Carighan MaconarOct 22, 2023

Valve is now reversing VAC bans due to AMD drivers in CS2, according to patch notes

https://lemmy.world/post/7152020

Valve is now reversing VAC bans due to AMD drivers in CS2, according to patch notes - Lemmy.World

Recently there was a thing where VAC would erroneously flag AMD’s antilag+ feature as cheating, and issue a ban. AMD then quickly disabled the feature by default but now Valve also patched detection for it and is now, at least according to these patch notes, reversing the bans.

Show threadleave_it_blankOct 22, 2023

The creepy thing is there is a possibility you can loose everything you bought in the worst case, maybe forever, without you being at fault. This time it ended ok, but who knows what’s on the horizon.

With GOG I have all my games backed up thanks to DRM free policy, but with Steam…

Show threadbergOct 22, 2023

I think a VAC ban only bans you from that one game, at most from other games with VAC. I got VAC banned in modern warfare 2 10+ years ago, but it hasn’t had an impact on my account/other games. More than a notice on my profile that it happened.

… just to add, the ban was justified. I went into a game and just held down the shoot button with a plethora of cheats on to see what it was like. It took all the fun out of it and cost me a game I like. Not recommended. : )

Show threadMaalus
Depends on the game iirc. If you get banned in a Valve game, you don’t get to play multiplayer in any Valve game.
Oct 22, 2023 at 8:37amWeb
Show threademziliOct 22, 2023
It’s more complicated than that, VAC bans are tied to the version of game engine used. So a VAC ban in Counter Strike Source would have also banned you from TF2, DoDS, and HL2DM, and nothing else. This also means that VAC bans from CSGO don’t affect any other games (except CS2 which is technically the same game)