Can you get VAC banned for using a Skin Changer?

[i love yoke]

I'm pretty poor so kinda don't have the money to get skins. Just wondering if you can actually get a VAC ban from doing this. My friend has been using one for quite some time now (I know VAC bans can take some time).

"Use caution when installing any game modifications, such as scripts or custom skins. Only download custom content from trusted sources. Hackers sometimes maliciously disguise their cheats to cause others to get banned."

[ReBoot]

If this "skin changer" is a program, you'll surely get banned.

[Nezvo <|°_°|>]

Yes

[Cathulhu]

I've seen cases where people have been banned due to those skinchangers as they work through CVAR manipulation.

[Zavi ☯]

They're just pixels, mate. You can play the game just fine without the skins, don't risk it.

[BET Adsorption]

Or risk it if it's worth it. Your call. If you're downloading a mod or program for the game, count on getting a VAC ban.

[TIvalio]

Why you want to use that kinda stuff? Plus it's just a skin, i play CS:GO with default skins and i just sell some skins i get. Don't risk just for a skins. Plus just keep playing the game, rank up and you'll get drop, sell skin to buy better skins or use Trade-up Contract. Cheers.

[Commander Makara]

VAC bans are applied on detection of (“Cheats”) as defined per yopur agreement:

software or hardware processes or functionality that may give a player an unfair competitive advantage when playing multiplayer versions of any Content and Services or modifications of Content and Services.

"Skin Changers" represent a modification of content. Therefore, it would not be unreasonable to elivcit a ban as a result of such.

If you are not sure, it's recommended to not use such 3rd party tools as ultimately you must accept responsibility, and if a ban were to arise, it's somewhat "too late."

[Razorwrecker]

As ReBoot said:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

If this "skin changer" is a program, you'll surely get banned.

You can play the game fine without skins, don't let CS:GO players' influence judge you, "eww you got no skins, you must be poor"

Don't listen to them, never. Don't risk your money, they are just virtual items.

As others said:

Originally posted by Ceocus:

They're just pixels, mate. You can play the game just fine without the skins, don't risk it.

Originally posted by TIvalio:

Why you want to use that kinda stuff? Plus it's just a skin, i play CS:GO with default skins and i just sell some skins i get. Don't risk just for a skins. Plus just keep playing the game, rank up and you'll get drop, sell skin to buy better skins or use Trade-up Contract. Cheers.

You can use the skin modification program to get banned, you can waste money on pixels that is worth a high-end computer, or you can enjoy playing the game without skins or with skins from the rank up drops without buying anything. It's your call.

[Silver Surfer]

if u mess with the files not a a bann if its a program a bann

[rulleN ℄]

Well SLAM doesn't get you VAC banned so why should this?

[Theblaze]

Originally posted by LinXiEFoX ☫:

Well SLAM doesn't get you VAC banned so why should this?

Because "SLAM (Source Live Audio Mixer?)" doesn't alter the Memory of the Game which some Skin Changers does.

[Fanjaker14]

tihs give VAC BAN

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by GabeNewell:

if u mess with the files not a a bann if its a program a bann

That's not correct. You can get banned for altering game files in a VAC secured game. That said, there are sometimes *some* files that you can alter, usually cosmetically and then there are files that if altered can trigger a ban. If you don't know which is which, then you shouldn't be tinkering with them in the first place.

Right here:
"The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries."

[CSGOLOTTO | ADMIN]

But just i see the skin, no other people. So why can i get VAC? This is not cheat

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by DropiT | ROAD TO DMG:

But just i see the skin, no other people. So why can i get VAC? This is not cheat

Then why do you use it at all instead of simply installing a set of customized weapon models?
Anyway, this program messes with the game memory. VAC doesn't like that. According to VAC, the game memory belongs to the game (and to VAC). Don't upset VAC.