[HN] AMD Counter-Strikes Itself, Pulls Driver After Anti-Lag Feature Causes CS2 Bans
[HN] AMD Counter-Strikes Itself, Pulls Driver After Anti-Lag Feature Causes CS2 Bans
AMD's latest Radeon driver makes Valve's anti-cheat system think that the user is cheating.
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AMD promises to fix the issue, whereas Valve plans to identify affected users and reverse their ban once everything returns to normal.
But as it turns out, Anti-Lag+ feature support was implemented by detouring engine.dll functions, which VAC considers cheating and acts accordingly by banning users.
"AMD's latest driver has made their 'Anti-Lag+' feature available for CS2, which is implemented by detouring engine dll functions," a statement by Valve reads.
"If you are an AMD customer and play CS2, DO NOT ENABLE ANTI-LAG/+; any tampering with CS code will result in a VAC ban.
Given those demanding gamers with the newest graphics cards tend to enable all advanced features on the latest games, we can only wonder how many people got banned due to AMD's Anti-Lag+ implementation in Counter-Strike 2.
Meanwhile, the latest AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.10.1 driver also supports three major titles: Assassin's Creed Mirage, The Lords of the Fallen, and Forza Motorsport.
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