Is changing the graphics to such extent bannable?

[LordWorgull]

This community is completely broken...

[QuickyTime]

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@Jungle-Beard wrote:

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@QuickyTime wrote:

@Jungle-Beard 

 modifying

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You just talked in a circle...  And yes, it will get you banned.  Any changes that give you an advantage over other players will result in a ban...

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You clearly have no idea what i'm talking about, the videosettings.cfg is just that, its a settings

file in your users/NAME/saved games/Apex folder and not a core game file,

editing that is not from what I have seen against the rules.

And that file is what I am guessing he is modifying.

He's not going into the core files, decompiling them

and re working video settings.

But I digress, we will just have to see what Respawn says about it.

If anything.

[Psyrecx]

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@Jungle-Beard wrote:

You just talked in a circle...  And yes, it will get you banned.  Any changes that give you an advantage over other players will result in a ban...

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No, you probably wont. There are certain instances where modifying the game is allowed. One usually being in the graphical settings department. You especially won't get banned if it's not with the intent to have an advantage, and it would be extremely difficult to prove something like this is only used for the purpose of an advantage.

And even that's not true all of the time. Certain mods to the game can be made, and they only have the intent to cause an advantage. I've used this example before, Shroud uses at least one macro when playing. One being to make the Hemlock full auto when set to single fire mode.

[Jimmahwd]

Players in BFV were banned for the same thing.

[Psyrecx]

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@Jimmahwd wrote:

Players in BFV were banned for the same thing.

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It wasn't quite the same thing. The BFV banning was reported for several reasons that pertain to BFV and not Apex Legends. 

Also, this is a user reported banning, so it can be taken with a grain of salt. 

A lot of banned players will use any excuse possible, "I wasn't cheating", "My Brother did it!!!1", "I was hacked", ect...

[Grrizz]

Comes down to the devs, IMO it absolutely should be, particularly when you have to use a third party app to achieve it, its hard to detect AFAIK and its far a less accepted thing these days because old games had basic geometry anyway so the tweak (picmip) just simplified textures, in modern games it removes things like foliage which as far as I'm concerned is cheating.

[Jimmahwd]

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@Psyrecx wrote:

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@Jimmahwd wrote:

Players in BFV were banned for the same thing.

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It wasn't quite the same thing. The BFV banning was reported for several reasons that pertain to BFV and not Apex Legends. 

Also, this is a user reported banning, so it can be taken with a grain of salt. 

A lot of banned players will use any excuse possible, "I wasn't cheating", "My Brother did it!!!1", "I was hacked", ect...

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Apples for Apples.

Dice confirmed players reducing graphics like that will face a Ban.

Pretty certain Respawn will do the same.

Time will tell.

[warslag]

Isn't it very silly to risk being banned when there are so many ways to see through smoke in-game already? It's not even really that difficult to see other players, anyway.

It seems like this is doing something unnecessarily experimental for the sake of it.

[Psyrecx]

@Jimmahwd 

Different game, different graphical setup, different company, different rules.

[Zeelmaekers]

Hey there.

I would say yes, This is a bannable offence.

You change settings graphical settings that change the environment of the game.

You hide bushes and other assets that give you a advantage in the game.

Stay away from external programs that do these things.

If you want to change your graphical settings please.