I believe its downloaded to the server itself. On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:09 PM, DontWannaName! <[email protected]>wrote:
> VAC is updated.. they just dont mention it anywhere. I dont think they > always include it in their game upddates, it downloads in the background. > My > hypothesis..., > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Mike Stiehm <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Whats your IP address? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donnie Newlove > > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:35 AM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Recent cheaters > > > > "You have been permanently banned from this board. > > Please contact the Board Administrator for more information. > > Reason given for ban: We don't allow Spammers! > > A ban has been issued on your IP address." > > > > I've never even visited their site before. They need to work on their > AC... > > > > > > But back on topic, VAC is seriously outdated, I guess it's just not a > > priority for Valve. Their fanbase still trusts VAC, just try to start > > a discussion in the VAC forums and you will see. Ironicly it's also > > the easiest way to get banned from the forums and the mods usually > > locks everything up. I can't blame them, the avarage steam forumite > > havnt even figured out that insecure servers are insecure, they just > > think it means the warning is gone so that Valve can catch more > > cheaters. True story, just look at the VAC forums. Acutally don't, > > there is nothing there worth seeing. > > > > 8 months ago I uploaded videos of 5 cheaters. 1 of them was banned > > after about a month. 8 months later he's still the only one caught by > > VAC and most of them were blatent, only AJ2005 were not completely > > obvious since he "only" used a wallhack. I think wallhacks/esp is the > > most used cheat in TF2 and there's probably a lot more than you might > > think. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=OnlineCheaters&view=videos > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Haven Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The VAC system has a lot a loopholes in it. Players such as 'Helios' > and > > the > > > AA crew have been using the same basic (C++) framework for years and > > still > > > certain loopholes haven't been filled. Then again, the ones that do get > > > filled get bypassed in a matter of hours. Aside from that, you've got > > your > > > mat hacks which with the current system, will never be sniffed by the > > VAC. > > > One thing to note though- if you see a jump of hackers in your server, > > then > > > there was probably a released client that made it public. A few months > > back > > > we saw blatant aimbots / nospread (perfect compenstation), and 100% > crit > > > rate chance jump from one day or so, to 2 or 3 an hour. After some > > > reasearch, it was the same day that [wont say the name of the hack- > > Initials > > > are d.s.], was released. Someone on the gameFaqs forums posted a link, > > and > > > we were swamped. > > > > > > This hasn't been updated in a bit and some of the information could > > really > > > use an update, but it is a "hack info" post I made to help inform our > > > members of what to look for. Not every single hack is one of those > "Snap > > to > > > every single person reguardless of location or visibility" type. There > > are > > > plenty of ways to disguise a hack- and many ways to turn certain > portions > > of > > > them off at a moments notice. > > > > > > http://www.clanao.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=564 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:52 AM, MjrNuT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Tony, > > >> > > >> Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the input. Note that the > > person's > > >> account, after 3 months has not been VAC flagged. I know VAC works in > > >> mysterious ways and was hoping for concrete backup if the account was > > >> VACed. But....it just looked too snappy.... > > >> > > >> I wonder if the Sniper Update will conjure up a more aggressive use of > > >> aimbots...? > > >> > > >> [FLASH] MjrNuT > > >> Arise from Flames and Ash, Behold Immortality > > >> > > >> www.flamesandash.com > > >> > > >> > > >> Re: [hlds] Recent cheaters > > >> > > >> Tony Paloma > > >> Thu, 07 May 2009 13:49:24 -0700 > > >> > > >> Third person makes it pretty hard to judge. > > >> > > >> The first video doesn't show very much. In the second video, the shot > > >> against the scout towards the end is very suspicious. The third video > is > > >> hard to tell if anything is going on. It seems like he knows people > are > > up > > >> there when he shouldn't know but he probably just saw people walking > > around > > >> up there earlier before the video started. In the fourth video, he > snaps > > to > > >> somebody up top about 20 seconds in. Or maybe he was just shooting > > someone > > >> down where he was looking and then checking the roof real quick right > > >> after. > > >> > > >> It would be much better if the video was first person, but I'd say you > > were > > >> justified in banning him. > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
