- Battlefield 6’s technical director wishes he didn’t have to enable secure boot.
- Still, he says that it is the strongest countermeasure against cheaters.
- Coupled with a kernel-level anti-cheat, Battlefield 6 won’t have a significant cheating problem.
In an attempt to stop cheaters, EA added a reinforcement barrier for Battlefield 6, requiring players to turn on Secure Boot to play the game. This decision heavily backfired for the publisher and has caused significant controversy in the Battlefield community.
EA is aware of this issue, and now, the Battlefield 6 technical director has come forward to address it. The director admits that Secure Boot is a hassle for gamers, but it is a necessary evil that players will have to accept.
Why it matters: Many developers have started to normalize the use of Secure Boot for their games. Still, people with older hardware or a lack of expertise face many problems with enabling the option.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Christian Buhl expressed his sadness over players not being able to play the game without Secure Boot.
The fact is I wish we didn’t have to do things like Secure Boot — It does prevent some players from playing the game.
During the Battlefield 6 beta, many players ended up bricking their PCs while attempting to enable Secure Boot. Others with older hardware could not enable the setting at all.
Buhl further added the importance of enabling Secure Boot and how it added an extra layer of protection against cheaters. Overall, this ensures a better experience for the gamers.
Unfortunately these are some of the strongest tools in our toolbox to stop cheating. Again, nothing makes cheating impossible, but enabling Secure Boot and having kernel-level access makes it so much harder to cheat
Despite the Secure Boot requirement and the kernel-level anti-cheat EA used in Battlefield 6, the beta was still plagued by cheaters left and right. Still, Buhl seemed quite pleased with the anti-cheat’s performance.
It is notable that over 300k cheaters were banned during the beta alone. Moreover, with the paid version of the game, cheaters will likely think twice before attempting to use any kind of exploits, since the beta was free after all.
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