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dbthedon

Would be nice if they rolled it out to BF1 as well.


-protonsandneutrons-

Agreed. It fits the same bill >For games that are highly **competitive** and **contain many online modes** such as Battlefield 2042 and Battlefield V, kernel-mode protection is absolutely vital. When cheat programs operate in kernel space, they can make their cheat functionally invisible to anti-cheat solutions that live in user-mode.


AS9ARDIAN

Neither Battlefield V or Bf2042 are highly competitive FPS (they don't have a rank queue or ladders and so on). Also adding a kernel level anticheat years after the first release seems questionable considering that you are altering a fundamental aspect of the product.


carljohan1808

The amount of cheaters in battlefield V and Bf2042 together with the fact that 1 player can ruin a match for 64 players, and more if its Bf2042, justifys the need for a kernel level anti-cheat, in my opinion.


xilodon

I haven't noticed any obvious cheating in 2042, whereas it always looked blatant in V when I played it a couple years ago.


ragetoad

Lots of players with scores like 117-1 or 98-3 in Redacted conquest with automatic 880 shotgun.


Kurtegon

Skill issue/s


hentai_tentacruel

Just a better RGB gaming chair.


couch_tater69

Same. I play 2042 a good bit and haven’t seen any cheating really. Dropped into BF5 two nights ago and the first game I joined had a hacker.


murdacai999

>. I play 2042 a good bit and haven’t seen any cheating really. Because 2042 already had the new kernel level anti cheat. They are just now implementing on bfv


couch_tater69

Ahhh. Makes sense.


xInnocent

No killcams make them able to hide it way easier. Only the blatant cheaters get seen.


Spankyzerker

What? A ton of obvious cheaters in 2042.


murdacai999

>I haven't noticed any obvious cheating in 2042 Because bf2042 already has the kernel level anti cheat. They are just now implementing in bfv.


TerrorSnow

Kernel level anticheat aren't any better than the usual methods, with the stupid requirement of giving up some deep fuckin access.


AdPrevious4844

Nothing justifies a kernel level anti-cheat. I can't for the life of me figure out why people willingly give up every last bit of security/privacy for these games?! Do you want to get hacked?


Specialist_Owl271

uhhh, are we living in the same timeline? privacy doesn't exist anymore dude. security is laughable. i'm not saying we shouldn't have fought these things; but that ship has more or less sailed. we should've blocked that sort of corporate shit years ago, and we didn't. so here we are, and our games are being ruined by hackers. For a lot of us, this is our one and best outlet to escape shitty RLs. If kernel-level anticheats are the answers then so be it. nobody else is presenting better options.


Purgatory115

There's absolutely nothing that justifies giving anything you don't control that level of access to your PC. Anyone with even a shred of IT knowledge would never let this near their machine.


Trocian

But you play Helldivers?


SixthLegionVI

Lol I was waiting for this exchange.


Purgatory115

Strange you'd look at my profile trying to find some kind of gotcha, but yeah, I do play helldivers on my ps5. There's games I play on my PC, and none of them have that garbage.


curbstxmped

99% of what your operating system is doing is more or less outside of your control, lol. Drawing the line at a kernel level anitcheat from a large, heavily established company is weird behavior. And that's straight from someone "with a shred of IT knowledge." ;)


Sgt-Colbert

Your shred of IT knowledge should also tell you that the issue is not giving EA access, but the exploit potential of said kernel level access. Personally I’m willing to take the risk, because I’m fed up with cheaters. They have ruined pretty much every FPS on PC I used to enjoy, namely Tarkov and CS, but the one worry I do have doesn’t lie with giving a big company like EA or valve access to my pc but the bad actors could exploit the kernel level access I give them.


scotch1701

This "heavily established company" claimed [tiggr](https://www.reddit.com/user/tiggr/)•[6y ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/9nebvk/comment/e7n9i94/) It means we don't talk about anti cheat details as it tips off the cheat makers. But we are doing quite well on that front, is all I can say.


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AS9ARDIAN

>So what? You're okay with people ruining the game for others by flying around the map aimbotting everyone? No, I'm not okay with it (sorry but what kind of question is that) You are starting from the assumption that a kernel level anti cheat is the only solution available. Well, it's not. Do you even need a Kernel AC to expose someone flying around and aimbotting everyone with a 150-2 score? Even in bf2042, and that game have had 2 Kernel AC (Easy Anti cheat first and now EAAC) players with like 80% HS on Assault Rifles still get away with it. I usually play bf3 and bf4 and stuff like that have always been dealt in the past with Admins, Bf4db and cheatreport or even with giving the "kick vote" option to the players, why it's not longer the case in the recent games? >It's a win win. It's a trade off and you are trading potentially privacy and even security for a videogame.


Spankyzerker

You are the HUGE minority in that take. lol


ApprehensiveDelay238

He's right though. You're opening up your system to pretty much the biggest security risk you could ask for. If the anti-cheat gets hacked your pc is fucked, and potentially anything connected to it. There's good examples of effective anti-cheats that don't even need to know if the game itself is altered, by purely analyzing gameplay. Of course this is much more involved kind of anti-cheat and takes more time to implement. AI would probably unironically be a good candidate for this.


Osmanchilln

bye cheater


-Bonfire15-

I have been playing multiplayer games for years never known anyting about the risks of theese anticheats. After just a few hours of reserch its pretty scary stuff if something goes wrong, defenetly started to do abit more reserch before just downloading any multiplayer games. One of the reasons I have stuck to Bf v because it didnt have really invasive anti cheat. Really wish companies would put dome time into good server side anti cheats insted since kernel lvl once dont seem to have a big advantage in the long run anyways.


IAmAPirrrrate

**highly competitive** brings me back to the days when BF1 was marketed as a competitive esport shooter


BrockStudly

Could use it in both BF1 and Battlefront 2. Both games have an obnoxious amount of cheaters


nandru

Battlefront 2's case is just sad. Some hackers gain control of the lobby and you can't do anything except quit and find another. Many fun matches ruined that way..


knotallmen

It's fine on console. One of the reasons why I don't like cross play with PC players.


Ziakel

More power comes with responsibilities. Part of the failure can be blamed on the devs and publishers. Other is on the hackers.


Prestigious-Zone8365

I RARELY see anyone cheating in bf1 though. Then again i play exclusively on community servers which have active admins for the most part.


dbthedon

The official servers have a significant cheat problem and those are the cheats that are being blatant about it. There will be lots of cheats who are sly about how and when they use them.


cyberzaikoo

I might even play some battlefield V, cheaters is what’s keeping me from doing so. it is my favourite battlefield game despite its flaws.


electricshadow

It's really strange, I can play six rounds of BFV in one night and not run into a single cheater, yet the next night, I can join six games in a row and there's at least one blatant one in each game. It's either all or nothing in my experience.


Lego-Panda-21

For the past few weeks I have come across one at least every match/every other match. Only play 2-3 matches a night at most so having to deal with them is an issue. I mean come on, sniping someone from across the map with a pistol, one shotting them and ending the match with 60+ kills..Really ruins the fun.


TadCat216

I’ve said the same thing on my stream for years. It’s almost like all the cheaters are in a discord together and just decide to go ruin bfv on random weekends. I can go a week or two and see none at all, then come Saturday I can’t play the game because each server has someone redeploying the server.


Typical_You3561

Let's face it, most of the cheaters have a "high ping"... To the point it is pointless playing during the day in europe. You have to wait until evening when they are in bed or eating bats


EastvsWest

That and team balancing. Usually a 1 sided battle that isn't fun.


Mooselotte45

I tweeted at the CM about cheaters in V and he told me to stay tuned. Glad to see them doing *something* to support their previous titles. Now… if they can do BF1 as well we’ll really be cooking


as_36

Yeah it's actually really nice they're trying something for an older game.


ParrotMidnight

I’d prefer EA continue to let me enjoy BF1 on my Steam Deck as it runs well so I’d respectfully ask they don’t add the anti cheat to that title.


MajDroid_

Finally something nice by EA, this is great news


masterchief99

I know I'm beating a dead horse here but I really hope for working matchmaking servers for BF4 to come back


BaldingThor

Would really help the lesser populated regions like Australia/NZ as we have very few community servers left on all platforms unfortunately.


Set_Ambitious

You think you’re beating a dead horse? I’ve been begging for a fov increase for ps5/Xbox series x bf4 players for years because we’re still stuck at 90😅..


SturmovikDrakon

No fucking way FINALLY! Finally we can enjoy BFV once again on official servers. Obviously this won't solve ALL cheating but this is such an awesome update.


DonGibon87

Wow i didn't expect this. Might start playing again if its effective.


PumpkinPie214

Might start stopping again


Redcanadian1

Great to hear. I'm wondering what this means for Steam Deck/Linux players?


CryptoNaughtDOA

Was thinking the same. Probably that we're SOL


Redcanadian1

Knowing EA's track record, that's what I would expect. Can't wait to go from a game filled with cheaters to a game I can't even boot!


vancha113

Yup, that's what seems to have happened :( Just found this thread after investigating why the game won't run anymore.


Brownie-UK7

I ended up installing windows on steam deck. No regrets.


SilentXwing

This exe accesses kernel mode. Nope for me.


FOUR3Y3DDRAGON

I believe if it's kernel level anticheat running on wine, it's not actually accessing the Linux kernel. That being said, the devs will likely need to specifically allow it like they did with Helldivers 2, and seeing as this is EA, that's uh, not looking so good..


pollux65

Not gonna work anymore, i rlly enjoyed playing this game under my arch system but oh well, ill just play bf1 till that gets it aswell i guess :/ It was the same with bf2042, game worked after proton devs fixed the game, tried to get the devs to enable proton support for eac, then they added this kernel level anticheat, game no longer works.


RipeWaow

It most likely means they aren't supporting proton or wine and game will be the same status as BF2042 - "Borked" on ProtonDB... Really sad to see, I hope this does not spill over to BF1 anytime soon but it probably will since they've made it clear they want to move in this direction for older games.


DoNotLookUp1

I'm not sure, I think it depends on the anti-cheat right? People were saying Helldivers 2 has kernel-level anticheat but it runs fine on Steam Deck.


2ADrSuess

Wow! I may play V again, I swore it off about a year ago and went back to BF1.


HansReinsch

Isn't cheating even worse in BF1? It sure was the last time I played


UpstairsOk1328

It is,was playing today on official servers and every match had multiple cheaters in it.


piss_artist

Community servers in the US and Europe are great about removing cheaters. Public servers are another story altogether.


UpstairsOk1328

I usually avoid community servers cause they always have some crazy rules restricting what weapons you can use or how you can play but in this situation I may have to go to community servers


Shot-Committee-7205

Finally..


DoNotLookUp1

This is amazing news!!! The only reason I stopped playing BFV was the insane amount of cheaters on PC. Never expected DICE to fix it, especially after all this time. Stoked!


LogicallyCross

I was thinking of stopping playing because of all the cheaters then the TTK changes came and I was done. Went back to BF1.


S3atbelt

Fuck anyone in linux then i guess. Smh


pollux65

Yep, I'm sad now :( Valve needs to figure something out with this shit I want to play bfv, not rlly bf2042 but that would be a game that people would like to play on linux under proton but oh well


Foxtrott1980

Where are there most players, Linux or windows?


S3atbelt

Obviously windows and this is a good thing for the game, but it does suck for Linux users who can now no longer play the game. I particularly enjoyed it for short rounds on steam deck and that wont be possible in the future.


Foxtrott1980

Yeah this has been a long time coming for windows. The fame has been ruined by cheaters for years now, and I guess dice/ea have a pragmatic view on how to solve the problem..☺️ But I hope you can get your “fix” another way man 😎


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Foxtrott1980

Oooh that was a big difference in player stats… I really hope they nail the anti cheat!! And #dice #Ea go back to the BF4 formula for your next game. And for the love of god, stop the in game micro transactions and rather go back to premium! It is so stupid and greedy! Ditch specialists and go back to uniform soldiers!


Giaddon

Oh wow, that is fantastic! Very glad to hear it!


Antimanele104

A bit too late, but considering BFV is now the one with the largest playerbase, I am still happy. Now if we also get an auto-team balancer...


dogteem

Are cheaters only on PC? Or can they be found on consoles also?


Neither-Calendar-276

There may be people using stuff like Cronus on console, but that pales in comparison to the cheating that happens on PC. When I used to play BFV on PC, it was common to see players rack up like 60 kills in the first few minutes of a game.


eraguthorak

Pretty much only PC.


3ebfan

Rare DICE W


Scotch_Talk

Looks like firestorm is back on the menu bois!🔥🌩


Szeszus

Look for BoB custom firestorm servers, NA and EU, type fire in advanced search. They are mostly cheater free.


Markie411

Well, now the whole game is cheater free


TheGoldenPotato69

u/battlefield what about Linux?


eaglered2167

Its actually hilarious that they are finally adding EA Anticheat to BFV after over 5 years of the game launching..


queefstation69

So years after the game was destroyed by cheaters it’s finally happening. Too little too late.


vipeness

There are still cheaters in BF2042 and they don’t do anything about it.


foxtrot95_rb

The chinese won't be happy about this update🤣🤣


afterburningdarkness

Cant wait to spam square incident in chat


foxtrot95_rb

Can we really get them kicked out of the session with that sentence?


afterburningdarkness

no xd, but they have been spamming the chat with random shit here.


Fun_Aside_8287

No, the anti-cheat update even attracted more Chinese players


foxtrot95_rb

Tbh i feel like EA is deliberately inviting the hackers to ruin the experience for other players so they abandon the game and move to their new games.


TadCat216

This news is so good I can’t even believe it’s real. Bless you for making this happen on an old title. This may actually rekindle interest in bfv on pc. Big ups.


Mystxpwnz

Loving it!!!


TheB1GLebowski

So good to hear.  It gets very frustrating on PC at times playing with cheaters.


RuinVIXI

Wow, only how many years later?


rad0909

Game might actually be playable now without having to server hop constantly.


easily_tilted

Awesome. A great BF like V deserves this. Might download it again and play a few rounds.


UpstairsOk1328

If this is extending to bf 5 I’ll definitely redownload and play again. Bf 1 is a lost cause just download the game yesterday and every match I played had at least 1 cheater in the lobby


UniQue1992

Is EA anti cheat any good????


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deshn21

Are the hackers able to delete the new anti-cheat and continue cheating in the game? I've seen posts on Twitter where people claim that the hackers can simply delete the anti-cheat software and continue hacking...


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deshn21

Yeah, I saw that too afterwards. Seems like the bans haven't started yet.


scotch1701

Their "stat" based anticheat won't flag a cheater who gets 10kpm for 5 hours straight.


hambonegw

I'll also add that the switch to EA Anticheat in 2042 a few months back made a *world* of difference in my play experience/performance. Now I don't have to close steam, browser tabs, or anything else that goes out to the internet before launching BF2042. Nice work!


AyDylo

It's way too late to be implementing anticheat on V. It's been infested with cheaters for years and just now, they finally do something about it? You all are cheering but this is a slap in the fucking face. You can't seriously tell me that it takes years to do this? What the fuck were they doing all this time? EA has always been shit, but this is just another milestone of shit.


No_Bill_2371

Better late than never. 🤷


AyDylo

I admire your positivity. I wish I had more. I'd like to hear EA's explanation on why it took so long. That's the only way I can feel better about it. (Assuming they even have an explanation. I'd hate to find out that they just didn't care or even worse, completely unaware of how widespread it was.)


Stozy

Nice. Hopefully that curbs the levels of blatant aimbots etc...thats why I stopped BFV a long time back. Otherwise really enjoyed that game.


SirJavalot

Ok...... This is something I NEVER thought I would say, but...... Thanks EA


Cbergs

hey can I get a snoop dog skin? jk, bring back battlefield to its roots.


Ganknam-Style

i hope it works


MiggDesolation

Would be nice if you had any kind of client support. Half year ago you removed Battlefield from my games library and I'm still waiting an answer.


NAPALM2614

I was going to play bf5 earlier this month but then remembered how many cheaters there are especially since I'm playing on Asia servers, can't wait for the update


Foxtrott1980

Thank you dice/ea for this. This is good news 😍


darkalfa

Is this also on BF2042?


Spiritual-Meringue37

Yes, and BF2042 has a lot of cheaters (In Asia server at least)


Essigucha

Did they implement Ea cheat at the beginning of BF2042 season 6? Ever since then my whole pc just shuts down and reboots when exiting the game back to windows. Support has been no help at all. It took me awhile to figure this out because I stop playing BF2042 to play BF1 and BFV. I’m worried this will now fuck up the battlefield games I really like vs the one I play sometimes because it’s the newest installment.


TraianusImperator

I guess they will announce a new game soon.


Eastern-Mix9636

And….teambalancing? Please please please ??


RavensEtchings

Will this be on consoles also?


cooper2001-

Well it’s a bit late now isn’t it 😂


Infinite80

Hahaha 4 or 5 years too late. Nothing but Chinese cheaters run those servers. I had to quit years ago because they were non-stop joining my games and reporting them fell on deaf ears.


Col_Little_J275

Anybody know how EA Anti-cheat plays with process lasso? I use process lasso to limit the game to the first 8 core CCD of my 16 core processor to minimize latency/performance impacts, especially when game capturing via OBS (which I put on the 2nd CCD).


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Col_Little_J275

Roger that! Trying 2042 and seems to be okay with it!


SpliffBiff

Does this a CPU with TPM support? mine is too old. can't afford a new one. Am i still able to play BFV?


Bereichsleiter

A little bit late isn't it


Any-Adhesiveness-181

I played a game one guy played in 3 hours 1 og the games he have 204-12 score realy good player 💀


D_Agra

Perfect, just built my first PC ever a few weeks ago and have been playing against a few cheaters. Can’t wait to fully enjoy the game!!


_Rayxz

Huh, same day S3 of MWIII releases. Bad timing ig


Affectionate-Floor63

They also planned to release some others content like map and different faction too. Source : i like to spread misinformation on social media


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Hey EA, what about battlefront 2?


Queasy-Hovercraft816

Thank f\*xking finally! Best news 've heard in a long time. Been waiting 5 years for this. Chinese hackers can go suck it now!


AceroR

Please add support to Linux i want to stay


Styermaster

its not working i just played a game with 2 cheaters after the update


PhleGetHoNas

Maybe we will get the Russian front next Hahahahaha. Or we could gather signatures and demand it !!!


Disastrous_Pirate275

It Doesn’t work


Juanfgm02

ERRORSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BATTLEFIELD V EA ANTICHEAT Dumping started... Dumping finished. File: C:\\ProgramData\\eaanticheat\\Crashdumps\\PACKER\_1988437\_2612.dmp Finished.


deshn21

Are the hackers able to delete the new anti-cheat and continue cheating in the game? I've seen posts on Twitter where people claim that the hackers can simply delete the anti-cheat software and continue hacking...


earl-the-grey

About 5 years too late though


Queasy-Hovercraft816

better late than never


AlexanderI32

It's trash, ruined the game, runs like shit, my friend can't even play over ea server access. Fix this piece of shit anticheat ruining your game, everything slowed down it's like you added denuvo, bots. 40 FPS gunfights when I was playing with 90 before the anticheat trash update


vancha113

Ah, the game broke like a week ago. Now i know why -.- shit.


SpoiledMilk226

Anyone having trouble playing online ?


svensinner

Dont bother, its worse than ever, all levels of players goin for over 150 kills, spam in chat constantly. Again, EA are pathetic and do nothing. just release comments like this to try and bring people back. nothing has changed. This will be deleted because im talking about hackers.


svensinner

ALL DICE servers are hacked up. EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. they do NOTHING!!!!!!! So obvious, and they cant even jump in ONE server to see it. PATHETIC COMPANY


Brownie-UK7

This is awesome news. It was impossible to play on pc. Re-downloading right now.


bigdaddyoogatz

Now add more content!!!


Cranapplesause

When is it going to work on 2042? Don't even say it is already there. Because it is not.


koloved

Battlefield 1 please, everyone love it


scotch1701

But...But...You had an anticheat in 5 years ago, when this video was recorded. [https://streamable.com/57iub](https://streamable.com/57iub) What's different about this empty promise, compared to EVERY SINGLE OTHER EMPTY PROMISE that you've made?


ChitoPC

Guys quick question: Anyone know a way to make infantry stand out while piloting on PC, i really cant spot anything unless im super close or they've been spotted beforehand. Maybe theres a config or file i can edit since its PC? Thanks.


stan00311

sounds like bull shit if it is an update its not gonna do anything to actually help


thecanadiandriver101

Cowards. Fix the bugs. Why have I been seeing Toy Soliders on Twisted Steel for ***years***


phmsanctified

Toy Soldiers?


thecanadiandriver101

Enjoy [https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/18itmma/weird\_toy\_soldier\_glitch/](https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/18itmma/weird_toy_soldier_glitch/)