Will fully modded servers be a thing in the future? The Sernix coop servers from Insurgency are what got me into the game. Will we be able to see the same sort of customization in Sandstorm?
Modding? Missing the old custom servers of the past
I hope so.
With the game now being in the Unreal engine, Unreal handles modding differently to the Source engine, we have to use the sdk and make mutators/mods which are optionally loaded as replacements/additions, with Source we simply overwrote local files which made clientside changes.
The new mods will probably need to be whitelisted in order to work in multiplayer/serverside to prevent people making material texture hacks (brightly coloured characters and weapons/utility items) but in theory everything can still be modded, so 12 man checkpoint 100 supply point servers with 30 bots per person and extra weapons/customisations should still be a thing.
I for one miss the crazy servers, especially those which had stats and player ranks.