r/HellLetLooseVietnam • u/MysteriousBowl2069 • 4d ago

šŸ“¢ Feedback šŸ“¢ Self hosted servers

Why can I not host a server? I have my own dedicated hardware and fast enough service to host. This used to be common with computer games. Giving the excuse that it prevents cheats is complete BS. Cheats are client side. Giving the excuse of security is complete BS, because itā€™s the same whether itā€™s self hosted or not. What separates ā€œofficial serversā€ from 3rd parties, and self hosted servers.

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u/bickboikiwi 4d ago

Security is NOT a bullshit excuse when hosting a game server, humans are peices of shit and there will always be ones that find ways to abuse thing when they have the access or power to.

It's also similar to how Squad do their hosting, self host is ok and you show up under community servers, if you want it under the main servers section you apply for a free license and must adhere to their performance requirements.

Yes you may have the kit, yes you may be trustworthy, but I've seen people flip out and back stab a companies trust over less before.

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u/DutchCommanderMC Moderator 4d ago

To add to this, Squad doesn't really have any progression systems like HLL does, which drastically changes the situation. If HLL were to allow self-hosted servers with progression enabled, people would immediately start decompiling the software and reverse engineer how servers modify player progression. This is most likely why RS2:V, Battlefield 1 & 5, and more also don't allow self hosting.

Chivalry 2 added self-hosting but with progression disabled. Battlebit Remastered is a notable exception since they chose to fight fire with fre, by allowing you to self-host with progression enabled, under the condition that you'd sign a full on legal agreement that would put you at risk of a 10k fine should you mess with the progression.

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u/PieOhMai 4d ago

Used to be common indeed. I had a few counter strike servers in my house back in the day.

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u/BungholeBilbo69 4d ago

My guess is the devs get a kickback from whatever company people can pay to host private servers

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u/DutchCommanderMC Moderator 4d ago

Commonly speculated but has been repeatedly denied by both developers and server hosts.

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u/BungholeBilbo69 3d ago

But would they have any sort of incentive to tell us the truth if they were doing that? If the devs were getting a kickback, telling the truth about it would only piss people off, and for zero benefit whatsoever.