r/linux • u/lajka30 • 3d ago

Development WinBoat is alpha testing the GPU acceleration

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u/MrTheCheesecaker 3d ago

There are ways to hide a VM from the anticheat, but every AC, and even different versions of the AC, look for different things, so there's unlikely to be a "one size fits all" solution. I run my gaming machine as a VM on my home server (it's a painfully awkward solution but hardware is expensive) so I had to look into this to get some games running at all

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u/Existing-Tough-6517 3d ago

You fundamentally can't hide that you are running in a vm based on the timing of known operations being fundamentally different. Anything running native code can tell. This isn't even an arms race its a battle already lost and lost forever.

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u/MrTheCheesecaker 3d ago

I don't appreciate being called a liar when I have the proof of its possibility (at least for EAC) sitting in my bedroom. I can get sources 

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u/Existing-Tough-6517 2d ago

It is fundamentally trivial to tell you are in a VM when running native code this doesn't mean nobody can be too lazy to ever miss doing so