In a game this makes sense, cheaters ruin the competitive aspect of the gameplay. But here people are objecting because there's no competition. VRChat's claims are that modded clients result in security exploits for unsuspecting users and can cause instability for non-modded users. So the question arises, can VRChat plug these problems without resorting to anti-cheat? Was anti-cheat just the lazy option, or are there inherent aspects of the client which make it hard to plug these security exploits or the instability?

Minecraft. World of Warcraft. FFXIV. Just to name 3 off the top of my head.

It's worth noting that WoW addons also backfired at certain points but for different reasons. Example being AVR that drew shapes over the 3d world marking boss mechanics, essentially trivializing them and leading to Blizzard locking out that API entirely from addons. It didn't affect other users, though gave a competitive advantage to some.

And there is a hell lot of complaints about cheaters on hypixel, no?

Does squeenix explicitly allow FFXIV mods now?

Ehhh. I'd say they tolerate it.

Their policy is basically "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". So as long as you aren't yelling at people about DPS meters or streaming with obvious mods, they'll leave you alone.

> Cheating was rampant in those games?

But what kind of cheats? Aimbotting and seeing through walls don't apply to VR chat. And no matter how modded your client was, you couldn't spam endless grenades in Counter Strike - the server knows how many grenades you have, and where you can throw them.

Aimbotting/wallhacks are relevant, as there are games within VRChat where those are relevant.

Due to starcraft 2's design, defogging hacks were plentiful.

Anyone who has played TF2 for a significant amount of time has run into hackers landing impossible shots, e.g. through walls

before EAC, there has been VAC (along with two separate community-ran anti-cheat services for source games), Battleye, Warden, etc. It seems universal amongst those involved, that client-side anti cheat helps way more than you expect.