Opex sound mode : may ban cause?

[TR_Breaker]

i saw this opex sound mod and i would like to know from a official gaijin member here if it installing may a ban reason ,for example if anti cheat sees as modified or etc files or what ever…i dont understand of that kind of thinks and with easy words : yes or no or there is a risk ? thnx ps: if i install is it good and is it easy to uninstall it again, i dont want have a problem after so i have to delete all game and install all game again. ?

[_CrusaderKnight]

Sound mods from War Thunder Live are allowed mods and you should be able to use them freely without the risk of a ban. I’ve used IWSM/OPEX previously, it’s quite an awesome sound mod.

[TR_Breaker]

@_CrusaderKnight_

IWSM

thnx…is iwsm seperate another sound mode ? which should i use

[_CrusaderKnight]

IWSM (Immersive Warfare Sound Mod) is what OPEX was called previously, they are the same thing.

[Necronomica]

@_CrusaderKnight_

Sound mods from War Thunder Live are allowed mods and you should be able to use them freely without the risk of a ban.

Not necessarily automatically true. Nothing uploaded to War thunder live is Pre-moderated, uploads are checked if they are reported by users.

(Screenshot from the rules)

War Thunder live is however the safest bet, especially sound mods that are widely used and have been there for a long time. It is still however a “use at your own risk” sort of deal.

Better answers from a Community Manager can be found here in this thread: (Are soundmods bannable?)

I quoted two of the answers here:

@Stona_WT

No., but if sound mod do not give you any advantage in game, there should be no issue.
Still, we are not able to check all sounds mods. You are using them on your own risk.

@Pacifica

That should be ok, but as Stona Mentioned… Mods are use at own risk…
So it is best to ask the Author or even others that have used the Mod(s) if they have ran into any issues or bugs…

We say “Use at own risk” because we do not do Mod Support, nor do we go around and check to make sure that Mods do not trigger the EAC or other in game anti-hacking / countermeasures… and at times Mods may also just crash the game, and as mentioned in that case we do not do Mod support

So, as long as Mods do not give some kind of advantage in game as mentioned, they “Should” be ok to use, and as I mentioned, just check with the author and or others that have used the Mod(s)

[TR_Breaker]

thnx…i did read them at the link but i must say the answers of the managers or gaijin are not acceptable and stupid, on one side they say u can use it from live wt on the otherside u can get ban ! SO either dont put it there or say for sure no ban …no black no white what a kind for answer is that from them. today they say no ban cause 1 month later they can say the opposite …no more words i can find and in all the other games i didnt saw that kind of : u can ,u cant situation from the official website downloaded mods etc etc …

[Necronomica]

@TR_Breaker

SO either dont put it there or say for sure no ban

That’s the issue, Live wt isn’t pre-moderated. Anyone can upload anything to there, it’s all user created.
So if Gaijin says it’s okay if it’s from live wt and then someone uploads cheat sounds there and users get banned for it it’s going to cause problems. It would create a very easy to use loophole for anyone that wants to cheat, the creators of the cheat would make a temporary account, upload the cheats, let the user download them before getting it taken down by moderators when it’s later found. The cheater can then claim “i found the mods on live wt so i can’t be banned for it!”.

Do you see the issue?

The biggest thing to take from this is that big sound mods that A LOT of users use daily and no one has any issues with shouldn’t cause a ban. But newly uploaded mods that only a few users have tried could cause issues if it’s later found that the specific sound mod was made to give unfair advantages to you.

[TR_Breaker]

i did install opex yesterday and just a few minute ago delete it …should i use it or ?

[Necronomica]

I do not know, i don’t use any mods and have no experience with them.

Additionally, Game Masters do not handle cheat bans, i have zero insight into that side of the operations and no way of contacting them nor getting information about how those things are handled. All i can do is re-post the messages of Community Managers as well as going by logic and other information i’ve seen online.

[Général_OPEX]

Sound mods don’t get you banned unless you use them in competitive mods because mods are banned in competitive mods. Thousands of people use sound mods without any problems.