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==== Regarding VRChat ====
My work often involves reverse engineering software, so I generally have at least three applications with kernel-level access running at all times. This is so I can see what programs are doing at runtime, such as what files they open or what registry keys they access.  A great example is [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ Microsoft's SysInternals Suite], which I use in [https://www.nexisonline.net/index.php/2021/04/11/melonloader-sold-out/ this old blogpost] to check whether MelonLoader was doing nefarious things or not.  I also have [https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/ Process Hacker], a provocatively-named but benign open-source Task Manager replacement running at all times to monitor system load. Process Hacker installs kernel-level drivers to show what SYSTEM-level services and applications are doing, with the same level of detail (if not more) as SysInternals.
When EAC was introduced, I realized I could no longer play VRChat, as I have played other games with EAC and they would refuse to open if I even had Process Hacker open, due to the hooks it automatically installed into open applications. I also decided I could not comply with the ToS, and uninstalled the game in accordance with the Terms.
I can be found in ChilloutVR these days.

Revision as of 01:57, 23 October 2022

I run the wiki server.

Please yell at me if something implodes or otherwise needs fixed.

Contact

Social Networking

Account Names
S/N Account
Discord N3X15#7475
Twitter @N3X15
Twitch n3x15

VR Games

Account Names
Game Username Notes
VRChat Lexicus I no longer use VRChat. See explanation below.
ChilloutVR N3X15
NEOS N3X15

Regarding VRChat

My work often involves reverse engineering software, so I generally have at least three applications with kernel-level access running at all times. This is so I can see what programs are doing at runtime, such as what files they open or what registry keys they access. A great example is Microsoft's SysInternals Suite, which I use in this old blogpost to check whether MelonLoader was doing nefarious things or not. I also have Process Hacker, a provocatively-named but benign open-source Task Manager replacement running at all times to monitor system load. Process Hacker installs kernel-level drivers to show what SYSTEM-level services and applications are doing, with the same level of detail (if not more) as SysInternals.

When EAC was introduced, I realized I could no longer play VRChat, as I have played other games with EAC and they would refuse to open if I even had Process Hacker open, due to the hooks it automatically installed into open applications. I also decided I could not comply with the ToS, and uninstalled the game in accordance with the Terms.

I can be found in ChilloutVR these days.