Whats the score with mods & joining servers?

[horrgakx 1]

Yesterday a server crashed while we were playing. I reconnected and someone said that a player connected with some mods and crashed the server before he could be kicked.

I've had a soundpack on before which didn't work properly because I had loads of "file not found" errors within ARMA.

So these two points have put me off mods.

With the likes of these mods (which look quite tasty), how will they affect multiplayer servers???;

OFPEC Blood Effect, Skaven's Racs, ArmA Group Link, Urban Patrol Script... etc...

Also, is it usual for a mod to be easily uninstalled or do I need to take a copy of the original installation did and copy it somewhere?

Yours, eternally scared of mods,

Horrgakx (Jav in ARMA).

[Rambo-16AAB 0]

The ony mod we have probems with for crashing our server is if payers join with the XAM mod its so bad we have banned it from our servers.

[MEDICUS 0]

The ony mod we have probems with for crashing our server is if payers join with the XAM mod its so bad we have banned it from our servers.

Same here.

We also had some problems with mods useing the "extended init eventhandler". But it didn't affect the Server ... just client-probs.

MfG Medicus

[Luminous 0]

VOLCBAT has also banned the XAM mod from our server as it crashes it! Now been put into part of the server rules disable or be kicked!

Very easy to disable just delete it from your shortcut properties!

[Maddmatt 1]

We also had some problems with mods useing the "extended init eventhandler". But it didn't affect the Server ... just client-probs.

What problems exactly? I have used it online a lot, with mods like ArmA Effects and 6thsense tracers which use it. It hasn't caused any problems for me.

[Yoma 0]

The solution is simple, but most server admins don't want to see it.

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-Step 1: Only accept signed addons, this way you can deceide which addons to accept by adding only the keys to your server for those addons that you allow.

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-Step 2: When working with addons that don't have keys: DON'T USE THEM AND DON'T SIGN THEM YOURSELF (this way users of a given addon will go back crying to the modmaker that this or that server doesn't allow it because it has no key)

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-Step 3: Make some kind of modpack that contains all modfiles, or if you want to make your life a whole lot easier, use my tool to distribute your approved content to your players.

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