Battlefield 6’s Secure Boot requirement on PC brought on various complications for gamers through the recreation’s latest open beta, and whereas the sport’s technical director laments the necessity for it, he additionally mentioned it is “one of many strongest instruments in our toolbox to cease dishonest.”
In an interview with Eurogamer, Battlefield 6 technical director shared some perception into the necessity for the Secure Boot requirement and his emotions on it. He mentioned though it brought on some to be unable to play (GameSpot even put collectively a information on how one can activate Secure Boot), it is wanted to make sure a “honest play expertise” and that, total, the workforce is pleased with how the anti-cheat carried out through the beta.
“The very fact is I want we did not need to do issues like Secure Boot,” Buhl mentioned. “It does forestall some gamers from taking part in the sport. Some folks’s PCs cannot deal with it they usually cannot play: that actually sucks. I want everybody may play the sport with low friction and never need to do these types of issues.”
Nevertheless, Bruhl confused the necessity for Secure Boot, which is utilized by Battlefield 6’s kernel-level anti-cheat to cease dangerous actors from ruining the enjoyable for everybody else.
“Sadly these are among the strongest instruments in our toolbox to cease dishonest,” Bruhl mentioned. “Once more, nothing makes dishonest unimaginable, however enabling Secure Boot and having kernel-level entry makes it a lot tougher to cheat and a lot simpler for us to seek out and cease dishonest.”
EA beforehand mentioned that Secure Boot, one thing Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 will even require, is not a “silver bullet” in opposition to cheaters however is “one other barrier” that makes it tougher for cheat creators to develop cheats and simpler for EA to detect them.
Developer Battlefield Studios not too long ago outlined how it is going to be making modifications to Battlefield 6 primarily based on participant suggestions from the beta, considered one of which is a nerf to the sport’s shotgun. A brand new Battlefield Labs playtest set to start this week appears to be like to incorporate among the issues gamers have been asking for, together with greater maps and a server browser.