When starting the game, EAC fails with Error Code: 20006 (Cannot create service (StartService failed: 2)).
This is a fresh install of the game. I'm not trying to play online. There is no information on this specific variant of Error Code 20006 (StartService failed: 2) on Easy Anti Cheat's website.
Starting the game in offline mode still throws the same error. This is incredibly frustrating. Please address the faulty anti cheat protection or at least bypass EAC for those of us who are not interested in online play and have no need for cheat protections.
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