Neo_Bahamut_19 replied to No Prevention of Abusive Client-Side Mods on Dedicated Servers? October 12, 2021 @ 4:30:51 am PDT

Originally posted by Frostbringer:
Originally posted by Neo_Bahamut_19:
So, just found out today that there's literally no security checks on servers to prevent client-side mods from impacting the gameplay of others. People even have the ability to fully edit terrain and buildings on servers, even spawning in massive structures or digging massive holes, with zero admin and no server-side mods installed.

How and why was this never addressed? /facepalm

Dedicated servers are set-up by fellow players. They are not provided by the Devs, so if there are issues with random players using mods to spawn things into your server, its up to whoever player is admin in controlling who joins there server and what they can do on it.

The Devs even warn you when you start the game that joining random players is at your own risk.

That's no excuse to not put checks in place to prevent client-side mods from affecting the servers others play on. That only leaves the "honor system".


Originally posted by Potato Cat:
Originally posted by Neo_Bahamut_19:
So, just found out today that there's literally no security checks on servers to prevent client-side mods from impacting the gameplay of others. People even have the ability to fully edit terrain and buildings on servers, even spawning in massive structures or digging massive holes, with zero admin and no server-side mods installed.

How and why was this never addressed? /facepalm
There are mods that give the admins more controll over there game/server.
But this is a coop game, not a true multiplayer.

Once again, not an excuse just because it's a "co-op" game (even though it has PvP flags). It's still a game that can (as I do) be hosted via a dedicated server on another machine.

Even worse yet, something I didn't even consider, people can use mods to spawn in excess stuff and crash a hosts PC and ruin their file if they truly wanted to.
2:13 pm, October 12, 2021
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