Would you like to share how you can do this please?Originally Posted by User137
Would you like to share how you can do this please?
Click Install button, then first dialog that opens has "Choose location for install:", with a dropdown list where you can select different path.
How about getting VAC2 banned from Counter Strike because you have programs it doesn't like..... The VAC2 ban system bans just for having programs running or even existing on your system that does anything it doesn't like, even if it does not interface
with steam, vac or any steam games.
Now just because I write questionable software for practical jokes on friends and family.... well that's my business not theirs lol.
Whoa! Until now I haven't even knew about this. Now I'll definitly stay away from steam.
For instance let's say I have several dozens of games bought through steam and then I get banned becouse of some false-positive detection and this would ban me acces to all of them. Are you serious. That is the most ...... I can't find proper words to describe this without breaking the forum rules.
Besides no software has the rights to scan my computer for other software without my explicit permision. Such programs are othervise refered as Trojans or Spy programs.
VAC only bans specific game (or all VAC entrusted games, which are not that many), not disabling access to all your bought games. Don't be so easily manipulatedAnti-cheat systems are no big news. Counterstrike is propably the most cheated game in history, and they needed equal measures to counter it. Not all games use the VAC, and even if they do, you propably need to actually play that game, for any scanning to happen. Blizzard is another company that uses Anti-cheating of their own.
As for false positives, you might be overreacting just a little bit. Yes they have happened in the past, but at the same time they're incredibly rare. Worst thing i saw reported was another unintentional trojan infecting players computers, and causing VAC alarm. Those guys were given another free copies. What comes to programming games, they will never hit that alarm for sure. Unless you're doing something stupid like CSMapHack.exe, that you run at the same time as playing CounterStrike might raise their interest.
Btw, most Steam games allow all manipulation of downloaded content. Skyrim as 1 example, Valve doesn't care 1 bit if you disassemble the executable and inject your own code to it.
Last edited by User137; 27-05-2013 at 04:18 PM.
One thing that I dislike a lot about Steam is that it adds "games" to your library without permission. They're not actual games, they're only "announcements", but it's annoing and I didn't find how to disable it (if it's possible).
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Possible yes, in the interface settings is something about new releases. I didn't even know it does something to game library too, i only ever had my own games there.
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