Voldemort

when age verification?

Man... over the years, I've visited a lot of weird servers, and I can say with clarity I've seen just about everything humanity has to offer. It’s not the stuff inside the game that’s the real issue - it’s the people themselves and what they write in chat.

what we can do then? UK is distopia now and EU soon in 2026 Just for context - I’m not talking about Collective Shout; they’re small fish in a big tank. I’m talking about the big shark: the government itself.

Collective Shout is true evil to, but not that big deal.

they’ve enabled and structured the multiplayer framework. This is similar to how YouTube allows users to create and manage their own channels, but YouTube still holds responsibility for core content policies and age restrictions because it's their platform and ecosystem. You still need to own and access the Vintage Story game to connect to any server, just like you need to access YouTube to watch videos. In that sense, the game developer is not fully removed from the server experience they are a gateway. If they are allowing players under 18 into an ecosystem they facilitate, some responsibility arguably remains with them to implement or encourage proper age verification systems. have asked A.I on that to lol There’s nothing we can do. Losing freedom doesn’t happen instantly it happens slowly, and over the years, we’ll lose more and more until there’s total control.

why not developer of that game? The developer allows the creation of servers and has provided a guide on a Wikipedia page. If the server process were not supported or official, then yes, we would need to verify it ourselves. But the developer of the game made multiplayer possible. It's similar to how YouTube allows you to upload videos to your own channel, but YouTube handles age verification. Imagine if every content creator had to verify age of thier fans by them self. You still need to access the Vintage Story game in order to play on the server, which is an important point. It’s just like YouTube to watch YouTube videos, you have to go to the YouTube website.

To me, every server you can find is official If you're talking about Tyron's server, then that's the developer's server. We still have to use the same code and techniques to make a server just like he did. https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Setting_up_a_Multiplayer_Server If it weren't official, we wouldn’t be able to find it in the search bar, which still requires some verification from the server side.

If that's the case, we might end up seeing hosting disappear entirely no servers, no communities. total black out.

A server run by a private individual what do you mean by "private"? If it's truly private, then nothing can be done, since nobody would be able to access it anyway. Official servers are open to everyone; otherwise, they wouldn't appear in the server search list. Or am I misunderstanding something?

aha so server hosting providers, how they will do that?

Hey all, With the UK's new Online Safety Act ( censorship ) starting to impact online platforms, I'm wondering how this will affect game server owners, especially in communities with chat, modding, or user-generated content. Do you think age verification will become something server owners are expected to manage themselves? Or will game developers be responsible for building this into their platforms by default? Just trying to get ahead of this before things get more regulated. Curious what others think.. especially if you're based in the UK or already managing a server. Thoughts? @Tyron @Vallen Thanks

agree

bro what is going in this chat

well we are waiting on steel bucket to pick up lava for about 3 years. give it some time, like 2028 maybe.

Thanks for the bug fix update. Now I need to go hibernate and wait until 2026 or 2027 for the content update.

Yep he is

passive aggressive messages + bad faith you living in own fantasy

@TyronYou should close this discussion too. It's getting wild here.

It's way too ambitious for an indie studio. I wouldn't say anything if at least one game had been finished we might end up with 2 EA games

Not everyone is Redditor

Thank you.

I might create video about this whole thing so mutch to cover.

1.21 ocean waves? you need to hop in pre build and tell me if you see it as wave

Yeah, Someone's doing a bad job, not gonna lie. It's really getting overwhelming for me.

What? Where did I write that excuse? You have not have paid me to make the game. You have paid to get the game in its current state, exactly as the product page on our shop states. We have defined very clearly what your 20 eur purchase contains. How someone can claim VS is devoid of features is beyond me. There is a reason why there is so many mods, we spend a lot of time to support modding. I think @DudeBroManGuy raised some valid concerns, and I want to add to that. Saying that the game has a strong modding community is great, but it doesn’t excuse the lack of features in the vanilla version. Relying too much on mods isn't a sustainable development model modders come and go, and many popular mods break or disappear entirely when the game updates. That’s why a lot of people, myself included, choose to stick to vanilla until a game hits a stable, final version. We’re not going to constantly chase updates or rebuild our experience every time the base game changes. The reality is, you can’t build a long-term game experience on top of mods. Mods should enhance the game, not complete it.