Development company announced that it will remove the cheat measure program that was added to the popular game 'Doom Eternal'


by Natty Dread

The popular FPS `` Doom Eternal '' released in March 2020 was updated on May 14, 2020, and `` Denuvo Anti-Cheat '' to eliminate cheating acts that illegally play by modifying tools and programs Was introduced. However, because there was a strong backlash from some players on the introduction of this Denuvo Anti-Cheat, id Software , the developer of Doom Eternal, announced that it will remove Denuvo Anti-Cheat with the next patch to be distributed. Did.

id Software will remove Denuvo anti-cheat from PC version of Doom Eternal-Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/20/21265562/doom-eternal-denuvo-anti-cheat-pc-removed

In addition to Doom Eternal, cheating in online multiplayer can greatly distract other players, and it may cause an error or instability due to a behavior that is different from the original behavior. Prohibited in online games. Of course, the game company is not silent about the cheating behavior of the players, taking strict disposition for the account that performed the cheating behavior, and taking measures against hitting cheaters who engage in cheating .

Introduced on the PC version of Doom Eternal, ' Denuvo Anti-Cheat ' is a program for cracking down on cheating, running at the kernel level behind the scenes of playing online and eliminating cheat tools. However, due to reasons such as 'Denuvo Anti-Cheat runs at a privileged kernel level', 'it was suddenly forced to be introduced by an update', 'the performance of the game may have deteriorated', etc. In distrust, reviews of online bulletin board sites Reddit and Steam were flooded with critical comments about the introduction of Denuvo Anti-Cheat.

What is the reason why popular FPS 'Doom Eternal' burns after introducing a cheat countermeasure program? -GIGAZINE


by Marco Verch

In response to this turmoil, id Software executive producer Marty Stratton posted a comment on Reddit . 'To not only protect Doom Eternal's online players from cheetahs, but also to establish a consistent cheat-fighting system and process,' Stratton said, 'to prepare for future releases of Invasion, which combines campaigns and multiplayer.' Kernel-level behavior is most effective in preventing cheating. '' Denuvo integration met security and privacy standards. '' In previous Doom games, players were disappointed because of delayed cheats in multiplayer. 'And explained why he chose Denuvo Anti-Cheat.

Despite this intention, however, given that many players refused to introduce Denuvo Anti-Cheat, Stratton said, `` In the next update, Denuvo Anti-Cheat will be released with Doom Eternal. Will be deleted from the PC version of. '



On the other hand, denying that the introduction of Denuvo Anti-Cheat was forced by the sales company Bethesda Softworks was groundless. In addition, he said that the poor game performance and stability is due to a code change on VRAM allocation and is not related to Denuvo Anti-Cheat.

In response to Mr. Tratton's statement, Reddit received many joyful comments such as 'Thank you for deciding to remove Denuvo Anti-Cheat' and 'Thank you for the transparency of id Software'. I will. However, it is unknown at the time of article creation how Doom Eternal will deal with cheating after Denuvo Anti-Cheat is deleted.

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