How to disable EAC in ELDEN RING

For people that don't want to deal with Epic's trash.

READ THIS FIRST

IF YOU DISABLE EAC YOU CAN'T GO ONLINE, IF YOU WANT TO DO SHENANIGANS WITH YOUR SAVE DON'T GO ONLINE WITH IT AFTERWARDS. IF YOU GOT YOURSELF BANNED BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO BRING YOUR LEVEL 999 CHEAT ENGINED CHAR ONLINE ITS YOUR OWN FAULT.

Guide

1. Create a .txt file and name it steam_appid.txt and it needs to go into the same folder that eldenring.exe is in.
2. Open it and add the string of numbers "1245620" (without quotes) to the file.
3. Launch the game by clicking on the exe file, DO NOT launch it through steam, it won't work if you do.

if you see this screen when you reach the main menu then it worked.

However this screen will only show up if you set it to go online automatically in settings.

If you set it to start offline just try to go online and that message will appear.

To go online again launch it through steam so EAC is enabled.