Setup Guide

Introduction

This product is software that requires the user to disable the PC's security features to operate.

An Important Note

Using this software online against other human players exposes the PC and/or the account you choose to play on to risk. This may result in account suspensions, bans, HWID bans, etc.

For this reason, we always recommend using an alternate account. Never use your main account when using any of our software.

Our software is consistently updated to remain undetected and safe to use online. Always check the product status you wish to use before using it.

Setup Guide

Follow all the steps in the setup guide. Do not skip steps, even if you have used other software before.

1. Preparing Windows

• Run Windows Update and install all the latest updates, rebooting the PC and re-checking for updates each time until no further updates are available.

• Update your video card (GPU) drivers:

  • NVIDIA GPU drivers

  • or AMD GPU drivers

• Download & install:

  • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables

  • Microsoft .NET framework (v8.0) & .NET framework (v4.8.1)

  • Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtimes

2. Removing Antivirus & Anti-cheat

• Uninstall all third-party

• Uninstall all third-party

For example, Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat.

Do not uninstall Easy Anti-cheat (EAC) or BattlEye.

3. Disable Security Settings

• Toggle off real-time protection (Windows Security -> virus & threat protection)

Toggle OFF Real-time protection.

• Toggle off Tamper Protection (Windows Security -> virus & threat protection)

Toggle OFF Tamper Protection.

• Toggle off memory integrity (Windows Security -> device security -> core isolation)

Toggle OFF memory integrity.

• Disable Windows Defender using Sordum Defender Control:

  • Extract the file (drag and drop the folder out of the .zip archive)

  • Run dControl.exe as administrator

  • Disable Windows Defender using dControl

Defender Control should be red if it ran correctly.

446KB

DCONTROL.zip

archive

Sordum Defender Control

4. Preparing the Game

• Launch the game

  • change video settings to borderless windowed mode or windowed mode

  • verify the game's resolution matches the monitor's display resolution

  • save any changes

  • close the game

5. Setup SteelSeries Moments

The OXIDE loader utilizes SteelSeries Moments to inject and interact with Rust.

• Sign up or log in to SteelSeries

• Download & install SteelSeries Moments

6. Preparing the Loader

• Head over to the client panel

• Check your order and paste your license key in the enter license field

• Click the request loader install button

• Right-click -> run as administrator on the file

• Register an account or log in to the loader

• After logging in, click Rust

• Click Inject

  • the loader will now wait for SteelSeries Moments to be open if it is not already open

  • at this stage, the loader may prompt you to reboot the PC

  • after the reboot completes, run the loader again, inject the Rust cheat

  • at the Injection Successful popup, (if applicable) use your spoofer to spoof at this step

    • close the spoofer when finished spoofing

This product uses the loader.

The DEX-D loader.

• Open Rust

• Once Rust is open, wait for the Alert popup - do not close this window yet.

The Alert popup.

• ALT + TAB to SteelSeries Moments

• Click WAITING FOR GAME CAPTURE

• Click START DESKTOP CAPTURE

Waiting for game capture in SteelSeries Moments

• ALT + TAB back into the game

• Click OK on the Alert popup from before

• Press ALT + S on the keyboard

• The menu will appear.

Setup complete!

Need help with bans, VPNs, spoofers & more?

Take a look at our Resources page:

Resources | Documentation

Rust Bans

Rust issues more complex bans compared to other games. We have a detailed ban guide for Rust here:

Bans | Documentation