App is blocked by Vanguard (Valorant's anti-cheat system)

[kskoy]

Vanguard blocks Macsfancontrol to be opened, making a deadly mix for my mac, hopefully i found this problem quickly. I hope you can do something for it

[kleuter]

How exactly is it blocked? Which mac do you own? Thanks.

[kskoy]

I use an iMac 5k 2017.
If you activate vanguard the software won't launch so you won't have the control of your computer's fan

[kleuter]

Does it launch with an error?

[kskoy]

yes: Error initializing SMC interaction layer

[kleuter]

Please copy the log and post it here

[kskoy]

Ok, i'll do it later

[kleuter]

Related to #350

[Skaytacium]

I'm getting the same issue, and the log is almost the same except that I own a MacBook Pro 11,5. I tried disabling Valorant, resetting the SMC and re-installing MFC, but no luck.

[SeanXO]

is it possible to fix this? without uninstalling vanguard?

[2020-12-17 18:39:25:518] [thread 5316] [app.cpp#280] Macs Fan Control 1.5.8.1
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [app.cpp#281] Windows 7sp1 x64
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [app.cpp#282] MacBookPro9,1
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [app.cpp#283] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz [4 cores]
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [app.cpp#284] Qt 5.13.2
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [platform_win.cpp#97] Using HAL
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [platform_win_sys.cpp#86] Failed to open standard port X (error 2), will try inpout32
[2020-12-17 18:39:25:519] [thread 5316] [platform_win.cpp#106] PlatformWin::open trying inpout32

[kleuter]

No solution at the moment except contacting their developers/support.

[Killionight]

Been having the exact same issue since I reset my computer, used to work perfectly fine with vanguard. Contacted Riot and they said they won't ever be doing anything about it because there's other applications to overclock your fans (however those don't work for me). A workaround for this would be much appreciated.

[GhoulBoii]

After restarting my laptop, I started to get the same issues and I have tried everything and nothing is working.

This is the image of the error

and these are the logs

[2021-02-03 21:43:33:198] [thread 2508] [app.cpp#280] Macs Fan Control 1.5.8.1
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:199] [thread 2508] [app.cpp#281] Windows 10 x64
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:199] [thread 2508] [app.cpp#282] MacBookAir6,2
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:199] [thread 2508] [app.cpp#283] Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4260U CPU @ 1.40GHz [2 cores]
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:199] [thread 2508] [app.cpp#284] Qt 5.13.2
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:200] [thread 2508] [platform_win.cpp#97] Using HAL
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:200] [thread 2508] [platform_win_sys.cpp#86] Failed to open standard port X (error 2), will try inpout32
[2021-02-03 21:43:33:200] [thread 2508] [platform_win.cpp#106] PlatformWin::open trying inpout32

I even contacted Riot Support and they said this

[Kezyyaherd]

is there a fix to this yet?

[GhoulBoii]

So I had asked the Valorant Support a while back of the same question and they said this:

Hey!

Thank you for reaching out!

You are right, you should be able to use this application...

I reported the issue further and we'll be looking into it!

Kind regards!

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I havent checked afterwards as I stopped playing Valorant on my macbook and on another laptop.

[kleuter]

Thanks a lot for the follow up. Hoping it's going to be unblocked soon

[Shmalle]

Having the same problem, tho I have turned off Vanguard (simply right-clicked the VANGUARD-icon and exited it)
Here's my log as reference, possibly helps you.

[2021-09-29 17:12:27:798] [thread 6680] [app.cpp#288] Macs Fan Control 1.5.9
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [app.cpp#289] Windows 10 x64
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [app.cpp#290] iMac14,2
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [app.cpp#291] Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz [4 cores]
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [app.cpp#292] Qt 5.15.2
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [platform_win.cpp#97] Using HAL
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [platform_win_sys.cpp#86] Failed to open standard port X (error 2), will try inpout32
[2021-09-29 17:12:27:799] [thread 6680] [platform_win.cpp#106] PlatformWin::open trying inpout32

[kleuter]

Will provide a beta version soon which might be compatible, please stay tuned.

[kleuter]

Please try this build

[Shmalle]

Please try this build

Gave a warning on start but still worked! Nice.

2021-10-27_145151.mp4

[kleuter]

Great, will remove that warning

[GhoulBoii]

I personally don't play valorant anymore but it is great that the issue is finally fixed.

[Shmalle]

I personally don't play valorant anymore but it is great that the issue is finally fixed.

Hell yea. Upcoming videogames could possibly use a similar anticheat to RIOT VANGUARD that would cause the same issue? I am curious how this is gonna go on. And I am curious how it was actually fixed 🤔

[kleuter]

We've developed a custom fallback driver that is not blocked (yet 😄 )

[Shmalle]

That sounds neat! Lets hope this wont get blocked 🤞

[emjayking]

Issue still persisting on macbook pro 2018. Closing Riot Vanguard and then attempting to start Macs Fan Control does not fix the issue.
Logs Below.
Thanks :)

[2022-09-03 16:50:55:876] [thread 12564] [app.cpp#305] Macs Fan Control 1.5.13
[2022-09-03 16:50:55:878] [thread 12564] [app.cpp#306] Windows 10 x64 (20H2)
[2022-09-03 16:50:55:878] [thread 12564] [app.cpp#307] MacBookPro15,1
[2022-09-03 16:50:55:878] [thread 12564] [app.cpp#308] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz [6 cores]
[2022-09-03 16:50:55:878] [thread 12564] [app.cpp#309] Qt 5.15.9
[2022-09-03 16:50:55:879] [thread 12564] [Platform_win.cpp#99] AppleSMC service is not enabled

Just tried restarting the SMC, heres the new logs

[2022-09-03 16:54:58:092] [thread 6836] [app.cpp#305] Macs Fan Control 1.5.13
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:092] [thread 6836] [app.cpp#306] Windows 10 x64 (20H2)
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:092] [thread 6836] [app.cpp#307] MacBookPro15,1
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:092] [thread 6836] [app.cpp#308] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz [6 cores]
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:092] [thread 6836] [app.cpp#309] Qt 5.15.9
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:093] [thread 6836] [#] OpenService (AppleSMC) failed with error 1060
[2022-09-03 16:54:58:093] [thread 6836] [Platform_win.cpp#106] AppleSMC service cannot be opened