Joining server with game running without Administrator privileges causes termination...
Possibly caused by problems interacting with the BattleEye client.
Being able to run a game WITHOUT administrator access is important for security reasons. That is the focus of report 0028326 (including anti-cheat services).
Description
Description
Details
Details
- Legacy ID
- 1362566364
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Game Crash
Steps To Reproduce
Run DayZ.exe from ...Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ with a form of UAC enabled from an account in the Administrators group.
(Trying a purely non-Admin account was not tested.)
After game loads, attempting to join a server results in the generic Windows message box stating that the game has stopped responding and MUST be closed (no option to wait for the program to respond).
Repeated attempts revealed the red, bottom left screen text during connection attempted to access the BattleEye service. This was not helped by pre-starting the BattleEye service.
To workaround, if DayZ_BE.exe is run, which demands Administrator access and invokes the UAC prompt, DayZ.exe is run with Administrator access, no longer handles normally with task switchers, AutoHotkey, etc., but can survive a connection to a game with no noticeable problems.
Additional Information
Tell me where to find a relevant log file, and I can do more use case testing.