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Problem with EAC on protons - hotfix, experimental, in Gray Zone Warfare 2479810, 0x00020008 client failed to load the anti-cheat module at startup.

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9032 · opened 2025-09-07 by ApolusNlockTus · updated 2025-09-07 · 1 comments · github
AApolusNlockTus 2025-09-07 github

Compatibility Report

  • Gray Zone Warfare
  • Steam AppID of the game: 2479810

System Information

I confirm:

  • hat I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Logs:

Proton: https://paste.cachyos.org/p/e037ca0.log
(sorry for chachyos paste, but gist crashing with this one.
Game: https://paste.cachyos.org/p/72366a7.log

Problem: I got kicked from online server every time with error 0x00020008 client failed to load the anti-cheat module at startup.
EAC working in game version 0.3.4, problem is now with 0.3.5. 10/10 attempts

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-09-07 github

Hello @ApolusNlockTus, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7721#issuecomment-3263953204.

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