SylenThunder Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Ok, first off, not trying to run without Steam. Just trying to run from a desktop shortcut for a separate client installation. Have been doing this for years without any issues, and suddenly for the past couple of months I have been unable to. Curious if anyone else has run into this, or has any fresh ideas on working around it. Issue is that you start the client from a shortcut pointed at 7DaysToDie_EAC.exe, and then upon attempting to connect to an EAC-enabled server you get the following console error. Sometimes (but not always) this is also triggering a Windows Explorer message about one of the game client DLL's being an untrusted system file. I feel this is probably the cause of the issue, and is happening every time, and it's just not always displaying the message. This message does not stick around in the notification tray, and I have not located any events in the Event Viewer that correspond with this. Log file from the most recent event. https://pastebin.com/raw/zGJWAVe8 Also, not sure if it's related, but EAC stopped showing names for installed programs. I feel like I have seen this before, but cannot for the life of me find it recorded in my notes. Now, for the things I have tried so far. I attempted re-installing EAC. I attempted re-installing the client. I completely wiped and re-installed the client. I have run all Windows repairs. The client is fully excluded from AV software. Have also tried disabling, and even completely removing said software. (Including Defender) I have re-installed Windows 10. I have installed Windows 11. I tried adding the separate client to Steam as a "non-Steam game", and starting it from Steam. Same issue. And for the life of me, I have been completely unable to find a workaround. Usually it's something simple like I needed to run the client as admin. Even without attempting to connect to a server, I can exit out of the client and will see the Windows Untrusted System File error. And if I start the client from the standard client install inside Steam. Zero issues. Everything is peachy. Also note that I have not been able to test this on another PC yet. I haven't had a ton of free time, and have just been smashing my head into the wall occasionally over the past few weeks trying to come up with new ways to troubleshoot the issue. I have used three different OS installs on this PC though so.... Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFT2020 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I saw this instantly Plugins: Failed to load 'D:/7dtd a19 Stable/7daystodie_Data/Plugins/x86_64/easyanticheat.dll' with error 'A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed. '. Do you see this message when you run it through the standard client? I don't see it when I last ran 7D2D with EAC. If it is not properly running EAC, that might be why it is kicking you. Maybe this dll file is corrupted? It would be interesting to see the path for the build that runs for you compared to this path above. Just some thoughts from a computer hack (not a hacker, just a hack 😉 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I'm pretty far from a computer expert so take my info considering that. Could it be that EAC disabled desktop shortcuts in order to prevent some 'hacks' to avoid EAC detection?? That's a reach, I know, but maybe an email to EAC support could verify if that is the case. I haven't gotten into EAC too much like I did with other anticheat systems like Punkbusters when I hosted a bunch public servers for COD and Unreal Tournament but what I do know is that how and when cheat software is activated, determines how successful they are in going undetected. Just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganoth Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 A few further tests: Start a command line and change into the dir of 7d2d. Start the game Start a command line but do not change into the dir of 7d2d. Start the game To test star69's hypothesis start the command line and start via the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q123 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 18 hours ago, SylenThunder said: Also, not sure if it's related, but EAC stopped showing names for installed programs. I feel like I have seen this before, but cannot for the life of me find it recorded in my notes. I can't help on topic - but mine is still showing "Game 17" and you've seen it in this thread 😉: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugginator Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Oh a whim, have you checked the EAC service to see if it's set to disable or manual? Maybe try setting it on manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thought i'd throw some ideas in the pot 😜 - see if it works if you install the client on another drive, could be some funky drive error causing issues The eac support page has some ideas, but most of it you've already tried. The "Untrusted System FileUntrusted System File" says it a system level corruption, but you said you've reinstalled multiple times with different os's, so maybe your C:\ drive is having issues or maybe it's ram related. My guesses, probably not useful but i tried XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugginator Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Kind of thinking what Naz said too, I just tried this to verify and it worked fine on my end. Maybe... try to see if windows blocked that DLL and unblock it? Missing windows updates perhaps (although if you've tried different OS's, perhaps it is drive or ram related). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q123 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 hmm, your installation differs a litte from mine. I don't have a subfolder 'x86_64/' - these dlls are directly under /Plugins/ in my 19.6 installation: D:/7dtd a19 Stable/7daystodie_Data/Plugins/x86_64/easyanticheat.dll D:/7dtd a19 Stable/7daystodie_Data/Plugins/x86_64/XInputInterface64.dll Why is it different for you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugginator Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, q123 said: hmm, your installation differs a litte from mine. I don't have a subfolder 'x86_64/' - these dlls are directly under /Plugins/ in my 19.6 installation: D:/7dtd a19 Stable/7daystodie_Data/Plugins/x86_64/easyanticheat.dll D:/7dtd a19 Stable/7daystodie_Data/Plugins/x86_64/XInputInterface64.dll Why is it different for you? May be onto something, @SylenThunder I dropped you a message. Welp none of those Ideas worked, I don't think. Edited August 20, 2021 by Jugginator (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzybub Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 @SylenThunderI couldn't replicate this. Desktop shortcut to a copied game using eac worked without errors. 7 hours ago, q123 said: I don't have a subfolder 'x86_64/' - these dlls are directly under /Plugins/ in my 19.6 installation: Same, A19 doesn't have them in that folder. You've likely found the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 8 hours ago, Jugginator said: May be onto something, @SylenThunder I dropped you a message. Welp none of those Ideas worked, I don't think. Yep, that looks like it was the issue. Removed that folder, and it's working now. EAC is still broken though. Not sure how to fix it so it displays the names again. ah well. Another day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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