Forbid several client mods on my server

[Platfus]

Hello guys!

I've spent almost 400 hours playing this awesome game and I noticed that I've never really needed building like Cartographer's Desk or Moon Dial due to having mods that make these building useless (like Minimap Hud and Combined Status).

I'd like to change that but I want to be sure that none of my co-players cheat so I want to forbid using these mods. Is there any way to do this?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Edit: Please move to DS Together Mods and tools

Edited March 30, 2021 by Platfus
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[CarlZalph]

There are methods to detect and unload/kick clients that have them enabled, but this is a game of cat and mouse you're embarking on.

Nothing you do can 100% stop mods or alterations due to how much access to the LUA state clients have.

[Platfus]

Can you tell me these methods for detecting? Maybe they're not that bad

[Bigfootmech]

On 3/30/2021 at 11:04 AM, Platfus said:

almost 400 hours

Ok, so new-ish to mid level player then

On 3/30/2021 at 11:04 AM, Platfus said:

due to having mods that make these building useless

I'm not so sure about that.

For Moon Dial:

The phases of the moon are simple to predict.

Day 1, 21, 41, 61, 81... it's new moon. And day 11, 31, 51, 71, 91... it's full moon.

Even seasons are ok after you pay a little attention.

Day%70 == 1-20 = Autumn, 16-35 = winter, 36-55 = spring, 56-70 = summer.

% is the modulo operator (also known as "remainder")

The trouble with the "Moon Dial", is that:

• newer players can't figure out how to make the recipe. And are dying starving.
• The new-to-mid-skilled players value the gems (and moonstone) too much to "waste" them. Vs making the celestial portal, or icebox chester.
• The higher skill players can already do the head-maths. So there's kinda no point.
• And only post-endgame (600-1000+hrs) does it come back in use as decoration in megabases.

Also,

On 3/30/2021 at 11:04 AM, Platfus said:

Cartographer's Desk <snip> Minimap Hud

These two have nothing to do with each other.

Cartographer's desk is for sharing explored map between players. (which, along with flares, compasses, ocuvigil... etc kinda loses its purpose with the Global Position server mod. I've seen people usually start using the non-mod ones somewhere like 1000-3000h game time.)

Minimap hud is so that you don't have to use map flashing (hitting M twice really fast, while mouse moving). Or that you can see the road in winter >.<

 

Finally,

Minimap Hud and Combined Status are fairly popular mods. I personally don't want to upset most of the player base.

 

So I don't want to spend my time and effort, so that I can screw myself over, by helping you ban people.

If you get what I'm saying.