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It looks like Valve Anti-Cheat for Deadlock is improving, with no kernel-level snooping without your consent (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[-] finitebanjo@piefed.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

lmao the 62 thumbs down emojis

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

And 36 angry emoji.

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And 82 Canadian flags 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

the US killing itself has made me weirdly more patriotic

[-] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully it will last longer than the fixes they made for CS2....

[-] CTDummy@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

What fixes? They’re still full bot lobbies in casual serv in CS2.

[-] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There was a huge deal maybe a month ago where valve announced a huge fix for VAC that removed a ton of cheats.

[-] CTDummy@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah maybe they targeted more disruptive cheats, bravo Valve.

[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Any chance we see new devs pick up this anticheat to make their games work on windows desktop pcs and Linux handhelds alike? With win 10 death and steam deck 2 certainly in their forecasting, I wonder if valve is gonna push Microsoft around a little.

One could argue windows wouldn't have the market share it does without steam. Maybe steam Linux support becomes a priority over windows now.

[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is available to all developers using the Steam Platform, but it's not particularly effective unless you apply personal tweaks or use it in conjunction with another anticheat system (such as sigh kernel level anticheats).

Many of the big PVP games on Steam employ this hybrid system, with some cheaters getting VAC'd and others receiving "Game bans" because of the different tools employed.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago

App allows showing all those reactions?

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

That’s just Discord. Thats how they do all dev to player comms in the beta.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Kinda funny they dont use their own steam chat.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They don't use Steam forums either: https://forums.playdeadlock.com/

this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
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