Technologies AMD Anti-lag, which aims to reduce responsiveness and thus improve the user experience of the game, seems problematic for competitive games. The developers of the recently released Counter-Strike 2 were the first to speak out, strongly warning the community not to enable this feature, as using it could result in a permanent ban from Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC). We informed you about this separately here. However, the problems with AMD Anti-Lag extend far beyond Valve’s new FPS..
Cases erroneously granted ban due to the use of seemingly harmless technology that does not give players an unfair advantage, they are incredibly absurd. Therefore, it is not surprising that the whole situation began to be considered in more detail. The foreign server Wccftech conducted a good analysis, which showed that the inclusion of AMD Anti-Lag could theoretically pose a threat to more players in competitive online games.
Unlike technologies like DLSS, AMD Anti-Lag is not integrated into the game itself via a plugin. This is a feature provided by your graphics card drivers, namely: by changing the DLLs in the game directory. The advantage is that this process does not require AMD to work directly with game developers.
However, the fundamental disadvantage is that almost the same interaction as when running cheats (aimbot, wallhack, etc.) to gain an illegal advantage over other players. Ultimately, this may provoke the anti-cheat game to impose a fine on you. He himself is clearly incapable of correctly understanding how you manipulate files and what the consequences of these modifications are.
To make matters worse, this is not just a matter of cooperation between AMD Anti-Lag and VAC. Wccftech refers to numerous complaints some Apex Legends Battle Royale shooter playerswho was reportedly banned after enabling Anti-Lag+.
In addition to handing out bans to players, there is a risk of using Anti-Lag technology. Game crashes or intermittent stability issues. Again, this is a consequence of changing DLL files instead of working directly with the development studios. Complications are reported in Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
As for Counter-Strike 2, AMD has already commented on the situation and is currently working with Valve on a fix. However, we hope that he will also voice his opinion regarding Apex Legends and adjust the system so that it does not unnecessarily attract the attention of anti-cheats.
Source :Indian TV
