Mods & Online play?

[Korn]

How about using mods without using Steam multiplayer? I expect everything should be alright if i use direct connection to a non-steam server.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

I have read it, but it does not answer my question. Wide scale account ban is not clear to me, CloD account, Steam account?? By wide scale i assume he means numerous accounts, not wide scale on one account.. its just ambiguous to me, that's all.

Can a ban in one game get you banned from all other games on steam?

Well they can do whatever they please as far as coming down on cheaters, though i would suspect it would just be CoD, given that you have to go through Steam to play the game it would pose a problem..i dont see Steam 'not' being used to play this game anytime soon...

Like they say..SP do what you like but MP, if your using the sound Mod online you could be using anything

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Korn

How about using mods without using Steam multiplayer? I expect everything should be alright if i use direct connection to a non-steam server.

Not sure.

[JG52Uther]

I would not use any mod online until the situation is officially clarified.
Once you get a VAC ban thats it, game over.

[von Pilsner]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

Can a ban in one game get you banned from all other games on steam?

Sort of... depends on the game.

Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC)

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
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.

If sound mods and graphics mods use an external .dll file to load then it could (technically) qualify as a VAC ban...

NO. anything untoward that happens on steam VAC equates to a review of your behaviour by 1C themselves.

It does not equate to a ban. The review might ! That is what we were told isnt it ?.