Goal Description
Right now all customization has to happen server-side through LabAPI/EXILED, since the client is closed and protected by EAC. It'd be great if there was some official, sanctioned way to let servers offer players optional client-side visual tweaks — things like crosshair style/visibility, HUD element toggles, or similar cosmetic-only options — without anyone needing to touch the client assembly directly or risk anti-cheat flags. This could look like a small set of networked "client preference" flags the server can offer and the vanilla client already knows how to render (similar to how existing settings like HUD scale or colorblind options work), rather than a full modding SDK. Even a narrow version — e.g., just a server-suggested crosshair on/off toggle — would cover a lot of the requests I've seen from server owners.
Notes
Main concern is that literally any client-side change today means either patching client files or memory injection, both of which understandably get caught by EAC and violate the game's ToS — so this isn't a request to bypass anti-cheat, it's the opposite: asking whether there's appetite for a few specific, sanctioned client preferences that servers could expose through the existing plugin API, the same way LabAPI already exposes server-authoritative settings. Happy to narrow scope if a small pilot feature (e.g. just crosshair visibility) is more realistic than a general framework.
Goal Description
Right now all customization has to happen server-side through LabAPI/EXILED, since the client is closed and protected by EAC. It'd be great if there was some official, sanctioned way to let servers offer players optional client-side visual tweaks — things like crosshair style/visibility, HUD element toggles, or similar cosmetic-only options — without anyone needing to touch the client assembly directly or risk anti-cheat flags. This could look like a small set of networked "client preference" flags the server can offer and the vanilla client already knows how to render (similar to how existing settings like HUD scale or colorblind options work), rather than a full modding SDK. Even a narrow version — e.g., just a server-suggested crosshair on/off toggle — would cover a lot of the requests I've seen from server owners.
Notes
Main concern is that literally any client-side change today means either patching client files or memory injection, both of which understandably get caught by EAC and violate the game's ToS — so this isn't a request to bypass anti-cheat, it's the opposite: asking whether there's appetite for a few specific, sanctioned client preferences that servers could expose through the existing plugin API, the same way LabAPI already exposes server-authoritative settings. Happy to narrow scope if a small pilot feature (e.g. just crosshair visibility) is more realistic than a general framework.