As Chris informed you a few hours ago, id Software was has been working on the first update for Doom Eternal. And today, the team has launched that update. Alongside some Quality of Life improvements, though, this update introduces the Denuvo Anti-Cheat system.
Denuvo Anti-Cheat uses a kernel-mode driver that aims to protect BATTLEMODE. The use of the kernel-mode driver starts when the game launches and stops when the game stops for any reason. Moreover, Denuvo Anti-Cheat does not take screenshots, scan your file system, or stream shellcode from the internet.
In short, this isn’t as intrusive as Valorant’s anti-cheat system. Furthermore, players can uninstal Denuvo Anti-Cheat at any time through the “Add or remove programs” dialog.
I’m certain that this news will disappoint some Doom fans. But anyway, regarding the QoL improvements, this patch reduces damage taken while swimming. It also adds vertical Dash ability when in water, as well as an option for Hold (Default) or Press functionality for Double Dash in the Game tab of the Main Menu Options. Hold allows the player to dash twice by holding the input. Press requires the player to press the input twice.
Update #1 also removes all difficulty damage scaling for both Water/Slime, and moves the Rad Suit in Taras Nabad directly in-front of the water area so the player clearly sees it when entering the arena.
As always, Steam will download this patch the next time you launch it!
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Idiots.
Trying to stop cheaters is idiotic? Nah, cheaters ruining the game is idiotic.
The game no longer runs offline you have to have denuvo installed there is no getting around it. It f*ks the campaign too. There are fps drops and game crashes in the single player because of this.
It stops when the game closes. Pretty inoffensive if you ask me.
Oh yeah, Sure. The fact that valorant ant cheater was disabliing peoples keyboards and mouses, making gpus overheat due to stoping custom fans configs it’s fine right ? For real, sometimes i think we deserve this sorry state that the gaming industry is.
Yeah cause no matter how bad the situation there is always a group of people willing to justify it. So long as they get to play the latest and greatest. FOMO is real
In this case, preventing cheating is the right thing to do.
Not when you do it nuking your computer…
Not like this.
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sigh…. gaming is dying, now its more about your online presence than playing through the game.
Is like they hate their own game.
most of companies seem to hate us
Given their anti-piracy is pure cancer, I dont expect anything better from this.
“In short, this isn’t as intrusive as Valorant’s anti-cheat system. Furthermore, players can uninstal Denuvo Anti-Cheat at any time through the “Add or remove programs” dialog.”
I don’t trust them
If Bethesda, Ubisoft, Square Enix & Capcom could put Denuvo on their Office supplies they would.
1. Denuvo is cancer.
2. Anti-Cheat systems are cancer.
There are a lot of successful games without any protection nor anti-cheat at all.
It’s funny. People are either complaining about cheaters in MP, or complaining about anti-cheat systems. Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
“players can uninstal Denuvo Anti-Cheat at any time through the “Add or remove programs” dialog.”
And will immediatly be installed again once you start the game.
Yup the game won’t run without it even if you don’t tough the multiplayer, this anti-cheat narrative is bullshit, its just an excuse for Bethesda/id to spy on us.
https://bethesda.net/community/topic/407885/why-you-should-remove-doom-eternal-immediately?language%255B%255D=en
I won’t necessarily not buy a game if it has Denuvo, but the hell if they are going to slip it in weeks after I bought it. Not cool at all.
Denuvo anti-tamper was there from the beginning. They just added anti-cheat system.
Roger that. But, it’s a whole bigger deal now. You get it.
Congratulations to everyone who keeps buying “marvelous” games with DENUVO!
Thanks for ruining my platform. I also want to thank all the “geniuses” who spend a lot of money on microtransactions and DLCs ripped of from the original content.
Someone actually plays MP?
Excellent!
A robust anti-cheat solution is necessary in order to stop cheaters running rampant.
A lot of games are removing DRM, they add it after launch
Congratulations to everyone who keeps buying sh*t games with DENUVO!
Thanks for ruining my platform. I also want to thank all the chimps who spend a lot of money in microtransactions and DLC ripped of from the original content.
This garbage is also needed for OFFLINE SINGLEPLAYER!
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they found a way to make it stuttery
just imagine a zero-day on something like this. nobody can guarantee that the system is 100% safe and beyond tampering.