Hi people i need some help regarding texture, firstly do they still work? Are they still not bannable, and im using steam

This is what im trying and my problem

https://www.mpgh.net/forum/191-call-d...-versions.html

I install them correctly open IwD with winrar extract textures in there overite etc. But when i start mw2, and try to join a game i never able to join a lobby with any player, all the way to 120ms and still not found a game, while before i used the texture hacks i could get in a game striaght away, i heard something about file size need to be the same. Some explain this to me. Thanks