Comment on Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

• sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  VAC is not kernel level, because surprise you don’t actually need kernel level to do anti cheat well.

  VAC games would just get the standard AC message banner, not the scary yellow kernel level warning banner.

  source

  • lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you don’t actually need kernel level to do anti cheat well.

    I’m sure you’re right, but VAC is one of the worst examples for that… I think whatever Blizzard does with Overwatch 2 is a better example.

    source

    • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would love to see any kind of documentation that can somehow prove OW2’s AC is better than VAC, something that isn’t based on vibes or immediacy bias.

      source

      • lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I sure wish there was some empirical study regarding the same too. I’m very much going by anecdotal evidence from myself and others right now

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• graff@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t run at the kernel level?

  source