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>.

=== Purposeful Incompatibility with Other Operating Systems ===

The official Riot Vanguard anti-cheat is built using the [[wikipedia:Windows_Driver_Kit|Windows Driver Kit]], making it dependent on the Windows operating system. In the [https://github.com/RiotVanguard/Vanguard Riot Vanguard source code] published in April 2021, this dependency is justified in a comment stating: ''“Because we don't know how PE files work.”'' Given Riot’s expertise and resources, this statement is widely interpreted as tongue-in-cheek, implying that the Windows-only design was intentional.

==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>.
+=== Purposeful Incompatibility with Other Operating Systems ===
+The official Riot Vanguard anti-cheat is built using the [[wikipedia:Windows_Driver_Kit|Windows Driver Kit]], making it dependent on the Windows operating system. In the [https://github.com/RiotVanguard/Vanguard Riot Vanguard source code] published in April 2021, this dependency is justified in a comment stating: ''“Because we don't know how PE files work.”'' Given Riot’s expertise and resources, this statement is widely interpreted as tongue-in-cheek, implying that the Windows-only design was intentional.
 ==Company Response==