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[6655150821215352137]

I recently started playing this game and since I own a Macbook, my only option to play the game has been through a virtual Windows 10 installation (legal copy that I paid for) running on Parallels. I was able to play the game without hiccups for a couple months until today when I patched the game, after a break of a few weeks, and the game immediately kicked me out with a prompt that Virtual machines can not be used.

 

Why? Is this now suddenly a security risk? I am not trying to cheat the system, I simply want to play the game on my legally owned copy of Windows. Am I expected to buy a Windows computer now? Or is there any other way to play the game on a Mac? Please guide me!

[awesomegeek]

is that an ARM based Macbook? If so, Parallels is your only option. Non-ARM Macbooks can be installed with Windows via Bootcamp if I am not mistaken.

[Ashuckel]

EAC does not like virtual machines. You aint doing nothing wrong, the anticheat is dog-_-

[6655150821215352137]

is that an ARM based Macbook? If so, Parallels is your only option. Non-ARM Macbooks can be installed with Windows via Bootcamp if I am not mistaken.

 

Good ol' boring Intel. I have always preferred Parallels over bootcamp for its ease of use and not having to boot into a single OS.

 

EAC does not like virtual machines. You aint doing nothing wrong, the anticheat is dog-_-

 

So there's no workaround? I'm assuming this is a recent update to the anti-cheat layer? 

I wonder if this is the end of the road for me unless I get a Windows laptop or install it through Bootcamp for one game. Sigh....

[awesomegeek]

EAC is the problem. It also causes BSOD on Windows 11 just like on mine. However, you can run RO client without having to run EAC. The problem is that it's not legal in Warp Portal's eyes. So i can't really tell here how. I do it anyway cause how am i supposed to play the game??

[6655150821215352137]

EAC is the problem. It also causes BSOD on Windows 11 just like on mine. However, you can run RO client without having to run EAC. The problem is that it's not legal in Warp Portal's eyes. So i can't really tell here how. I do it anyway cause how am i supposed to play the game??

 

will need to look into how to do this. But until then, most likely, goodbye RO. Thanks Warp for ruining my decade long love for this game.

[ad0l]

EAC is the problem. It also causes BSOD on Windows 11 just like on mine. However, you can run RO client without having to run EAC. The problem is that it's not legal in Warp Portal's eyes. So i can't really tell here how. I do it anyway cause how am i supposed to play the game??

hey , will our computer hardware will at risk if we always get BSOD in one of the application in our pc?

[ad0l]

will need to look into how to do this. But until then, most likely, goodbye RO. Thanks Warp for ruining my decade long love for this game.

back in 2019 when WP announced the 3 months hiatus for "big update" , camp mentioned of putting easy anti cheat program ofcourse im shock and really against it because i heard many statements that eac is the worst anti cheat program that in online industry, many people said they have massive cpu and memory usage despite it was so minimal before they put eac also the top issue both high and old specs is the BSOD in eac , but the forums members make fun my statement because they accuse me im a cheater thats why im against it but now they put eac in iRO many cant play in macos and steam , and some of them got high usage and bsod but the worst thing is it still bypass (some) , i hope WP remove it at least fix it so everyone can play...

[awesomegeek]

BSOD or simply "stop error" does not directly damage your PC's hardware. however, it could ruin your windows installation if it happens during an update process. You're having BSOD not because of hardware failure but because of EAC's stability with Windows 11. If you are doing nothing on your PC or it's not currently updating some drivers or other important things when you get BSOD, then your PC is totally fine.

WP's not gonna ban you for skipping EAC. It's hilariously easy to do. BUT, if you skip EAC so could run bots in game, then you could get in trouble. You'll be punished cause of running bots but not cause you skipped EAC. In other words, skipping EAC is totally harmless. It's basically a virus that stops other viruses in its own eyes. The RO client is fine without it and was coded 20 years ago without it.

Edited by awesomegeek, 06 August 2022 - 03:43 AM.

[6655150821215352137]

BSOD or simply "stop error" does not directly damage your PC's hardware. however, it could ruin your windows installation if it happens during an update process. You're having BSOD not because of hardware failure but because of EAC's stability with Windows 11. If you are doing nothing on your PC or it's not currently updating some drivers or other important things when you get BSOD, then your PC is totally fine.

WP's not gonna ban you for skipping EAC. It's hilariously easy to do. BUT, if you skip EAC so could run bots in game, then you could get in trouble. You'll be punished cause of running bots but not cause you skipped EAC. In other words, skipping EAC is totally harmless. It's basically a virus that stops other viruses or at least viruses in that app's eyes. The RO client is fine without it and was coded 20 years ago without it.

 

"WP's not gonna ban you for skipping EAC. It's hilariously easy to do."

hmm....need to look into this from a purely educational standpoint.

 

Seriously though, is Warp aware of the issues this is causing for Windows 11 and Mac users? Are they themselves opposed to the use of virtual machines? I assume they aren't keen on doing anything to fix this?

[ad0l]

BSOD or simply "stop error" does not directly damage your PC's hardware. however, it could ruin your windows installation if it happens during an update process. You're having BSOD not because of hardware failure but because of EAC's stability with Windows 11. If you are doing nothing on your PC or it's not currently updating some drivers or other important things when you get BSOD, then your PC is totally fine.

WP's not gonna ban you for skipping EAC. It's hilariously easy to do. BUT, if you skip EAC so could run bots in game, then you could get in trouble. You'll be punished cause of running bots but not cause you skipped EAC. In other words, skipping EAC is totally harmless. It's basically a virus that stops other viruses or at least viruses in that app's eyes. The RO client is fine without it and was coded 20 years ago without it.

oh i see thats good to hear i always thought that getting BSOD would harm my pc hardware sorry im kinda lack of knowledge in computer all i do is play games and do some document works , btw im windows seven dude i havent update my os long ago because im worried that my pc wont work properly on updated os until it halt updating, my pc is like 2gb ram and has no vid cards but i can play 3d online games such luna online or Flyff...

[vividort]

BSOD or simply "stop error" does not directly damage your PC's hardware. however, it could ruin your windows installation if it happens during an update process. You're having BSOD not because of hardware failure but because of EAC's stability with Windows 11. If you are doing nothing on your PC or it's not currently updating some drivers or other important things when you get BSOD, then your PC is totally fine.

WP's not gonna ban you for skipping EAC. It's hilariously easy to do. BUT, if you skip EAC so could run bots in game, then you could get in trouble. You'll be punished cause of running bots but not cause you skipped EAC. In other words, skipping EAC is totally harmless. It's basically a virus that stops other viruses in its own eyes. The RO client is fine without it and was coded 20 years ago without it.

 

weird part for me is that even with no EAC the game still freezes randomly for half a sec, so i suspect there is a client component involved.
 

Edited by vividort, 06 August 2022 - 06:32 AM.

[3025140119203620510]

Constant crash since they introduced EAC and I pretty much stop playing this game because of it. 

[DDQuidam]

oh i see thats good to hear i always thought that getting BSOD would harm my pc hardware sorry im kinda lack of knowledge in computer all i do is play games and do some document works , btw im windows seven dude i havent update my os long ago because im worried that my pc wont work properly on updated os until it halt updating, my pc is like 2gb ram and has no vid cards but i can play 3d online games such luna online or Flyff...

While BSOD cannot harm your hw it still can harm your data bc when the OS halts, any program that was working could get it's data corrupted, this is one of the reasons Windows may stop booting up even if you never do anything on that pc and say, you had already made the storage disk read only.

All modern pcs use a gpu, which are called APUs when they are part of the cpu like Intel does (Intel HD graphics is an integrated gpu within Intel cpus, AMD also has APUs but only in cpus that end with a G) and the most important factor is actually the cpu performance, which you didn't mentioned at all...

[ad0l]

While BSOD cannot harm your hw it still can harm your data bc when the OS halts, any program that was working could get it's data corrupted, this is one of the reasons Windows may stop booting up even if you never do anything on that pc and say, you had already made the storage disk read only.

All modern pcs use a gpu, which are called APUs when they are part of the cpu like Intel does (Intel HD graphics is an integrated gpu within Intel cpus, AMD also has APUs but only in cpus that end with a G) and the most important factor is actually the cpu performance, which you didn't mentioned at all...

ever since WP released this "stability" update everything is mess up , before the update everything is fine even with eac i dont get any issue like high usage when playing iRO so i hope this next eac update patch everything goes well and if not then I'll stop playing iRO i can't risk everything for one 2d with semi 3d game 20 years old online game...

[DDQuidam]

ever since WP released this "stability" update everything is mess up , before the update everything is fine even with eac i dont get any issue like high usage when playing iRO so i hope this next eac update patch everything goes well and if not then I'll stop playing iRO i can't risk everything for one 2d with semi 3d game 20 years old online game...

You could try setting cpu affinity manually, making EAC to work with a specific cpu/thread while RO works with the rest. If you've recently updated your bios that might also be causing the problem.

[ad0l]

You could try setting cpu affinity manually, making EAC to work with a specific cpu/thread while RO works with the rest. If you've recently updated your bios that might also be causing the problem.

i dont know how to do that and i dont want to dwindling my pc for just one old online game , if sir camp cant fix this then so be it I'd say goodbye iRO im gonna try RO GGH i hope they dont use EAC , btw the only i update is the "sha-2 security certificate" one of the first issue why my client wont proceed when EAC starting and after that the BSOD issue , sometimes i got through but always i get BSOD on the next opening the client...

[Medera]

I have an old Windows laptop I used only for playing RO. Everything was fine, but recently the game started lagging as hell. Could be because my laptop can't bear it anymore, idk.

So, there is still no options for Mac users to play?

A year ago i tried to launch the game om Mac with parallel, but it didn't work.