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Does Vanguard physically damage hardware? No. Does this impact hardware or software in any ways unrelated to Riot’s games? No. The IOMMU security protection does not impact hardware, and would only impact the ability of players using DMA cheat devices to play our games. Are normal players affected? Players not using DMA cheat hardware are unaffected. Why target DMA cheats? DMA-based cheats are among the most sophisticated forms of cheating because they attempt to bypass traditional software detection by accessing memory directly through external hardware. I’m affected by this. How do I fix it? To continue cheating in other titles with this device, you may simply disable IOMMU in BIOS in the same place that you enabled it. Of course, you still won’t be able to play our games with these cheat devices enabled. Why did Riot joke about “bricking” PCs? We didn’t. The “paperweight” comment was about VALORANT cheat devices that no longer work in VALORANT. No hardware is being damaged and no other functionalities are impacted.

Just caught up on the Riot Games Vanguard drama. Yall cannot be serious right? The hate train against Riot's anticheat is obviously an attempt led by the cheaters to fool the masses into believing that Riot is 'bricking' consumer PCs. Most blatant form of public manipulation I've seen yet. They try to go the highground 'morality' route of how 'Riot shouldn't have control over consumer hardware' but that's not even remotely close to what Vanguard is and can do. It's disgusting how many people's falling for this false narrative. Do yall have brains? Wake tf up you are literally getting manipulated by the cheaters into putting public pressure on Riot so that they can have an easier time cheating in competitive games. For all their faults, the one good thing about Riot is that they have managed to keep the competitive integrities of their games up at a level far above industry standards, and they've managed to achieve that in the least obstructive way possible. Can anyone name a single instance where their non-cheating device stopped working after playing a Riot game? You can't. Because that's literally never happened. Stop falling for the fake news, retards.

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Are you serious, right now? even as a non-base Arknights player, I can understand their design philosophy with Sarkaz

Mi Fu is a really sarkaz I'm fucking done Who the fuck design sarkaz like that

Well, that escalated quickly. There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices. The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components). Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software. Our latest update enforces standard platform security features, like the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), on accounts identified as using Direct Memory Access (DMA) cheating devices. These protections are already part of modern systems and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory in downstream applications, like our games. If a cheat setup continues attempting to cheat after those protections are enabled, the system may generate hardware faults or instability. This is expected behavior under IOMMU when attempts are made to read protected memory. Disabling IOMMU allows the cheat device to function again, but IOMMU will still be required to play our games. This means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion. This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected. We’ll keep investing in anti-cheat to protect competitive integrity, and we’ll keep being as transparent as possible about how those systems work.

Mi Fu is a really sarkaz I'm fucking done Who the fuck design sarkaz like that

Mi Fu is a really sarkaz I'm fucking done Who the fuck design sarkaz like that

Wait can someone explain to me why people are mad they are banning DMA cheats by bricking them? This is a good thing no? Fuck all cheaters?