My computer says this contains a virus! - Antiviruses can hate the included files for various reasons, and can randomly mark third-party DLLs and .exe files as viruses.
Will using mods get me banned? - No, you cannot use these particular mods unless EasyAntiCheat is disabled and EAC won't retroactively punish you for disabling it (I can't guarantee that it won't react to altered saves).
Can I play online with mods? - As stated, you can only play with these mods if EAC is disabled, this forces the game into offline mode.
Can I still earn achievements while the anti-cheat is disabled and I'm playing offline? - Yes, all achievements that don't require you to do online stuff can be earned while using this tool.
If you have any issues then please comment below and include the contents of "anti_cheat_toggler_log.txt" if it is relevant.
For me this made Flawless Widescreen not work, I would get an error about how the game couldn't find the FOVAdjustment injection point. Manually renaming eldenring.exe to start_protected_game.exe and renaming or deleting the original start_protected_game made Flawless Widescreen work, well, flawlessly.
Edit: Nevermind, it was ERSS-FG causing the issue.
Have been trying this for a few days now, getting the following error (after doing several of the troubleshooting recs others have posted): Could not find start_protected_game.exe, please move anti_cheat_toggler.exe into the game folder or try to verify your game files through Steam.
I can't re-enable EAC for online play, the toggle doesn't work and neither does the start_protected_game, ive tried everything and EAC wont come back on and i cant do anything online, can someone help?
I feel so s#*! right now i literally just bought this game.
game literally stops right after launching via steam
follows some guide and verifies game files- launch again via steam: white screen loads and i thought it worked - goddamned stopped itself again
uninstall-install-delete EAC-verify game- restart pc: STOPPED AGAIN. (this is my first hour trying to fix the game)
followed another guide, i literally have no Epic Games but i downloaded it- updated it- closed it then launch again- nothing changes oh my god
i was hopeless and its now three hours after updating every single thing.
i was hoping when i saw this page since i was desperate that i searched help on youtube instead- downloaded this mod- did follow everything- hoping- HOLY s#*! IT DID NOT WORK. I MIGHT REFUND THE GAME AFTER ALL because nothing hell changes and its still on white screen and stops itself!
try removing your anti-virus? could be because it's being blocked by it. Happened to me and after removing it completely from my computer it booted the game right up.
"looks like start_protected_game.exe is a copy of the game executable, please remove it and replace it with the original EasyAntiCheat executable. ıf you dont have it then you can verify your game files through steam to get it back" I encounter such an error, what should I do?
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- My computer says this contains a virus! - Antiviruses can hate the included files for various reasons, and can randomly mark third-party DLLs and .exe files as viruses.
- Will using mods get me banned? - No, you cannot use these particular mods unless EasyAntiCheat is disabled and EAC won't retroactively punish you for disabling it (I can't guarantee that it won't react to altered saves).
- Can I play online with mods? - As stated, you can only play with these mods if EAC is disabled, this forces the game into offline mode.
- Can I still earn achievements while the anti-cheat is disabled and I'm playing offline? - Yes, all achievements that don't require you to do online stuff can be earned while using this tool.
If you have any issues then please comment below and include the contents of "anti_cheat_toggler_log.txt" if it is relevant.Edit: Nevermind, it was ERSS-FG causing the issue.
So make sure you don't have any mods that replace any existing files/folders in /game/!