Yes or No, are all mods a possible ban risk now?

[ShadyDingo]

I understand bringing modded elements into the online environment, but hypothetical here - I'm an "offline" player playing solo 100% of the time with, lets be modest, only cosmetic mods. Am I at risk even if I'm only changing cosmetic elements and not actual statistics like hp, damage, rewards, exp, etc and have zero interaction with other players ever?

[Ottomic]

Nobody can say "no".

This being said, I would find incredibly unlikely that you'd get banned if you just play solo, and even in the incredibly unlikely chance that you do, it will only limit you multiplayer wise.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by ShadyDingo:

Yes or No, are all mods a possible ban risk now?
I understand bringing modded elements into the online environment, but hypothetical here - I'm an "offline" player playing solo 100% of the time with, lets be modest, only cosmetic mods. Am I at risk even if I'm only changing cosmetic elements and not actual statistics like hp, damage, rewards, exp, etc and have zero interaction with other players ever?

No.

[Forte]

Originally posted by ShadyDingo:

I understand bringing modded elements into the online environment, but hypothetical here - I'm an "offline" player playing solo 100% of the time with, lets be modest, only cosmetic mods. Am I at risk even if I'm only changing cosmetic elements and not actual statistics like hp, damage, rewards, exp, etc and have zero interaction with other players ever?

You can do anything offline. You can do most anything with a group of friends. You can get banned for two things: Bypassing DLC purchases, and cheating in area times. Both of which are easily verifiable. One is done automatically, and arena times needed an actual person to check. If you post modded quests, don't do it with randos.

[Nihrahk]

Cosmetic mods won't ever get you banned. Only you can see them after all. Mods that change gameplay elements should only be played with friends, or people who signed up for it. If you stick to solo only and remain in online SP, then the chance of getting banned is next to none.

[The Debauchery]

I'm a little worried since I had to do the Arena quests in order to unlock the Clerk outfit... and even though I'm not on the arena boards time-wise, I've got a screenshot of my character in my character profile with an obviously modded big-boob outfit (it isn't NSFW though).
I mean if Crapcom employees take a look at my hunter profile, the first thing they're gonna see is the screenshot of the modified outfit. And we know how Crapcom are. They already described Nude Chun-Li as "cheating".

Oh well... whatever. If it happens then it happens.

[The Magical Grub!]

This is why I strictly avoid getting involved with arena and event quest. Unfortunately they are also looking at investigation and field survey quest as well. Capcom has stared their crusade on data modification and has made if very clear that they see all mods as cheating, even cosmetic ones.

P.s. I personally found it odd that they'd have single player mode worded as' "Online Single Player". Now I know why, its so they can maintain even more control over players than before in past games.

[Gooubliette]

Originally posted by The Magical Grub!:

This is why I strictly avoid getting involved with arena and event quest. Unfortunately they are also looking at investigation and field survey quest as well. Capcom has stared their crusade on data modification and has made if very clear that they see all mods as cheating, even cosmetic ones.

P.s. I personally found it odd that they'd have single player mode worded as' "Online Single Player". Now I know why, its so they can maintain even more control over players than before in past games.

Cant check your single player game if your computer isnt connected to the internet/ the game is blocked in the firewall.

[Tenz]

Originally posted by ShadyDingo:

I understand bringing modded elements into the online environment, but hypothetical here - I'm an "offline" player playing solo 100% of the time with, lets be modest, only cosmetic mods. Am I at risk even if I'm only changing cosmetic elements and not actual statistics like hp, damage, rewards, exp, etc and have zero interaction with other players ever?

Yes, mods are cheating.

[The Magical Grub!]

Originally posted by Gooubliette:

Originally posted by The Magical Grub!:

This is why I strictly avoid getting involved with arena and event quest. Unfortunately they are also looking at investigation and field survey quest as well. Capcom has stared their crusade on data modification and has made if very clear that they see all mods as cheating, even cosmetic ones.

P.s. I personally found it odd that they'd have single player mode worded as' "Online Single Player". Now I know why, its so they can maintain even more control over players than before in past games.

Cant check your single player game if your computer isnt connected to the internet/ the game is blocked in the firewall.

I'm no expert on any of this, but I was under the impression that there were certain single player functions that were only accessible when online aside from the login bonus.

[The Magical Grub!]

It looks like you can play the game offline, however you loos access to completed bounties and the moment you go online with stem your cloud data will be synced.

[Razaah !!!!]

It doesnt matter what kind of mod you use as they can put you all at risk simply because capcom just doesnt allow any mods.

They might however not enforce this if you arent getting reported or are otherwise suspicious to them as they dont seem to possess a method of accurately detecting it even though thats what their inhouse drm thing, not denuvo, is for.

Anyway.

Tl.;dr.:
Mods aren't allowed. They all put you at risk.
Thats just how it is regardless of how other people want to "interpret" it.

[The Magical Grub!]

Originally posted by Razaah !!!!:

It doesnt matter what kind of mod you use as they can put you all at risk simply because capcom just doesnt allow any mods.

They might however not enforce this if you arent getting reported or are otherwise suspicious to them as they dont seem to possess a method of accurately detecting it even though thats what their inhouse drm thing, not denuvo, is for.

Anyway.

Tl.;dr.:
Mods aren't allowed. They all put you at risk.
Thats just how it is regardless of how other people want to "interpret" it.

This anti mod attitude of theirs is eventually going to come back and haunt them. Hypothetically, lets say there is a mod out there that allows for communication to a device that make it possible for people who were born without arms or just lost them due to amputation to play their games. are they going to ban them too just because of the mod. If they did that it could be perceived as a form of discrimination against those born with or ended up later in life with physical limitations.

When it gets down to the niddy griddy of politics, everything involved becomes exponentially more complicated.

[Razaah !!!!]

Originally posted by The Magical Grub!:

This anti mod attitude of theirs is eventually going to come back and haunt them. Hypothetically, lets say there is a mod out there that allows for communication to a device that make it possible for people who were born without arms or just lost them due to amputation to play their games. are they going to ban them too just because of the mod. If they did that it could be perceived as a form of discrimination against those born with or ended up later in life with physical limitations.

When it gets down to the niddy griddy of politics, everything involved becomes exponentially more complicated.

None of that matters. Its their game and up to them if they allow you to participate in the online multiplayer aspect of it.

Trying to put this convoluted political ableistic spin on it is pretty out there.

You can play the modded game just fine in singleplayer.

[The Magical Grub!]

Originally posted by Razaah !!!!:

Originally posted by The Magical Grub!:

This anti mod attitude of theirs is eventually going to come back and haunt them. Hypothetically, lets say there is a mod out there that allows for communication to a device that make it possible for people who were born without arms or just lost them due to amputation to play their games. are they going to ban them too just because of the mod. If they did that it could be perceived as a form of discrimination against those born with or ended up later in life with physical limitations.

When it gets down to the niddy griddy of politics, everything involved becomes exponentially more complicated.

None of that matters. Its their game and up to them if they allow you to participate in the online multiplayer aspect of it.

Trying to put this convoluted political ableistic spin on it is pretty out there.

You can play the modded game just fine in singleplayer.

The online aspect of the game is the least of my worries. Its not being able to launch the game at all. I don't know If you recall this, but some odd years ago, the lead dev for the game called the "Isle" programmed a patch into the game that would make the game crash upon launch for two specific player steam accounts, because of the constructive criticism they uploaded to YouTube. It created a huge political stink and the lead dev had to revers the patch. It also cost the lead Dev and the game publisher a huge chunk of their reputation within the gaming community. Politics isn't something you can just avoid or exclude, because its a daily aspect of life on all fronts, and video game are no exception to this rule of thumb. Yes the IP and legal right of the game do belong to capcom, but they also have to be careful on who they bring the hammer of justice down on, otherwise it could land them in some seriously hot water.

[Talos]

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