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💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Since the announcement yesterday, we've gotten a LOT of feedback from all of you regarding the incoming We are reprioritizing, reorganizing, and changing our internal development roadmap to focus on the feedback you've given us. Let's follow that up with the hard part: we are going to be releasing this update, and we do not have plans or intent to revert or roll it back. However, we hear you and see you saying that many of the modified client features that are being lost due to this are extremely important to you, or in some cases allow you to use VRChat at all, when in regards to modifications that added accessibility features that VRChat currently lacks. Addressing these concerns and feedback is our highest priority. We are changing our internal development roadmap and priorities to focus on the features and additions that you want. Currently ongoing projects are being paused, rescheduled, or re-prioritized, and resources are being re-allocated to account for this change. In addition to the information we already had on hand, we've been talking to VRChat communities and community leaders about the changes and additions that they want most , including speaking to communities focused on accessibility to VRChat. We've also been watching and documenting constructive feedback via our typical channels like our Feedback boards, social media, and this Discord. Our first priority for these changes is addressing several accessibility concerns in VRChat. We've got an internal list of improvements we can implement quickly and are fast-tracking it through our production and implementation process. We will be posting more information about those changes tomorrow. Those changes will not be our last. We have more planned and are gathering more information to understand and address more of your needs. As noted before, we are immediately adjusting internal development to address these changes. Thank you for your patience as we work as quickly as we can to address your concerns and your feedback. We'll be back as soon as possible with the first set of these updates, changes, and features. Malicious modified clients allow users to attack and harass others, causing a huge amount of moderation issues. Even seemingly non-malicious modifications complicate the support and development of VRChat, and make it impossible for VRChat creators to work within the expected, documented bounds of VRChat. EAC is the industry-leading anti-cheat service. The integration of EAC means that all modified clients are blocked. The problems mentioned above will be minimized if not outright eliminated, improving the VRChat experience for users and creators. Malicious client modifications are responsible for a massive amount of issues for both our team and our users. Every month, thousands of users have their accounts stolen, often due to running a modified client that is silently logging their keystrokes as well as other information. These users — often without even realizing it! We regularly speak to many that have spent hours or days debugging user issues, only to realize that the culprit is a modified client. This frustration ultimately has a chilling effect on VRChat creators, hurting their enthusiasm and preventing them from building awesome things. This pain extends to VRChat support too — any time we update, we get a massive amount of bug reports that end up just being broken modifications. As such, we've been working towards native implementations of features like a main menu that's usable even when you're lying down, a portable mirror that you can use to calibrate your full-body tracking or provide a face-cam , and more — all planned for upcoming releases. Despite our best attempts to answer as many questions above as we can, we know that users will have more! These changes are intended to make instances more secure and intuitive for all users. In the past, if you created a private instance — for example, a Friends instance — then only your friends would be able to join the instance. However, if you created the instance via the VRChat website and then handed that link to someone that was not your friend, they would still be able to join the instance! While this was intended behavior, it has led understandably! For example, in order for you to join a Friends instance, you must follow the rules: you must be a friend of the creator of the instance to join. Joining using a link or the instance ID no longer works if you do not meet the set rules of the instance. Friends - You have to be friends with the instance creator to join. Invite - The instance creator must invite you directly. Secure Instances makes it possible to keep private instances private — even if you drop a portal! Note that if you drop an unlocked portal, anyone that is in the instance can see where that portal goes, and may be able to access it, even after the portal closes. Check out this quick clip! This Locked link to an Irrbloss Friends instance will only be useful to my friends. Be careful who you hand this link to. If someone has it, they can get in, no matter what instance type it is. Will I get banned when EAC launches? No, you will be fine. If you have previously used mods and have totally removed them, nothing will happen. If you are currently using mods, you will receive an error on your screen and you will be prevented from loading into VRChat. Users that attempt to load a mod while running VRChat will be disconnected and the application will shut down. Click here to find instructions on how to do so. These applications are their own programs, and load in via SteamVR. They do not modify VRChat in any way. EAC will not care about these programs. You are free to use any of them! I rely on a feature that I only get through modifications. What should I do? We understand that many modifications provide users with features that they really wish they had in VRChat by default. This helps us decide what features to work on, and what things our users really want. Does this mean that VRChat is partnered with Epic? We just use their software. Thankfully, many different games use it, so we get the benefit of all of those games ensuring that EAC continues to work properly. The EAC team maintains this helpful page that can help with some less rare issues, like antivirus false positives. Of course, you can always contact the VRChat Support team to get help with any issues. I thought VRChat was working with mod creators? We did this! We spent time speaking with several modified client creators and got some feedback and insights that they had from their unique position. Much like the feedback you provide via our Feedback boards, much of that conversation fed into our production process. What about Linux via Proton? EAC works fine on these platforms. Thanks to Valve and the Proton team for all their hard work. For press or media inquiries, please contact press vrchat. Check out open positions on our site. Jul 25 Written By Tupper. The VRChat Team. As a quick refresher: Public - Anyone can join!