Modded Files

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Hey. My brother and I have both pre-ordered the game, and have been playing the beta for a while now. Good job by the way. I've made some minor modifications to my game, to better suit the sort of game I want to have. Now, my question is: Is all the game logic done on the multiplayer server, or does the client share some responsibility? More directly, can I play with my modded files in a multiplayer game my brother creates with his un-modded files, and have my files be ignored because his PC will be doing all the thinking? Or will our files not matching cause synchronization, or version matching problems.

If the non-matching files are a problem, I'll have to write myself a mod-switcher, or have multiple installs. Thanks in advance

-Neb
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
If you modified your files, you can only play with other people if they have identical modifications. Otherwise you'll desync immediately upon starting a game (i.e., you can't play)..
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
You can't play with modded and unmodded files in multiplayer, no. The game, by necessity, uses a peer to peer structure -- everyone is doing all the calculations, constantly. Any variation in your data files will (almost) certainly cause a desynch error.
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