Easy Anti Cheat : launch error. cannot run under Virtual Machine

shakinbacon · August 26, 2022

been playing EAC games for years on my windows VM and have not had a problem until recently. I have come across someone saying add

to the <os> section of my xml but it doesnt seem to change anything. not sure if im doing anything wrong or what.

here is a copy of my xml. any help would be greatly appreciated.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<domain type='kvm' id='3'>
  <name>Windows 10</name>
  <uuid>46148b4e-b243-1e51-805c-cc16725ea2e2</uuid>
  <description>Gaming VM</description>
  <metadata>
    <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>25165824</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>25165824</currentMemory>
  <memoryBacking>
    <nosharepages/>
  </memoryBacking>
  <vcpu placement='static'>20</vcpu>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='2'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='14'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='3'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='16'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='5'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='17'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='6'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='18'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='7'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='19'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='8'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='20'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='9'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='21'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='16' cpuset='10'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='17' cpuset='22'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='18' cpuset='11'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='19' cpuset='23'/>
  </cputune>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-5.1'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/46148b4e-b243-1e51-805c-cc16725ea2e2_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
    <smbios mode='host'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hyperv>
      <relaxed state='on'/>
      <vapic state='on'/>
      <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
      <vendor_id state='on' value='none'/>
    </hyperv>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'>
    <topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='10' threads='2'/>
    <cache mode='passthrough'/>
    <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'>
    <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/disk1/isos/spaces_win_clover.img' index='2'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.190-1.iso' index='1'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdb' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
      <alias name='pcie.0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
      <alias name='pci.1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
      <alias name='pci.2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/>
      <alias name='pci.3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/>
      <alias name='pci.4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/>
      <alias name='pci.5'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/>
      <alias name='pci.6'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='7' port='0xe'/>
      <alias name='pci.7'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x6'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='8' port='0xf'/>
      <alias name='pci.8'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:6e:2f:a7'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
        <model name='isa-serial'/>
      </target>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-3-Windows 10/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input1'/>
    </input>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <memballoon model='none'/>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
    <label>+0:+100</label>
    <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

shakinbacon · August 28, 2022

after a ton of research i have figured it out.

under <os> put

<smbios mode='host'/>

directly below that put this under <features>

<kvm> 
  <hidden state='on'/> 
</kvm>

under <cpu mode ='host-passthrough'....... put

<feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/>

and i also deleted any lines pertaining to hyper-v

hope this helps anyone in the future

Edited August 28, 2022 by shakinbacon

chrizzo · August 28, 2022

2 hours ago, shakinbacon said:
after a ton of research i have figured it out.

under <os> put
<smbios mode='host'/>
directly below that put this under <features>
<kvm> 
  <hidden state='on'/> 
</kvm>
under <cpu mode ='host-passthrough'....... put
<feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/>
and i also deleted any lines pertaining to hyper-v

hope this helps anyone in the future

Can confirm that this is working! Had problems three days long with EAC.

Whats kind of funny: I almost had everything in my XML.
But did not work... so the only thing to do was to really do a Windows restart!

Had the last few days really bad mood because of this story... but now everything works again! Thank you!

shakinbacon · August 28, 2022

1 hour ago, chrizzo said:

Can confirm that this is working! Had problems three days long with EAC.

Whats kind of funny: I almost had everything in my XML.
But did not work... so the only thing to do was to really do a Windows restart!

Had the last few days really bad mood because of this story... but now everything works again! Thank you!

glad i could help. i was really bummed for a few days as well because i couldnt rust it up with the bros.

ghost82 · October 29, 2022

On 8/26/2022 at 7:43 PM, shakinbacon said:

<smbios mode="host"/>

I tried to add this just to experiment, but for some reason it doesn't work in my case in windows 11.

With this, smbios info should be read directly from the host, but HWiNFO64 reports ovmf or something similar for the bios.

In my case it works with smbios mode sysinfo and manual input of all the fields.

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Edited October 29, 2022 by ghost82

labatomi · November 7, 2022

On 8/28/2022 at 8:07 AM, shakinbacon said:
after a ton of research i have figured it out.

under <os> put
<smbios mode='host'/>
directly below that put this under <features>
<kvm> 
  <hidden state='on'/> 
</kvm>
under <cpu mode ='host-passthrough'....... put
<feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/>
and i also deleted any lines pertaining to hyper-v

hope this helps anyone in the future

Hi im new to all of this and running into the same VM error. Where do I input these lines of codes into? is it on unraid, or inside the windowsVM?

shakinbacon · December 5, 2022

havent played in awhile and it seems my fix doesnt work anymore. any ideas?

shakinbacon · December 5, 2022

here is my current xml. i followed this guide from the vrchat devs. seems something happened aug 26th and the old methods dont work. i inserted my motherboards information like the guide says and still get detected.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<domain type='kvm' id='18'>
  <name>Windows 11</name>
  <uuid>724a6a8a-48fa-213c-f536-fc3497e0e651</uuid>
  <metadata>
    <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 11" icon="windows11.png" os="windowstpm"/>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>20971520</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>20971520</currentMemory>
  <memoryBacking>
    <nosharepages/>
  </memoryBacking>
  <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='1'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='13'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='14'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='3'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='15'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='4'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='16'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='5'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='17'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='6'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='18'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='7'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='19'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='8'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='20'/>
  </cputune>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <sysinfo type='smbios'>
    <bios>
      <entry name='vendor'>American Megatrends Inc.</entry>
      <entry name='version'>4010</entry>
      <entry name='date'>07/21/2021</entry>
    </bios>
    <system>
      <entry name='manufacturer'>ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.</entry>
      <entry name='product'>ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING</entry>
      <entry name='version'>x.0x</entry>
      <entry name='serial'>xxxxxxxxxx</entry>
      <entry name='uuid'>724a6a8a-48fa-213c-f536-fc3497e0e651</entry>
      <entry name='sku'>SKU</entry>
      <entry name='family'>X570 MB</entry>
    </system>
  </sysinfo>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-7.1'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi-tpm.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/0553b1b9-1920-b911-84b4-9d503d928730_VARS-pure-efi-tpm.fd</nvram>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hyperv mode='custom'>
      <relaxed state='on'/>
      <vapic state='on'/>
      <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
      <vendor_id state='on' value='0123756792CD'/>
    </hyperv>
    <kvm>
      <hidden state='on'/>
    </kvm>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'>
    <topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='8' threads='2'/>
    <cache mode='passthrough'/>
    <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'>
    <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.190-1.iso' index='1'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdb' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <master startport='4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
      <alias name='pcie.0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
      <alias name='pci.1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
      <alias name='pci.2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/>
      <alias name='pci.3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/>
      <alias name='pci.4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/>
      <alias name='pci.5'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/>
      <alias name='pci.6'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='7' port='0xe'/>
      <alias name='pci.7'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x6'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:a6:58:0c'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet17'/>
      <model type='virtio-net'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
        <model name='isa-serial'/>
      </target>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-18-Windows 11/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input1'/>
    </input>
    <tpm model='tpm-tis'>
      <backend type='emulator' version='2.0' persistent_state='yes'/>
      <alias name='tpm0'/>
    </tpm>
    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <alias name='hostdev2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <memballoon model='none'/>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
    <label>+0:+100</label>
    <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

Edited December 5, 2022 by shakinbacon

shakinbacon · December 5, 2022

so i enabled hyper v in windows and now it all works. xml above is the same

edit: while it now works, performance is abysmal. normally get 120fps in rust and am now getting 40 with massive stutters. back to the drawing board

Edited December 5, 2022 by shakinbacon

ryanm91 · December 6, 2022

so i enabled hyper v in windows and now it all works. xml above is the same

edit: while it now works, performance is abysmal. normally get 120fps in rust and am now getting 40 with massive stutters. back to the drawing board

So you have an AMD CPU. Enabling hyper-v does cause a performance on AMD, I have read enabling nested virtualization will alleviate this performance hit. Intel seems to work from what I read and just needs modprobe to enable nested kvm
AMD I enabled it but cannot pass SVM to guest which enables nested virtualization. I have made a post in hopes maybe jonp or someone can provide insight to enabling it. Disabling the hypervisor also causes a performance hit I did not need that in order to enable hyper-v in windows but again without nested I get the performance hit from hyper-v being enabled in windows.

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hggz · December 8, 2022

Just posting that I ran into EAC issues after booting up a game today after a while. EAC would start the game but the game would throw an exception on launch preventing me from playing. It was really frustrating. The error was acting like I needed to validate the file integrity but it was just EAC failing under the hood. Found this forum thankfully and followed the instructions on the VRChat link above (THANKS!) And it works. Basically I just had to add the system info (minus the uuid field) and the vendor id field in the guide. Everything started working for me afterwards.

I'm running an i9 12900k / 3090 fwiw

shakinbacon · December 9, 2022

after walking away in frustration i came back, disabled hyperv again, double checked my xml with the vrchat changes, booted up the vm, and now it works all of a sudden. dont know what changed cause i did nothing different in the xml. maybe somethign to do with me disabling hyperv and the vm restarting caused the changes to apply? not sure but its working now.

anyone in the future follow this guide as of 12/9/22

https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/using-vrchat-in-a-virtual-machine

ffgdad · December 24, 2022

i couldn't get any of this to work for Elden Ring. Easy anti cheat still picks it up. "Launch Error, Cannot run under Virtual Machine". I also tried the vchat link. That completely made my VM unrun able. wouldn't even boot up.

maybe its something in my xml. Im hoping that someone knows. I paid for this game and now I cant play it. We are not cheating. I just have a powerful pc and want to use it all. who puts a 32 core processor on just on pc.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<domain type='kvm' id='26'>
<name>Elden Ring</name>
<uuid>c8f6b187-f8da-90a4-b6c9-e3ebc3e6374c</uuid>
<metadata>
<vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/>
</metadata>
<memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
<memoryBacking>
<nosharepages/>
</memoryBacking>
<vcpu placement='static'>12</vcpu>
<cputune>
<vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='10'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='42'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='11'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='43'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='12'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='44'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='13'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='45'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='14'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='46'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='15'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='47'/>
</cputune>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-5.1'>hvm</type>
<loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
<nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/c8f6b187-f8da-90a4-b6c9-e3ebc3e6374c_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
<smbios mode='host'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<kvm>
<hidden state='on'/>
</kvm>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'>
<topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='6' threads='2'/>
<cache mode='passthrough'/>
<feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/>
<feature policy='require' name='topoext'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'>
<timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
<timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/domains/Windows 11/vdisk1.img' index='3'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
<boot order='1'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/isos/Windows/Win11_EnglishInternational_x64.iso' index='2'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='hda' bus='sata'/>
<readonly/>
<boot order='2'/>
<alias name='sata0-0-0'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/isos/Windows/virtio-win-0.1.208.iso' index='1'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='hdb' bus='sata'/>
<readonly/>
<alias name='sata0-0-1'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
</disk>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
<alias name='pcie.0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
<alias name='pci.1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
<alias name='pci.2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='3' port='0xa'/>
<alias name='pci.3'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='4' port='0xb'/>
<alias name='pci.4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='5' port='0xc'/>
<alias name='pci.5'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='6' port='0xd'/>
<alias name='pci.6'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
</controller>
<controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
<alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='sata' index='0'>
<alias name='ide'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:41:d5:9e'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<target dev='vnet23'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
<model name='isa-serial'/>
</target>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</console>
<channel type='unix'>
<source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-26-Elden Ring/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
<target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
<alias name='channel0'/>
<address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
</channel>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input0'/>
</input>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input1'/>
</input>
<audio id='1' type='none'/>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x45' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev0'/>
<rom file='/mnt/user/isos/videocard/Asus.RX6700XT.12288.210824.rom'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x45' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x1b1c'/>
<product id='0x0a4d'/>
<address bus='1' device='2'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev2'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x1b1c'/>
<product id='0x1bac'/>
<address bus='5' device='3'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev3'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x2516'/>
<product id='0x0042'/>
<address bus='5' device='2'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev4'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x8087'/>
<product id='0x0aa7'/>
<address bus='1' device='3'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev5'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='4'/>
</hostdev>
<memballoon model='none'/>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
<label>+0:+100</label>
<imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
</domain>

ffgdad · December 24, 2022

i found this on steam. I cant believe it worked.

"

How to fix "This Application cannot run under a Virtual Machine"

So while searching everywhere to fix this error, I found something that fixes the error. The game for some reason thinks your PC is a VM if the name of your computer name starts with a "DESKTOP" within it's name. For example, DESKTOP-123ABC. To fix it, go to System -> Advanced settings -> Computer Name. Click "Change" and change the "DESKTOP" to something else, like Jamal-PC, etc, and then restart your computer and it will be fixed. If you have something different than "DESKTOP" header, then disable Hyper-V by going to "Programs and Features" and" Turn on and off Windows Features". Hope that helps. If only I can post this on the forums, but keeps getting cooldown.

"

https://steamcommunity.com/app/555570/discussions/0/152390648089353221/

Neerdex · December 28, 2022

On 12/24/2022 at 2:52 PM, ffgdad said:

i found this on steam. I cant believe it worked.

"

How to fix "This Application cannot run under a Virtual Machine"

So while searching everywhere to fix this error, I found something that fixes the error. The game for some reason thinks your PC is a VM if the name of your computer name starts with a "DESKTOP" within it's name. For example, DESKTOP-123ABC. To fix it, go to System -> Advanced settings -> Computer Name. Click "Change" and change the "DESKTOP" to something else, like Jamal-PC, etc, and then restart your computer and it will be fixed. If you have something different than "DESKTOP" header, then disable Hyper-V by going to "Programs and Features" and" Turn on and off Windows Features". Hope that helps. If only I can post this on the forums, but keeps getting cooldown.

"

https://steamcommunity.com/app/555570/discussions/0/152390648089353221/

It really works for you??? What virtual machine do you use???

Wait, you want to say that you can play the games with EasyAntiCheat through the virtual machine???

Help me to bypass EAC pls!

PM me.

ffgdad · December 31, 2022

yes i can play with easy anti cheat still on

ryanm91 · December 31, 2022

yes i can play with easy anti cheat still on

But which games?

I can play halo MCC for instance but Warhammer Dark Tide for instance detects and won't let me launch...

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ffgdad · December 31, 2022

i play elden ring on the steam platform

trevor4n · January 4

On 12/5/2022 at 5:55 PM, shakinbacon said:

while it now works, performance is abysmal. normally get 120fps in rust and am now getting 40 with massive stutters. back to the drawing board

Were you able to fix your system stutters? After I followed this guide and got rust working, I switched over to my main vm and that one (completely separate XML + vdisk) is stuttering like crazy. Its also not booting consistently!

ffgdad · January 4

this i would like to know too. although Elding ring starts, I only get 37 fps

Edited January 5 by ffgdad

ghost82 · January 4

For lags using ioapic kvm driver may help, just add this line before </features>

<ioapic driver="kvm"/>

Neerdex · January 5

On 12/31/2022 at 4:52 PM, ffgdad said:

yes i can play with easy anti cheat still on

What VM software or method do you using?

Edited January 5 by Neerdex

slimshizn · January 19

<smbios mode='host'/>

Should be enough to get past this. I've just used it to get past Deceit's anti-cheat.

The VM will present itself to the operating system and other software as if it were a physical machine, rather than a virtual one.

Hiding the KVM hypervisor may cause some specific software or drivers that rely on the hypervisor to be incompatible, and there may be a small overhead associated with the process of hiding the hypervisor. So I'd avoid using this:

<kvm> 
  <hidden state='on'/> 
</kvm>

Edited January 19 by slimshizn

nwicone · February 28

On 1/19/2023 at 5:49 AM, slimshizn said:
<smbios mode='host'/>

i tried this in R6 and it don't work.
what games does it work for you?
Anyone else find a way to play online games ?

Many thanks

TalkingWaterfall · March 12

On 1/19/2023 at 5:49 AM, slimshizn said:
<smbios mode='host'/>
Should be enough to get past this. I've just used it to get past Deceit's anti-cheat.

This was sufficient for me to bypass EAC for Predecessor. Also confirmed I can launch into R6, but I honestly do not know if that was an issue before.

Honestly makes you wonder why this is even a thing, if it's that simple to bypass...

Edited March 12 by TalkingWaterfall

Easy Anti Cheat : launch error. cannot run under Virtual Machine

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