Do you want Client Side mods?

(YeOldeButtcheek) #1

Note: Client side mods only effect your sounds, textures, etc NOT other people.
Decent example PAYDAY 2 modding site: forums.lastbullet.net/mydownloads.php?action=browse_cat&cid=1

(N8o) #2

I enjoy having customize-able HUDs and things like that. As long as there is no way to breach anything and give an advantage to a player, then I am all for it.

(YeOldeButtcheek) #3

User made content really make games soar.

(Mr-Penguin) #4

Custom huds and weapon skins/remodels, as long as they don’t break the game or give you an advantage of any sort (clearer ironsights?) are fine.

(YeOldeButtcheek) #5

If Dirty Bomb/Nexon create a new discussion board that can be monitored I doubt advantages could be made.

(SnakekillerX) #6

Nope, because people will always find a way to exploit things to gain an advantage.
I’d rather see more official content rather than community made mods.

Changing textures for example would be pretty bad, people have been known in other games to make transparent or even invisible textures to see through walls or obstacles.
Or make a player skin glow a bright color so they are easier to be seen.

Only the client who has these mods instead gain the advantage which can be as bad as cheating.

Of course not everyone will use it for those purposes, but from a game and developer stand point you always have to ask yourself…

Can this feature be exploited?
Can we prevent it from being exploited in a decent way?

If the answer is “yes it can be exploited”, then you shouldn’t add that feature without first solving the exploitation.

For example, things that are considered “fine” by some, are not fine to others.

Custom HUD? Ok, no biggy, and people are already doing this… so long as there are no new features somehow added to that HUD. Currently people have only been moving HUD elements to different parts of the screen for a different layout.

Custom Weapon Models? Hmm maybe, but then there is also the possibility of invisible weapons, or small weapons which would obstruct a lot LESS of your view, giving you an advantage.

Custom Ironsights? No… just no, this is the definition of giving yourself an advantage over someone else who does not use this mod.

(Ghosthree3) #7

Nope. Everything that should be able to be modded - basically the HUD - can be. I’d rather a couple more options in the in-game menu for different sounds etc. than client side mods. It becomes way too easy to cheat.

Retextured models that are fluro coloured - I don’t actually have a problem with this one coming from Quake, but others do.
Enhanced footsteps sounds.
Removing muzzle flash - should be off anyway though.
Removing explosions/smoke.
Etc.

I mean yeah you can lock all this shit down, but after you go through and actually block changes to every single thing that could be exploited you’re left with pretty much nothing except for HUD stuff. I’d rather save us all the headache and have better HUD modding support in-game, even just with console commands.

(YeOldeButtcheek) #8

[quote=“Ghosthree3;83927”]Nope. Everything that should be able to be modded - basically the HUD - can be. I’d rather a couple more options in the in-game menu for different sounds etc. than client side mods. It becomes way too easy to cheat.

Retextured models that are fluro coloured - I don’t actually have a problem with this one coming from Quake, but others do.
Enhanced footsteps sounds.
Removing muzzle flash - should be off anyway though.
Removing explosions/smoke.
Etc.

I mean yeah you can lock all this shit down, but after you go through and actually block changes to every single thing that could be exploited you’re left with pretty much nothing except for HUD stuff. I’d rather save us all the headache and have better HUD modding support in-game, even just with console commands.[/quote]

Things could be altered, nobody wants invisible textures, only things like Skins, Audio, Interface, Merc Equipment, etc. Nor does this need to be official.
I mean all things considering the old graphic config could be considered a advantage.

(Ghosthree3) #9

And the fact you call it ‘old’ kind of says it all doesn’t it.

(YeOldeButtcheek) #10

And the fact you call it ‘old’ kind of says it all doesn’t it.[/quote]

The old config proved to be a Advantage.
The one currently could be considered cheating or not.

(SnakekillerX) #11

The old config could definitely give you an advantage… the new one was made because of that reason, so clearly they took a step to prevent this sort of exploitation.

(Jurmabones) #12