help please :(

i just installed FF for the first time and when i tried to play it it said my acct had been banned because of no VAC? is there something i need to download before i can play?

[Skillet]

Maybe you cheated before, mine is banned in all half life 1 games for perfect player cheat from TFC, but plays Fortress forever since it is a Half life 2 based game.

eh, i never have but im also playing on my brothers acct. :\

wouldnt i be banned from TFC also though?

[Bakedbean]

Originally Posted by vix3n

eh, i never have but im also playing on my brothers acct. :\

wouldnt i be banned from TFC also though?

If you on your brothers account dont log in with your steam account on his pc. He still may have cheats on the computer and it will end up banning your account too.

[[AE] 82694]

Originally Posted by vix3n

i just installed FF for the first time and when i tried to play it it said my acct had been banned because of no VAC? is there something i need to download before i can play?

I could be wrong but you need source sdk & source sdk base. Mine dl'd automatically. steam tools. And you must have a source based game. hl2 dm, css ect ect.

[CatzEyes93]

I had a hard time understanding the original question actually. he cant play because he is vacced? or he cant play because vac cannot be loaded? (there is a message that I have heard of that hints vac is not loading correctly)

So if possible, if your answer is not found yet, can you post a screenshot of the error message?

[greenday5494]

FYI, VAC bans by engine. IE, if you get banned in TFC, you get banned in all HL1-based games, but can play all Source games. likewise with source-banned

[Circuitous]

Originally Posted by vix3n

i just installed FF for the first time and when i tried to play it it said my acct had been banned because of no VAC? is there something i need to download before i can play?

Well, it'd be nice if you told us exactly what it said, because "Because of no VAC" makes pretty much no sense at all.

If you've been VAC banned, and it's your brother's account, he may have used cheats in any of a variety of Source engine games (HL2DM and CS:S come to mind), thus banning him from all Source engine multiplayer games.

See if you can find a server that isn't VAC Secured (look for servers in the browser that don't have the V Shield icon). If you can play there, but not on Secure servers, you're VAC Banned.