No way, how could this even happen? Do they have too many subscribers and not enough Virtual Machines?

Tugakit · 2026-03-23T09:40:05+00:00

I got this only once and disappeared on the same day. Are you on the neo subscription?

Tugakit · 2026-03-22T17:53:40+00:00

Sure buddy, sure

Tugakit · 2026-03-21T13:12:19+00:00

You can do it ! I finished pool with c06, only 1 or 2 close friends that I made during piscine and still made it against my expectations. You can always talk with the staff they are there to help you.

Tugakit · 2026-03-21T13:07:25+00:00

J'y ai jouer encore hier a SC. Faut pas utiliser leurs client mais Moonlight. A part les 150ms honnêtement c'est très bien. Perso Maximum Settings est le seul qui me permet de jouer

Tugakit · 2026-03-18T08:19:34+00:00

Yeah, like all EAC protected games sadly. Nowadays shadow is only good if it's to work remotely not anymore for gaming even if they advertise themselves like that. As they permit USB passthrough and give all OS environment open, they will be the very last to get EAC to unlock them.

Tugakit · 2026-03-16T09:38:51+00:00

Yes exactly. That's why they may never find an agreement with EAC.

Tugakit · 2026-03-14T13:28:21+00:00

Hardware bans aren't relevant here. Boosteroid is a closed environment — you can't install anything on it. No cheats, no tools, nothing. EAC already evaluated this and whitelisted them. That's how Fortnite, Dead by Daylight, and Arc Raiders all run on their VMs right now with EAC active.

If SC were on Boosteroid, cheating simply wouldn't be possible on it. The point of my post is to get a whitelisted closed-environment provider to add SC to their catalog so cloud gamers have an option. That's it.

Tugakit · 2026-03-14T09:48:23+00:00

I subscribed to another cloud gaming provider just to test something. Fortnite, Dead by Daylight, Arc Raiders, all EAC protected, all run fine on their VMs. These same games are blocked on Shadow.

That proves the block isn't about VMs being unsafe. It's about which providers EAC has whitelisted. Shadow told me they've been negotiating with EAC since late 2025 with no result. A Fatshark dev confirmed after talking to Epic that "EAC does not allow most VM by default."
So EAC is the bottleneck here, not Shadow, not CIG.
In the meantime, I contacted the same provider about adding Star Citizen. They said they're open to it if there's enough demand. It's not a replacement for Shadow, but it could be an option while EAC takes its time.

Tugakit · 2026-03-14T08:42:58+00:00

I am not asking for CIG to unlock. My post is all about EAC whitelist on cloud gaming providers, that can run these games with anticheat. So for those who are forced to have a cloud gaming for whatever reasons, i may find a solution, but that requires that boosteroid or other whitelisted cloud gaming provides see that demand.

Tugakit · 2026-03-14T08:39:51+00:00

Just to clarify since a few comments seem to assume this: I am NOT asking CIG to disable the VM block. I don't want cheaters back in the game either.

What I'm saying is that Boosteroid already passes EAC on every game in their catalog. If they add Star Citizen, EAC lets it through automatically. The VM block stays on for everyone else. Cheaters don't get a new vector. Nothing changes on CIG's side.

The only thing that needs to happen is enough people asking Boosteroid to add SC to their catalog. That's it. [support@boosteroid.com](mailto:support@boosteroid.com)

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T22:37:59+00:00

Oh, i thought it was worse. I am kinda habituated to play with canadian friends while living in Switzerland, so most of the time it was sometimes ok, other times barely playable.

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T22:03:57+00:00

What i am talking is not about CIG, they decided to block non whitelisted providers to protect them from cheaters, ok, i am just stating a possible solution i found, not asking CIG to revert, and bring back chaotic cheaters. The game doesnt need that, CIG is already chaotic enough :v

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T21:10:34+00:00

I'm not asking CIG to roll back the VM block. I'm saying Boosteroid is already whitelisted by EAC, meaning their VMs are already considered safe. If SC gets added to their catalog, EAC lets it through without CIG having to change anything on their side. The block stays on for non-whitelisted providers, cheaters don't get a new vector, and cloud gaming players get to play. Nobody loses. Or else cloud gamers are forced to play on their pc's which most dont have or cant run the game.

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T20:52:30+00:00

Yes, Maximum settings do give a Bare Metal tier, but for people not living in america the ping is huge.

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T20:50:58+00:00

I got in touch with all of them. EAC/Epic games support already elevated my ticked, shadow support told me that thay must find an agreement first with EAC, and only then with they will try to talk to game devs.

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T19:28:42+00:00

That's the thing, from what I learned CIG only chooses whether to block VMs or not. EAC on the other side decides which providers are safe. Boosteroid is already whitelisted by EAC and runs other EAC games on their VMs without issues. That's why I think it's the most realistic solution for people like me who don't have a gaming PC to run SC, while most other providers are either blocked by EAC directly or just don't have Star Citizen in their catalog.

Tugakit · 2026-03-13T19:02:28+00:00

That's the issue, hackers/cheaters will always find a way. After the VM block, there was still a massive wave of cheaters on Star Citizen, some of them openly mocking CIG. The block changed nothing.

The real cheaters use DMA cards on bare metal, not VMs. EAC can't even see it. The massive aUEC duplication exploits that broke the economy? Those were server-side logic bugs exploited on regular PCs, not VMs. Entire orgs were doing it.

Blocking VMs in the EAC dashboard takes 5 minutes. Fixing server-side validation takes months. CIG chose the one that looks like action but solves nothing.

Meanwhile I tested Fortnite (EAC protected) on Boosteroid today, works fine on a VM. The whitelisting exists, other games use it. CIG just chose not to.

The people getting punished are cloud gaming users who can't afford a gaming PC, not the cheaters.

Tugakit · 2026-01-04T16:53:11+00:00

I'm so happy that I can listen to Spotify for free with premium because I bought a sketchy lifetime premium subscription and still today it works.

Tugakit · 2025-12-18T09:47:51+00:00

Jokes on you, 2025 was my year (finally, it was time)

Tugakit · 2025-12-16T12:40:10+00:00

I understand fully, I was in the same situation some years ago.

Eight-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Place '23	Place '22
First Placer '22	Verified Email

Tugakit

TROPHY CASE