• Will using Fraps trigger a VAC ban?
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I'm certain this question has been asked a thousand times before by extremely stupid people (such as myself), and the answer is most likely "no", but I am so freaking afraid of VAC taking away all of my games for a false positive that I have to ask: Will recording movies using Fraps on VAC-enabled Steam games cause me to be VAC banned? On top of this, I sent a support ticket to Steam asking them, as well, because I am paranoid. Very paranoid. Yes, I did search the forums, nothing. Yes, I did Google, nothing except a bunch of Steam forums links that are dead. Please relieve my paranoia.
Ahahahahaha No. VAC only detects modified .dll and .exe files in the game. Fraps is an external program that runs over the game and captures what is displayed to the monitor, not within it.
No, it won't. Fraps doesn't edit or really do anything besides record your screen. Basically it's non-evasive but you're not dumb for being careful.
No VAC tests to see if you have modified game files, which are the only real way to cheat. Fraps does not do this, and therefore, you won't get banned.
Yes
[QUOTE=JeffAndersen;28804685]No, it won't. Fraps doesn't edit or really do anything besides record your screen. Basically it's non-evasive but you're not dumb for being careful.[/QUOTE] Thank you.
cut the man some slack, we have all heard tales of VAC banning for the smallest things. better safe than sorry
[QUOTE=Duckmeister;28804758]Thank you.[/QUOTE] Well, work your magic mister. And if you want really good gameplay capturing in source games, try the in-built source recorder. You'll have to have a somewhat powerful CPU, though. Oh, ninja-edited your post huh? Well, now my response makes no sense, thanks for shit.
VAC doesnt only scan for modified files, it takes DLL injections etc too, Fraps loads a module into the game upon launch, but VAC doesent ban for everything loaded like retarded anticheats, and does not ban for harmless stuff such as screen capture
If you're worried about it, record a demo and fraps that offline.
I don't blame OP for asking, I remember a bunch of people got banned for having Mspaint open when playing WoW
[QUOTE=Adzter;28805685]I don't blame OP for asking, I remember a bunch of people got banned for having Mspaint open when playing WoW[/QUOTE] oh shit that must have been hilarious "okay well we seem to have nothing here except ms paint-OH SHIT HE HACKED THE GAME AND IS TRYING TO DRAW PICTURES OF BETA AREAS BAN HIM BAN HIM BAN HIM BAN HIM BAN HIM"
ABSOLUTELY /c
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