Destiny 2 On PC Restricts Certain Game Capture, Voice Chat & Framerate Monitoring Programs

There are a lot of different applications that people use in conjunction with games on PC, but Destiny 2 appears to restrict some of them.

[Gwiz]

I understand why,certain cheats use similar d3d hooking methods.

[Nybz]

I love how accurately correct you are yet people down vote because N4G is basically a digital schoolyard lmao.

I'm fairly certain all this capturing voodoo won't be an issue during release in roughly 2 months. (Weird how the article said a month for PC, doesn't it come out Mid-October?)

[vallencer]

Edit: Missed where it said pc was also releasing next month.

As far as your reply to me below I never said they'd cheat with obs or xsplit or those programs. I just said they're punishing people who use them because they're worried about cheaters who are going to cheat anyway. Preventing HOOKING isn't going to stop the people who want to use aimbots or whatever from doing it. It WILL STILL HAPPEN. So punishing the people who are using these programs, and have been for years, is ridiculous. Punish the majority to stop a few cheaters. Works every time. It's like how D3 is online only to stop botting and cheating and yet it still is run by bots and some cheaters.

[Gwiz]

Oh well,dislikes are a reflection of a society as a whole.it's well known people tend to dislike much easier than liking something, ;)

[Thunder_G0d_Bane]

For good reason to stop cheaters. Stop trying to make it sound bad.

Good move on Bungies part. Very excited for the pc version.

[vallencer]

But it is bad.....Most people aren't going to cheat with any of the programs listed. So they're punishing the big people who will stream this because they're worried about people who are going to cheat anyway. You can't stop cheaters on pc. It's just kind of the way pc games unfortunately work. People are going to find ways to cheat in Destiny 2 on pc or console. Punishing the people who pay for xsplit by playing in windowed mode is BS.

[Gwiz]

It makes it much harder though by preventing certain third-party applications.Not a solution but this is Blizzard.
They have been one of the most rigorous companies fighting this.Not even VACS stands a chance because it allows these applications.i think it sucks because I use monitoring software to keep an eye on my laptop temps.

[Nybz]

...no one said people are cheating with OBS lmao.

Think maybe 2 steps ahead than you currently do.

If they prevent HOOKING to a certain degree, that prevents HOOKING of actual aimbots using similar methods as OBS/Xsplit non-malaciously uses.

Make sense?

[leemo19]

That's good, it cuts down on the cheating people tend to do on PC. D2 comes out October 24th for PC not Sept 6th.

[Allsystemgamer]

Please explain how screenshots, FPS counter and recording causes cheating.

And no. People don't "tend to cheat" on pc. That's a myth. It's higher on pc but they get banned immediately. There is just as much cheating on pc.

[leemo19]

The purpose of those programs don't cause cheating, but this is to prevent hooking from people, who use third party apps to do so.

[ONESHOTV2]

this will fail because 1 what's the most watch games again oh it's all PC games dota PUBG and LOL star craft now tell me where on the list of the game do you think destiny 1 is and where do you see destiny 2 being? and yeah I would love to see then stopping me from using mouse and keyboard on the console.

[Asuka]

window/display capture will work just fine. Could also try running an hdmi splitter from source -> splitter -> capcard if you need to use capture device. But seeing as how the youtube/twitch communities are only a small part of the overall player base i can see why something would need to be implemented to prevent certain cheat mechanics from abusing in-game hooks. for example, you could have program reading you frames, and determine when invincibility frames occur so they can be abused in a way to gain some advantage.

[S-Word]

Destiny 2 keeps getting worse & worse. It being just an overpriced expansion, locking it only on Blizzard's client, & now removing game capture, voice chat, framerate monitoring programs. I can see why this would flop. Even Anthem looks better.