The Rise of Cannons

[yellonet]

It will be interesting to see what mods will be interpreted as cheats by VAC.

"The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modification to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries."

The SFS mod tool v1.1 for IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover doesn't modify any dll but adds one; seems there's a fine line between modding and hacking.

[von Pilsner]

Originally Posted by yellonet

It will be interesting to see what mods will be interpreted as cheats by VAC.

"The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modification to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries."

The SFS mod tool v1.1 for IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover doesn't modify any dll but adds one; seems there's a fine line between modding and hacking.

Regarding new/unknown mods: I believe steam will send the details to MG and MG decides what is to be classified as a cheat.

From: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7849-Radz-6869

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
VAC is enabled on all multiplayer servers, public and private. Any modifications to the game other than editing config files can result in a VAC ban. Examples of such modifications include console enablers, VAC disablers, and server hosting mods.

A VAC ban in Modern Warfare 2 only affects Modern Warfare 2.

Valve games
The Valve Anti-Cheat system is enabled for servers displaying the Secured shield logo. Using custom skins, sounds or maps and playing multi-player mods which do not modify core .EXE and .DLL files will not result in a VAC ban.

Cheating in a Source Engine game that was released prior to Left 4 Dead will result in a VAC ban from Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Day of Defeat: Source, and Team Fortress 2.

Cheating in a Gold Source engine game will result in a VAC ban from Counter-Strike, Condition Zero, Ricochet, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress Classic, Half-Life: Deathmatch, and Deathmatch Classic

Notice the different titles have a different threshold for cheating and the consequences of a VAC ban (seem to) depend on who made the game.

It seems like Luthier will need to communicate well with the community regarding the anti-cheat system before VAC bans get instituted in-game. It could be argued that custom sounds (make your plane quiet and enemy planes loud so you can hear them at a great distance) and even skins (hunter safety orange paint for everyone on the other team) could be considered a cheat online.