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  • Just an update: I uninstalled on 9/12 because of the EAC not instantiated issue not being fixed and moved on to other games. I reinstalled yesterday (9/28), did nothing different (no fixes applied, etc. - just installed the game normally and verified files, which I always do with Steam), and the game ran for me. it's still running for me as of today. I have not yet played a match, so I'm not sure if there will be EAC issues in the game itself, but if I don't post back here again it means that I'm not having any additional EAC issues. Best of luck to anyone else still having problems.

    in EAC bugged after Castlevania update Comment by Ankhman

  • Patch did nothing. Uninstalled, cleared directories, reinstalled, no joy. Factory reset? You've got to be joking. Guess it's time to uninstall and come back in a few months hoping it's fixed. So annoyed that the Aurics purchased in preparation for the new killer are just sitting there and not refundable. Money spent, but surely not well spent. Later for now, DbD.

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  • Is there a reason why this problem does not show up on the Known Issues page?

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  • @dmitrilessy said:

    Hi everyone,

    I just want to confirm that I did this and it works, Dead by Daylight is now playable. I didn't install Guild Wars 2 on Steam since the game is 70 Gb in size but I was in a hurry to try so I just installed Fortnight on Epic, it's 45 Gb. If anyone wanna try this I recommend spending more time to search for smaller game.

    The main thing to do this is to find another game that uses EAC so it will be installed when you install the game. You can refer to this page by SteamDB. Once the game is installed, play it and it will automatically install EAC. Leave everything the way it is. Close the game. Open Dead by Daylight. It should now work because now EAC is already installed. They only need one installation of EAC.

    Issue Summary, if you wanna read it instead of playing for some reason.

    Background issue:

    1. Dead by Daylight can't start because it is saying that Easy AntiCheat cannot initiate.
      1. It is impossible to know for sure whether EAC fails to initiate because it is installed but fails to initiate or that it is not installed. However, after I installed Fortnight I checked and found an Easy AntiCheat folder inside Fortnight folder.
      2. I believe EAC is game-dependent in away that it is bundled and installed along with a game that uses it BUT it will not install again if it's already found in the system. Similar to the way Visual C++ Redistributable is applied by games, I guess.
    2. Easy AntiCheat cannot initiate for Dead by Daylight because EasyAntiCheat_EOS_Setup.exe file located in Easy AntiCheat folder inside the game installation files can not initiate properly. When you click on it, something flashes like a DOS window or something but it is too fast to read anything on it then the window is closed. I believe it should instead initiate and install EAC if it's not found on the system and if it is found then it will proceed and start the game. I checked, the EAC folder in Dead by Daylight and it is different size from the one in Fortnight.

    Solution that does not work:

    1. The quick repair for this is to INSTALL or REINSTALL EAC on your system, right? However, all tutorial for this refers to the game's EAC folder, which DOES NOT WORK for Dead by Daylight since the EasyAntiCheat_EOS_Setup.exe does not work so stop telling people to click on the file.
    2. The next thing to do is to download the EAC installer on your own, you know, like a normal person. This seems to be impossible since EAC does not seem to provide the installer for end-user to download. Why??? I have no idea. This is really annoying. So you can not download the installer.

    Solution that works:

    1. The last thing to do is to get a game that uses EAC and install it. In the first guy's post he used Guild Wars 2 on Steam, for me I used Fortnight.

    Please note that I have with me a .zip file of the folder EasyAntiCheat from Fortnight if anyone want to try replacing the one they have for Dead by Daylight and se if it works so you don't have to install an entire game just to have EAC. Anyone can do this and share so this could be a quicker solution for others. Careful though because anyone could just replace the .exe file with anything so if you don't know what you're doing then get the EAC from a trusted friend I believe we all have at least that one friend who plays Fortnight, right?

    Note for BEHAVIOUR INTERACTIVE, no thanks to you and no need to respond to my days old complaint just check your Easy AntiCheat files FFS and get your s**** together.

    On the side note, I have reasons to believe that this latest mess is a combination of BI (for not having their EAC dependent files through QC), Epic (for having such bizarre software and for having websites with no support or download page for your own software, kudoz to you, if no one can download your software, no one can exploit it, right on) and of course Microsoft with their Windows 11 recent policy to tighten security for certain files and folders. For example, notice that .exe files off your games installed by Microsoft Store or Xbox for PC app can no longer be interacted with by 3rd-party software. This is either the next mess or will blows over by the next update and on to the next mess.

    Sometimes I am paranoid and think that perhaps they all do this on purpose and make it harder and harder to just want to play a game just so PC gamers give up and buy their consoles.

    The objection here might be your opening statement:

    "I just want to confirm that I did this and it works, Dead by Daylight is now playable."

    For you, it's playable. For many of us who heard about this "fix" over a week ago and for whom it did not work, the game is still unplayable. And we have tried fiddling with EAC (along with trying all of the other suggestions in this thread and across Reddit, the Discussion group on Steam, this forum, etc.) which have not worked.

    And we're very frustrated that 2 weeks on BHVR has still not fixed this bug. And it's most certainly a bug.

    In that light, I believe that statements like yours will only create false hope in those who read it. It did for me.

    As have many of us, I have already tried multiple variations of restoring the EAC install from other games and from the install folder to no effect.

    So to sum up.. for many of us, who have spent hours at this point trying to fix a problem that is clearly on the BHVR side..

    ..the game is in fact decidedly UNplayable.

    in EAC bugged after Castlevania update Comment by Ankhman

  • I sent my Steam ID via DM. Please let me know if there's any additional information I can provide, or further testing I/we can do to help resolve this. And thank you for your ongoing involvement!

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  • So it's been a week and the game is still unplayable for a lot of us. Any follow-up available from BHVR on this issue?

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  • Hi there. Just replying to say that I appreciate the communication from Jocelynbee. I had already tried this, but for completeness of testing sake. I used to be in the game industry, and now I'm in IT, so I understand the value of thorough testing and repeatability. These are the steps I took last night and my info.

    Windows 11 Pro with vanilla Windows Defender and using Steam:

    1. Uninstall the game.
    2. Removed all game folders and EAC folders (AppData, etc.).
    3. Rebooted system.
    4. Scanned system for viruses (using Windows Defender, nothing fancy), system clean.
    5. Reinstalled game, attempted to run, received the same error, "EAC client cannot be instantiated"
    6. Attempted fix suggested above by Jocelynbee, ran game, error persists.
    7. Verified game files (no errors), rebooted the system, ran game, error persists.

    Please let me/us know if there's any additional information we can provide, or additional testing that we might be able to perform that would help us get closer to a fix and getting back in the game. I too have been looking forward to this update and I'm sad that I haven't been able to participate.

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  • Is there an update forthcoming on this? I have been unable to play the game since 8.2 launched, and I have yet to even see an acknowledgment from BHVR under the "known issues" page on this. From the forums it appears many are having this issue. I've put time and money into this game and it's completely unplayable for me and many others.

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  • Hi there. Registered on the site today to report this. Same error using Steam. I've tried validating files, reinstalling the game, deleting the EAC folders in AppData and then reinstalling the game again, and a few other suggested work-arounds found on the Steam forums and Reddit, rebooting the system after each attempt, and I'm still receiving the same error. This started with the 8.2 release.

    in EAC bugged after Castlevania update Comment by Ankhman
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