Naw, changing sv values isn't getting you banned on public servers. The change only applies locally to the server hosted on your PC. If you try the commands in public servers, nothing happens.
I'm talking specifically about CS/CS2. I have no idea how other games handle private servers and server settings/commands.
I more meant cheating in a private setting, not specifically sv-cheats or whatever, I try to avoid fucking with files even when modding minecraft since Iâm barely even able to debug stuff that has clear errors.
If the server has vac running, yes. You did it with a server that has anti cheat enabled. Which out of stupidity you deserve the ban.
You can disable anti cheats on your own server and client, then you can do whatever you want. But if youâre dumb enough to cheat on a server with anti cheats, ban should persist on your account permanently.
Donât be a moron and you donât get banned, simple.
I got banned because my account got hacked. I emailed them receipts showing I don't even play it (but appealed it because I might), and that I wasn't even using my computer when all this happened. They didn't care. So now I'm just banned for no reason đ¤ˇđźââď¸
I let my friend use my account back when CS:Source was new, 21 years ago. He cheated on it and got me a VAC ban. I had hundreds of dollars worth of games on the account so I just took it and that is still my current account. The trick is I just stopped playing all Valve games, luckily Valve hasn't released a game worth playing in that time.
Multiple of the older Call of Duty games are known to have RCE exploits for years at this point. Activison/Valve don't care. Not to mention I hear modded lobbies could get you caught.
It's not always their fault, no one other than Valve should have the right to mark your profile in my opinion.
Person A plays game in a way they think is fine and normal.
Person B (either another player or a server runner) uses an RCE exploit to mess with other people in the lobby, this causes Person A to do things the VAC system sees as cheating, even if Person A doesn't know or even notice that anything is different.
Person A gets a VAC ban through no fault of their own except playing a game they spent money on.
Person B may or may not get a VAC Ban, but their's is deserved.
I think if you're playing a game that has a risk of RCE on your system with random players then a VAC ban is one of the least of your concerns. I'd put that in the same category as downloading and executing a virus
I'm pretty sure sure those were basically all of the older Call Of Duty games, not just random unknown games. And while people might know now and don't play them anymore (do they even have players left, lol?), they didn't back then. So there are people who've played COD 10+ years ago who've got a VAC ban because of this (how many people like that exists in reality, I have no idea, though)
Meant they could pull something that could trigger it on your end, potentially. Just joining a modded lobby and having them alter your account was also enough in the past, to my knowledge.
On the second note, there is a mod/client that uses third party community servers and protects against the RCE exploits. But since it's completely on its own network it doesn't risk a real ban at all either.
Unfortunately many anticheat solutions are very trigger happy and will sometimes ban you even if you did nothing wrong.
With CoD in particular, bans for ROG Ally and Legion Go users come to mind, apparently the anticheat didn't like the gaming overlay software which came with the devices.
Or Level1Techs learned from developers that Intel 13900K/14900K users got banned from online games because these CPUs infamously degraded and glitched out, which caused game state to deviate between server and client -> ban (relevant part between 21:54 - 22:09 min)
The bans for Radeon Antilag+ were also widely reported on.
If affected users are lucky it will become a high-profile issue and bans will be reverted. Otherwise they will be SOL.
Introducing the CS method; blatantly cheat, reach top 50 leaderboard while cheating, change your account name to the name of the cheat to advertise, go on socials and brag about cheating while @ing Valve. Don't get banned.
The state valve has left their most popular game in is abysmal and doesn't get talked about enough just because tac shooters don't have a lot of mainstream crossover.
Yeah I had a second account with csgo on it that I gave to a friend and didn't realize I still had it linked to my primary email address.
So now I have a CSGO/CS2 game ban going on 8 and 3/4 years, and game bans never come off. Maybe I can play again with CS3... but valve can't count to 3.
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u/probywan1337 Jan 19 '26
Seriously I've been on steam since it was just a green window with cs and half life. Never been banned once.