Originally posted by uni790:

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

this is legit a thing that's already a case on multiple mod platforms.

ever played fivem?

in order to join a server the game downloads everything from the server just so you can play with those mods.

it's a normal thing in the modding world, and you're already at risk by downloading mods in the first place.

Nope I have not, and know not to now, also, me downloading mods of my choice is a bit different then the game doing it without letting me know it's going to happen.

Any mod I download gets scanned while downloading by the browser, and then again by my antivirus before extraction as a manual scan, if it passes both, I'll use it, but will still keep an eye out for a few hours, just in case.

yes downloading mods of your own choice is different but my point was that you're already in the underworld at that point.

any diseases your pc gets is on you.

as for joining modded servers, i would think it's the same concept as clicking the download button on the mod.

you should know what you're getting yourself into, as in do you actually know who runs that server?

and then if so, wouldn't it make sense to find out what dependencies that server has in terms of mods?

responsibility lies entirely with the consumer, it's the same thing as letting your kids watch south park.

also, in every game that this is a thing in, you do in fact have to confirm the download first. it's not automatic unless you explicitly set a setting to do so.