Valve Anti-cheat: what you must know about it

February 17, 2022 By romas Off

Valve Anti-cheat: what you must know about it?

Yes, we all know that Counter-Strike 1.6 has millions of fans all over the world. It is important to say that there are many facts, which you must know. And one of them is anti-cheat. So, what must you know about it? Let‘s talk about it more!

How cheating is called and what decision make Valve?

Yes, we all know Counter-Strike is not only a nice entertainment – unfortunately, it is a space, where players cheating also. So this is not good against responsible players. It is important to notice that cheating is often referred to as “hacking” in reference to programs or “hacks”. And of course, it is not difficult to notice that Counter-Strike 1.6 also was one of those games where players cheated. Yes, it is not good. So this is a question? What does Valve do? This company found a great decision – they have implemented an anti-cheat system. And they called it Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC).

And of course, we must answer the question: what is the purpose of this system? So, it is very good news for responsible players – the account of players who are cheating can be account permanently banned from all VAC-secured servers.

There was a few versions of VAC

Of course, it is important to say that there was a few versions of VAC. And of course, it is important to talk about how it works. For example, if we will talk about the first version of VAC, we must say that a ban took hold almost instantly after being detected. And this is not all news – it is important to notice also, that cheater had to wait two years to have the account unbanned. Yes, it is really a long time, so the cheater has much time to think about his actions. It was a really good way to avoid cheating.

There is the second version of VAC. But there we don‘t have very good news for the responsible players, because in this version cheaters are not banned automatically. So, in this version, the company just instituted a policy of ‘delayed bans. So, with this decision, Valve hopes to identify and ban as many cheaters as possible.

Of course, it is important to notice that like any software detection system, some cheats are not detected by VAC.

So, we all know, that cheating is very bad… It is very bad against responsible players. So, shame on you, if you are cheating. Don’t be a cheater. But this is not all – we are happy because the company of Valve found amazing decisions for cheaters – this company created an anti-cheat system called Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC). This system has a few versions, and every one of them has a purpose to avoid cheating in this game. So, we are really happy that Valve is a very responsible company. But this is not all – we would like to remember once again, that cheating is very bad, so you just don‘t do this. So, be responsible against yourself and other players – don‘t cheat, play in a clear way.