For v1.05

【06.24 update/v1.05】【Github transfer: anti-cheating switcher + offline launcher v4.2】

First of all, thank you to the original author of the tool: TechieW

Original address:

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Corresponding game versions: v1.02.0 ~ v1.05. If there are no accidents, other subsequent versions will also be supported.

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The following is a machine translation of the original text:

With anti-cheat disabled, you will not be able to play games online. This tool is not a workaround for EasyAntiCheat and will not help you play online with a modified client. It's just for easy switching between modded and non-modded games.

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How safe is this?

Totally safe. Anti-cheat is completely turned off and won't penalize you for it when you turn it back on. However, if you modify your save using cheats (infinite runes, OP gear, etc.), I cannot guarantee that if you reopen it afterwards, anti-cheat will not detect it.

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Install:

Place all contents in "Anti-Cheat Switcher + Offline Launcher v4.2.zip" into your game folder, for example: "G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ELDEN RING\Game\".

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Usage:

Just run " toggle_anti_cheat.exe " once and it will edit the file accordingly (disable EAC and open any installed modules). Run the .exe again to re-enable anti-cheat and disable all mods, allowing you to play online again. When anti-cheat is turned off, the game says "Inappropriate activity detected" in the menu, and that's right.

Regardless of where you start the game, the game will start with EasyAntiCheat disabled and you do not need to use " start_game_in_offline_mode.exe ".

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Offline launcher:

If you don't care about switching, you can use "start_game_in_offline_mode.exe" to start the game directly in offline mode. This will make the game behave the same as if anti-cheat is turned off. You can create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking the .exe and clicking "Send to" -> "Desktop (Create Shortcut)".

If you're not using a switcher and just the launcher, launching the game from anywhere else will cause the game to launch with EasyAntiCheat enabled!

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Why not use other methods?

Using this tool should be the preferred method of disabling EasyAntiCheat, as the old method of replacing "start_protected_game.exe" with a copy of "eldenring.exe" can cause problems after the game is updated.

With the old method, if you launch the game through Steam after the game has been updated, it will launch the game using an old copy of the executable (i.e. start_protected_game.exe), effectively making you play an older version of the game.

Instead, this tool will make "start_protected_game.exe" start "eldenring.exe" so that the latest game version is always used and EasyAntiCheat will be disabled no matter how you start the game.

winhttp.dll is just a dummy agent .dll whose only function is to stop EasyAntiCheat from loading when a game update replaces our modified "start_protected_game.exe" with the original EasyAntiCheat executable (I'm pretty sure it doesn't do this every time). In this case, EAC will stop the game on startup because the system file "winhttp.dll" is not trusted.

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Update log:

06.24: Update version v4.2: It is now possible to customize which MODs will be activated when enabled (rename option in anti_cheat_toggler_mod_list.txt)

04.14: Updated version v4.1: Made a small correction for players who have not installed the Visual C++ runtime library (the library is now statically linked)