On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Braeden Thomas Lynden <boesch1...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On 23/10/10 4:15 PM, Dexter Haslem wrote: > >> No thanks! Honest mistake, I feel guilty from the two seconds of black >> screen as it is lol. I forgot to mention that was some years ago, if you >> want to retroactively ban my steam account from then I would be thoroughly >> impressed :) >> >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Gabe Newell<ga...@valvesoftware.com >> >wrote: >> >> We can ban you, if you'd feel better >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 22, 2010, at 9:47 PM, "Dexter"<dex...@linux.com> wrote: >>> >>> I used an opengl32.dll wrapper that was effectively a hack to create an >>>> effect when I was making a DoD movie I forgot about it and joined a VAC >>>> secured server with it in place a while back and I never got VAC banned. >>>> Figure that out! the screen was just stuck at being black and I went 'oh >>>> crap' and disconnected and removed it. No ill-effects to this day. I >>>> >>> doubt >>> >>>> VAC sometimes though.. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Braeden Thomas Lynden< >>>> >>> boesch1...@gmail.com >>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> VAC will detect an opengl32.dll wrapper, that's all you need to know. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 23/10/10 8:02 AM, David Kraeutmann wrote: >>>>> >>>>> VAC works with blacklists usually; however it might detect >>>>>> modifications to game executables too; doubt it though. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Braeden Thomas Lynden >>>>>> <boesch1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 12/10/10 5:51 PM, Krzysztof Krysztofiak wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello ! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I recently worked with stencil shadowing system for Half-Life 1 made >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> by >>> >>>> Buzzer in my mod. >>>>>>>> So, everything is okay, no problems at all. But they`re really cool >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> and >>> >>>> i`d >>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>> to have them in multiplayer too. Stencil shadowing needs a >>>>>>>> hacked opengl32.dll, without it i can see only black things over >>>>>>>> hole >>>>>>>> screen. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, it is possible to play with hacked opengl32.dll located in >>>>>>>> steamapps/bla/half-life/ >>>>>>>> without any risk that VAC will give me unfair ban ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, opengl32.dll are the most common of cheats to be detected. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> You're going to have to find another way, >>>>>>> Any modification to the .code section of the game executables is >>>>>>> typically >>>>>>> classified as modification/cheat. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>>> archives, >>>>>>> please visit: >>>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>>> please visit: >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>> >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> I'm not surprised that you weren't banned by VAC. > As far as I know, VAC's scan gates operate at random intervals. > It's only about a minute into the game or so that any of these gates are > actually triggered. > I don't know whether game file checksums are checked during the connection > from client to server (but apparently not). > > I don't know why VAC isn't better these days... > I guess a lot of people only play the game to cheat, so it doesn't make > sense to stop them completely. > And besides, how much money does VALVE make from cheaters constantly > creating new accounts at $10 a pop? > > Sorry to go off topic, > Lots of love to VALVE > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > Thank you all for these answers, i decided to remove stencil shadowing. -- Pozdrawiam, Krzysztof Krysztofiak _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
