Found here: Decode Helper at Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Nexus - Mods and community I’m looking around and can’t find any official comment on it. A lot of the nexus posts about it read like extreme cope that it doesn’t count as cheating or something, but can we maybe get an official response on this…

That’s not really what their official statement says tho. Surely a mod that makes a mini-game significantly easier by taking away the reason why its hard (not knowing where the next symbols will be) is against their statement? You could also argue that it affects other players as it gives you a mech…

I mean in theory it’s sort of a cheat. But then it’s also a pointless, mind-numbingly easy mini-game and this ‘cheat’ saves about 1 second time. It’s whatever really.

On a bad roll it could turn a 5 second + mini-game into a 2 second mini-game. Those 3 seconds on an Auric maelstrom could make or break a run. It’s hard to quantify, but at the end of the day an advantage is an advantage, and it does so by changing a skill-based mechanic built into the game. And yes…

They’re not going to do that because they have stated before they don’t have the resources to sanction mods every time a mod comes out or updates and whenever the game patches. Considering they have a lot of recurring problems in their codebase, scripting and versioning, that’s something I do believ…

That’s fair, then they should at least give a statement that uses examples of currently available mods on what is okay and not okay. At least then we will have something more significant to base our mod selection on. RN it’s just too confusing as to where the line in the sand is.

This particular mod like healthbars does not exist to overcome any shortcomings, or game bugs. But healthbars are allowed so…I guess cheat away? Not judging btw. I use healthbars though I’d be perfectly happy if FS decided to say a big F*ck you to that mod.

Or you could just accept that it’s here to stay and move on. shrug

And if you have no interest in the topic you can just not reply.

" * Using mods that directly affect unmodded players’ experience of the game and/or is used to grief other players. Examples: Speed hacks, outright cheating in missions, etc." This isn’t detailed enough. It could be argued that the decode helper mod falls under “outright cheating in missions.” …

Does FS Approve of the Decode Helper Mod?

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zaygr January 15, 2024, 4:27am 8

Here’s the official statement if you want to peruse their guidelines.

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Does FS Approve of the Decode Helper Mod?

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