Originally posted by Paradise:

Is modding games illegal?

If not illegal, can modding in games get me banned from games and services?

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with the amounts of mods there are for games, even on steam, that should be a clear indicator that its not illegal. getting banned for a particular game or service, that you will need to look at what the mod does and for what game it is. but if you download any mod off steam then in i can safely say that you will be safe.

Some companies, like the original id team and Bethesda and Valve, welcome modding and even freely provide source code and development tools for their engines.

Heck, Valve owes it's early success to the id guys letting them use and modify the Quake 2 engine for free when making the original Half-Life.

Others, like the perfidious douchebags at Rockstar, keep flipfloping; saying people can mod it, then changing their minds and banning people.

It depends. Weapon skin changers on CS2 is grounds for a VAC ban.

I suppose it depends on the games and mod. The basic rule is if the game is multi-player then avoid mods that may be used as a "cheat". Single player games and off-line games however are more lenient.