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EAC is also spyware which installs a Kernel driver with privileged access. Valve's VAC works fine without this invasive tech.
by throwaway3699 6y ago
EAC is also spyware which installs a Kernel driver with privileged access. Valve's VAC works fine without this invasive tech.
- phone8675309 6y agoVAC doesn't work fine. For the last 18 months, TF2 has been infested with aimbots that make the game unplayable on any public server. That doesn't mean it should be more invasive, but it doesn't work fine.
- ben-schaaf 6y agoConsidering the complete lack of attention TF2 gets from valve I wouldn't consider it a fair reflection of VAC's effectiveness. It had been infested for ages before a media outcry about the bigoted chat spam finally spurred valve into action, yet all they did was ban f2p accounts from using chat.
- shultays 6y agoI don't play CS that much but afaik aimbots are there as well. I know that it has manual reports/user review systems so I imagine VAC is not effective as an automated tool
- throwaway3699 6y agoCounter-Strike has a bunch of anti-cheat systems, but they solve different problems (VAC, Overwatch, Prime Matchmaking, and VACNet). These systems all work together and I'd say it's pretty effective. TF2 could do with the same. But my original point is that you don't need Kernel based spyware to do anti-cheat.
- Rhedox 6y agoAnd it's not effective at all unfortunately. CS at global elite is unplayable because of cheaters.
- Rhedox 6y agoCSGO is unplayable at global elite too because of cheaters.
- ThatPlayer 6y agoVAC also does not work under Proton: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3225 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3225