Trainers

[Ryvix]

Before making this thread i did a search so i wouldn't end up with the same question which has been asked before.

This may or may not be supported with VAC, but that doesn't mean Steam does not involve them self with the game itself.

As followed my question would be...
How does steam deal with trainers that alter the code of the game itself in singleplayer ?

I assume no action would be taken against it due to the fact that a singleplayer game has no effect or harms another player's joy in the game itself + a trainer has never worked in online gameplay to begin with.

[Satoru]

Do not make this assumption!

There are lots of scenarios where you might get vac banned in single player.

1) if there is no actual "single player" like Dungeon Defenders
2) playing alone on a vac server is not "single player"
3) you leave the trainer running and go into multiplayer

As with all cheats use at your own risk.

Don't want to be vac banned? Dont cheat. Ever.

[Rick Roll]

A lot of trainers you find on the net are full of viruses and I would recommend that you do not download them.

Before anyone could really say if you would be vaced or not we would have to know what game you’re talking about.

[Ryvix]

i have edited this post to clear a few things up

@Satoru
1. Shogun 2 has a singleplayer & can be played in offline mode
2. Shogun 2 has no VAC counter meassures since Valve is not the holder of the game
3. That would be plain stupid xD

@Rick Roll
what you say is correct, alot of trainers / cheats hold a loophole to harm your pc.
However Cheathappens has a reputation to hold up to and can vouch for them since i us my trainers from them since 2006 in singleplayer games.

This will also answer your question to which game i refer to
Shogun 2 & hes successors Rots & Fots

[cylon]

Originally Posted by Ryvix

i have edited this post to clear a few things up

@Satoru
1. Shogun 2 has a singleplayer & can be played in offline mode
2. Shogun 2 has no VAC counter meassures since Valve is not the holder of the game
3. That would be plain stupid xD

@Rick Roll
what you say is correct, alot of trainers / cheats hold a loophole to harm your pc.
However Cheathappens has a reputation to hold up to and can vouch for them since i us my trainers from them since 2006 in singleplayer games. (It's also in Modern Warfare 3 - an Activision/Infinity Ward game, Killing Floor - a tripwire interactive game.. etc.)

This will also answer your question to which game i refer to
Shogun 2 & hes successors Rots & Fots

1. Games can have singleplayer and still be in control of VAC. Dead Island is a good example where the borders of Singleplayer and Multiplayer are VERY thin.

2. Shogun 2 DOES have VAC! It is shown on their store page http://store.steampowered.com/app/20..._7_suggest__13 where it clearly says "Valve Anti-Cheat enabled". Steam allows any publishers to use VAC in their game, it ISN'T solely resticted to Valve games.

3. You have to KNOW that when you click "exit" that this trainer doesn't leave anything running in memory. You have no idea how this trainer was written, how it works or what it does apart from letting you have 20 lives rather than 3.

[CTRL ALT DEL !]

The only 100% safe way to run some code you randomly downloaded off the internet and that can cause bans or itself be a keylogger or virus as well as being a trainer. (this does not mean that it will not run code that can destroy your hardware) eg. it wipes your bios and reboots or overclocks and fry's your chipsets cpu and ram.
(know what you are downloading and how to use it and scan it after downloading)


Is to use an entirely different OS on a different HDD and make sure your other HDD's are disconnected. Set up the game and put it in offline mode. Then only run the trainer while offline and never put that OS online again. If you think that is massive overkill, I can assure you many people have gotten keyloggers from downloaded cheats and modified files.

So many children used cheats and cracks that they are the most common methods of putting malicious software onto home computers other that required "drivers" or "codex" to watch pornography.

[masterchef341]

Originally Posted by Satoru

Do not make this assumption!

There are lots of scenarios where you might get vac banned in single player.

1) if there is no actual "single player" like Dungeon Defenders
2) playing alone on a vac server is not "single player"
3) you leave the trainer running and go into multiplayer

None of these are examples of getting VAC banned in single player.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally Posted by masterchef341

None of these are examples of getting VAC banned in single player.

The fact is that some games just don't have a proper 'singleplayer' mode... even for singleplayer play.
People fail to realize that there are games who just start a local server, VAC protected even for solo play.
(Although it's usually stated on loading screens, so in the end, read or die)

[Satoru]

Originally Posted by Ryvix

i have edited this post to clear a few things up

@Satoru
1. Shogun 2 has a singleplayer & can be played in offline mode
2. Shogun 2 has no VAC counter meassures since Valve is not the holder of the game
3. That would be plain stupid xD

You already made a bad assumption that Shogun2 is not VAC enabled, when it actually is.

If you think #3 doesn't happen then you're incorrect. Also there are examples of hacks that are poorly written and remain 'active' even when shut down. Many VAC disablers worked this way and VAC banned users from multiple games because of it.

Again USE THESE AT YOUR OWN PERIL

I am not going to tell you some trainer is 'safe'. Because it doesn't matter which one it is, there is probably some way in which you can brain fart your way to a VAC ban. It might be 'unlikley' but it's usually not impossible.

If you don't want to be VAC banned, don't cheat. Single or multi. Ever. DO NOT CHEAT AND YOU WILL NOT BE VAC BANNED. Use such programs at your own peril.

[Satoru]

Originally Posted by masterchef341

None of these are examples of getting VAC banned in single player.

Most people assumed Dead Island was 'single player' when it wasn't.

#3 is possible in certain games where the multi and single player exe are the same, so when you go into a VAC game the memory hook from your single player trainer triggers the VAC ban.

My point was more that 'single player' is very loosely defined and may not mean what you 'think' it means for a specific game.

[Ryvix]

So after reading all this i can assume it can get you banned but i still see no reason why you would get banned on a singleplayer game.

First my apology for assuming wrong if Shogun was not VAC while it actually is.
Let me correct myself in this that i purely aim towards singleplayer...

Considering shogun is a steam held game means that 99% chance the MP will be VAC controlled i never said that it wouldnt =).

Am just here to confirm weither steam involves themself in getting aroudn trainers with patches so people are forced to by the rules in singleplayer (not multiplayer) hell if it was multiplayer i'd never cheat anyway, wheres the fun in that

Also let me clear out my steam isnt banned or anything am just a curious costumer of the steam community

kind regards

[cylon]

Originally Posted by Ryvix

Am just here to confirm weither steam involves themself in getting aroudn trainers with patches so people are forced to by the rules in singleplayer (not multiplayer) hell if it was multiplayer i'd never cheat anyway, wheres the fun in that

It doesn't matter if it's single player or multiplayer. If VAC is running... and you are cheating then it will get picked up. You can cheat on a multiplayer game all you want, but if VAC isn't turned on then nothing will happen.

It's not the single/multiplayer part you want to be concerned with, it's the "is VAC turned on" part.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally Posted by cylon

It's not the single/multiplayer part you want to be concerned with, it's the "is VAC turned on" part.

It all boils down to that simple part.

[Ryvix]

But this basically is all singleplayer aimed to be honest, if a game is created it gets played the way it should be, but you can't force somebody to not play it their own desired way.

for example i usually play a game without cheats first to enjoy its content and untill the game got beaten on hardest difficulty, after that i'd play the game with a trainer just for the fun of it

[grigore]

I have been using trainers on steam for the SP part of games like Civ V,SW:EAW,MOW:AS,GTA IV,ME2,JC2,ME and these are just off the top of my head,I used them for many many games and am not VAC banned,first used them 1-2 years ago so I should've gotten a ban by now :P