The Truth About VAC-Bans

[Archangel]

how did I spamm ? is replying to something illegal....and I read the rules, there is nothing there about replying to someone that looks illegal . But, anyhow, plz don't bann me, cuz i couldn't see how another day on mpgh would look without me

i call it disrespecting the rules (its clearly said that this kind of posts belong here,
in the general section), and also, you disrespected me.
i dont like that, and neither do the other minions.
i wont get you banned, its just a heads up.
please respect the rules (and the staff).

[incognito5x3x2x1]

ok man, sorry, i have respect for you and ur hacks :P , i didn't mean to diss you or make fun of u...i was just saying....

[B4M]

That thing with banning all Valve's games for hacking in only one... damn.. it's gay!

[TheUser]

Useful thread, good job.

[Niku ・(￣∀￣)・]

ok man, sorry, i have respect for you and ur hacks :P , i didn't mean to diss you or make fun of u...i was just saying....

lmao....*i LOL'ed when read ur post*
nice info..

[r_arraz]

2nd: Some games have better VAC than others.
I read on the Steam forum that... if you get caught cheating at C.S. 1.6 you will be banned from Left 4 Dead 2, L4D, Half Life 2, Half Life and Team Fortress 1 &2. That also happens viceversa.... i mean, if u get caught cheating at Half Life, same thing happens. Why is that? cuz this games have lower protection and the hacks might be simillar.

Now if you get caught cheating at modern warfare 2, you only get banned from modern warfare 2. That explains that mw2 has a better security than the games above.

That thing with banning all Valve's games for hacking in only one... damn.. it's gay!

Those games don't have lower security than MW2, it's probably higher since those are Valve's own games and they are their most popular ones. Anyway VAC bans people from whatever engine the game that they were hacking on was using e.g. hacking on TF2, which uses the Source engine gets you banned from all other multiplayer games that use the Source engine. But those are multiplayer games so getting VAC banned should not affect Half Life 1&2 since those are singleplayer games. You can, however, still connect to servers if they are not VAC-secured. But getting banned from MW2, which apparently uses IW 4.0 as their engine, means you cannot play MW2 anymore because there are no dedicated servers so basically the whole damn game is VAC-secured. That also means you cannot play any other Call of Duty game that uses that same engine in your banned account.

[incognito5x3x2x1]

yea, that's what i was trying to say.... hehe, u explained it perfectly

[Melodia]

This thread is based on personal suppositions ; Not Facts.

[barmaPro]

The only truth i saw , was when i got banned some hours later after using vac chaos
10PM: shut down my computer after using vac chaos
The next day (18 hours later): Surprise: Cheat detected ! Good bye MW2

In Bad company 2: im playing for about 50 hours that game and the reality is that aimbotters and wallhackers are banned, not in mw2.(8 aimboters banned and 5 wallhackers since i started)
PunkBuster "ftw"

[r_arraz]

The only truth i saw , was when i got banned some hours later after using vac chaos
10PM: shut down my computer after using vac chaos
The next day (18 hours later): Surprise: Cheat detected ! Good bye MW2

In Bad company 2: im playing for about 50 hours that game and the reality is that aimbotters and wallhackers are banned, not in mw2.(8 aimboters banned and 5 wallhackers since i started)
PunkBuster "ftw"

Was that the first and only time you used VAC Chaos?

[Hell_Demon]

Now if you get caught cheating at modern warfare 2, you only get banned from modern warfare 2. That explains that mw2 has a better security than the games above.

They ban by engine, cs 1.6 uses goldsrc, so u get banned from all goldsource games, HL2 uses source engine, get banned = all source engine games banned.
MW2 is the only steam game with VAC that runs on quake, so u only get banned from MW2.

"If you purchased a product and you modify that product, you don't break any rule."
Does not count for digital product, you violate the games EULA.

[incognito5x3x2x1]

than why if you get banned from C.S. 1.6 you also get banned from Half Life... and HL is considered a C.S.1.6 mod, or CS is considered a HL mod.


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This thread is based on personal suppositions ; Not Facts.

and btw....it's not personal suppostions, it's conclusions withdrawn from reading the stuff they have on the steam forum and good information from valid sources.... hehehe

war3zdude92 says: dont doublepost, use the edit button next time

[Hell_Demon]

than why if you get banned from C.S. 1.6 you also get banned from Half Life... and HL is considered a C.S.1.6 mod, or CS is considered a HL mod.


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and btw....it's not personal suppostions, it's conclusions withdrawn from reading the stuff they have on the steam forum and good information from valid sources.... hehehe

war3zdude92 says: dont doublepost, use the edit button next time

Half life 1 uses the goldsource engine, CS 1.6 started as mod for it, but is now a game, so it also uses goldsource engine.

When you get VAC banned, not all your games in your Steam Account get banned, you only get banned from a game engine.

Click here for the full list of games which uses VAC.

Example :

* If you cheated in Counter Strike 1.6, you'll be banned from the HL1 engine (Counter Strike 1.6, CS: Condition Zero, Half Life, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress Classic, etc)
* If you cheated in Counter Strike Source, you'll be banned from the EP1/Orange box engine (Counter Strike Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Team Fortress 2, etc)
* If you cheated in Left 4 Dead, you'll be banned from the Left 4 Dead only
* If you cheated in Red Orchestra, you'll be banned from Red Orchestra only
* If you cheated in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, you'll be banned from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 only

[Niku ・(￣∀￣)・]

wow..........lazy to read all comment lol
true!HL1 use goldsource engine..

[Melodia]

Anyways ;
As this topic is going to end in Flame or something like it, And even has errors as this is just Mr.Threadstarter's suppositions/conclusion, The solution is pretty easy..

~Closed

Have fun at Vacbanned.com if you want more info, Just keep in mind Vac Is a Biatch, And that VALVe can ban yas for what they feel like banning you for, As you agreed to this when you made your Steam account & Everytime you purchase a Steam game.

Have fun reading their ToS / EULa.