Mods online

[Deco]

Make online games mod capable so that when you (the host) has certain mods installed, whoever joins your lobby has to automatically agree to install those mods, it should all be automatic.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

I do not believe this is possible without massively overhauling the game at the engine level. For one, RoN simply doesn't have the safety infrastructure to trust mods being sent P2P, especially manually installed mods which are the preferred method.

Second, the game requires restarting to apply mods, so it would be useless to do this for random lobbies because there's a good chance you wouldn't rejoin the same host (unless it auto joined you back.)

Third I would call the Gmod issue, that being servers requiring you to install a ton of mods, even if they are simple cosmetics. Mod sizes add up very fast. What happens if I have my own cosmetic set and the host tries to override it when I install? The answer would be "not all mods get sent over," but the game simply does not have a way to classify mods currently. A cosmetic is the same as a map to the game.

[Deco]

Originally posted by 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner:

I do not believe this is possible without massively overhauling the game at the engine level. For one, RoN simply doesn't have the safety infrastructure to trust mods being sent P2P, especially manually installed mods which are the preferred method.

Second, the game requires restarting to apply mods, so it would be useless to do this for random lobbies because there's a good chance you wouldn't rejoin the same host (unless it auto joined you back.)

Third I would call the Gmod issue, that being servers requiring you to install a ton of mods, even if they are simple cosmetics. Mod sizes add up very fast. What happens if I have my own cosmetic set and the host tries to override it when I install? The answer would be "not all mods get sent over," but the game simply does not have a way to classify mods currently. A cosmetic is the same as a map to the game.

Yeah I had a feeling it would be way too complex to work on this late into the game. Thanks for the clarification.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

I want to clarify that I'm not saying (since I am just a moderator) that it's impossible, but it's not something they've announced plans to do, and it would be a large amount of work. From my understanding, it basically requires reworking the games startup sequence.