Hypothetically, if someone were to download a Steam game from FG what’s the best operating procedure to avoid being Steam banned? For example, I understand that steam_api.dll will often be quarantined by MS Defender because the game uses a modded version of that file. Once it’s restored what steps would you take to proceed? Log out of steam? Disable internet access? Kill all Steam processes?

  • insomniaccake@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    10+ year steam account. 10+ years of pirating.

    If you start a game that isn’t cracked or doesn’t have a crack applied, Steam will pop up and say you don’t own that.

    Never have gotten as much as a warning for that ever.

    If a game already has a crack applied. You don’t have to worry about bans ever. The whole point is to not communicate with the servers and let you play the game.

    Steam emulators like Goldberg work in very much the same way. Except now you can “crack” most games with a simple dll change.