ARC Raiders Launcher Toggle

[Sylnar]

ARC Raiders Launcher Toggle
Small Windows utility that switches ARC Raiders between EasyAntiCheat and Denuvo without modifying any game files.

How it works
Uses to redirect PioneerGame.exe to start_protected_game.exe at kernel level. When Steam launches the game, Windows transparently swaps the target before the process spawns. Steam remains the parent process and no files on disk are touched, so the integrity manifest is unaffected.

Setting the redirect requires admin (writes to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\PioneerGame.exe).

Usage

1. Download the source files from .
2. Double-click. Accept the UAC prompt.
3. The window shows current state. Click Force EAC Launch or Restore Denuvo (default).
4. Launch ARC Raiders from Steam as usual.

SmartScreen will warn about an unsigned app the first time. Click "More info" then "Run anyway".

Is it safe?
This tool was made for players whose game switched to Denuvo and can't use Blurred.gg. Here's what's been verified:

Client side (your PC)
Clean. The EAC bootstrapper was decompiled and confirmed to ignore the redirect entirely. It only reports performance numbers, nothing about which anti-cheat is active. A live registry audit was also run through a full match with EAC loaded. Only Steam ever touched the redirect key. EAC never read it. The client does not detect or report that you're on EAC.

Server side (Embark)
Cannot be verified from outside. If their backend flags EAC connections on a Denuvo account, that happens on their servers with no way to confirm. That is the one real unknown.

Bottom line: Client side is proven clean, but it cannot be called fully ban-safe due to the server side. Do not run it on an account you can't afford to lose.

Build from source
Requires .NET 8 SDK on Windows.

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true

Output: bin/Release/net8.0-windows/win-x64/publish/ArcRaidersEacToggle.exe

License
MIT. See LICENSE.

[SyntheticSkill]

Not to be a ****, did Blurred not bother to check the Denuvo exe and see that it is identical to the EAC one?

They just need to add the other exe and their users can use it, this was a lot of unnecessary work lol.

[Narcraiders]

Powerful stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[Sylnar]

Originally Posted by SyntheticSkill

Not to be a ****, did Blurred not bother to check the Denuvo exe and see that it is identical to the EAC one?

They just need to add the other exe and their users can use it, this was a lot of unnecessary work lol.

Well..I can't comment on that..but I got Denuvo so I had to do something, came up with this tool.

[SyntheticSkill]

Originally Posted by Nexus-

Well..I can't comment on that..but I got Denuvo so I had to do something, came up with this tool.

Fair enough its nothing against you of course, its just if they had looked it would have taken them 10 minutes to add support for the other version lol.

Feel free to tell them this might save a lot of their users a headache.

[Sylnar]

Originally Posted by SyntheticSkill

Fair enough its nothing against you of course, its just if they had looked it would have taken them 10 minutes to add support for the other version lol.

Feel free to tell them this might save a lot of their users a headache.

It is exactly what I told the staff, would take 10 minutes to fix it.

[TransPrincess]

Originally Posted by SyntheticSkill

Not to be a ****, did Blurred not bother to check the Denuvo exe and see that it is identical to the EAC one?

They just need to add the other exe and their users can use it, this was a lot of unnecessary work lol.

I think it's pretty obvious that Evol regrets making this product. Every other thing he's released (even the dead games) still gets the necessary updates and feature tweaks. This one just never really clicked with him. Tons of features have been requested since launch and still haven't been added. On top of that, the disappearing players issue keeps getting blamed on 'speed error,' yet every other DMA works perfectly fine without cutting out. Honestly, I don't think he wants to keep supporting it anymore, but feels obligated to because of his work principles.

Still, even with the amount of neglect this product has, I still prefer it over any of the other DMA cheats.
It also does not help that he does not play games at all, he's not a gamer. The amount of love and features you can add to a game like this would only be possible if you knew how the game worked and played.

[goopedupshawty]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Assuming the goal here is to stay away from Denuvo because it’s more OP compared to EAC. Following thread for future updates. 👍

Originally Posted by Nexus-

ARC Raiders Launcher Toggle
Small Windows utility that switches ARC Raiders between EasyAntiCheat and Denuvo without modifying any game files.

How it works
Uses to redirect PioneerGame.exe to start_protected_game.exe at kernel level. When Steam launches the game, Windows transparently swaps the target before the process spawns. Steam remains the parent process and no files on disk are touched, so the integrity manifest is unaffected.

Setting the redirect requires admin (writes to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\PioneerGame.exe).

Usage

1. Download the source files from .
2. Double-click. Accept the UAC prompt.
3. The window shows current state. Click Force EAC Launch or Restore Denuvo (default).
4. Launch ARC Raiders from Steam as usual.

SmartScreen will warn about an unsigned app the first time. Click "More info" then "Run anyway".

Is it safe?
This tool was made for players whose game switched to Denuvo and can't use Blurred.gg. Here's what's been verified:

Client side (your PC)
Clean. The EAC bootstrapper was decompiled and confirmed to ignore the redirect entirely. It only reports performance numbers, nothing about which anti-cheat is active. A live registry audit was also run through a full match with EAC loaded. Only Steam ever touched the redirect key. EAC never read it. The client does not detect or report that you're on EAC.

Server side (Embark)
Cannot be verified from outside. If their backend flags EAC connections on a Denuvo account, that happens on their servers with no way to confirm. That is the one real unknown.

Bottom line: Client side is proven clean, but it cannot be called fully ban-safe due to the server side. Do not run it on an account you can't afford to lose.

Build from source
Requires .NET 8 SDK on Windows.

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true

Output: bin/Release/net8.0-windows/win-x64/publish/ArcRaidersEacToggle.exe

License
MIT. See LICENSE.

[Sylnar]

Originally Posted by goopedupshawty

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Assuming the goal here is to stay away from Denuvo because it’s more OP compared to EAC. Following thread for future updates. 👍

This will work until the final update from Embark. Where everyone will be on Denuvo

[FroggyForever]

Originally Posted by goopedupshawty

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Assuming the goal here is to stay away from Denuvo because it’s more OP compared to EAC. Following thread for future updates. 👍

Yea well they were not using the highest level of EAC

So far Denuvo has done well versus a few providers, we will see how it plays out, will take more time to know for sure

[TransPrincess]

Originally Posted by AloneOnline

Yea well they were not using the highest level of EAC

So far Denuvo has done well versus a few providers, we will see how it plays out, will take more time to know for sure

Crazy to me that they invest so much into all of these different anti-cheats such as AnyBrain, Denuvo AND Theia for encryption, yet don't bother investing into the top tier EAC. That would literally wipe out more than half of the market, even DMA users would know that their time is limited.

Makes me think that the subscription for high tier EAC must be insanely high then.

[CH33S3R]

Originally Posted by TransPrincess

Crazy to me that they invest so much into all of these different anti-cheats such as AnyBrain, Denuvo AND Theia for encryption, yet don't bother investing into the top tier EAC. That would literally wipe out more than half of the market, even DMA users would know that their time is limited.

Makes me think that the subscription for high tier EAC must be insanely high then.

That depends on DMA firmware, if you have a good FW that supports better EAC then you're good regardless..

A nice 1:1 FW and a read only DMA cheese and you're pretty much sorted whatever Embark throw at it.

[Sylnar]

Still up to date, for those people who did PM me.

[BstGabo]

Originally Posted by Nexus-

Still up to date, for those people who did PM me.

just to confirm. If i use a chair that was dednuvo detected, at this momento with this app i can force it to use the other AC so the chair is UD again ?

[Sylnar]

Originally Posted by BstGabo

just to confirm. If i use a chair that was dednuvo detected, at this momento with this app i can force it to use the other AC so the chair is UD again ?

YOu can use the app to switch from Denuvo back To EAC, and if you have an EAC chair, that will work.