Posted on 20 October 2020 - 09:02 PM

So ive been getting alot of "BAC requires you to restart" warnings. I was wondering why it needed so many. If I dont play on BAC servers, is it ok to press "no" or ignore it?

Posted on 21 October 2020 - 04:10 AM

This normally happens when a player has installed Badlion recently. It would be more efficient if you did restart if it does ask you to, however, if it is for BAC then it is not 100% required, you just wouldn't be able to join BAC servers.

Posted on 21 October 2020 - 05:44 AM

This is because of the anticheat. Here's how it works, basically :

Badlion Client uses what we can call a "Kernel-Level Anticheat".
For a little explanation, you can't really alter anything in the level of the Kernel if the computer is fully launched, as the Kernel is the very core of your operating system (which is, I assume, Windows). And this core can hardly be modified once the system is fully booted. The easiest way to edit the kernel, be it boot a software (Like BAC), stop a software (like BAC), or modify anything in the kernel, is to make the computer change what we want when the computer is booting.

In our case, this means that Badlion Client needs you to reboot your computer so the Badlion AntiCheat can be launched properly in the Kernel, as it told the computer that on next boot, he will have to start Badlion Anticheat in the Kernel.

Personally, I don't like kernel-level anticheats, and as thus, I have made sure that no matter what, when I stopped my computer, it would stop BAC from launching in the kernel.
Sure, I got this message every time, but I prefer it that way.

Posted on 21 October 2020 - 06:44 AM

Personally I think restarting my entire computer just so I can play on servers I don't even know about is wasting time, I just wanna play minecraft leave me alone