Distributing MP Hacks on Steam (For non-VAC games)

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What's the protocol for dealing with people distributing cheats/hacks/trainers/exploits for MULTI-PLAYER games without VAC protection ON STEAM (not 3rd party sites)?

Is there any global punishment or it's up to developer's discretion? Also where do you report such distributors (who might or might not use their cheats themselves)?

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Are they distributing the cheats on Steam? Report them on their profile. Otherwise, contact the developer and advise them of the web sites. At that point it's up to the individual developer to take action.

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Publicado originalmente por habitualaction:

Are they distributing the cheats on Steam? Report them on their profile. Otherwise, contact the developer and advise them of the web sites. At that point it's up to the individual developer to take action.

What reporting someone for cheating through profile does is make VAC analysis more thorough. If the game doesn't even have VAC and they just distribute their hack without using it, is there any point in using that option?

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Publicado originalmente por fauxtronic:

No. VAC detects known cheats. It doesn't involve user reputation or previous reports at all.

It does do some DNS record scans and things other than just checking memory signatures. Reporting someone in-game (for Valve games) or profile DOES help the VAC system.

That's not what I'm asking, what I'm asking is if the game doesn't have VAC, it's the developer's responsibility. But will they get punished on Steam as well and by whom (valve/mods)?

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VAC doing DNS scans: https://m.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1y70ej/valve_vac_and_trust
Reports helping VAC (helps VAC track cheaters) : https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1010-TOKN-8461

Here's an explanation of what's happening. There's a guy with public MULTI-PLAYER trainer on his profile that he coded, he's distributing it on Steam directly. How do I help the situation immediately?

Publicado originalmente por fauxtronic:

Publicado originalmente por RetriButioN:

It does do some DNS record scans

Citation required.

Publicado originalmente por RetriButioN:

Reporting someone in-game (for Valve games) or profile DOES help the VAC system.

Citation required.

This is besides the point though, we've gone over it a million times here and I'm not interested in going over it again. What you're asking is hypothetical in basis and not asked very cleary. If you want a clear answer, then explain exactly what happened, where it happened (on whose servers or platform) and where. Then hopefully you will get the clear answer(s) you seek.

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Publicado originalmente por RetriButioN:

What's the protocol for dealing with people distributing cheats/hacks/trainers/exploits for MULTI-PLAYER games without VAC protection ON STEAM (not 3rd party sites)?

The protocol depends on the context. If the servers aren't VAC enabled then steam won't do anything.

Is there any global punishment or it's up to developer's discretion? Also where do you report such distributors (who might or might not use their cheats themselves)?

Developer's discrecion. The maximum penalty is that they can revoke the offenders product license and bar any license from being useable on that given steam account.

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You can report them if you want. If they're distributing cheats on the developer's community hub, you could report them to the developer. But don't get caught up in some "I'm telling teacher!" drama/nonsense on the forums. Just tell teacher. Don't tell them you're telling teacher and wait to be showered with brownie points.