Guide · for Players and admins
Non-Steam CS 1.6 and AACGUARD
How AACGUARD handles cracked and custom CS 1.6 builds, what the "non-Steam" information on a scan means, and what it doesn't mean.
Updated · 1 min read · by the AACGUARD team
CS 1.6 is still played on many non-Steam (cracked or custom) builds, especially in Eastern Europe. AACGUARD supports these players fully and also helps admins see which copy of the game a scan was made with.
Scans on non-Steam builds
Full scans and AACGuard Live work the same way on non-Steam CS 1.6. The same evidence sources are checked and the same scoring is used.
What the scan page shows
Because non-Steam players have no Steam server history, AACGUARD looks for non-Steam CS 1.6 installs on the PC and shows, for each one, where it is installed, the in-game name from its config, when it was last played and which Steam emulator it uses. When CS 1.6 was running during the scan, the page also says which copy was running:
- STEAM: the scan was made while playing Steam's CS 1.6. Non-Steam copies that may also be installed are not shown.
- NON-STEAM CS 1.6: the game running during the scan was a non-Steam copy.
It's information, not a verdict
Having a non-Steam copy of CS 1.6 is not cheating, and this information never changes the score or the verdict. It helps admins understand the player's setup and match the scan to the right game.
Cheats for CS 1.6
CS 1.6 has its own cheat families, including OpenGL wallhacks that hook the game's drawing functions and modified DLLs in the game folder. AACGUARD checks for those whichever copy of the game is used.