Riot Vanguard: Difference between revisions

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*The software could have a negative performance impact even when doing other things on your computer since the driver is running 24/7

*Enforced UEFI firmware update can reduce performance and potentially brick the hardware<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maruccia |first=Alfonso |date=2025-12-20 |title=Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223133910/https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |archive-date=2025-12-23 |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Techspot}}</ref>.

=== Accident ===

==== Deadlock ====

Users reported that vanguard block other game from another company from running. Vanguard missidentified a legitimate game as cheat and so block the program and jail it wich make it unplayable and unnable to reinstall repare the game. This accident proove the many issue of kernel lvl anti cheat. [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/comments/1t391t3/vanguard_crashed_deadlock_then_locks_deadlockexe/?embed_host_url=nullsrcdoc&show=original]

==Company Response==

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 *The software could have a negative performance impact even when doing other things on your computer since the driver is running 24/7
 *Enforced UEFI firmware update can reduce performance and potentially brick the hardware<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maruccia |first=Alfonso |date=2025-12-20 |title=Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223133910/https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |archive-date=2025-12-23 |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Techspot}}</ref>.
+=== Accident ===
+==== Deadlock ====
+Users reported that vanguard block other game from another company from running. Vanguard missidentified a legitimate game as cheat and so block the program and jail it wich make it unplayable and unnable to reinstall repare the game. This accident proove the many issue of kernel lvl anti cheat. [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/comments/1t391t3/vanguard_crashed_deadlock_then_locks_deadlockexe/?embed_host_url=nullsrcdoc&show=original]
 ==Company Response==