Skin models for guns, Cheating or not?

[TwistyBox]

Ive seen many posts about weapon skins and I was wondering, If I use them on our servers does that count as cheating and will I get kicked by valves anti cheat system?

 

[Not-Z]

Long as it does not give you a view advantage I wouldn't call it cheating.

Remember that any game that is offered by steam is still their property and no matter what the mod is, they can ban you as they see fit.

There are definitely some cool looking mods out there but no matter how small or big the change is, there is always a risk of getting banned if you alter the original material.

 

[Tangerine]

Skins will not trigger the VAC.

 

[MIB2]

Long as it does not give you a view advantage I wouldn't call it cheating.

Remember that any game that is offered by steam is still their property and no matter what the mod is, they can ban you as they see fit.

There are definitely some cool looking mods out there but no matter how small or big the change is, there is always a risk of getting banned if you alter the original material.

Emmm...No. you cant get banned because of skins, models, sounds, music or anything else, you just can't.

 

[Not-Z]

When I played the regular CS years ago, I was banned for it.

This was way before steam so maybe it was a bit different.

I had an customized AWP skin, it did not give me any "enchantments" and that was the only thing I had done to the game.
They blabbed about my personal game file was modded or blah blah blah, since then I've not messed with any game material because of the possibility.

 

[Captain Cool]

When I played the regular CS years ago, I was banned for it.

This was way before steam so maybe it was a bit different.

I had an customized AWP skin, it did not give me any "enchantments" and that was the only thing I had done to the game.
They blabbed about my personal game file was modded or blah blah blah, since then I've not messed with any game material because of the possibility.

You can't be banned for it, vac2 system cant detect custom models! Even Cheat models can't be detected, but if had a 3rd party tool going on you might get banned.

 

[G-M4N]

strange....i was actually thinking of adding a few weapon skins but after reading this im having doubts.

 

[Desert Fox]

No, skins won't trigger VAC.. but make sure you get them www.fpsbanana.com, and preferably that they aren't an .exe file because that could install some unwanted stuff, which could trigger VAC.

 

[Sand_Man]

Skins won't trigger VAC2, nor will most scripts, actually. VAC usually looks for other things. However, I think things like bright colored skins, i.e noobskins are disallowed.

 

[dunk182]

vac looks for changes to the .dll files and the core files not skin files or player skin files

 

[Tangerine]

Skins won't trigger VAC2, nor will most scripts, actually. VAC usually looks for other things. However, I think things like bright colored skins, i.e noobskins are disallowed.

They are not allowed on our servers, however the VAC will not detect them. There is no risk to custom skins, none of you have anything to worry about.

 

[TwistyBox]

Well if they are not allowed by our servers then thats all I needed to know. Thank you for you help!

 

[AWPerator]

No skin, no matter how cheap and distasteful, will get you banned by steam. Some servers, however, will kick/ban for using custom skins, or make it impossible to see custom skins in the server.

Also, most custom skins are disallowed in tournament/league games. Therefore, make sure you delete all custom files before doing anything competitive .

 

[MIB2]

No skin, no matter how cheap and distasteful, will get you banned by steam. Some servers, however, will kick/ban for using custom skins, or make it impossible to see custom skins in the server.

Also, most custom skins are disallowed in tournament/league games. Therefore, make sure you delete all custom files before doing anything competitive .

ok, i dont belive in it. I play TF2 from the beggining, have almost everything replaced including hud and sounds and models, not just textures, same in DOD:S, same in CS:S. Nothing happened. Therefore VAC2 doesnt ban for skins, you just cant be banned for them. Period. Constant. Do Not Be Affraid to replace them, but yes, do look for exe files, they can do you harm. And yes, servers with sv_pure will make it impossible to see them only on this particular server.

 

[Bear Cavalry]

No skin, no matter how cheap and distasteful, will get you banned by steam. Some servers, however, will kick/ban for using custom skins, or make it impossible to see custom skins in the server.

Also, most custom skins are disallowed in tournament/league games. Therefore, make sure you delete all custom files before doing anything competitive .

I think this is the 8th time this has been refuted in this thread, my turn to do it this time i guess.

VAC will not ban you for using custom skins. The end.

 

[LanceCriminal]

Guys, I've been playing with custom models/skins since source came out. You won't get banned. Even custom player models and skins.

 

[HaloRacer]

I've got skins on all my guns, have different sniper viewfinders and everything, no problem.

 

[Alias[DAM]]

VAC will not ban you for that, because they can't detect it. And Steam will not ban you for that, why else is fpsbanana still in the air if Steam doesn't like it...

And i pub-severs, admins can't detect skins, they simply can't. So if you want to use them, go ahead, i do so, and if you are playing in CAL or somewhere else, the CAL Server Config disables any skins that are used when you play the game. So don't worry about skins and league gaming...

I guess everybody knew and knows now what the deal is with skins.

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