Genuine question about "skin changer"

[Inadequate]

So even using locally like custom skins which aren't even in-game, so that I only see them, basically mods, is banable?

[NiVo]

Originally posted by Hydrociphal:

So even using locally like custom skins which aren't even in-game, so that I only see them, basically mods, is banable?

Brother you just defined "Skin Changer" you're the only one who sees them.
it doesn't matter how you're going to program the software into the game, it's included as a cheat.

[Inadequate]

Originally posted by NiVo:

Originally posted by Hydrociphal:

So even using locally like custom skins which aren't even in-game, so that I only see them, basically mods, is banable?

Brother you just defined "Skin Changer" you're the only one who sees them.
it doesn't matter how you're going to program the software into the game, it's included as a cheat.

Ain't your brother. However, thanks for clarifying that VALVE is just greedy and profits from fanboys who never played probably any modded games i.e Insurgency on source, TF2, since they consider using custom textures locally as "cheating" lol

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Originally posted by Hydrociphal:

Ain't your brother. However, thanks for clarifying that VALVE is just greedy and profits from fanboys who never played probably any modded games i.e Insurgency on source, TF2, since they consider using custom textures locally as "cheating" lol

Wrong.

Skinchangers are bannable because they modify the memory of the game process the same way the most simple cheats do. For example the same method to modify players skins (to make them much brighter for better visibility) or changing skybox textures to get better visibility on some map spots.

Also you can modify skins through repacking VPK archives, but in this case you're not allowed to play in any servers with sv_pure 1 setting (which is used by all official servers), so basically you only can play on some community servers with your own skins and models.