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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't it unusual for the mods to send data to the server? I had assumed most of the networking APIs for mods are p2p

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Unusual in the sense that it’s not normally possible. It’s like asking if it’s unusual for the flying dog to do a barrel roll.

Back end servers usually ignore extra data not possible in vanilla clients, or completely deny the connection because of the extra data. I know of literally no other official server that accepts and passes along random mod data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Definitely an understatement on my part lol.