FIFA 23 Message Board  

This is yet another game in a long list of games that has added kernel level, operating system modifying, system wide .dll that literally changes the core OPERATING SYSTEM api code live running on your machine to block access BY YOU on YOUR OWN COMPUTER to things RUNNING ON THE MEMORY OF YOUR COMPUTER. In essence, you are effectively locked out of active running code on your own computer. What is it doing? Who knows, because EA decided you're not allowed to know.

The long and short of it is this is like Easy Anti Cheat, or Battleye. It's called EA Anticheat and it's ring 0, kernel level, operating system modifying hack code, much like a root kit or kernel virus, that hijacks your operating system and prevents you from using normal api calls to look at things on your own computer, including game code. You AGREE to this by accepting the EULA (of course after you buy the game), so for now, since this is new and not much is know about it, it's highly likely that this game will have no trainer, at least not very soon.

Also note, that it also has very stupid things in it, like alt-tab will disconnect your game if you are online, and stuff like that. So enjoy the next iron fist iteration of control over your computer by companies to this degree FOR A VIDEO GAME.

Note that these drivers over time get looked at by bad people, and there has already been nefarious things created with the EAC drivers to do things it wasn't intended, and when you have something doing that which is allowed to modify your operating system and is embedded at that level, you can see the harm that can be done. Games should not be doing this. Maybe BANK SOFTWARE IN THE BANK BEING USED BY BANK EMPLOYEES, but for video games?

Go complain to EA. Tell them you LIKE being able to modify and and MOD and use trainers for OFFLINE MODE video games. They should make a mode that starts with a command or something that launches the game OFFLINE with no online play but doesn't have this obtrusive and operating system level kernel changing driver running blocking you access to your own machine and it's memory.

Rant over, but now you know. There are currently no cheats for this game, or honestly no bypasses for this anticheat at this point anywhere, at least not public domain knowledge.

best,
Cal

Thanks anyway Cal, I read your post about it on FR forums. Seems like it's becoming more and more common for developers of games to implement this stuff to "Protect" their games.

I wasn't really expecting anything anytime soon anyway, and probably will stop playing the game as it's not really enjoyable at the moment. The entire Anti-Cheat system made me go around in circles for 2 hours trying to get the damn game to run!

Adam

Same for us. Their new EAAC is so good it keeps actual players from even being able to play the game. Bravo EA, you have outdone yourselves. I guess that is one way to stop cheating. Can't cheat if you can't play.

Wouldn't you think an authoritative game server would take care of this? That architecture can introduce lag but this isn't exactly a twitch shooter.
This industry learns nothing, some of us already lived through this with SecuROM. So is EA only hiring people born in the last decade who don't remember that crap?

i cant even play the game 😂 every time i try to play it say secure boot is not enabled on this machine😅 what a great company

My friend was whining about that anti cheat system, saying it didnt matter if he was playing alone or not

So... it basically means unless someone can come up with something that hasn't been previously done there won't be any cheats for the game? Does that actually affect everything? I'm just asking because I have no clue. So would that apply to "only" in match cheating or would that also mean stuff like adjusting the transfer budget and the likes is out too?

From the FAQ published on EA website the anticheat protects the whole game including any singleplayer component. Moreover, EA plans to add this anticheat to other EA games in the future. In worst scenario you wouldn't be able to cheat in any EA game in the future even if its a true only singleplayer game.