Are the g-portal servers for this game any good?

[darwinrocks80]

I am looking to start a private server with the wife and child, I would like to know a few things before spending cash on a server.
1 is there more options for customizing the game then story,easy,medium,hard?
2 how is the player base If I was to leave said server open to the public?
3 does the game force all players into same Team/clan?

[MansLaughter]

Rented servers are always a crap shoot. They are almost universally under provisioned and over subscribed. I don't have any experience with this game specifically, but I do have years of experience in other games. If you have any sort of spare anything, a laptop or old pc, you can more than likely provide a decent server for the family rather easily.

As for leaving a server open to the public. I wouldn't recommend it. At least not in a game like this. You can edit a bunch of stuff to limit what people can and can't do, but I am not sure if that is dictated by a group-type thing or on a per-player basis.

Edit: Upon reading the configs, it is per-player. So everyone has build/deconstruct and storage permissions by default and they must be revoked on an individual basis.

I think 8 players is the cap for co-op, so I am assuming clans/teams aren't a thing. Everyone is part of the same party.

If you want to know what is configurable and how to change things, this link[www.returntomoria.com] might be of assistance.