Is MOD and cheat allowed?

[𝐒𝐭𝐚ɧ𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧]

will you get banned if you use cheat and MOD on this game?

[XistenZ]

Of course not. Unless you play multiplayer, then cheating is always prohibited of course.

[KaisarDragon]

You can cheat and mod in both. You aren't going to get banned. If you are playing on someone else's server, they may ask you not to have any client side mods, but there are no official bans.

[Dopefisher]

it's not a competitve game like, say, Counter Strike. modding in itself is cheating if you think about it xD

[corisai]

AFAIK you will never get banned for any cheating in single-player Steam game.

[Evil The Cat]

Originally posted by corisai:

AFAIK you will never get banned for any cheating in single-player Steam game.

Wrong. Some have VAC protection that extends across the full game.

[Arachnade]

im going to say no here but using trainers or SAM can lead to game bans in certain games.

[Karliiis]

Originally posted by Dopefisher:

it's not a competitve game like, say, Counter Strike. modding in itself is cheating if you think about it xD

Modding is not the same as cheating

[-Na Shagul-]

Originally posted by Frendly guy:

Originally posted by Dopefisher:

it's not a competitve game like, say, Counter Strike. modding in itself is cheating if you think about it xD

Modding is not the same as cheating

A lot of people would disagree with you. When you're modding a game, you're altering how it's supposed to be played and, in most instances, these alterations benefit the player in ways that weren't originally intended. These benefits give modders an edge which people without mods don't have, which many consider cheating.

[Rex Lupus]

Originally posted by -Na Shagul-:

Originally posted by Frendly guy:

Modding is not the same as cheating

A lot of people would disagree with you. When you're modding a game, you're altering how it's supposed to be played and, in most instances, these alterations benefit the player in ways that weren't originally intended. These benefits give modders an edge which people without mods don't have, which many consider cheating.

Not all mods give you benefits. Stardew Valley is a really good example of it. There is a ton of mods that only change the appearance of things, without making any change in the gameplay. Modding CAN be used for cheating, but it's not necessarily cheating.

[-Na Shagul-]

Originally posted by Rex Lupus:

Originally posted by -Na Shagul-:

A lot of people would disagree with you. When you're modding a game, you're altering how it's supposed to be played and, in most instances, these alterations benefit the player in ways that weren't originally intended. These benefits give modders an edge which people without mods don't have, which many consider cheating.

Not all mods give you benefits. Stardew Valley is a really good example of it. There is a ton of mods that only change the appearance of things, without making any change in the gameplay. Modding CAN be used for cheating, but it's not necessarily cheating.

Of course, I didn't mean to imply that. But even if the mod is something so simple as convenience it's can still be considered cheating by some people if they were so inclined. Personally I don't view it as cheating, even convenience mods, but I can see where people come from.

[bwc153]

Originally posted by -Na Shagul-:

Originally posted by Frendly guy:

Modding is not the same as cheating

A lot of people would disagree with you. When you're modding a game, you're altering how it's supposed to be played and, in most instances, these alterations benefit the player in ways that weren't originally intended. These benefits give modders an edge which people without mods don't have, which many consider cheating.

Mods aren't inherently cheats.

Some mods ARE cheat mods, but it's ignoring nuance to insist all mods are. Are bugfix mods cheating? What about small UI mods that improve usability that do not change the gameplay? What about hardcore reaism mods that make games significantly tougher, or AI mods that make the AI in games smarter and more callenging opponents?

Are all of those cheats? It would be absurd to say so.

[titanopteryx]

Now that brings up a question. In Fallout 4 I use a mod to add a radio station that plays '80s hits. Is it cheating if the music makes me feel inspired?

[Bad Behavior Defender]

Originally posted by titanopteryx:

Now that brings up a question. In Fallout 4 I use a mod to add a radio station that plays '80s hits. Is it cheating if the music makes me feel inspired?

I would go for sim settlement personnaly.
I know that people on GTA V mistake moders and cheaters all the time.

[titanopteryx]

Originally posted by Ghost_Stars:

Originally posted by titanopteryx:

Now that brings up a question. In Fallout 4 I use a mod to add a radio station that plays '80s hits. Is it cheating if the music makes me feel inspired?

I would go for sim settlement personnaly.
I know that people on GTA V mistake moders and cheaters all the time.

I was joking. But it depends on the mod and the context. If the context is single player, then you can't really cheat because there's no one else there for you to cheat. In multiplayer in other games it can be bad if the cheater versus another player in a competition and presses some cheat insta-win button. But is there competition in Stardew Valley? It might or might not be annoying if you're grouping with a stranger and on day 1 he plants 100 strawberries... But in that case you shouldn't have invited some random guy to join your farm.

[Mondai]

Originally posted by titanopteryx:

Originally posted by Ghost_Stars:

I would go for sim settlement personnaly.
I know that people on GTA V mistake moders and cheaters all the time.

I was joking. But it depends on the mod and the context. If the context is single player, then you can't really cheat because there's no one else there for you to cheat. In multiplayer in other games it can be bad if the cheater versus another player in a competition and presses some cheat insta-win button. But is there competition in Stardew Valley? It might or might not be annoying if you're grouping with a stranger and on day 1 he plants 100 strawberries... But in that case you shouldn't have invited some random guy to join your farm.

That's an oversimplification, and one that I feel is completely off base. In single-player only games, you can still absolutely cheat. By taking advantage of glitches in the game you are cheating. By hacking and giving yourself unlimited money, you are cheating. Back in the day of NES games, there were still cheats. That's why they called them cheat codes. But nobody cared if you cheated on single-player games. And that, I believe, is the true distinction. For single-player games with no leaderboards or other competitive aspects, yes, you may be cheating, but it's harmless. It doesn't hurt anyone, and it doesn't mislead anyone.

"Not cheating" and "not hurting anyone" aren't the same thing. You can be a toxic player without cheating, and you can cheat without hurting other players. There is a high correlation between the two, but they aren't mutually exclusive.

That being said, nobody cares if people cheat or mod Stardew Valley in single plyer, and the only people that might mind if you cheat or mod in multiplayer are the other people you're playing with. There are no bans in this game for cheating or modding. So as a courtesy, if you're going to be playing multiplayer, it's a good idea to ask the other players before you try to mod the game or cheat in it. But you're not gonna be banned from some big Stardew Valley server (which, btw, there are no big Stardew Valley servers) and you won't get a VAC ban on Steam. Not from Stardew Valley.