Historical HakenKreuz

[BrassEm]

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[ElAurens]

VAC violation on Steam.

Messing with the file structure will do it.

[BrassEm]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

VAC violation on Steam.

Messing with the file structure will do it.

Like 1946 mods in old Il-2? I have posted and await the official word from 1c if I am banned or not.

[Buchon]

The team clearly stated that the mod support is not ready yet (SDK), so the VALVE anti-cheat (VAC) will assume this modification has potential cheat due the files access modification.

If you use this offline there no problem, but joining servers with this you can be banned by VAC, atm.

Before I get more into the patch, I want to discuss the sfs – mod situation a bit. First of all, the data you’re accessing was never intended to be hidden from the user, but rather accessible as part of our larger plans for SDKs and user mods and expansions. It’s just we planned to open it up ourselves eventually, once the SDK was ready, but our enterprising fans found a way to do it earlier.

Most importantly, I need to mention something about Valve anti-cheat. Valve has their standard feature running on top of multiplayer, and we have some of our own additional checks. The way it works is not an automatic immediate server ban, but rather a data-gathering and review process resulting in eventual account ban from all multiplayer for the game.

So while many of you may enjoy playing around with game content, please do so offline. We do not yet have the user interface for switching between modified and stock files, nor do we have the server GUI to allow/disallow custom content so that makes things a little more difficult for the players. We’re probably going to ignore any infractions before today, but we’ll become more aggressive in the coming days. Please be warned. There will be a wide-scale account ban once we identify a large number of culprits. Everyone will be banned simultaneously, with no prior warning or chance for redemption. If you do not wish to be made an example of, please do not use ANY modified files in any online matches.

After all, cracking the game is against the EULA and theoretically we could ban everyone who has ever tried any mod, but that of course would serve no purpose. Once again, we do not mind you fiddling with your own game on your own machine, as long as you don’t use that ability to try to give yourself an unfair advantage online.

Its just to early to do this, there will be mods for this, just be patient.

[BrassEm]

Good post Buchon, Thank You.

When were they ever ready? If UBI didn't push we would still be waiting.

I am enjoying my flying with Historically Correct aircraft.

[JG1_Luckystrike]

thank u very much BrassEm!

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by BrassEm

Like 1946 mods in old Il-2? I have posted and await the official word from 1c if I am banned or not.

You won't get any notice.

Steam will keep info on players for some period of time, then have one general ban of a large number of players at once, with no chance of revocation of your account.

I'm not saying that what you are doing is wrong on the face of it, but Steam does not care what you or I or anyone else thinks. They have a zero tolerance policy and they enforce it.

I hope you don't get a perma ban.

[hanuristi]

If they ban you for something like that, then its time to call your lawyer (or at least return the game and get your money back if you bought it retail). It would even be against the Steam agreement, it says you can get banned for "unfair competitive advantage" and having a realistic insignia on the tail of the plane hardly does any of that.

[ElAurens]

Remember, Steam is mostly about FPS games. In FPS games skins can be used to confer advantage. As VAC knows no difference between an FPS and a Flight Sim it won't know the difference between hack to put decals on a plane and a hack to make all your opponents appear hot pink. (This was done in IL2, if you remember).

You all wanted Steam so bad.

Now live with it.

[Thee_oddball]

According to Atoras ALL ACCEPTED! mods will be programed into VAC so the user does not get kicked