran into any issues since then. I tried the same, just had the game crash on me again same error. This also does not work.

Tried a few more things, nothing works. I've seen people have gone as far as reinstalling Windows completely, I will definitely not be doing that. At this point the game has become unplayable till EA fixes this. 

EA ANTICHEAT 115

Ya got some processes running that arent white list by EA ANTI CHEAT.
For example , controller software

ds4windows is triggering Anticheat !
Probarly rewasd and joytokey also !ds4windows is triggering Anticheat !

Game Patchers ect ect ect ect

Cheers

Yeah, none of this applies to me no other applications were installed or being used. Its been the same since I've played this game since launch. 

Please let me know as soon as possible, I was playing this past weekend & this morning without any issues. After stepping away for a few hours I come back and I've tried pretty much everything. I refuse to reinstall windows however because that just doesn't make sense to do so.

What do you mean should be fixed now, what did EA / you do?=

Its okay to tell someone they were shadow banned my guy. I get it I'm to good for these kids, but damn yall had me worried.

@Rokebo73This has nothing to do with DS4windows , game ran fine for everyone up till last night.

@AntiCheatWard I don't see any updates via the EA launcher for BF 2042 , what exactly and how did you deploy a hotfix ?

@AntiCheatWardI have been getting BSOD and/or CTD when starting BF2042 due to ExpressVPN running in the background.  I don't know how a VPN could be used to cheat, but would you guys be able to whitelist VPN software so this stops happening?  Or at the very least, could you detect if a VPN is actually in use before triggering your countermeasures?  I haven't been using the VPN during gaming, but regardless, I have to stop all related background services and apps to avoid crashes.

Also, a much friendlier user experience would be a simple dialog box telling the user what unapproved app was detected.  Forcefully restarting the whole machine is quite harsh and could cause loss of other user data.

Thank you sir!

@BeWary Found your crash dumps. They may not have enough data for us to investigate as we can't find associated Windows symbols, but I'll get it assigned to our engineers for further investigation.

Edit: Can you update to the latest Windows version and see if it still happens? Whatever version you're on we can't find Windows symbols for, which is incredibly odd.

We also updated EA anticheat today, the latest version is 1.0.6832156.

With that updates in place, let me know if it continues happening.

Thanks!

Thanks @AntiCheatWard .  I am up to date as far as Windows Update goes.  I'm using Win 11 Home, 23H2. 

I just ran BF2042 a few minutes ago, per your request.  The ExpressVPN services were running in the background.  The game was loading into a match, and as soon as the loading finished, the sound distorted, I got a blank screen, and the machine rebooted.

UPDATE

@AntiCheatWard  I stopped my ExpressVPN services and ensured all background apps were stopped.  Next I started up BF2042 again and now the game is quitting on me before it even gets to the menu with this error in the Windows App Event Log:

The description for Event ID 1 from source Application cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

EAAntiCheatService
Failed signature validation for installer. (C:\Program Files\EA\AC/EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe)

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

_________________________________________________

It has done that twice in a row.  Did the earlier machine crash corrupt my installation?

Thanks @AntiCheatWard .  I followed these steps, and the reinstall of the AC software was successful.  After starting the game (with all ExpressVPN background apps closed and stopped), I was able to get into the game menu.  However, as soon as I selected a mode to play, the game crashed to desktop.  The App Event Log shows the following 4 errors related to the AC software at this time:

1) Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

2) (5s later):  Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

3) (1s later):  Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

4) (15s later): 

The description for Event ID 1 from source Application cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

EAAntiCheatService
StartServiceCtrlDispatcher failed with error: 1063

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

So at the moment, I cannot play the game at all, even with all ExpressVPN apps closed/stopped.

Thanks for the help. 🙂

@AntiCheatWardHas the anti cheat software been fixed yet?  Last I reported, I was getting manifest errors with the AC launching in the background, which prevented the game from starting.  I tried playing the game again a few days ago and that error seemed to have been fixed.  However, the game was performing like garbage because the AC detected something on my machine it didn't like (probably my ExpressVPN software, which I didn't close for this test).  I closed the game before the AC blue-screened my computer.

It would sure be nice if AC played nice.

I have updated Win11 to 24h2 on Saturday, since then i've experienced the same issue decribed on this thread and still haven't got any valid solution.

Before Win update i got the latest anti cheat package on EA app for BF1 (somewhere in middle of October) and previously in BF5.

They both works fine.....BF2042 not.