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.

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…

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. : )

If there is a VAC ban on your account that people can look up servers on other games might ban you as well.
Sure, there’s a possibility. But since it hasn’t happened in 10+ years I doubt it’s a problem.
My friend can’t play Hell Let Loose because of a game ban on a completely different game. Different anticheat, and different publisher. So. I would be shocked if a VAC ban wouldn’t cause the same issues.