As many of you are aware NS2 has a basic consistency checking system which blocks users from modifying their lua files and shaders to get an advantage, however by default NS2 doesn't check any of the model files or their material files for consistency. This allows users to create mods such as http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=135101759 or http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=109537600 to give them a clear advantage on the battlefield.
It doesn't appear that UWE is going to implement further consistency checks anytime soon so it is up to the community to take care of this for now it seems like. Therefore, I would like to get all servers operators to run the following ConsistencyConfig.json as well as extract the following zip to the root directory of their server (just contains a .dds file to block one of the mods above).
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41876022/ConsistencyConfig.json
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41876022/ns2.zip
By making this simple change we can block these mods while at the same time allowing most of the legitimate NS2 customization mods such as the classic fade model and mods packs to function properly.
Please do the community a favor and make these small changes to make sure people are playing with legit models on your servers.
It doesn't appear that UWE is going to implement further consistency checks anytime soon so it is up to the community to take care of this for now it seems like. Therefore, I would like to get all servers operators to run the following ConsistencyConfig.json as well as extract the following zip to the root directory of their server (just contains a .dds file to block one of the mods above).
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41876022/ConsistencyConfig.json
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41876022/ns2.zip
By making this simple change we can block these mods while at the same time allowing most of the legitimate NS2 customization mods such as the classic fade model and mods packs to function properly.
Please do the community a favor and make these small changes to make sure people are playing with legit models on your servers.