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2024-08-19

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Hardware-Assisted Counter-Strafing Now Gets Players Kicked From Official Servers

Valve official servers now detect certain movement and shooting input automation, such as hardware-assisted counter-strafing, and will kick players caught using it. The jump-throw confirmation grunt sound can now be heard by nearby players. Valve has also begun initial testing of VacNet 3.0 on a limited set of matches.

movement

  • reworkCertain types of movement/shooting input automation such as hardware-assisted counter strafing will now be detected on Valve official servers, resulting in a kick from the match
  • reworksprint, reload, attack, attack2, turnleft, turnright, turnup, turndown, forward, back, left, right, moveup, movedown, klook, use, jump, duck, strafe, zoom, yaw, pitch, forwardback, rightleft
  • reworkThe jump-throw confirmation grunt sound can now be heard by other players nearby

misc

  • reworkInitial testing of VacNet 3.0 has begun on a limited set of matches. If you believe your match was incorrectly cancelled, email us the match details at [email protected]
Valve's original notes
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[*] Certain types of movement/shooting input automation such as hardware-assisted counter strafing will now be detected on Valve official servers, resulting in a kick from the match
[*] Input binds that include more than one of the following commands will now be ignored by default. Support can be re-enabled using the cheat-protected convar `cl_allow_multi_input_binds 1`
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[*] sprint, reload, attack, attack2, turnleft, turnright, turnup, turndown, forward, back, left, right, moveup, movedown, klook, use, jump, duck, strafe, zoom, yaw, pitch, forwardback, rightleft
[/list] [*] The jump-throw confirmation grunt sound can now be heard by other players nearby
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[ VacNet ]
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[*] Initial testing of VacNet 3.0 has begun on a limited set of matches. If you believe your match was incorrectly cancelled, email us the match details at [email protected] 
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