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Steam DLC unlocker SmokeAPI is now being blocked by Valve and could result in a VAC ban or locked account. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looks like CreamAPI is not affected. Looks like a Paradox games fan's worst nightmare.

Link to change in latest Steam client update.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

VAC bans are only for cheating in games, you shouldn't get one. Can't say the same about getting your account locked though, but Valve usually doesn't do stuff like that

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They might, if they think they're cheated out of money

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. The only time I was suspended was because I filed a charge back for an incomplete, buggy game that was sold as finished. It took so long to even get running that I was just over the refund time limit and they refused to make an exception. There was some verbiage about being banned if I continued to do charge backs. I just stopped using Steam.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Well if you're talking about a charge back on a cc they might get mad but I've refunded 10's of games through steams refund page with no problems over the years. Some people even treat the 2 hrs within 2 weeks as a trial period for games to test them out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Same. I had PayPal do an automated charge back because their system thought I was doing something fraudulent when I wasn't. Steam blocked my account.

Talking to support and re-buying said game did fix the issue for me.