Arrowhead Game Studios is developing a Helldivers 2 hotfix that will let cosmetic fan-made mods return, as long as they do not change gameplay. The studio said mods lack official support, but the upcoming hotfix will include what it produced from its effort to bring back cosmetic fan mods.
The studio switched Helldivers 2 from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat anti-cheat software on PC. Players had been running cheat mods outside private lobbies, and those mods affected other people, so the studio made the change. Arrowhead said it expected the move to break many mods for Helldivers 2 on PC.
Once Easy Anti-Cheat was in place, user reviews for Helldivers 2 on Steam dropped to Mostly Negative. GamingBolt described the change as incredibly unpopular.
The studio said gameplay mods touch game code or memory, which can reduce stability for the user and lobby. They can also bring about client crashes and unexpected match results.
Arrowhead also said gameplay mods cannot technically be told apart from cheating, and players caught using them could face a ban from Helldivers. “This means that anyone determined to be using gameplay mods might face a ban from Helldivers 2.”
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